Winsock is broken or corrupted. Either apply MS's approach; http://support.microsoft.com/kb/246727 or run Winsockfix....
Once you get logged on again, click Start>Run or open Task manager and click File>New Task (run), then enter the following command and hit enter....
Glad to hear it. Thanks for posting back! :)
Can you give us an update on the computer's behavior? Last you mentioned was after logging on in safe mode, you got an NT Authority shutdown. Have...
You're welcome Ann :)
Sounds almost like a combination of Blaster and Smitfraud. If you can get it to boot again, as soon as you're able to, open the task manager and...
In IE, click Tools>Internet Options. Click Delete Files, check the box for Offline Content and click OK. Click Delete Cookies, click OK. Note:...
Generally F8 takes you to Advanced boot menu, Delete key takes you to BIOS ...........hmmm, what happens if you hit Delete at startup? Puzzled...
Not only possible, I can guarantee it. It's XP's nature to assign every attached drive or partition a recycle bin, and I have no doubt that Vista...
I would like you to do one other thing tomorrow too .... bothers me that the defrag c:\ -a command didn't work. Open a command prompt and type set...
Glad you've got it resolved. Thanks for posting back. :)
Hi Argent, Just 1 baddie that I see, belonging to PurityScan. O2 - BHO: (no name) - {99084D48-D5FA-A90A-8A09-8FADAFE474C4} -...
Good to hear it's running. Just make sure that defrag.exe is present in the system32 folder. Pretty sure that dfrg.msc still relies on the...
Welcome to WindowsBBS peterock86 :) While in the folder, click View>Choose Details. You'll find what you want available.
Just out of curiosity, what did you do with the defrag fix from kellys-korner? You should have extracted the file and placed it in...
That C:\$RECYCLE.BIN folder is for Vista. One of those SID folders will be your Vista user profile, the other (likely the one in question) is...
Appears to be an online survey program. http://www.cst-international.com/ocular/ocular.html Something you chose to participate in?
Did you do the search for HOSTS? Can you access yahoo.com yet? Click Start>Run, type cmd then hit enter to open a command window. Type defrag...
Very happy to help. :) Please post a fresh HijackThs log.
Hi Ann, Yes it does, but you have to get the name of the service right. Using your's above as examples; O23 - Service: SymWMI Service...
Separate names with a comma.
