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Free usenet- Are there any advantage over WinMx & Shareaza ? Any recommended free usenet? Thanks

When downloading...maybe I was just unlucky.

I used Kazaa Lite b4, removed it as per advise from this forum. Tried Limewire, didn't like it ...and 4 trojans intruded my pc. Fortunately able to remove it. Thought of trying WinMx, but I stumbled upon "Usenet". There are paid usenet & I believe also free usenet. Does anyone know about usenet? Are they better, safer then P2P(like WinMx)? Thanks

I've used AVG 6 then 7 for quite sometime ( had norton b4). Came to this forum read about Avast av. Lee16 & others recommended Avast. Removed AVG 7, gave Avast a try &.....I love it. Its much better then AVG. It has no update problems like AVG ( sometimes it cannot be updated due to whatever ???) I'm not a techy, but as a layman, I feel Avast is much better av. Give a try. You might like it. Steve. P/S - U want technical info about avast , do a search in this forum , you'll get the infos from experts over here.

Can I presume that I shud run Pagedefrag at startup, then later run NTREGOPT. Is this the best way to do it?? Thanks

You must be joking gunner, but I'm still cool about your statement. I'm learning about computers as much as I can....I don't sell any computers or motherboards, in fact I work in a shipping company. LOL Sorry DJ Lizard, I don't know "Mordred" , I'm actually checking for my wife{yes that someone I know } who is getting a cpu, which earlier suppose to come with Asus m/board, now it is going to come with MSI m/board.......so I was curious becos my pc has Asus, and I thought it was the best......at least from my limited knowledge I have on computers. I know what you mean, it is difficult to answer. But with your message I still "feel" Asus sounds better for Pentium 4, well I guess my wife has to try out with MSI. About the update , thanks for the info...I'll keep my hands off from that. Steve

A person I know plans to buy a new cpu. Between MSI & Asus, which is better? (without specific model, just in general) 2ndly, aside the above 2, whats the most recommended motherboards? BTW I have Asus P4PE, is it O.K ? and I noted there is Asus Update at the start menu, I never updated.....is it necessary to update my motherboard or any m/board for that matter? Thanks Steve

I' ve read the article b4. But I don't know how to do handle this : "If you are not using the scheduler, I suggest disabling it, this will not only allow you to back up this file, but also save some RAM." So, how do I disable the scheduler ? Thanks Steve

Did as above.......this problem My Soft Redirect host desktop.kazaa.com=127.0.0.1 CLEANED This one Log Activity.SchedLgu.Txt C:\Windows|SchedLgu.Txt Still there. Thanks

Guess it is a dead end for me huh!!!!

Yes, XP SP2

Sorry for the late reply. Up to step 3 it is O.K. Type instruction as per step 4, error message appearing. Do you want me give you any other "report" or "reading" for your analysis. Steve

Done as told. Did item 1 as above when typed item 2, I get this message: The filename,directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect Tried many other ways, I get error msg like above or some other error msg. Steve

Tarun, something interesting for you to know. I removed the above item. Guess what I cannot open any webpage after that. I restarted & it worked fine, but the item is back on the HJT list after restart. Ran the Kazzabegone, came out with 21 ITEMS, now thats way too many items, don't you think ?? I read the link about the SchedLgu, but this brains didn't understand what it read .... just add to the ignore list, is that the message?? Understood this, will do it tonite. Now this is alien to me ...mind telling me in simple non techy terms. Thanks Steve

Hi everyone, I've removed the items Tarun suggested, but did not what Lee told me, since I see there might be a better way to remove it , so I wait for further guidance. After removing, scanning with spybot...the result...the same 2 items still there!!! Anyway I'm copying the hijackthis list again. Tarun, have removed Real Player & Quicktime, substituted with "alternatives" Here is the list:- Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 22:49:38, on 15/04/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\csrss.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\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\WINDOWS\SOUNDMAN.EXE C:\Program Files\Analog Devices\SoundMAX\Smtray.exe C:\PROGRA~1\ALWILS~1\Avast4\ashDisp.exe C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\MsnMsgr.Exe C:\Program Files\Webroot\Spy Sweeper\SpySweeper.exe C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\aswUpdSv.exe C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashServ.exe C:\Program Files\ewido\security suite\ewidoctrl.exe C:\Program Files\ewido\security suite\ewidoguard.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\nvsvc32.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Agnitum\OUTPOS~1\outpost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\slserv.exe C:\Program Files\Analog Devices\SoundMAX\SMAgent.exe C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashMaiSv.exe C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\alg.exe C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe C:\unzipped\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.yahoo.com/ O2 - BHO: (no name) - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [soundMan] SOUNDMAN.EXE O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [smapp] C:\Program Files\Analog Devices\SoundMAX\Smtray.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [avast!] C:\PROGRA~1\ALWILS~1\Avast4\ashDisp.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Outpost Firewall] C:\PROGRA~1\Agnitum\OUTPOS~1\outpost.exe /waitservice O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [userFaultCheck] %systemroot%\system32\dumprep 0 -u O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MsnMsgr] "C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\MsnMsgr.Exe" /background O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [spySweeper] "C:\Program Files\Webroot\Spy Sweeper\SpySweeper.exe" /0 O23 - Service: avast! iAVS4 Control Service (aswUpdSv) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\aswUpdSv.exe O23 - Service: avast! Antivirus - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashServ.exe O23 - Service: avast! Mail Scanner - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashMaiSv.exe" /service (file missing) O23 - Service: avast! Web Scanner - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe" /service (file missing) O23 - Service: ewido security suite control - ewido networks - C:\Program Files\ewido\security suite\ewidoctrl.exe O23 - Service: ewido security suite guard - ewido networks - C:\Program Files\ewido\security suite\ewidoguard.exe O23 - Service: NVIDIA Driver Helper Service (NVSvc) - NVIDIA Corporation - C:\WINDOWS\System32\nvsvc32.exe O23 - Service: Outpost Firewall Service (OutpostFirewall) - Agnitum - C:\PROGRA~1\Agnitum\OUTPOS~1\outpost.exe O23 - Service: SmartLinkService (SLService) - - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\slserv.exe O23 - Service: SoundMAX Agent Service (SoundMAX Agent Service (default)) - Analog Devices, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Analog Devices\SoundMAX\SMAgent.exe Steve P/S I sure wish I can get rid of those pesky items.

I didn't see anything to do with "Host". I must admit I've installed quite a few softwares lately & also deleted some old softwares. Kazaa was actually deleted from my pc. Anyway I copy my HijackThis report, in case my newbie eye didn't find what you were asking for. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 22:32:13, on 14/04/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\csrss.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\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\WINDOWS\SOUNDMAN.EXE C:\Program Files\Analog Devices\SoundMAX\Smtray.exe C:\PROGRA~1\ALWILS~1\Avast4\ashDisp.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\MsnMsgr.Exe C:\Program Files\Webroot\Spy Sweeper\SpySweeper.exe C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\aswUpdSv.exe C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashServ.exe C:\Program Files\ewido\security suite\ewidoctrl.exe C:\Program Files\ewido\security suite\ewidoguard.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\nvsvc32.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Agnitum\OUTPOS~1\outpost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\slserv.exe C:\Program Files\Analog Devices\SoundMAX\SMAgent.exe C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashMaiSv.exe C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\alg.exe C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe C:\unzipped\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe O2 - BHO: (no name) - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll O2 - BHO: (no name) - {5C8B2A36-3DB1-42A4-A3CB-D426709BBFEB} - (no file) O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [soundMan] SOUNDMAN.EXE O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [smapp] C:\Program Files\Analog Devices\SoundMAX\Smtray.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [avast!] C:\PROGRA~1\ALWILS~1\Avast4\ashDisp.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Outpost Firewall] C:\PROGRA~1\Agnitum\OUTPOS~1\outpost.exe /waitservice O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [userFaultCheck] %systemroot%\system32\dumprep 0 -u O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MsnMsgr] "C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\MsnMsgr.Exe" /background O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [spySweeper] "C:\Program Files\Webroot\Spy Sweeper\SpySweeper.exe" /0 O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe O9 - Extra button: Trashcan - {072F3B8A-2DA2-40e2-B841-88899F240200} - C:\PROGRA~1\Agnitum\OUTPOS~1\TRASH.EXE (HKCU) O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Show Trashcan - {072F3B8A-2DA2-40e2-B841-88899F240200} - C:\PROGRA~1\Agnitum\OUTPOS~1\TRASH.EXE (HKCU) O16 - DPF: {644E432F-49D3-41A1-8DD5-E099162EEEC5} (Symantec RuFSI Utility Class) - http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/SharedC...n/bin/cabsa.cab O16 - DPF: {74D05D43-3236-11D4-BDCD-00C04F9A3B61} (HouseCall Control) - http://a840.g.akamai.net/7/840/537/2004061...all/xscan53.cab O16 - DPF: {80DD2229-B8E4-4C77-B72F-F22972D723EA} (AvxScanOnline Control) - http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/Msie/bitdefender.cab O16 - DPF: {EF791A6B-FC12-4C68-99EF-FB9E207A39E6} (McFreeScan Class) - http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/iss-loc/...463/mcfscan.cab O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\..\{4F2A6F5F-8BAF-4972-ABC6-DA099E47B685}: NameServer = 202.188.0.133 202.188.1.5 O23 - Service: avast! iAVS4 Control Service (aswUpdSv) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\aswUpdSv.exe O23 - Service: avast! Antivirus - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashServ.exe O23 - Service: avast! Mail Scanner - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashMaiSv.exe" /service (file missing) O23 - Service: avast! Web Scanner - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe" /service (file missing) O23 - Service: ewido security suite control - ewido networks - C:\Program Files\ewido\security suite\ewidoctrl.exe O23 - Service: ewido security suite guard - ewido networks - C:\Program Files\ewido\security suite\ewidoguard.exe O23 - Service: NVIDIA Driver Helper Service (NVSvc) - NVIDIA Corporation - C:\WINDOWS\System32\nvsvc32.exe O23 - Service: Outpost Firewall Service (OutpostFirewall) - Agnitum - C:\PROGRA~1\Agnitum\OUTPOS~1\outpost.exe O23 - Service: SmartLinkService (SLService) - - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\slserv.exe O23 - Service: SoundMAX Agent Service (SoundMAX Agent Service (default)) - Analog Devices, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Analog Devices\SoundMAX\SMAgent.exe Steve

I checked the result, it only shows this : --- Search result list --- MySoft: Redirected host (Redirected host, fixing failed) Yes I do have it.

I did a scan several times with spybot S&D & even tried couple of times on reboot. There are items unable to be removed:- My Soft Redirect host desktop.kazaa.com=127.0.0.1 another one Log Activity.SchedLgu.Txt C:\Windows|SchedLgu.Txt Please guide me how to remove the above. Thanks Steve