I actually found out what that host is that is conneting via port 80.. DUH!! It is the AOLHostService.exe.. I think it's used for AIM... Anyway, my sense of alarm is reduced now, but is there anything else I might be able to do to clean this machine up a little more? Thanks for all your help
To answer the last post, the IP address that is connecting is not on my network, neither workstation or router IP... It's somewhere on the Inet..
I was able to clean up one of the user accounts on the machine by following the directions, but am still getting the established connection on...
Thanks for your response... I followed your instructions... I did not get any hits while running ad aware, spybot, cwshredder or MS antispyware.. I cleaned up the hijack this list and here are the results:
Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 1:08:14 PM, on 10/23/2005
Platform: Windows...
I ran housecall and it found two files that had the same virus and I deleted them.. Here is the output from hijack this:
Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 10:43:27 AM, on 10/23/2005
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)
Running...
I have a Dell Desktop running XP Pro... My wife and kids use this machine.. My wife's account recently started running slow, not being able to run certain apps (AOL) or getting BSOD. I run Mcafee AV, Spybot and Ad-Aware all with the latest updates. If I run McAfee, I get no virus's found, but...
reinstalled the neomagic magicmedia 256av drivers for my dell latitude, then rebooted. change video settings to 800x600, system says change will take place after a reboot... after reboot, no change in results.. still boots up 640x480..
I recently had some issues with spyware/adware/maelware. I just got my laptop in running order after having to remove my touchpad mouse, antivirus and zone alarm then running a couple of spyware software removers(spybot and spy hunter). The problem I have now is that the system won't change...
Here's what I found on pstores.exe:
Process File: pstores or pstores.exe
Process Name: Protected Storage Service
Description: Microsoft Protected Storage Server, in Win95/98/ME, or Protected Storage Service, in WinNT/2000/XP. Protected Storage, in the form of PSTORES, was introduced with...
hello
I got java script errors when trying to access the FAQ and forum links, but here is the hijackthis log:
Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7
Scan saved at 4:34:34 PM, on 7/14/04
Platform: Windows 98 SE (Win9x 4.10.2222A)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)
Running processes...
I have a dell laptop with win98se.. A month ago it started to boot slower than normal and once booted, I couldn't move the cursor. No unusual processes or applications seemed to be running. I downloaded a package called Spyhunter, that seemed to cleaned alot of adware, spyware, etc and the...
I use AOL for home email... I just rec'd email from a friend(using ZEarthlink as their ISP)that attached photos to the email they sent. The file attachment ends with .lnk and I don't have any application to open this file type with. Any ideas?
thanks
Thanks, I had already done a google and found that link... It is for a sample file from the Win developers kit, not the driver....
SUMMARY
The Umss.exe sample shows how two drivers can be used in tandem to support a universal serial bus (USB) mass storage device on a Microsoft Windows 98-based...
I have a digital camera that uses a usb connection to connect into Adobe Photo deluxe. The camera cannot make the connection because the USB Mass Storage driver has not been installed. I have found the driver name that fits this description is usbmsc.dll. I can't find this driver anywhere. Any...
FYI I tried one of the fixes listed in MS Q200915 article..
I ran "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Winword.exe" /unregserver
then ran
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Winword.exe" /regserver
Problem solved... thanks to all who responded
Thanks I had found this reference on the MS website... I made the change and now Word loads, then the document loads and I get this error:
Do you want to revert to the saved "filename"? I see no difference whether I answer with a yes or no... I get this message with newly created...
I just used PC Relocator to move my old PC data to a new system. All is well except for my Word docs. Now when I double-click on a Word file, in explorer, to open it, Word launches, but I get the following error message:
Word cannot open the document.
Try one or more of the following:
*On the...
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