I'm a tard . . . need PC help

[ducpainter]

I've used a program called hijackthis successfully.

It used to be better, but it was sold to trendmicro.

If you use it be careful what you choose to delete.

[herm]

yeh, yur a tard

but i got nothin, so that makes 2

[SacDuc]

yeh, yur a tard

but i got nothin, so that makes 2

You are not helping!   

[Timmy Tucker]

//got a PC free from work

give it back. you have been given the digital equivalent version of a holiday fruitcake.

[SacDuc]

give it back. you have been given the digital equivalent version of a holiday fruitcake.

Its actually really useful to have out in the field. I just happen to hate IE with the passion of a thousand burning suns.

sac

[kinetic3]

honestly - you probably have spyware or malware -

ie should not be running in the background... **didnt your mom tell you p*rn was bad**

There are a couple of programs I tell people to run to check for spyware/malware - all free dont worry

I will even list a free virus program - if you act NOW!

SpyBot Search and Destroy  (select download - and follow the links and such)
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html

LavaSoft Adware Free
http://lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php

Emsisoft A squared free
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/

AVG Virus
http://free.avg.com/ww.download-avg-anti-virus-free-edition

download all applications - update said applications THAN the most important part is rebooting and then starting in safe more (non networking non anything straight safe mode) log in as admin - and run each program separately

Tell me how that goes - yes it is long and arduous but you can let them run and walk away a squared and avg will take the longest.  Yes I am a certfied computer geek - and yes this is common and no I am not part of geek squad or whatever the fark that is...

anyway any more computer questions just re-direct them to me -

kinetic3

[derby]

honestly - you probably have spyware or malware -

that's my guess. sometimes, a spyware/malware removal app can extract the offender. sometimes you can track down the errant process and surgically remove it from your system. sometimes you just plain have to reinstall and be more careful next time.

[ducatiz]

SpyBot Search and Destroy  (select download - and follow the links and such)
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html

LavaSoft Adware Free
http://lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php

i have these on my system and just keep them running

spybot gets 99% of things i think

adware gets the other 1%

also, close all your browsers, start a CMD screen and type "netstat -b" at the command line to show if somethign is calling the browser and connecting to a site.

"netstat -b -v" will show you the sequence of command to call iexplore if it is connecting to an external site

click START
click RUN
type CMD <enter>
type netstat -b <enter>
or
type netstat -b -v <enter>

that will show you IF anything is connecting to an outside address thru iexplore

[Jobu]

How do I expel the demons?

sac

A hammer.

[SacDuc]

A hammer.

I like the cut of your jib.


sac

[erkishhorde]

If you had a firewall like ZoneAlarm you could tell it not to allow IE to access the internet. Not sure that would solve your problem though.

+1 on the spyware/ malware likelihood.

[Rameses]

I like the cut of your jib.


sac

The best part is that he's serious.

He's seen here "working on" our cable box.      

[mihama01]

Just to feed your paranoia, there are 101 possible causes,

http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/process/iexplore.exe.html

iexplore.exe should not normally be running, I think, unless you are browsing. I have two copies running under processes as I have two browser windows open as i write this  

If it says IEXPLORE (uppercase) or iexplorer (additional r) then sounds like spyware, correct name should be iexplore.exe

A bunch of useful utilities can be downloaded from:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx

(its Microsoft so its safe!)

You want the "Process Utilities" section and then download "Process Explorer". Run the program.

Run your mouse over the iexplore.exe entry. It should show a path of "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" It should also say "Microsoft Corporation".

If it does not then it looks suspicious.

Of course since it is running you will be unable to delete it, so boot in safe mode, and move the file to known location do not delete at first. Reboot the PC if it works normally then you can delete the file completely from the system.

I don't accept any reponsibility for any damage caused by manually deleting files from your system.

Better to buy an Antivirus software pacakge and keep it updated.

[eyeboy]

because i am a sloppy computerer my machine gets crap stuck to it like flies on ...fly stuff.

i have been using PC Tools Spyware Doctor which has succeeded in finding garbage that all the others haven't. it's not expensive either.

try it. or get a garlic necklace?

[ducpainter]

so...

did you find and exorcise the demon?