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Last night my brother got the computer hacked while I was
out. He did what I had told him earlier, though; to shut off the computer and disconnect the modem. I went through and slowly got rid of some of the problems, and then this morning I worked up the guts to access the internet. The first two things I did were download Zonealarm (because it had screwed up a while ago and was gone from our harddrive) and get the Windows update. It took many restarts but I finally got most of the things functioning correctly; save for one thing. Whenever I press Ctrl+Alt+Del, nothing happens. It doesn't restart, it doesn't pop up with the task-managing screen; nothing at all. Is there anything I can do to fix this problem? I really don't want to have to reformat, because I'll lose anything I have that can't fit on a floppy - I have no CD burner. Thanks in advance for anyone's help. Ryan PS: Some keys don't work as well, like the tilde (that wavy dash thing), Caps Lock, and Escape. |
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Hi Ryan,
Open the SYSTEM.INI file in notepad. It's in C:\Windows folder.Look in the system.ini file under the [386Enh] section for the line: LocalReboot=Off and change it to: LocalReboot=On. If there is no line, add it. Save the file and reboot. Let us know how that works. If this does not work, we may be looking at a malware issue. HTH, -- Curt--and NOT the MVP Curt Christianson (I wish!) W98 Support & Discussion: http://dundats.proboards27.com/index.cgi Windows How-tos and and Freewa http://mvps.org/PracticallyNerded/ Windows Help & Discussion: http://forum.aumha.org/ "Ryan" wrote in message ... Last night my brother got the computer hacked while I was out. He did what I had told him earlier, though; to shut off the computer and disconnect the modem. I went through and slowly got rid of some of the problems, and then this morning I worked up the guts to access the internet. The first two things I did were download Zonealarm (because it had screwed up a while ago and was gone from our harddrive) and get the Windows update. It took many restarts but I finally got most of the things functioning correctly; save for one thing. Whenever I press Ctrl+Alt+Del, nothing happens. It doesn't restart, it doesn't pop up with the task-managing screen; nothing at all. Is there anything I can do to fix this problem? I really don't want to have to reformat, because I'll lose anything I have that can't fit on a floppy - I have no CD burner. Thanks in advance for anyone's help. Ryan PS: Some keys don't work as well, like the tilde (that wavy dash thing), Caps Lock, and Escape. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.699 / Virus Database: 456 - Release Date: 6/5/04 |
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Okay, I opened the file and added the line because it
wasn't there, and rebooted. It still didn't work. It might be malware, but I used Ad-aware when I found out that it still wasn't working and got the new reference file, and it still only found three or four tracking cookies. I think it might be something wrong with the keyboard settings, though I've tried changing them and still some of the keys don't work. Can you think of anything else it might be? (I've checked the keyboard connection - it's working fine) Ryan -----Original Message----- Hi Ryan, Open the SYSTEM.INI file in notepad. It's in C:\Windows folder.Look in the system.ini file under the [386Enh] section for the line: LocalReboot=Off and change it to: LocalReboot=On. If there is no line, add it. Save the file and reboot. Let us know how that works. If this does not work, we may be looking at a malware issue. HTH, -- Curt--and NOT the MVP Curt Christianson (I wish!) W98 Support & Discussion: http://dundats.proboards27.com/index.cgi Windows How-tos and and Freewa http://mvps.org/PracticallyNerded/ Windows Help & Discussion: http://forum.aumha.org/ "Ryan" wrote in message ... Last night my brother got the computer hacked while I was out. He did what I had told him earlier, though; to shut off the computer and disconnect the modem. I went through and slowly got rid of some of the problems, and then this morning I worked up the guts to access the internet. The first two things I did were download Zonealarm (because it had screwed up a while ago and was gone from our harddrive) and get the Windows update. It took many restarts but I finally got most of the things functioning correctly; save for one thing. Whenever I press Ctrl+Alt+Del, nothing happens. It doesn't restart, it doesn't pop up with the task-managing screen; nothing at all. Is there anything I can do to fix this problem? I really don't want to have to reformat, because I'll lose anything I have that can't fit on a floppy - I have no CD burner. Thanks in advance for anyone's help. Ryan PS: Some keys don't work as well, like the tilde (that wavy dash thing), Caps Lock, and Escape. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.699 / Virus Database: 456 - Release Date: 6/5/04 . |
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Hi Ryan,
I suspect it is malware, and things like Ad-Aware and others don't always catch it. I'm going to look into this further, with the help of my friends. I will post back to this thread, but I notice you are posting via the MS web interface. In the event you have trouble finding this thread, I may start a new one with your name in the subject line. It may take some time (a couple of days??) -- Curt--and NOT the MVP Curt Christianson (I wish!) W98 Support & Discussion: http://dundats.proboards27.com/index.cgi Windows How-tos and and Freewa http://mvps.org/PracticallyNerded/ Windows Help & Discussion: http://forum.aumha.org/ wrote in message ... Okay, I opened the file and added the line because it wasn't there, and rebooted. It still didn't work. It might be malware, but I used Ad-aware when I found out that it still wasn't working and got the new reference file, and it still only found three or four tracking cookies. I think it might be something wrong with the keyboard settings, though I've tried changing them and still some of the keys don't work. Can you think of anything else it might be? (I've checked the keyboard connection - it's working fine) Ryan -----Original Message----- Hi Ryan, Open the SYSTEM.INI file in notepad. It's in C:\Windows folder.Look in the system.ini file under the [386Enh] section for the line: LocalReboot=Off and change it to: LocalReboot=On. If there is no line, add it. Save the file and reboot. Let us know how that works. If this does not work, we may be looking at a malware issue. HTH, -- Curt--and NOT the MVP Curt Christianson (I wish!) W98 Support & Discussion: http://dundats.proboards27.com/index.cgi Windows How-tos and and Freewa http://mvps.org/PracticallyNerded/ Windows Help & Discussion: http://forum.aumha.org/ "Ryan" wrote in message ... Last night my brother got the computer hacked while I was out. He did what I had told him earlier, though; to shut off the computer and disconnect the modem. I went through and slowly got rid of some of the problems, and then this morning I worked up the guts to access the internet. The first two things I did were download Zonealarm (because it had screwed up a while ago and was gone from our harddrive) and get the Windows update. It took many restarts but I finally got most of the things functioning correctly; save for one thing. Whenever I press Ctrl+Alt+Del, nothing happens. It doesn't restart, it doesn't pop up with the task-managing screen; nothing at all. Is there anything I can do to fix this problem? I really don't want to have to reformat, because I'll lose anything I have that can't fit on a floppy - I have no CD burner. Thanks in advance for anyone's help. Ryan PS: Some keys don't work as well, like the tilde (that wavy dash thing), Caps Lock, and Escape. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.699 / Virus Database: 456 - Release Date: 6/5/04 . --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.699 / Virus Database: 456 - Release Date: 6/5/04 |
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Alright, thankyou, that is very much appreciated. Also, if
you think I might not find the thread, you could send me an email ) if you like. Again, thankyou - a couple of days is fine. =) Ryan -----Original Message----- Hi Ryan, I suspect it is malware, and things like Ad-Aware and others don't always catch it. I'm going to look into this further, with the help of my friends. I will post back to this thread, but I notice you are posting via the MS web interface. In the event you have trouble finding this thread, I may start a new one with your name in the subject line. It may take some time (a couple of days??) -- Curt--and NOT the MVP Curt Christianson (I wish!) W98 Support & Discussion: http://dundats.proboards27.com/index.cgi Windows How-tos and and Freewa http://mvps.org/PracticallyNerded/ Windows Help & Discussion: http://forum.aumha.org/ wrote in message ... Okay, I opened the file and added the line because it wasn't there, and rebooted. It still didn't work. It might be malware, but I used Ad-aware when I found out that it still wasn't working and got the new reference file, and it still only found three or four tracking cookies. I think it might be something wrong with the keyboard settings, though I've tried changing them and still some of the keys don't work. Can you think of anything else it might be? (I've checked the keyboard connection - it's working fine) Ryan -----Original Message----- Hi Ryan, Open the SYSTEM.INI file in notepad. It's in C:\Windows folder.Look in the system.ini file under the [386Enh] section for the line: LocalReboot=Off and change it to: LocalReboot=On. If there is no line, add it. Save the file and reboot. Let us know how that works. If this does not work, we may be looking at a malware issue. HTH, -- Curt--and NOT the MVP Curt Christianson (I wish!) W98 Support & Discussion: http://dundats.proboards27.com/index.cgi Windows How-tos and and Freewa http://mvps.org/PracticallyNerded/ Windows Help & Discussion: http://forum.aumha.org/ "Ryan" wrote in message ... Last night my brother got the computer hacked while I was out. He did what I had told him earlier, though; to shut off the computer and disconnect the modem. I went through and slowly got rid of some of the problems, and then this morning I worked up the guts to access the internet. The first two things I did were download Zonealarm (because it had screwed up a while ago and was gone from our harddrive) and get the Windows update. It took many restarts but I finally got most of the things functioning correctly; save for one thing. Whenever I press Ctrl+Alt+Del, nothing happens. It doesn't restart, it doesn't pop up with the task-managing screen; nothing at all. Is there anything I can do to fix this problem? I really don't want to have to reformat, because I'll lose anything I have that can't fit on a floppy - I have no CD burner. Thanks in advance for anyone's help. Ryan PS: Some keys don't work as well, like the tilde (that wavy dash thing), Caps Lock, and Escape. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.699 / Virus Database: 456 - Release Date: 6/5/04 . --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.699 / Virus Database: 456 - Release Date: 6/5/04 . |
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Hi Ryan,
OK, I'll post here, but also drop you an e-mail if I find out something. Please be aware, by posting your e-mail address here, you'll probably be inundated with a lot of spam. Next time when posting, try something like this: coldrumbleATNOshaw.ca (remove the AT and NO to contact me) This will prevent the spam-bots from harvesting your e-mail address. -- Curt--and NOT the MVP Curt Christianson (I wish!) W98 Support & Discussion: http://dundats.proboards27.com/index.cgi Windows How-tos and and Freewa http://mvps.org/PracticallyNerded/ Windows Help & Discussion: http://forum.aumha.org/ "Ryan" wrote in message ... Alright, thankyou, that is very much appreciated. Also, if you think I might not find the thread, you could send me an email ) if you like. Again, thankyou - a couple of days is fine. =) Ryan -----Original Message----- Hi Ryan, I suspect it is malware, and things like Ad-Aware and others don't always catch it. I'm going to look into this further, with the help of my friends. I will post back to this thread, but I notice you are posting via the MS web interface. In the event you have trouble finding this thread, I may start a new one with your name in the subject line. It may take some time (a couple of days??) -- Curt--and NOT the MVP Curt Christianson (I wish!) W98 Support & Discussion: http://dundats.proboards27.com/index.cgi Windows How-tos and and Freewa http://mvps.org/PracticallyNerded/ Windows Help & Discussion: http://forum.aumha.org/ wrote in message ... Okay, I opened the file and added the line because it wasn't there, and rebooted. It still didn't work. It might be malware, but I used Ad-aware when I found out that it still wasn't working and got the new reference file, and it still only found three or four tracking cookies. I think it might be something wrong with the keyboard settings, though I've tried changing them and still some of the keys don't work. Can you think of anything else it might be? (I've checked the keyboard connection - it's working fine) Ryan -----Original Message----- Hi Ryan, Open the SYSTEM.INI file in notepad. It's in C:\Windows folder.Look in the system.ini file under the [386Enh] section for the line: LocalReboot=Off and change it to: LocalReboot=On. If there is no line, add it. Save the file and reboot. Let us know how that works. If this does not work, we may be looking at a malware issue. HTH, -- Curt--and NOT the MVP Curt Christianson (I wish!) W98 Support & Discussion: http://dundats.proboards27.com/index.cgi Windows How-tos and and Freewa http://mvps.org/PracticallyNerded/ Windows Help & Discussion: http://forum.aumha.org/ "Ryan" wrote in message ... Last night my brother got the computer hacked while I was out. He did what I had told him earlier, though; to shut off the computer and disconnect the modem. I went through and slowly got rid of some of the problems, and then this morning I worked up the guts to access the internet. The first two things I did were download Zonealarm (because it had screwed up a while ago and was gone from our harddrive) and get the Windows update. It took many restarts but I finally got most of the things functioning correctly; save for one thing. Whenever I press Ctrl+Alt+Del, nothing happens. It doesn't restart, it doesn't pop up with the task-managing screen; nothing at all. Is there anything I can do to fix this problem? I really don't want to have to reformat, because I'll lose anything I have that can't fit on a floppy - I have no CD burner. Thanks in advance for anyone's help. Ryan PS: Some keys don't work as well, like the tilde (that wavy dash thing), Caps Lock, and Escape. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.699 / Virus Database: 456 - Release Date: 6/5/04 . --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.699 / Virus Database: 456 - Release Date: 6/5/04 . --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.699 / Virus Database: 456 - Release Date: 6/5/04 |
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Hi Ryan,
The experts would like you to run HighjackThis: This courtesy of MS-MVP Glen Ventura: ******************** Download, unzip (if it is in a .zip file), and run Hijack This from one of these locations: http://computercops.biz/downloads-cat-14.html http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads...HijackThis.exe Unzip or locate it to a folder other than your Desktop or the Temp folder, double-click HijackThis.exe, and hit "Scan". When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log" button. Press that, save the log somewhere you can find it (Desktop, My Documents, or similar). Most of what it lists will be harmless or even required, so do NOT fix anything yet. Copy the log files and paste them into a new post at this forum: http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php...3f108b7 f3a1c But before you post your HIjack log, read and DO what is suggested he http://forum.aumha.org/viewtopic.php?t=4075 This is an excellent forum for W98 issues, and may be well worth your while becoming a member. It's totally free. See he http://forum.aumha.org/ Please post back here if you're still around Ryan. If I don't get a response, I will e-mail you. -- Curt--and NOT the MVP Curt Christianson (I wish!) W98 Support & Discussion: http://dundats.proboards27.com/index.cgi Windows How-tos and and Freewa http://mvps.org/PracticallyNerded/ Windows Help & Discussion: http://forum.aumha.org/ "Ryan" wrote in message ... Last night my brother got the computer hacked while I was out. He did what I had told him earlier, though; to shut off the computer and disconnect the modem. I went through and slowly got rid of some of the problems, and then this morning I worked up the guts to access the internet. The first two things I did were download Zonealarm (because it had screwed up a while ago and was gone from our harddrive) and get the Windows update. It took many restarts but I finally got most of the things functioning correctly; save for one thing. Whenever I press Ctrl+Alt+Del, nothing happens. It doesn't restart, it doesn't pop up with the task-managing screen; nothing at all. Is there anything I can do to fix this problem? I really don't want to have to reformat, because I'll lose anything I have that can't fit on a floppy - I have no CD burner. Thanks in advance for anyone's help. Ryan PS: Some keys don't work as well, like the tilde (that wavy dash thing), Caps Lock, and Escape. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.699 / Virus Database: 456 - Release Date: 6/5/04 |
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In the event that doesn't resolve the issue, have you checked your
keyboard? Try the Ctrl+Alt on the other side of the keyboard. Also have you checked to see if the Delete key works ??? Dan "Curt Christianson" wrote in message ... Hi Ryan, The experts would like you to run HighjackThis: This courtesy of MS-MVP Glen Ventura: ******************** Download, unzip (if it is in a .zip file), and run Hijack This from one of these locations: http://computercops.biz/downloads-cat-14.html http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads...HijackThis.exe Unzip or locate it to a folder other than your Desktop or the Temp folder, double-click HijackThis.exe, and hit "Scan". When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log" button. Press that, save the log somewhere you can find it (Desktop, My Documents, or similar). Most of what it lists will be harmless or even required, so do NOT fix anything yet. Copy the log files and paste them into a new post at this forum: http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php...3f108b7 f3a1c But before you post your HIjack log, read and DO what is suggested he http://forum.aumha.org/viewtopic.php?t=4075 This is an excellent forum for W98 issues, and may be well worth your while becoming a member. It's totally free. See he http://forum.aumha.org/ Please post back here if you're still around Ryan. If I don't get a response, I will e-mail you. -- Curt--and NOT the MVP Curt Christianson (I wish!) W98 Support & Discussion: http://dundats.proboards27.com/index.cgi Windows How-tos and and Freewa http://mvps.org/PracticallyNerded/ Windows Help & Discussion: http://forum.aumha.org/ "Ryan" wrote in message ... Last night my brother got the computer hacked while I was out. He did what I had told him earlier, though; to shut off the computer and disconnect the modem. I went through and slowly got rid of some of the problems, and then this morning I worked up the guts to access the internet. The first two things I did were download Zonealarm (because it had screwed up a while ago and was gone from our harddrive) and get the Windows update. It took many restarts but I finally got most of the things functioning correctly; save for one thing. Whenever I press Ctrl+Alt+Del, nothing happens. It doesn't restart, it doesn't pop up with the task-managing screen; nothing at all. Is there anything I can do to fix this problem? I really don't want to have to reformat, because I'll lose anything I have that can't fit on a floppy - I have no CD burner. Thanks in advance for anyone's help. Ryan PS: Some keys don't work as well, like the tilde (that wavy dash thing), Caps Lock, and Escape. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.699 / Virus Database: 456 - Release Date: 6/5/04 |
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Thankyou for the information, and the email. Yes, I had to
leave after my last message. Hair cut. I followed the instructions on the site and posted my log. I hope some good can come of it! Thankyou again for sticking with me. It's very much appreciated. Ryan |
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Yes, I have checked the keyboard. Neither side of the
keyboard have a working Ctrl or Alt key; the Del key does work, however. As far as I have gathered, the non-working keys are the tilde, Ctrl and Alt, Caps Lock, and Esc. I have checked the connection to the computer as well; it's fine. Ryan |
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