A Virus??

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Digitalshooter!

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Isn't that UPromiseRemindU stuff all part of the topmoxie adware? I've seen at least one reference on the net that suggests that ewido might clean it up, but I have not confirmed that.

Guy
 
also look for a folder by this name "UPromiseRemindU" under program files and delete it.

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Digitalshooter!

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ok you can right click and delete the office one.
Won't that affect my MS Office programs?
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Scan/Save log (after scan) Fix Checked
I remembered the Hijackthis.de/site here is the link with the analysis
http://www.hijackthis.de/#anl

That is the link to the page but I just checked it here in preview and it doesn't show the log that I am seeing.
What am I doing wrong?

Also ther UPromise is a program here in NY where certain items in the store are eligible that wneh you join and use a scan card when you buy them, money is put into an account towards a college fund for your child. I don't know if that is causing a problem or not.
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Scan/Save log (after scan) Fix Checked
Try this link:
http://www.hijackthis.de/logfiles/3a5901f4eeb944ca5b2472870e79f0d7.html
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Scan/Save log (after scan) Fix Checked
Try this link:
http://www.hijackthis.de/logfiles/3a5901f4eeb944ca5b2472870e79f0d7.html
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Digitalshooter!

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Done,

Did you get the link to the logfile and what do you think?
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also look for a folder by this name "UPromiseRemindU" under program
files and delete it.
I just downloaded Ewido and it ran in regular mode and found that this file is malware so I deleted it. I am going into safemode now and will run it again.
I'll post what it finds either tonight or in the morning.

Thanks
Bruce
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Digitalshooter!

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The light at the end of the tunnel is becoming clearer and its
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Nikon D200, 18-200mm VR lens



'I need a Shave and a Bananna, NOW!!!'
 
and for those who may be following this, I went to email to give some better instructions on running Hijack this.

I still want you to finish out with the following:

1.) go to control panel/system/turn off restore
2.) Reboot PC
3.) Turn restore back on
4.) run online scan link I sent you.

Let me know, also I think we are nearing 150.

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Digitalshooter!

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The light at the end of the tunnel is becoming clearer and its calling me to the darkside!
 
By the way what do you think of Spyware Doctor. I have a trial
version that has expired and it keeps coming up with spyware that
it says I need to register the program for $29.95 in order to
delete them.
unfortunately some of the spyware programs will find some unimportant file and tell you that it is spyware just to get you to buy the program. That has happened to me on a couple of occasions, but I can't remember which programs. I paid the money and it ID'd a file that was an unncessary windows file, but not spyware. I would take that message with a grain of salt.

Mike
 
By the way what do you think of Spyware Doctor. I have a trial
version that has expired and it keeps coming up with spyware that
it says I need to register the program for $29.95 in order to
delete them.
unfortunately some of the spyware programs will find some
unimportant file and tell you that it is spyware just to get you to
buy the program. That has happened to me on a couple of occasions,
but I can't remember which programs. I paid the money and it ID'd a
file that was an unncessary windows file, but not spyware. I would
take that message with a grain of salt.
Thanks Mik, I agree. I have enough other programs to scan for spyware that seem to be working.

Bruce
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Nikon D200, 18-200mm VR lens



'I need a Shave and a Bananna, NOW!!!'
 
and for those who may be following this, I went to email to give
some better instructions on running Hijack this.

I still want you to finish out with the following:

1.) go to control panel/system/turn off restore
I did this
2.) Reboot PC
I did this
3.) Turn restore back on
I did this also. It didn't seem to automatically set up a restore oint so I manually created one but when I checked there were two so it did set one up for me.
4.) run online scan link I sent you.
I started to but it was getting late and it was taking awhile so I shut down and will go back and do that tonight.

I will also run spyware Doctor to see what cookies, etc. it claims to find that it won't fix unless I register it for $29.95. ( I will try to copy an dpaste them inot a message so you can see what they are)

I ran Ewido and it found 37 items, I saved the log and e-mailed it to you last night as an attachemnt. Did you get it and if so what did you think of the items that it found (and I removed from my PC).

Thanks
Bruce.
Let me know, also I think we are nearing 150.
I guess when we reach 150 we have to start another thread.

BTW the system seems fine at this point although I have to uninstall and reinstrall my HP printer software as I get a print spool error when I try to print.

Also boot up tie for the PC is a bit slow and shutdown seems a bit slower than normal and I am still getting a few Ending file prompts where I can let it shut doen the programs or click on "End". Do you think that there is still some promblem lurj=king there that is causing this?
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Thanks,

Digitalshooter!

Member of the 7D and Beercan Cult!

The light at the end of the tunnel is becoming clearer and its
calling me to the darkside!
--
http://CusinBrucie.smugmug.com/gallery/1285864/1/60412211

http://borkofsky.ilovesuccess.net/

My Daughter's Art/Photo Site, Please have a look http://lipping.myexpose.com/gallery/
Nikon D200, 18-200mm VR lens



'I need a Shave and a Bananna, NOW!!!'
 
and for those who may be following this, I went to email to give
some better instructions on running Hijack this.

I still want you to finish out with the following:

1.) go to control panel/system/turn off restore
I did this
2.) Reboot PC
I did this
3.) Turn restore back on
I did this also. It didn't seem to automatically set up a restore
oint so I manually created one but when I checked there were two so
it did set one up for me.
4.) run online scan link I sent you.
I started to but it was getting late and it was taking awhile so I
shut down and will go back and do that tonight.

I will also run spyware Doctor to see what cookies, etc. it claims
to find that it won't fix unless I register it for $29.95. ( I will
try to copy an dpaste them inot a message so you can see what they
are)
I ran Ewido and it found 37 items, I saved the log and e-mailed it
to you last night as an attachemnt. Did you get it and if so what
did you think of the items that it found (and I removed from my PC).
The report I read said no action taken, are you sure it deleted or fixed anything?
Thanks
Bruce.
Let me know, also I think we are nearing 150.
I guess when we reach 150 we have to start another thread.

BTW the system seems fine at this point although I have to
uninstall and reinstrall my HP printer software as I get a print
spool error when I try to print.
Also boot up tie for the PC is a bit slow and shutdown seems a bit
slower than normal and I am still getting a few Ending file prompts
where I can let it shut doen the programs or click on "End". Do
you think that there is still some promblem lurj=king there that is
causing this?
What program is refussing to shutdown?
 
Before We Hit the 150 max in this thread I want ot again thank all of you who have helped me with this ongoing problem. On most of the other forums I've been on I've never seen this kind of unselfish willingness to help. I especially want to thank Digitalshooter for his tireless efforts to help me through this.

Also not to forget Guy Scharf for his many tips and ideas, Joel Albert,Jim Pilcher, klickitatdave, Motordrive, Martin Tony Surovcek, carl english, Arved/Motordrive, Ian R., Mike Gerstner,

I would certainly recommend you guys and this form to ANYONE who needs PC help.

Thanks so much again guys.

Althhough I don't know for sure if I am 100% out of the woods with this so I amy still be needing some help with minor tweaks on the system.

My deepest thanks,
Bruce

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My Daughter's Art/Photo Site, Please have a look http://lipping.myexpose.com/gallery/
Nikon D200, 18-200mm VR lens



'I need a Shave and a Bananna, NOW!!!'
 
and for those who may be following this, I went to email to give
some better instructions on running Hijack this.

I still want you to finish out with the following:

1.) go to control panel/system/turn off restore
I did this
2.) Reboot PC
I did this
3.) Turn restore back on
I did this also. It didn't seem to automatically set up a restore
oint so I manually created one but when I checked there were two so
it did set one up for me.
4.) run online scan link I sent you.
I started to but it was getting late and it was taking awhile so I
shut down and will go back and do that tonight.

I will also run spyware Doctor to see what cookies, etc. it claims
to find that it won't fix unless I register it for $29.95. ( I will
try to copy an dpaste them inot a message so you can see what they
are)
I ran Ewido and it found 37 items, I saved the log and e-mailed it
to you last night as an attachemnt. Did you get it and if so what
did you think of the items that it found (and I removed from my PC).
The report I read said no action taken, are you sure it deleted or
fixed anything?
I think the report was set up before I deleted all of the 37 files. I wanted to be sure to be able to create the log for you to see. Was there anything super bad on there that you could see?
Thanks
Bruce.
Let me know, also I think we are nearing 150.
I guess when we reach 150 we have to start another thread.

BTW the system seems fine at this point although I have to
uninstall and reinstrall my HP printer software as I get a print
spool error when I try to print.
Also boot up tie for the PC is a bit slow and shutdown seems a bit
slower than normal and I am still getting a few Ending file prompts
where I can let it shut doen the programs or click on "End". Do
you think that there is still some promblem lurj=king there that is
causing this?
What program is refussing to shutdown?
I'll have to check it out tonight and I will post here. I'm pretty sure it was my Webroot Spy Sweeper and an HP program, probably for my printer. It seems to vary. But last night it was in the final shut down with blue screen saying windows was shutting down but it stayed like that for what seemed like about 5 minutes. Perhaps it was just logging all of the changes and spyware deleted??

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Nikon D200, 18-200mm VR lens



'I need a Shave and a Bananna, NOW!!!'
 
To answer your earlier questions, jv16powertools is here
http://www.jv16.org/

You turn off indexing service by going to the 'my computer' icon,, navigating to the drive, rt clicking > properties and on the page which shows the fee usage etc, uncheck the indexing service box at the bottom.

I've read through your logs and it strikes me that you do have an awful lot of things running. I'm not recommending specifically that you should switch anything off it's just that all those things called helpers and monitors reminders and updates, have ram assigned to them and sometimes they are working away in the background slowing things down.

Take MSOffice for example. It installs a helper which loads at start up and sits there all the time. It means that when you click on Word or Excel the program takes about a second less to start. I've never had a use for that.

Do you use Windows messenger as it's well known to send out messages when you don't want it too and it also is sitting there monitoring your connection.

C-dilla too is a sort of grey area. It's supposed to be a protection service checking copyright on CDs but some people think it's spyware and it is definitely monitoring your system and sending information out. You need to know what exactly installed it and if you can turn it off.
The Hp updater too. How often do you need an update?

And so on and so on. Plus, now you're rather overdoing it on the security in my opinion. You're running things through a router I believe so you should look into configuring your router properly as that has probably the best protection of all .

You need to go through that line by line and ask yourself if you need all the itunes , and media player (another one that rings out) etc to load automatically, or if you want to configure them just to start when you click on the program. I think then you'll start to see things work a lot faster.

And if AVG let you down (I'm surprised) try another AV. It should be able to pick up that Moxie thing and delete it, it's quite an old virus. Try Kaspersky. It has a free onlone scanner too and is probably the best right now (Bit defender is getting good ratings too and has an online scanner, or Nod32).
And when you run Spybot, do use the immunize feature. It really helps.
Ian
 
via a forum or email to take him to that level of registry edits.

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Member of the 7D and Beercan Cult!

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