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Old June 20th 05, 08:12 PM
kfreeman24
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Default screen resolution/ about blank

When I try to change my desktop resolution it will not let me with or with
the option of rebooting or restart. Also when I start my PC IE starts up with
about blank as a home page I cannot change the home page either. I have used
Norton Anti virus and McAffe both up to date on subcription but they will not
repair the proble, I think it is spy ware but if it is how do you get rid of
it and then prevent it from reinfecting the Operating System? I have Windows
98SE with a Nvida tnt 64 display card with 2 MB ram. My system has plenty of
hard drive left and I have 512 MB ram and useing 80 percent of my resources.
Thank you for the help everybody
Kevin
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Old June 20th 05, 10:28 PM
Brian A.
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I what I suspect is that you have a Cool Web Search spyware variant then:
**It is very important to run the update for each program before running the
app/s to be sure you have the latest definitions.**
Run the programs in Safe Mode after assuring you have shut down all running
tasks except explorer or systray and all apps are fully up to date.
Download/run Cool Web Shredder from:
http://www.intermute.com/products/cwshredder.html

For Info on Cool Web Search variants:
http://www.richardthelionhearted.com...hronicles.html

Then download/install/run Ad-Aware SE to detect/rid of any other
parasites/spyware that may be installed. It can be obtained free from:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
After installing Ad-Aware, open it and click on the ref update to get the latest
up-to-date ref file, then run Ad-Aware and delete everything it finds.

And/or download/install/run:
Spybot - Search & Destroy:
http://security.kolla.de/index.php?l...&page=download
Run it at it's default settings until you learn an know more about it. Spybot
S&D is more of an advanced users tool and changing from the default settings can
be dangerous to the novice user. Items found in the default settings that are
RED can usually be safely removed. If you are unsure of a found item, do not
remove it and ask for help.

If you still have problems, download/run HijackThis from:
http://www.richardthelionhearted.com...downloads.html
http://majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html

Copy HJT to it's own folder, this is where the log files will be saved. Run HJT
in Normal Mode.
Do not remove anything with it until you get advice on what to remove, HJThis
will list many apps that are needed along with the bad ones. Removing items
listed hap-hazardly without knowing what they are can/will create a royal mess.
Read the quick start here on how to create a log file that can be copied/pasted
into a forum that can provide assistance on removal of unwanted pests.
http://mjc1.com/mirror/hjt/#quick

Then post the logs to an appropriate forum where they specialize in
spyware/hijacker removal. Please read any sticky notes for proper posting which
are most commonly posted first at the top in each specific forum. Read any
information under each forum category name for information on what that
particular one is used for, look for the proper one that you post logs to.
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/

http://forum.aumha.org/

After running the above and assuring you have a clean machine:
It’s also a good idea to have a HOSTS file to block bad sites, scroll to HOSTS
File Manager he
http://www.mvps.org/PracticallyNerded/Software.htm

Another good app is SpywareBlaster which stops the badboys before they even get
a chance to install:
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

--

Brian A. Sesko
{ MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
http://basconotw.mvps.org/



"kfreeman24" wrote in message
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When I try to change my desktop resolution it will not let me with or with
the option of rebooting or restart. Also when I start my PC IE starts up with
about blank as a home page I cannot change the home page either. I have used
Norton Anti virus and McAffe both up to date on subcription but they will not
repair the proble, I think it is spy ware but if it is how do you get rid of
it and then prevent it from reinfecting the Operating System? I have Windows
98SE with a Nvida tnt 64 display card with 2 MB ram. My system has plenty of
hard drive left and I have 512 MB ram and useing 80 percent of my resources.
Thank you for the help everybody
Kevin


 




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