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31-May-2008, 02:33 PM #1
desperate need of help
Ok my pc was fine until 3 days ago all of a sudden i cant get into my task manager and my windows auto updater has been disabled and i tried evrything to set it to automatic please help
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31-May-2008, 02:56 PM #2
You are infected. Run your AV and 2 oir 3 antimalware scans.

Free anti-malware scanners:

A-Squared
Spybot S&D
RunScanner
Ad-Aware 2007
SuperAntiSpyware
Spyware Eliminator
Emco Malware Destroyer
Spyware Doctor
Arovax Anti-spyware
Trend-Micro Rootkit Buster
F-Secure Blacklight
Bootzilla (Bootable anti-malware CD with many other tools.)
List of freeware security software

These may help get some functions back in the meantime:

Infiltration Recovery Tool
XP Security Console
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31-May-2008, 04:54 PM #3
i ran my av i have avg it said i had 1 virus but what do i do with it and i had to have my hd reformatted afew months back and the guy said my win xp disk was no good anymore so i cant validate my windows now. so i should get one of the programs in the first list and both in the second or?
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31-May-2008, 09:01 PM #4
Is your Windows CD a copy? Don't use those as you don't know what backdoors and spyware hackers has slipped into the install. Crackers give away a lot of free stuff like keygens and cracked software, but you know what - its a fair trade because your PC gets owned.
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31-May-2008, 09:14 PM #5
no it was the origional but he said it was no good anymore and kept it
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01-Jun-2008, 12:47 AM #6
An original Windows XP CD never expires. Ask him to give you your CD back.
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