<p>I have to admit, I love this tabbing feature. I used to have to have a zillion open windows, but now I can have just one broswer window open :p</p>
<p>I thought everyone used Internet explorer!? I've never heard of Firefox and all that other stuff..</p>
<p>^ do you use yahooligans as a search engine?</p>
<p>.. no i use yahoo
and i use msn tool bar thing.. is it a tool bar? the thing at the top.</p>
<p>Googlo and yahoo toolbar don't work. I still get popups. so i changed to mozilla firefox. I luv it. I haven't seen a pop up in a long time.</p>
<p>I have to admit I have gotten 4 pop-ups in 3 days, and that's for a computer that hasn't had any virus protection in 2+ years. And only very recently had spyware removed, and just had a firewall implemented a few days ago. I think I'm going to stick with firefox because my computer is far too unstable to handle IE any longer :(</p>
<p>hey, its sounds your computer may be dying...
try to download hijackthis and post a log...may be we can twitch up the performance a little....</p>
<p>It's been dying for a long time. <em>sigh</em> This is a family computer, but no one else seems to care about it but me. I've done almost everything I can to keep it in working order but it's a pretty exhausting regimen. I'll download that and post the long soon. Thanks :)</p>
<p>Is this what you wanted, if not tell me exactly what the "log" is :p :</p>
<p>O2 - BHO: (no name) - {016235BE-59D4-4CEB-ADD5-E2378282A1D9} - C:\Program Files\Aprps\cxtpls.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll
O4 - HKLM..\Run: [ccApp] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe"
O4 - HKLM..\Run: [ccRegVfy] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccRegVfy.exe"
O4 - HKLM..\Run: [WorksFUD] C:\Program Files\Microsoft Works\wkfud.exe
O4 - HKLM..\Run: [Microsoft Works Portfolio] C:\Program Files\Microsoft Works\WksSb.exe /AllUsers
O4 - HKLM..\Run: [Microsoft Works Update Detection] C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Works Shared\WkUFind.exe
O4 - HKLM..\Run: [HpJIKrf] C:\WINDOWS
vpxpvv.exe
O4 - HKLM..\Run: [¢¸K0¨4W
}ïÁzîigÝC:\Program Files\ISTsvc\istsvc.exe] C:\WINDOWS
vpxpvv.exe
O4 - HKLM..\Run: [ohghti] c:\windows\system32\zhweutx.exe
O4 - HKLM..\Run: [System service62] C:\WINDOWS\etb\pokapoka63.exe
O4 - HKLM..\Run: [System service63] C:\WINDOWS\etb\pokapoka63.exe
O4 - HKLM..\Run: [fbqwcc] c:\windows\system32\fpqfrv.exe r
O4 - HKLM..\Run: [iTunesHelper] "C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe"
O4 - HKLM..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update<em>OB\realsched.exe" -osboot
O4 - HKLM..\Run: [Media Access] C:\Program Files\Media Access\MediaAccK.exe
O4 - HKLM..\Run: [UserFaultCheck] %systemroot%\system32\dumprep 0 -u
O4 - HKLM..\Run: [AutoUpdater] "C:\Program Files\AutoUpdate\AutoUpdate.exe"
O4 - HKLM..\Run: [375V3tV] sorcfgx.exe
O4 - HKCU..\Run: [AIM] C:\Program Files\AIM\aim.exe -cnetwait.odl
O4 - HKCU..\Run: [MSMSGS] "C:\Program Files\Messenger\MSMSGS.EXE" /background
O4 - HKCU..\Run: [Iwu9RjZ9l] snmtsrv.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Adobe Reader Speed Launch.lnk = C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Reader\reader</em>sl.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\OSA.EXE
O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Works Calendar Reminders.lnk = ?
O9 - Extra button: AIM - {AC9E2541-2814-11d5-BC6D-00B0D0A1DE45} - C:\Program Files\AIM\aim.exe
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O16 - DPF: Toki Toki Boom - <a href="http://download.games.yahoo.com/games/clients/y/vto_x.cab%5B/url%5D">http://download.games.yahoo.com/games/clients/y/vto_x.cab</a>
O16 - DPF: Yahoo! Dice - <a href="http://download.games.yahoo.com/games/clients/y/dct4_x.cab%5B/url%5D">http://download.games.yahoo.com/games/clients/y/dct4_x.cab</a>
O16 - DPF: Yahoo! Pool 2 - <a href="http://download.games.yahoo.com/games/clients/y/pote_x.cab%5B/url%5D">http://download.games.yahoo.com/games/clients/y/pote_x.cab</a>
O16 - DPF: {15AD6789-CDB4-47E1-A9DA-992EE8E6BAD6} - <a href="http://static.windupdates.com/cab/MediaAccessVerisign/ie/bridge-c15.cab%5B/url%5D">http://static.windupdates.com/cab/MediaAccessVerisign/ie/bridge-c15.cab</a>
O16 - DPF: {2B323CD9-50E3-11D3-9466-00A0C9700498} - <a href="http://us.chat1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/chat/applet/v45/yacscom.cab%5B/url%5D">http://us.chat1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/chat/applet/v45/yacscom.cab</a>
O16 - DPF: {30528230-99F7-4BB4-88D8-FA1D4F56A2AB} (YInstStarter Class) - <a href="http://us.dl1.yimg.com/download.yahoo.com/dl/installs/yinst20040510.cab%5B/url%5D">http://us.dl1.yimg.com/download.yahoo.com/dl/installs/yinst20040510.cab</a>
O16 - DPF: {77E32299-629F-43C6-AB77-6A1E6D7663F6} - <a href="http://www.nick.com/common/groove/gx/GrooveAX27.cab%5B/url%5D">http://www.nick.com/common/groove/gx/GrooveAX27.cab</a>
O16 - DPF: {7D1E9C49-BD6A-11D3-87A8-009027A35D73} - <a href="http://chat.yahoo.com/cab/yacsui.cab%5B/url%5D">http://chat.yahoo.com/cab/yacsui.cab</a>
O16 - DPF: {B8BE5E93-A60C-4D26-A2DC-220313175592} (ZoneIntro Class) - <a href="http://zone.msn.com/binFramework/v10/ZIntro.cab34246.cab%5B/url%5D">http://zone.msn.com/binFramework/v10/ZIntro.cab34246.cab</a>
O16 - DPF: {DF780F87-FF2B-4DF8-92D0-73DB16A1543A} (PopCapLoader Object) - <a href="http://download.games.yahoo.com/games/popcap/zuma/popcaploader_v5.cab%5B/url%5D">http://download.games.yahoo.com/games/popcap/zuma/popcaploader_v5.cab</a>
O23 - Service: Symantec Event Manager (ccEvtMgr) - Symantec Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccEvtMgr.exe
O23 - Service: Symantec Password Validation Service (ccPwdSvc) - Symantec Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccPwdSvc.exe
O23 - Service: iPod Service (iPodService) - Apple Computer, Inc. - C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe
O23 - Service: Norton AntiVirus Auto Protect Service (navapsvc) - Symantec Corporation - C:\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus
avapsvc.exe
O23 - Service: ScriptBlocking Service (SBService) - Symantec Corporation - C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\SYMANT~1\SCRIPT~1\SBServ.exe</p>
<p>yeah thats the log, but thats NOT all of it.....there shoud be more...</p>
<p>open the program and check the following:
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {016235BE-59D4-4CEB-ADD5-E2378282A1D9} - C:\Program Files\Aprps\cxtpls.dll
O4 - HKLM..\Run: [¢¸K0¨4W
}ïÁzîigÝC:\Program Files\ISTsvc\istsvc.exe] C:\WINDOWS
vpxpvv.exe
O4 - HKLM..\Run: [Media Access] C:\Program Files\Media Access\MediaAccK.exe
O4 - HKLM..\Run: [AutoUpdater] "C:\Program Files\AutoUpdate\AutoUpdate.exe"
O16 - DPF: {15AD6789-CDB4-47E1-A9DA-992EE8E6BAD6} - <a href="http://static.windupdates.com/cab/M.../bridge-c15.cab%5B/url%5D">http://static.windupdates.com/cab/M.../bridge-c15.cab</a>
O16 - DPF: {2B323CD9-50E3-11D3-9466-00A0C9700498} - <a href="http://us.chat1.yimg.com/us.yimg.co...v45/yacscom.cab%5B/url%5D">http://us.chat1.yimg.com/us.yimg.co...v45/yacscom.cab</a>
O16 - DPF: {30528230-99F7-4BB4-88D8-FA1D4F56A2AB} (YInstStarter Class) - <a href="http://us.dl1.yimg.com/download.yah...nst20040510.cab%5B/url%5D">http://us.dl1.yimg.com/download.yah...nst20040510.cab</a></p>
<p>Then hit check fixed....</p>
<p>and search and destroy:
MediaAccK.exe
nvpxpvv.exe</p>
<p>Then ran the following online scans:
<a href="http://www.pandasoftware.com/produc...n_principal.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.pandasoftware.com/produc...n_principal.htm</a> (Internet Explorer only)</p>
<p><a href="http://housecall.trendmicro.com/hou.../start_corp.asp%5B/url%5D">http://housecall.trendmicro.com/hou.../start_corp.asp</a> (Internet Explorer only)</p>
<p>Then download ad-ware and spy-bot, and ran both of them...do the complete scan not the smart scan...</p>
<p>---if you are unable to ran any of the scans, try it in safemode....just keep pressing F8 when the computer is booting up....</p>
<p>I see you have norton antivirus but not a firewall...</p>
<p>Then post a new log....</p>
<p>^ you can read that?</p>
<p>read what?</p>
<p>If you're ever curious about the processes running on your computer, you can always google them to find out if they are dangerous or not. For example, google "pokapoka63.exe"</p>
<p>BEST: go to microsoft.com and download their software..i havent had one ad in months!</p>
<p>that's because your ads has been replaced by security loopholes :D</p>
<p>lol..Microsoft's Antispyware Beta program actually does a good job of preventing spyware. The program is free as a Beta (MS just bought GIANT and rebranded the program, or so I've heard); hopefully they don't start charging for it anytime soon.</p>
<p>I too originally felt tied to IE. then i tried firefox. it's realllllllllllly amazing.</p>