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Jaina ([personal profile] effervescible) wrote2005-02-19 08:08 pm
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ARGH WTF! Tech help, please?

Can anyone tell me why Internet Explorer has suddenly decided to error every time I start it? I keep getting the "not responding" thing and it shuts down. And Semagic's doing the same thing! God knows what other program might. I wasn't even DOING anything at the time it started, just playing City of Heroes! I beg you guys, PLEASE help me figure out wtf to do about this.
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[identity profile] girlmitzi.livejournal.com 2005-02-20 01:18 am (UTC)(link)

I wish I could help but I can't so I will instead profess my icon lurve!!

[identity profile] jmcgarry.livejournal.com 2005-02-20 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds like it could be Spyware/Malware. You could try Spybot Search and Destroy and/or Ad-aware to see what's there (they sometimes find different things).

[identity profile] chaosblue.livejournal.com 2005-02-20 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, what James said. And then you should really, really consider feeling the Firefox love.

[identity profile] jaina.livejournal.com 2005-02-20 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
I do have Mozilla, though it's not set as my primary. Handles too much like Netscape, though this might be enough to get me to change over.

[identity profile] jaina.livejournal.com 2005-02-20 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
I ran Spybot and it found a few things. Virus scan is in progress, found a couple minor things, but nothing serious. Tried to run Ad Aware too, but it also froze. I don't know whether that's another incredible freezing program (of which I have discover AIM is one) or if it's just because it can't run while the virus scan does.

Holy fuck, I don't know what else I can do. I suppose I could turn it off and let it rest for a while, but it's been rebooted twice already.

[identity profile] jmcgarry.livejournal.com 2005-02-20 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
That's cuz its the same engine as Netscrap.

[identity profile] jmcgarry.livejournal.com 2005-02-20 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
Ad-ware can freeze when some virus scan programs are running, I've seen it, not common, but not completely unheard of. Does your campus have an anti-malware/spyware program you could download? Hmmm, ok of these don't work, find and d/l a program called HiJackThis and post the log file, [livejournal.com profile] chaosblue or I should be able to parse it and see if there's something weird.

[identity profile] chaosblue.livejournal.com 2005-02-20 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
Same engine, but infinitely more usable. My biggest beef is the lack of multimedia support due to M$'s stranglehold, but I'm hoping that will lessen over time.

log part 1

[identity profile] jaina.livejournal.com 2005-02-20 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchURL,(Default) = about:blank
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyServer = 169.254.45.84
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHlprObj Class - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.ocx
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: Google Toolbar Helper - {AA58ED58-01DD-4d91-8333-CF10577473F7} - c:\program files\google\googletoolbar2.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\msdxm.ocx
O3 - Toolbar: &Google - {2318C2B1-4965-11d4-9B18-009027A5CD4F} - c:\program files\google\googletoolbar2.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [IMJPMIG8.1] C:\WINDOWS\IME\imjp8_1\IMJPMIG.EXE /Spoil /RemAdvDef /Migration32
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PHIME2002ASync] C:\WINDOWS\System32\IME\TINTLGNT\TINTSETP.EXE /SYNC
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PHIME2002A] C:\WINDOWS\System32\IME\TINTLGNT\TINTSETP.EXE /IMEName
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Omnipage] C:\Program Files\ScanSoft\OmniPageSE\opware32.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [LWBMOUSE] C:\Program Files\Browser Mouse\Browser Mouse\1.0\lwbwheel.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvCplDaemon] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\System32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [nwiz] nwiz.exe /install
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [syscm] C:\WINDOWS\System32\Syscm.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [imjpmig] C:\IME\IMJP\imjpmig.exe /RemAdvDef /AIMEREG /Migration /SetPreload
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [WinampAgent] C:\Program Files\Winamp\winampa.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvMediaCenter] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\System32\NvMcTray.dll,NvTaskbarInit
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [WildTangent CDA] RUNDLL32.exe "C:\Program Files\WildTangent\Apps\CDA\cdaEngine0400.dll",cdaEngineMain
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ViewMgr] C:\Program Files\Viewpoint\Viewpoint Manager\ViewMgr.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_01\bin\jusched.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iTunesHelper] C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG7_CC] C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgcc.exe /STARTUP
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVGCtrl] C:\Program Files\AVPersonal\AVGNT.EXE /min
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\System32\ctfmon.exe

log part 2

[identity profile] jaina.livejournal.com 2005-02-20 03:30 am (UTC)(link)

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Mozilla Quick Launch] "C:\Program Files\mozilla.org\Mozilla\Mozilla.exe" -turbo
O4 - Global Startup: Acrobat Assistant.lnk = C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\Distillr\AcroTray.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Adobe Gamma Loader.lnk = C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Calibration\Adobe Gamma Loader.exe
O4 - Global Startup: D-Link AirPlus.lnk = ?
O4 - Global Startup: InterVideo WinCinema Manager.lnk = C:\Program Files\InterVideo\Common\Bin\WinCinemaMgr.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\OSA.EXE
O8 - Extra context menu item: &Google Search - res://c:\program files\google\GoogleToolbar2.dll/cmsearch.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Backward Links - res://c:\program files\google\GoogleToolbar2.dll/cmbacklinks.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Cached Snapshot of Page - res://c:\program files\google\GoogleToolbar2.dll/cmcache.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~1\Office10\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O8 - Extra context menu item: Similar Pages - res://c:\program files\google\GoogleToolbar2.dll/cmsimilar.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Translate into English - res://c:\program files\google\GoogleToolbar2.dll/cmtrans.html
O9 - Extra button: AIM - {AC9E2541-2814-11d5-BC6D-00B0D0A1DE45} - C:\Program Files\AIM95\aim.exe
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\MSMSGS.EXE
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\MSMSGS.EXE
O12 - Plugin for .spop: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Plugins\NPDocBox.dll
O16 - DPF: RaptisoftGameLoader - http://www.miniclip.com/hamsterball/raptisoftgameloader.cab
O16 - DPF: {41F17733-B041-4099-A042-B518BB6A408C} - http://appldnld.m7z.net/content.info.apple.com/iTunes4/WW/win/019-0312.20050111.MmVrT/iTunesSetup.exe
O16 - DPF: {74D05D43-3236-11D4-BDCD-00C04F9A3B61} (HouseCall Control) - http://a840.g.akamai.net/7/840/537/2004061001/housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/xscan53.cab
O16 - DPF: {917623D1-D8E5-11D2-BE8B-00104B06BDE3} (CamImage Class) - http://plazacam.bu.edu/activex/AxisCamControl.cab
O16 - DPF: {9A9307A0-7DA4-4DAF-B042-5009F29E09E1} (ActiveScan Installer Class) - http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/as5/asinst.cab
O16 - DPF: {DF780F87-FF2B-4DF8-92D0-73DB16A1543A} (PopCapLoader Object) - http://anu.popcap.com/games/popcaploader_v5.cab
O16 - DPF: {FA3662C3-B8E8-11D6-A667-0010B556D978} (IWinAmpActiveX Class) - http://cdn.digitalcity.com/_media/dalaillama/ampx.cab
O23 - Service: AntiVir Service (AntiVirService) - H+BEDV Datentechnik GmbH - C:\Program Files\AVPersonal\AVGUARD.EXE
O23 - Service: AVG7 Alert Manager Server (Avg7Alrt) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgamsvr.exe
O23 - Service: AVG7 Update Service (Avg7UpdSvc) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgupsvc.exe
O23 - Service: AntiVir Update (AVWUpSrv) - H+BEDV Datentechnik GmbH, Germany - C:\Program Files\AVPersonal\AVWUPSRV.EXE
O23 - Service: iPod Service (iPodService) - Apple Computer, Inc. - C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe
O23 - Service: Macromedia Licensing Service - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Macromedia Shared\Service\Macromedia Licensing.exe
O23 - Service: NVIDIA Display Driver Service (NVSvc) - NVIDIA Corporation - C:\WINDOWS\System32\nvsvc32.exe
O23 - Service: PCTEL Speaker Phone (Pctspk) - PCtel, Inc. - C:\WINDOWS\system32\pctspk.exe

Re: log part 2

[identity profile] jmcgarry.livejournal.com 2005-02-20 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
Dude, I think you're clean. Still have the problem after the cleanup?

[identity profile] jmcgarry.livejournal.com 2005-02-20 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
Its better than Konqueror under Linux too. Its still pretty new code relatively, more support will come with time and more open source tends to make even more open source.

[identity profile] chaosblue.livejournal.com 2005-02-20 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
Linux browsers in general make me weep, for I have come to love the bling-bling. Firefox gives me the bling without the headache, which is most of the reason I wish I could marry it. I also feel the need to point out that since I've switch to Firefox, I've been able to cut my AV/Spybot scans to once a week, when I was having to do it daily while using IE.

Aaah, open source. <3

[identity profile] jmcgarry.livejournal.com 2005-02-20 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
At work, my IE is really locked down (my choice) and I'm pretty sure of safety with a firewall and some immunizations, but its a big p.i.t.a. to set up.

[identity profile] chaosblue.livejournal.com 2005-02-20 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
We who are too lazy to bother salute you. XD You'd think that having all the updates plus three firewalls and two ad/spyware busters and their immunizations would stop it. >_
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[identity profile] aevalin.livejournal.com 2005-02-22 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
It's erroring when you open IE or it's popping up all on it's own?

I'm switching my office to Firefox one by one. I've been using it for a while, and they are seeing the logic. PLUS I'm so freaking tired of fixing their machines. Sigh. I gotta concur that there ain't nothing in that HijackThis log - unless of course you didn't install those games :P

You know there is some spyware that actually breaks your IE or worse your connection to the net when you uninstall. Try Firefox. Is it working?

[identity profile] jaina.livejournal.com 2005-02-23 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
Well now it's kind of a non-issue...I did a system restore and now the computer doesn't work at all.
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