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04-Feb-2008, 10:20 PM #1
need your wisdom
okay, every time I restart my computer or turn it on, my Windows Firewall is turned off which is weird...I always have to turn on the windows firewall. This occurd to me when I had suddenly gotten a few spywarez on my comp...any ideas what the problem is?

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05-Feb-2008, 08:22 AM #2
Hi your last post Nov 07 a Hijack this log remained unread by a log expert.
Return to that post and Post a new Hjt log.

Hjt log d/load.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download5554.html
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07-Feb-2008, 06:50 PM #3
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okay, every time I restart my computer or turn it on, my Windows Firewall is turned off which is weird...I always have to turn on the windows firewall. This occurd to me when I had suddenly gotten a few spywarez on my comp...any ideas what the problem is?
Do you have any other firewalls?
If so, they may be turning the windows firewall off.
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07-Feb-2008, 10:33 PM #4
You are probably still infected, follow blues_harp28's instructions.
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I did what blues_harp28 told me and I guess I wait for the other topic to reply and this?
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08-Feb-2008, 04:57 PM #6
Yes, I'd watch the other thread. This one may get merged with it.

Once you are done there, if you are still experiencing the same problems, continue here, if not merged, otherwise start a new thread then.
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