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i recently had some bad malware on my computer from a stupid ad i accidently clicked.(used adware to delete them and it says they are gone) it says it is connected to the internet and some how skype works but ie, msn,yahoo dont work. i run a diagnostic check and it says my internet proxy settings are wrong. been threw a few how to's with no luck. any suggestions guys

Well, this is frustrating...

M6755, 2+ yrs old, no extended warranty, won't power up. Press power button and it's light as well as the wireless light flashes once very quickly and then...nothing. No post no beep, nothing.

Backstory: power adapter low voltage wire where it exits the transformer started to fray internally because when I moved it one way or the other maybe it would charge and maybe it wouldn't. Eventually it stopped charging altogether so I purchased an aftermarket meant for this laptop and made sure all the specs match the OEM specs before I plugged in. Except for the AC side, which isn't grounded like the original.

The battery appears to charge ok because the light changes from purple (charging) to blue (charged) but if I unplug the charger the battery indicator light goes out altogether. At no time do I see the main power LED indicator light at all, plugged in or not.

I tried all the tricks you read about discharging the latent voltage, removing the battery and reinserting, re-seating the ram etc but to no avail.

Is it possible that the motherboard or something fried out due to the shorted charger wire?

Thanks,

My Compaq computer with Windows Vista Home Premium crashed last week because a virus killed off my hard drive and I have had to purchase a new computer. It is the same model and includes a free "trial" McAfee antivirus program. But I've heard that two antivirus programs should not be installed at the same time. Can anyone tell me if I can safely remove this "trial" McAfee antivirus program and download/install another antivirus program, such as AVG Anti-Virus Free, which would be far more affordable? I do not want to harm my new computer. Please help! All advice will be much appreciated. Thanks.

janda5 :)

This situation is a bit... Complicated. It involves a power surge.

I had an old PC and a power surge virtually ruined everything in my computer except for my dvd-rom drive and, to the best of my knowledge, my processor. Allow me to elaborate:

A power surge came causing my power supply so make this high pitched sound. Not thinking much of it and being ignorant to the sound resulted in a small shock one day which rendered what appeared to be at first, my motherboard and my power supply useless. When everything was plugged in properly, my computer failed to turn on. When the power was cut from the hard drive, the computer failed to show any signs of functionality (ram, video card, mother board, with the exception of the fans working). Since the computer never made it to post-bios in this state, it was decided to buy a new power supply and a motherboard (The models of which I will give later)

I started by replacing my power supply with one of an equivalent wattage (500W) and my mother board. Upon plugging everything successfully (RAM was not in as my old ram was DDR and I thus required DDR3 ram) into my motherboard and hardware, the computer failed to turn on, but when I cut the power from the hard drive- the mother board gave me its standard 3 beeps to let me know that there was no ram in the computer. This led me to purchase a new hard drive and the required ram and set it all up.

Everything has been installed now with the new motherboard, hard drive, ram, and power supply along with the old processor, fan, heat sink, video card, and dvd-rom drive. At first my computer turned on like a charm. I thought everything was fine and it was just a matter of installing windows- but for no apparent reason- the computer turned off (first beep was made and computer made it to the post bios [correct terminology?]). What appears to happen, is the computer functions normally but eventually just shuts off. The only thing that logically remains is the processor. I don't think the processor is overheating because the fan is the exact same one from the old motherboard. I considered the potential for my computer to be underpowered, but upon calling a technician and asking for help I was told that based on the video card and mother board that I'd informed him of that it was unlikely to be the case (Yet this hasn't been ruled out just yet).

A symptom that is leading me to believe that my computer is underpowered is that the fans are sluggish to turn on upon starting my computer. I press the power button and after a few seconds, they finally start to spin. It is important to note that the more frequently I turn on the computer, the less time it's capable of remaining on- which leads to a an overheating issue. I'm genuinely lost. Does anyone know the answer?


Specs:
Motherboard: P5P43TD is the model number
Processor: 3.0Ghz Intel (Other specifications not available)
Ram: DDR3 2x2GB (model number not really relevant, I don't think)
Power Supply: 500W (again, model number not really relevant I don't think)
Video Card: NVidia 7900GT
HDD: 1TB 64 MB Cache 7200 rpm --- Not relevant, as even without this plugged in, the computer still turned off after a period of time.

This situation is a bit... Complicated. It involves a power surge.

I had an old PC and a power surge virtually ruined everything in my computer except for my dvd-rom drive and, to the best of my knowledge, my processor. Allow me to elaborate:

A power surge caused my power supply to make this high pitched sound. Not thinking much of it and being ignorant to the sound resulted in a small shock one day which rendered what appeared to be at first, my motherboard and my power supply useless. When everything was plugged in properly, my computer failed to turn on. When the power was cut from the hard drive, the computer failed to show any signs of functionality (ram, video card, mother board, with the exception of the fans working). Since the computer never made it to post-bios in this state, it was decided to buy a new power supply and a motherboard (The models of which I will give later)

I started by replacing my power supply with one of an equivalent wattage (500W) and my mother board. Upon plugging everything successfully (RAM was not in as my old ram was DDR and I thus required DDR3 ram) into my motherboard and hardware, the computer failed to turn on, but when I cut the power from the hard drive- the mother board gave me its standard 3 beeps to let me know that there was no ram in the computer. This led me to purchase a new hard drive and the required ram and set it all up.

Everything has been installed now with the new motherboard, hard drive, ram, and power supply along with the old processor, fan, heat sink, video card, and dvd-rom drive. At first my computer turned on like a charm. I thought everything was fine and it was just a matter of installing windows- but for no apparent reason- the computer turned off (first beep was made and computer made it to the post bios [correct terminology?]). What appears to happen, is the computer functions normally but eventually just shuts off. The only thing that logically remains is the processor. I don't think the processor is overheating because the fan is the exact same one from the old motherboard. I considered the potential for my computer to be underpowered, but upon calling a technician and asking for help I was told that based on the video card and mother board that I'd informed him of that it was unlikely to be the case (Yet this hasn't been ruled out just yet).

A symptom that is leading me to believe that my computer is underpowered is that the fans are sluggish to turn on upon starting my computer. I press the power button and after a few seconds, they finally start to spin. It is important to note that the more frequently I turn on the computer, the less time it's capable of remaining on- which leads to an overheating issue. I'm genuinely lost. Does anyone know the answer?


Specs:
Motherboard: P5P43TD is the model number
Processor: 3.0Ghz Intel (Other specifications not available)
Ram: DDR3 2x2GB (model number not really relevant, I don't think)
Power Supply: 500W (again, model number not really relevant I don't think)
Video Card: NVidia 7900GT
HDD: 1TB 64 MB Cache 7200 rpm --- Not relevant, as even without this plugged in, the computer still turned off after a period of time.

Hey guys,
I awoke the other day to find my PC with a black screen saying "insert boot disk then press any key." I tried restarting the PC and it a attempted to do a CHDSK scan, which i allowed to scan. After the scan it gave the same error message followed by:

PXE-E61 - Media Test Failure - Check Cable
PXE-M0F - Exiting Intel Boot Agent.

A friend of mine looked at my hard-drive and assumed maybe its burned out but at certain time if i skip the scan I'm able to login and use the PC however, when transferring files to my external HDD or after awhile of use i get a blue screen error and it reboots. I don't quite understand what's going on or how to fix it but could anyone be of some assistance? Thanks in advance.

Also I'm running a gateway PC running windows vista (32 bit). I don't have any recovery disks but i have the OS disk and Vista upgrade disk which came with the PC.

My google searches are getting redirected to other searche engines and blank pages but it doesn't happen all the time it just depends on what I'm searching for. I'm not sure if I have the google redirect virus since I don't alway get redirected but when I do I can never get to where I want.
I have used AVG, Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, ESET online scanner, SUPERAntiSpyware to solve the problem but none of them could pick anything up.

Thank you in advance.

My google searches are getting redirected to other searche engines and blank pages but it doesn't happen all the time it just depends on what I'm searching for. I'm not sure if I have the google redirect virus since I don't alway get redirected but when I do I can never get to where I want.
I have used AVG, Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, ESET online scanner, SUPERAntiSpyware to solve the problem but none of them could pick anything up.

Thank you in advance.

my computer just hung the other day. so i decided to restart it and when i did it would
find a bootable disk.so what could be the problem . please assist

Well this laptop is having a problem. When you turn it on it won't boot (black screen) and then shuts down then boots up, then shuts down, then boots up and so forth. It has a Pentium 4. I took out a intel centrino chip from another laptop and the Acer turned on and stayed on the screen backlight also turned on but still no image on screen. Now the laptop did not turn on and off but instead you can't turn it off unless disconnect power. Thinking it was a busted CPU I bought a new Pentium 4 but lo and behold I put it in and it went back to shutting off and turning on etc. Is the Mobo dead?

just yesterday, a customer brought a desktop computer to my workshop. and after all the troubleshooting i did, i found that each time i remove the processor the system will power up but when i put back the processor, it will power and within 5 seconds it's off again.i have tried all my possible best but to no avail. please i need help to solve this problem.plesase Dani web members help.
thanks in advance.

Every time I start my laptop, I am getting the following RunDLL error message:

"Error loading C:/users/emilly/appdata/local/KBDeracb.dll
The specified module can not be found"

I have searched for this specific .dll but can not find it anywhere. The closest one i found was "KBDbhc.dll"

I have an HP G6-244DX laptop (Windows Vista O.S.)

Any ideas on what is causing this?

Here is the copy of the log file from hijack this. I can access exe files, task manager etc. IE opens but the searches open up spam sites and other search sites. I ran malware bytes and cc cleaner. please advise:




Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4
Scan saved at 12:22:01 AM, on 8/30/2010
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.5730.0013)
Boot mode: Normal

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\Ati2evxx.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG9\avgchsvx.exe
C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG9\avgrsx.exe
C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG9\avgcsrvx.exe
C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware\AAWService.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe
C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG9\avgwdsvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Intuit\Update Service\IntuitUpdateService.exe
C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG9\avgnsx.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\Program Files\Common Files\LightScribe\LSSrvc.exe
C:\Program Files\HP\hpcoretech\hpcmpmgr.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft IntelliPoint\point32.exe
C:\Program Files\Nero\Nero MediaHome 4\NeroMediaHome.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG9\avgtray.exe
C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\GrooveMonitor.exe
C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbarNotifier\GoogleToolbarNotifier.exe
C:\Program Files\PeerBlock\peerblock.exe
C:\Program Files\SEC\Natural Color Pro\NCProTray.exe
C:\Program Files\Analog Devices\SoundMAX\spkrmon.exe
C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static\MOM.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Webroot\Spy Sweeper\WRSSSDK.exe
C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static\ccc.exe
C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware\AAWTray.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\Matt\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\QO7J0ZVY\HijackThis[1].exe

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.yahoo.com/
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyOverride = *.local
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {02478D38-C3F9-4efb-9B51-7695ECA05670} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHelperStub - {18DF081C-E8AD-4283-A596-FA578C2EBDC3} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelperShim.dll
O2 - BHO: WormRadar.com IESiteBlocker.NavFilter - {3CA2F312-6F6E-4B53-A66E-4E65E497C8C0} - C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG9\avgssie.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {71EBC5E3-497D-414D-9AED-A644BDBC9B1B} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: Groove GFS Browser Helper - {72853161-30C5-4D22-B7F9-0BBC1D38A37E} - C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\Office12\GRA8E1~1.DLL
O2 - BHO: Google Toolbar Helper - {AA58ED58-01DD-4d91-8333-CF10577473F7} - C:\Program Files\Google\Google Toolbar\GoogleToolbar.dll
O2 - BHO: Google Toolbar Notifier BHO - {AF69DE43-7D58-4638-B6FA-CE66B5AD205D} - C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbarNotifier\5.4.4525.1752\swg.dll
O2 - BHO: Google Dictionary Compression sdch - {C84D72FE-E17D-4195-BB24-76C02E2E7C4E} - C:\Program Files\Google\Google Toolbar\Component\fastsearch_219B3E1547538286.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NeroFilterCheck] C:\WINDOWS\system32\NeroCheck.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HP Component Manager]

Hi all,

I'm back with a new problem. :) I have a Medion Akoya E1210, a MSI Wind U100 copy, netbook.
Whenever I unplug the power adapter the netbook dies. Replugging it boots it up again. At first I thought it was the battery but I have another battery (we have 2 medions) with same results.

Taking out the battery and waiting for about 15 minutes leaving the netbook unplugged I replaced the battery and it boots fine. Plugging in the adapter gives no problems then. Unplugging the adapter while the system is on gives same problem.

So I think it has something to do with the voltage regulator on the motherboard, but I'm not sure. Anyone else seen this problem or has some ideas? Maybe I'm looking in the wrong direction.

TIA! and greetings.
:)

my dell dimension c521 is restarting itself all the time.I turn on the computer and see the screen - start windows normaly,I scrool down to the comand and I hit the enter key,it does its thing then I see the windows ep logo for about 30 seconds then it starts the process all over again.Start,windows logo start windows logo.
I bought this computer to play a game and the only thing that I have done was install the updates but I think the version of windows ep is fake.I did not install the windows ex.
Now I am not computer savy so please explain in normal terms. thank you
I do not know what BIOS is ok.

Back in May, my hard drive (Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive)crashed so I turned it in under its warranty. When I got the new one, I plugged it in only to find I had no video. I bought a new video card (GIGABYTE GV-N250-1GI GeForce GTS 250 1GB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card)and when I plugged it in, it seemed to work fine. Two days later, I tried turning on the computer, got a quick flash of power to the fans but that was it so I bought a new PSU (APEVIA ATX-CW500WP4 500W ATX Power Supply
), thinking that was the problem.

I got the new PSU, plugged it in and still no power...until I unplugged the video card, then it started right up. I tried plugging in the video card and unplugging all other accessories but that didn't make a difference. Is it likely a MoBo (GIGABYTE GA-MA790FX-DS5 AM2+/AM2 AMD 790FX ATX Ultra Durable II AMD Motherboard)issue? It's quite perplexing that all these things are going wrong at the same time.

Ok im fairly good at knowing what wrong with a computer but this perplexes me, my computer powers up but it doesn't boot, i started from step 1 everything out processor mobo and hdd nothing else expt the power cords, the LCD says that it receiving signal because when you unplug it says, no DVI, ive tried removing th RAM nothing, one stick at time nothin, jsut teh same old process of turning on but no display, the HDD light dosn't go on tho, but i can hear it working is there anything im missing, ohh yeah the PSu is fin i tested it wiht one of those testers, HDD works in my other desktop, only thing ive changed is the case and that's like yesterday, soo someone tell me what im doing wrong or if its time to invest into a new motherboard?

Hi. i get this blue screen when starting my PC very often.
Here are my PC specs (report from everest)
I get this blue screen error quite often when i turn on my PC. It can boot up to from 5th time. Sometimes just computer can freeze randomly while in windows. But this is only when i have connected only my main HDD. Things get worse when i connect all my 3 HDD's. Then i almost never can turn on it on, everytime i get bluescreen before windows started or after some secs when the desktop appeared.
I've read here that the problem could be seen in a dump file which windows generated, so here i got it with my 3 harddrives on. But i can't read it myself properly when opened in wordpad. My assumption is that my error appears cause of my power supply unit which is maximum of 350W.
I have attached my dumpfile
any help or solution would be appreciated. thanks

Attached Files

Mini082510-01.zip (18.3 KB)

I left the notebook on for a few hours and came home to find out that it wont power up completely anymore. I've tried unplugging the AC adapter and pressing the power button. When I do that it still only powers up for 5 seconds then cuts off. I sent it to gateway to have it fixed prior to these issues. Gateway replaced the motherboard, the fan and fixed the DC jack since i had to wiggle my AC adapter to charge my notebook.

When I got my notebook back from gateway my fan wouldn't operate properly. It was making noises and sometimes it would stop while i'm surfing the net then just make a dramatic scene and shut completely off on me. I was told to open up the notebook and clean the fan. I did that and the fan still wont move. I don't know what size the fan is. I know my notebook isn't dead because when I press the power button it will come on for 5 seconds. It wont even reach the operating system window.....


What could be the issue with the notebook? and can i fix it myself?

Hello,

I have a laptop with windows xp sp3 on it. I removed a pretty big malware program with malwarebytes. It got rid of the program for the most part but there is one underlaying factor.

Firefox and Internet explorer 7 both redirect to stopmalwaresite.com and other random sites anytime you go anywhere on both browsers.

I have tired everything known to the net, not one of which were able to detect or remove anything.

I believe it is a hidden driver but Im not sure. I looked at them all and they all seem to be good.

I have tried:
Combofix
smitfraud
malwarebytes
SAS
Panda RootKit
Trendmicro rootkit
sdfix
webroot
and more

you name it, ive tried it. All come back with nothing.

Hitman pro 3.5 did state that it detected a hidden driver in the hard drive layer with the allias of "allureon tld3"... I believe. But again can't find a hidden driver that is bad.

Someone help!