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Old June 26th 04, 11:13 PM
Audrey
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Default Suchostp/HELP- ADVICE PLEASE

I am getting the message to close the program Suchostp? I
am not sure what it is and I am not computer literate. I
always have to end task before it closes down.
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Old June 26th 04, 11:31 PM
Mike M
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Default Suchostp/HELP- ADVICE PLEASE

suchostp is not part of the Win Me operating system but instead a trojan.

Boot to safe mode, open MSConfig (Start, Run, enter MSConfig in the box and
click OK), open the Startup tab and then uncheck the line that is being used
to launch suchostp.exe each time you boot your PC which might in the left hand
column be labelled "Olive System".

Boot back into Normal Mode. Delete this file and then run a thorough check of
your system using your preferred antivirus application updated with a current
set of reference viral signatures.

This would be a good time to download yourself a copy of the free Ad-Aware 6.0
from Lavasoft (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/) and also SpyBot
Search & Destroy (http://www.safer-networking.org/) and use them to check your
system for other commercial parasites remembering that they are only as good
as when you last updated their reference files. I also use a program called
BHODemon (http://www.definitivesolutions.com/bhodemon.htm that checks for
unwanted Browser Help Objects and SpywareBlaster
(http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareblaster.html) which can help prevent
some parasites getting a grip on your PC.

Then there is CWShredder
(http://www.zerosrealm.com/downloads/CWShredder.zip or
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip) which is the best way
of getting rid of the many forms of the CoolWebSearch hijacker details of
which can be found at http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html
and also http://www.pestpatrol.com/pestinfo/c/cws.asp..

Finally if you still continue to experience problems download a copy of
HijackThis from (http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html). Create a
folder called hijackthis on C: and copy the file you downloaded to that
folder. Close as many applications as you can including all instances of
Internet Explorer and then run hijackthis.exe and post back the log, provided
that it isn't too long, to this thread, but preferably as a new thread to the
HijackThis Forum at http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/ and hopefully this will
enable someone to identify the cause of your problem.
--?
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Audrey wrote:

I am getting the message to close the program Suchostp? I
am not sure what it is and I am not computer literate. I
always have to end task before it closes down.


 




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