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Kikinchikin
2004-10-11, 03:11 AM
I'm 90 percent sure this is some sort of spyware, but at random times an explorer window will pop up saying that Internet Explorer failed to load the site, at which point I click either OK or X it, and a Cannot display page comes up. I click back, and on some sites I'm fine. Others never want to load. I just want to make sure nothing I can actually fix is wrong before I reformat yet again.
Sentrosi
2004-10-11, 10:08 AM
Ad Aware SE

Spybot Search and Destroy

Update your Anti Virus program

Dun.



Could someone sticky this?
TheN00b
2004-10-11, 10:22 AM
Ad Aware SE

Spybot Search and Destroy

Update your Anti Virus program

Dun.



Could someone sticky this?

Mmm, yes. And if you're a lazy ass, and don't want to get both those programs, go with Adaware: It seems to catch more.
Rbstr
2004-10-11, 04:18 PM
meh i need to do new stickies i should start as sticky sugestion thread, then compile all the infor and put it up.
MattxMosh
2004-10-11, 06:00 PM
I'd be happy to write up a few guides on things if you want some help.

Was actually going to write a slipstream/unattended install guide for another site on my day off this week, so maybe I'll cross post it.
Rbstr
2004-10-11, 06:11 PM
sounds good to me, making the source thread now
Kikinchikin
2004-10-11, 10:36 PM
Should have forseen that, no none of those have helped the problem. Actually I should have posted that in the first place.
Rbstr
2004-10-12, 12:01 AM
well you can look for random processes that are out of place in TaskManager, or move to a better browser and see if that helps,
Kikinchikin
2004-10-12, 09:46 AM
What sorts of processes would I be looking for? Anything that is taking up a large amount of memory? Also which alternative browser would you reccomend?
Rbstr
2004-10-12, 04:27 PM
well trying to find a process could be tough, generaly wou need to know what's one our system and google anything you may think is out of place.

for an alretnaive browser go with Mozilla Fire Fox 1.0pr (http://www.mozilla.org/) does every thing IE can + tabed browsing and no popups
MattxMosh
2004-10-12, 08:44 PM
What sorts of processes would I be looking for? Anything that is taking up a large amount of memory? Also which alternative browser would you reccomend?

If you havent already tried this, give Hijack This a run. It sepreste all the things for you to look up.

EDIT: Or search teh Microsoft Knowledge base, it may just be a weird error of sorts.
SDM
2004-10-13, 01:46 AM
I've had this problem before. It may be what you're talking about. AdAware, and Spybot won't touch it.

Disable Messenger Service in Windows XP (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/security/learnmore/stopspam.mspx)
Kikinchikin
2004-10-14, 06:18 PM
well i followed ur advice sdm and found my messenger service already disabled. I did see something about firewall. Call me an idiot, but I don't know if it's enabled or not. Could someone tell me how to check? Because I sure do get a helluva lot more popups/junk than any of my friends do with the same internet and everything. Also, does enabling the firewall disrupt any online games? IE will it block me from getting into server etc?