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Stile
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Message 18 of 46 (711986)
11-25-2013 9:35 AM
Reply to: Message 17 by Dogmafood
11-25-2013 7:46 AM


Some of them are pretty smart now
ProtoTypical writes:
My research indicates that these programs are activated by the site that is being displayed. This has been my experience as well. Is that not the case?
No, this is not the case.
It used to be the case, and still is for most general ones... but not all ones anymore.
It doesn't really matter what the thing is called ('malware', 'virus', whatever...).
This particular thing is affecting your PC and will be called up at random intervals of you using your internet browser.
You may be able to uninstall it.
But it will come back (perhaps from some registry entry where it can re-install itself).
You may be able to uninstall it and delete the registry entry.
But it will come back (perhaps from some .cab file that runs and edits the registry on the startup of your internet explorer or even the operating system).
The good news... it sounds like it's just a pop-up and not really doing anything "bad" (like deleting/corrupting files or eating up your hard-drive space).
The bad news... you may not be able to get rid of it.
The possibly more good news... do try the things peeps suggest (like different mal-ware removal tools). Who knows, you may get lucky and one may understand the exact thing on your computer and remove it completely.
It's also possible that the thing on your computer is "kinda new" and malware tools may be able to remove it at some point in the future after they get a chance to identify it and update their removal tools.
They're sneaky. And annoying.
Formatting your hard drive and starting over will definitely remove it. But this is usually pretty annoying in itself. You'll lose all your drivers, and have to re-install all software on your PC again. It can take a few days to get "back to normal." If you're going to try this, make sure you know what you're doing and have all your original operating system licence codes and such.
You may be able to use this as an excuse to get a new PC, even
Not that anyone else will pay for it (no warranty would cover this sort of thing)... but it helps for personal justification if you happened to have wanted one anyway... and the existing one is old... and your wife is nice

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Stile
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Message 23 of 46 (712049)
11-26-2013 10:38 AM
Reply to: Message 20 by Dogmafood
11-26-2013 7:43 AM


Re: Some of them are pretty smart now
ProtoTypical writes:
I am on a 10 yr old laptop with half the letters worn off the keyboard.
Chances are, you could find a more advanced machine (can do everything you're current laptop does, but faster and lighter) for about $100 to $200 from Walmart.
But... if you did that, it would probably break in a year or so... 'cause it's from Walmart.
Even "good, new laptops" for $400-$700 will be hit-or-miss for lasting 4-5 years.
Anything over $1000 doesn't mean it's built to last either... it likely just means it has fancier video-card equipment or solid state drive technology or something else that has a decent chance of not lasting more than 3 or 4 years anyway.
"They don't make 'em like they used to"
Generally I prefer old familiar things over shiny new things.
If you like what you have, I would advise sticking with it as long as possible (although it sounds like that time is coming, unfortunately). All computers eventually malfunction. It's just what happens.
Percy's suggestion seems like it may be promising in removing the issue.
You can start on page 1 at the post marked "Posted 03 June 2013 - 04:27 AM" by Psychotic
Although, I'd try reading through it first if I were you.
I don't understand why he created the "fixlist.txt" file a few posts after that.
Likely those are locations he thinks may be causing the issues.
Something in the log files jumped out at him and I don't personally understand what or why (but I wouldn't, either... this isn't exactly my sort of thing).
If you create the same log files, and the things in that list are located in your log files as well... then I would assume that you should include the same things.
However, if your log files don't include certain things in that list... then I would guess that you shouldn't include them (may cause an error when the script is ran).
The one 2437DF07D3CB4D858397ED8AE9ED26D5.TMP file may be different per machine, though... that would be tricky if it's something you're supposed to have in that fixlixt.txt file... but hopefully it just shows up in your logs too. Then there's nothing to worry about.
Hopefully your understanding of the log files and the procedure he's trying to do is better than mine?
Good luck.

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