Matt

Yes, but people have to remember there's one rule that will always overpower "dont be evil" and that rule is "don't be illegal." I guess we'll have to see just what Micrsoft can produce. Like said before, how do you beat Google? Who/What determines if a search engine gives better results? The pressure's on MS.

I'll believe it when I see it. Not only is it going to be hard to top something like Google, but it would take something AMAZING to swing people away from Google. And some people, like myself, wouldn't leave Google anyway, because unlike M$, they like to be "not evil". Matt

Holy $#%@ing $%@! dave! You freaking scared the crap out of me!!! Don't you have more important things to do than mess with our minds LOL anyhow, good to see youre NOT leaving! Matt

garmanma, did you fallow the portion of my directions anout running SmitRem? If so, please post the log that it generated. If not, please boot into Safe Mode and follow those steps. Then Reboot your computer back into Windows Normally and post the contents of the smitrem olg and a new HJT log. Matt

Mark - just go along with the instructions. We can kill the file later if its still there. Matt

Yes, it may very well be a hidden file. Enable show hidden files and folders: * Click Start. * Open My Computer. * Select the Tools menu and click Folder Options. * Select the View Tab. * Under the Hidden files and folders heading select Show hidden files and folders. * Uncheck the Hide protected operating system files (recommended) option. * Click Yes to confirm. * Click OK Please then continue with the fix

Edit: nevermind Thanks jcl!!! couldnt find ANYTHING on google.

nevermind, looks like you got if fixed.

Well flash, I can tell you that you aren't banned, if that's something you are worried about. Are you familiar with IRC? You could come into the chat and see if an admin or mod there can help you. If youd like to try this and you don't have much irc experience, use the chat link on these forums. when it loads, type /join #geekstogo and hit enter. That will get you to the geekstogo chat. Hope it works out soon

I know this can be done, but everything I've tried, the batch keeps executing before any input can be given. I'm looking for a way, using batch, to prompt the user to input a file path, it stores that filepath into a variable, and then deletes the file entered. Any ideas on how to make this work, or can this not be done in stictly batch? Thanks, Matt

Site works for me. Users have this issue every once in a while, dont worry, it should be back up for you soon.

Hi garmanma Welcome to Besttechie! I will be helping you clean up your computer! Please print out these directions for use when you cannot access this page. Download smitRem.exe ©noahdfear, and save the file to your desktop. Double click on the file to extract it to it's own folder on the desktop. Place a shortcut to Panda ActiveScan on your desktop. Please download the trial version of ewido anti-malware here: http://www.ewido.net/en/download/ Please read Ewido Setup Instructions Install it, and update the definitions to the newest files. Do NOT run a scan yet. If you have not already ins

I am also using Road Runner from Time Warner and having the EXACT same issues. A couple times a night, I will lose my connection for 30 seconds to 5 mins. I have no idea why, but we have yet to call them. Let me know how it turns out, but I don't think its anything on your end. Matt

Close Firefox Navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxx.default\ (xxx represent randome characters. There should be a folder called 'bookmarkbackups'. In there should be some HTML files. Copy the newest one back into your default folder, and name it bookmarks.html (removing the date). Restart Firefox and see if they are back. Matt

Ok - Cool. Site looks interesting. just registered there. Matt

Moving to OC. This doesn't exactly classify as a "Security Alert". Brandon, if this is your site, I'm giving this the OK to post, as it seems to be of good intent, and people seem to have an interest in it. Just remember, excessive spam is against forum policies.

NOD32 is probably the best anti-virus software you can get. It has fantastic update time, great heuristic scanning, and its database surpasses that of most all other tools.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documen...hd_exe_jadf.asp

http://www.putfile.com

There is malicous code that can be sent through email (especially if you allow inbound emails to contain HTML) that could infect you via the preview pane.

Hi Tony, welcome to BT! I wish you best of luck with your search to become a Moderator at a forum. I haven't really gotten to know you yet, but if you abide by the values you state, I'm sure someone would be interested in having you on their ream. But don't get discouraged if you don't can any offers. Like you said, becoming a Staff Member of a forum is a matter of trust. Most boards take members who have been there a very long time, they know well enough personally to trust them to enforce rules fairly, and (in the event of an 'Expert' type of position) have shown a well knowledge base on

IEHD, there's one thing I need to know before this thread should be continued. Do you have two legit XP discs and two legit CD keys? There still seems to be some confusion on this matter, at least for me.

Thacky, do you have Administrator privaleges on this computer? Please download Rootkit Revealer (link is at the very bottom of the page) Unzip it to your desktop. Open the rootkitrevealer folder and double-click rootkitrevealer.exe Click the Scan button (bottom right) It may take a while to scan (don't do anything while it's running) When it's done, go up to File > Save. Choose to save it to your desktop. Open rootkitrevealer.txt on your desktop and copy the entire contents and paste them here

ok, lets try something else... Scan with HJT and place a check next to the following item: O2 - BHO: (no name) - {00000000-0000-4B86-A4DB-CA1824CB05A2} - C:\Program Files\ProSiteFinder\ProSiteFinder.dll (file missing) Make sure all browser windows and other applications are closed, and click the Fix Checked button. Please download the Killbox by Option^Explicit. Note: In the event you already have Killbox, this is a new version that I need you to download. Save it to your desktop. Please double-click Killbox.exe to run it. Select: Delete on Reboot then Click on the All Files button. [*]P

Since this issue appears to be resolved ... this Topic has been closed. Glad we could help. If you're the topic starter, and need this topic reopened, please contact a staff member with the address of the thread. Everyone else please begin a New Topic.