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TonyKlein

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  1. True. A large number of Sbot/Rbot worms as well as many trojans do. ... which is, although the 2 regfiles krit86lr advised you to run may certainly do the trick, it is still advisable to post a HijackThis log. This because, if the restriction is indeed set by malware, after a reboot you may again be back where you started
  2. np - good to hear you were able to fix it!
  3. Have a look at these Google Groups threads There may be a solution somewhere in there.
  4. Hi and welcome. Assuming you're using IE, have a look here for some pointers: Pictures Are Not Displayed on Web Sites in Internet Explorer Cheers,
  5. The issue was in fact resolved in the other topic. http://forum.ccleaner.com/index.php?showtopic=6617
  6. And, as Elmannen already confirmed, this is not uncommon at all. If you don't clean out the Local Settings\Temp folder in your profile on a regular basis, it could be positively brimming with temporary files/folders. Also, in IE > Internet Options, press 'settings', and have a look at the "amount of disk space to use" for Temporary Internet Files. It could easily be a LOT more than 60 MB, and all that reserved disk space WILL be occupied until the moment you empty your TIF folder... Incidentally, I suggest you set it at 40 MB anyway. Should be more than enough...
  7. Hi and welcome. I suggest you post a so called HijackThis log in the appropriate section of this board so that someone can help you troubleshoot. In that section you'll find a pinned topic explaining how to generate and post such a log.
  8. Hi and welcome. I should think that UNchecking "Menu Order Cache" in CCleaner > Windows > Advanced ought to take care of that.
  9. Hi Pam. Thanks for the heads up (and for the complimemts... ) I'm a little surprised that it should be a StreamMRU issue (incidentally one of the MRUs cleaned by CCleaner if you have "" Window Size/Location Cache' checked under Advanced... Not sure why that might happen. Anyway, good to hear you were able to resolve the issue.
  10. Ah, I (and no doubt others...) would be interested to know how she did it.... Pleasure, I'm sure.
  11. Hi Mike (sorry about my absence... busy, busy... ) Killbox's delete on reboot option is in fact identical to HijackThis' (previously suggested by Andavari). Both use the PendingFileRenameOperations registry subkey to delete/rename the file on reboot.
  12. They're "crawlers" or "spiders" used by search engines like Google, MSN and others. They go from link to link and store the text and the keywords from the pages in a database. "Googlebot" is the name of Google's spider software.
  13. If I understand you right, this is about the address bar history which is stored in the Registry (HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TypedURLs), and which will NOT be cleared by clearing Internet History. CCleaner will do it for you provided you have 'Recently Typed urls' checked. If you dislike the IE autocomplete feature itself, that can be disabled by clearing the 'use inline autocomplete' check box in Internet Options > Advanced
  14. What has happened is that the Autoexec.bat has been unchecked in Msconfig in order to prevent it from launching at boot, probably while someone was trying to troubleshoot a startup problem. When you uncheck Autoexec.bat in MSCONFIG, Autoexec.bat is renamed to Autoexec.tsh, and a *new* Autoexec.bat is created containing nothing but comments that explain about Autoexec.tsh being the backup. As you found out there *is* still an Autoexec.bat, but it's toothless. Before we attempt to reverse it, why not try Andavari's suggestion first? As for line 3 I think it would be best to actually paste C:\Recycled\DC382 in the 'full path of file to delete' box, as I'm not sure you'll find it by browsing.
  15. ...or, in order to avoid typos, temporarily append the line to the Autoexec.bat like so: Go to Start/run and type notepad /autoexec.bat (there's a space after 'Notepad'!) Your Autoexec.bat will now open in Notepad. COPY the two lines in bold, and insert them by pasting them just before the last one in the autoexec.bat file: @Echo Off deltree /y C:\recycled Save in 'File'. Restart the computer; you'll have a brand new Recycle Bin. Open autoexec.bat again, and REMOVE those two lines, making sure to leave the rest intact. Again save in File...
  16. It's because the programs were incompletely uninstalled, leaving orphaned keys behind in tne system registy, prompting CCleaner to think you still have them... The solution is in your winapp.ini and winapp2.ini files. Let's take the case of Google Earth. In your winapp.ini file you'll find the following entry: Now the data in the 'Detect' line is the one that matters. Here, CCleaner still finds a Google Earth registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Google\Google Earth Plus As long as it detects the presence of that key it will display the Google Earth check box. By deleting that Google Earth subkey from the registry you solve the issue. NOTE: it is VITAL to back up the Registry before digging in and editing it as irreparable damage to your installation of Windows could conceivably result if you accidentally nuke the wrong key. I suggest creating a System Restore Point beforehand.
  17. This is merely one of the myriad incarnations of the same pest; previous ones have been called newvidscodec, emcodec, emediacodec, media-codec, nvidcodec, v-codec, vicodec, mediacodec, pornmagpass, digipassword, xpasswordmanager, pcodec. All spread via adult sites prompting you to download a 'missing codec' or 'software key' required to view their content and so on... In fact all of these are detected as variants of the Zlob aka Puper or FakeAle trojan, downloaders that prompt you to install one of the many rogue 'spyware removers' such as SpyAxe, SpywareStrike, SpyFalcon, Winantivirus and many other clones...
  18. Hi Andavari Deltree.exe removes all files and subdirectories subordinate to the directory you are deleting regardless of any attributes. If followed correctly, this really ought to work...
  19. Try this (you may want to print it): Once in MS-DOS, FIRST you type just cd\ at the blinking cursor and then press ENTER Next, type: cd windows\command > ENTER Next type: deltree C:\recycled > ENTER Then type Win or Exit to restart into Windows. Please copy everything EXACTLY as you see it here, making sure not to omit or add spaces or characters. Whoops, hi Mike, I guess our posts crossed... Might not be a bad idea to 'cd' to the Windows\Command folder first. But I agree with you in that the commands probably weren't typed in exactly as directed...
  20. Here's another forum topic referencing a DC382 folder: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic19452.html It would appear this occurs while CCleaner is tryimng to empty your Recycle Bin. While I think Mike's suggestion to post a Hijack This log is a very good one, I'd also like to suggest the following: Go to Start > Shutdown > Reboot into MS-DOS Now type the following lines to delete your recycle bin, clicking 'enter' after each line: cd\ deltree recycled exit or win (to return to Windows). A brand new Recycle bin will automatically be created. Now run CCleaner again. Are you still getting that error message?
  21. That's good to hear! Glad that did the trick.
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