I turn the computer on and it boots perfectly fine! I get ready to start a program and the computer shuts down on its on and then restarts and this is all it will do. Also once the computer has booted and it seems as though i can start a program, I click the program and an error message comes up with that programs file extension and says an illegal operation has been performed and the computer shuts down. Please Help!!!!
Unzip, doubleclick HijackThis.exe, and hit "Scan".
When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log" button. Press that, save the log, load it in Notepad, and copy its contents here. Most of what it lists will be harmless or even essential, don't fix anything yet.
Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 12:40:00 PM, on 12/22/2003 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)
Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\Documents and Settings\Jonathan\Local Settings\Temp\Temporary Directory 1 for hijackthis.zip\HijackThis.exe
You have some problems that can be solved by Spybot S&D could you please use that first and then post a new log for us to check. It would also help if you move hijackthis to a forder of its own (say C:\hjt) and not in the temp folders.
Use these to remove Malware (Spyware and Adware).
1) SpyBot Search and Destroy After installing SpyBot Search & Destroy, first press Online, and search for, put a check mark at, and install all updates. Next, close all Internet Explorer windows, hit 'Check for Problems', and have SpyBot remove all it finds.
2) Get Ad-Aware After installing Ad-Aware, and before running the program, first press “check for updates now". Click "Connect" and install all updated components available. Click 'Finish'. Press "Scan Now", then 'next', and let Ad-Aware scan your drives. It will find a number of "bad" files and registry keys. Click 'Next' again. Check all found items, and click 'next' once more. It will ask you whether you'd like to remove all checked items. Click OK.
Always reboot the computer between each program - both of these may find things that they need to have a reboot of the machine to clear - please reboot and let them finish .
Failing those solving your problems a post of a hijackthis log for the experts to advise. HijackThis From Here Download, run, scan, save log, then in notepad copy the FULL log by copy and paste to a post in one of these specialist spyware removal forums:-
You should post your log as a reply to this post and an expert with HijackThis Knowldge, will have a go at giving advice. Please note the list of experts names below, very few forum regulars here have had this training. DO NOT FIX ANYTHING WITH HIJACKTHIS WITHOUT EXPERT ADVICE, most of what it finds you need for normal MS Windows tasks.
Known Spyware HijackThis fighters in DellTalk - If you are, and are not on the list please PM Me. ChrisRLG therock247uk TomCoyote (of http://tomcoyote.org/forums/index.php fame above) irelynmisses YoKenny baskar1234
I, and the other hijack experts mentioned above, are in all those sites (and more) with the same login names. You might get one of us at those sites also to anwser your log, but other experts will also be available.
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Download 'Hijack This!'. http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/ or
http://www.merijn.org/files/HijackThis.exe
Unzip, doubleclick HijackThis.exe, and hit "Scan".
When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log" button.
Press that, save the log, load it in Notepad, and copy its contents here. Most of what it lists will be harmless or even essential, don't fix anything yet.