My friend has run her spyware and other virus catches everyday without success. What can be wrong with her computer? Also she cant sign into MSN messenger at all, cant stay signed into yahoo messenger for more then ten minutes. Please tell me what I can do to help her.
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Well It Could Be Solved By All Those Things, But You Haven't Specified Exactly What Happens After 10 Mins. Coz If The Comp Restarts After 10 Mins It's Probably A Trojan. And Most AVs Can't Detect Trojans That Easily. For That You Should Use AVG, It's Kinda Good. If It Is A Virus Or A Trojan That Still Can't be Deleted It's Probably A Sasser Worm, That Can Only Be Gotten Rid Off By A Low Frequency Format. Trust Me This Works Coz I Had The Same Problem!
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A couple of things. You're probably running an out of date version of AIM. You also might be running a problem that perhaps may be incompatible with AIM. For example, if you another messenger system, this may slow down / disconnect you from one of them. Yet another answer could be that you have an "AIM Virus" so perhaps one day a friend of yours may have inadvertantly sent you a link - you clicked, you thought it was nothing and it lead you to a blank page. That blank page uploaded a virus that would shut down the AIM processor periodically.  \n\nIf all these fail. Delete your current AIM. (Don't worry, your buddy list will be saved) and reinstall it. www.aim.com - that should fix it. If it STILL has problems. I suggest you start talking to your friends on MSN and/or reformat your computer THEN reinstall AIM.
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Windows ME is the worst windows ever made... Seriously. Are you sure it's solely the messenger's fault? I'd look for spyware and viruses as well... But you never know.
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Install and run the following software: \nhttp://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx\nhttp://www.windowsonecare.com/\ntry the install again. If it doesn't work create a new user account and try to setup under that account. \nare you sure its error 2755? I got these results when i did a search on that number: \nhttp://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=220780
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Actually I don't understand these terms. Could you please tell what is really happening in your computer? (like, a program's not opening, windows can't let you in, etc.)\n\nBut usually the source of problem in a computer is a virus. So go get a cleaner.
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I got hit by a virus in MSn Messenger - the user was unaware of this - but I got suspecious and asked them they didnt send me a file to accept.  But the only advice I can gave it get an Anti Virus program - up to date.  A free is AVG from:\n\nhttp://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition/3000-2239_4-10503939.html?tag=lst-0-2
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Reinstall your anti-spyware software and try running it again.\n\nOtherwise, check out other software.  For spyware solutions, Spybot Search & Destroy works very well.  If you are willing to try Microsoft's beta, you can also consider defender.  Both are currently free.\n\nhttp://www.safer-networking.org\nhttp://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=435bfce7-da2b-4a6a-afa4-f7f14e605a0d&DisplayLang=en\n\nAlways remember that an ounce of prevention is worth more than a pound of cure.  That said, do not visit unknown websites, open suspicious emails and attachments, or click on links that you don’t know what it’s for.  Also, always keep your anti-spyware and antivirus programs on.  These simple guidelines will save you from hours of headaches with pop-up ads and computer slow down.\n\nGood luck and have a nice day!
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Listen, downloading "freeware" is dangerous. I know you do not want to hear this, but downloading freeware is risky at best if you are not really familiar with the company or person who is offering out "free" stuff. Nothing is really free, often these "free" things have, at the least, spyware attached which will report back your computer usage habits, and will give you viruses, keyloggers, worms, trojans, and could even have a hostile take over remotely of your computer.\n\nAnytime you download anything from the net use a good Security Suite to do a quick scan of the file before you open and install it. This is very easily done by right clickint the folder and chosing "scan with X" replace X with the name of your antivirus solution. \n\nDownloading and installing unkown software is very dangerous and can kill your computer. In fact right now a horrid virus is being delivered via Yahooo Instand Messenger by sending itself to others Instant Messenger with a so called "Safety Browser" which is not safe at all and will take over your entire system and drive you crazy. Check out this site for information of what it does and what to watchout for: http://www.blog.spywareguide.com\n\nHere you will see how easy it is to get something horrid in your computer with little effort on your part at all. \n\nGood luck and just beware free stuff out on the web. It really is dangerous unless you are completely sure of who it is and what it will do. There are also those who would happily give you sites to go to which will really harm your computer. They think it is funny to do stuff like that, why I haven't a clue, but it is just true anyway.
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Hi,\n\nI have had atleast a few hundred such cases.\n\nFirst, update your antivirus software and run a full system scan for viruses. Also search google and download Adaware and Spybot Search and Destroy (third party software, so use at own risk. However, I have been using it for over three years now) and scan your computer using these two spyware removal programs to remove any spywares that your system might have.\n\nNext, you can try a few steps to check if its a hardware or software:\n\nBefore you do anything, I would recommend that you have a look at the device manager. Click Start -> Run -> devmgmt.msc and click OK. If you find any item with exclamation mark on it, try to reinstall the drivers for it. If reinstalling the drivers fails to remove the exclamaiton mark, then get that particular hardware checked and you would be looking for a replacement of that particular hardware.\n\nIf all seems well in the device manager, then check if your system freezes in Safe Mode or not:\n1. Restart your computer and start pressing the F8 key on your keyboard. On a computer that is configured for booting to multiple operating systems, you can press the F8 key when the Boot Menu appears. \n2. Select an option when the Windows Advanced Options menu appears, and then press ENTER. \n3. When the Boot menu appears again, and the words "Safe Mode" appear in blue at the bottom, select the installation that you want to start, and then press ENTER. \n\nNow while in Safe mode, try to work with the applications you usually use. I know the view might not be as pleasant as in Normal Mode. If your system is working fine in Safe Mode, then atleast most of your base hardware like hard drive, ram, cpu are ok. So, you have successfully testes the base hardware. Also, note that your base operating system is also ok.\n\nSo, if the safe mode is working fine, then either the secondary hardware, or additional softwares might be the cause of the problem.\n\nNext step is to go for Clean Booting: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310353\n\nI know that all this is a little time consuming, but its worth as you save alot of dollars since you have diagnosed the problem yourself.\n\nIf after clean booting, you find that the system freezes everytime, no matter what configuration of Clean Booting you try, then you might have to get the hardware checked by a hardware specialist. However, you could have rounded off to some software which might be the cause of the solution.\n\nAll the Best.\n\n\nThanks,\nManish
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"Yahoo IM Users: Be on the lookout for worm that pretends to be safe browser = \nA new worm that spreads through the Yahoo Instant Messaging application infects computers and forwards itself to those in the IM contact list, then hijacks your browser home page and replaces it with a web site that loads spyware onto your computer. Even worse, it plays on computer users' security concerns by passing itself off as a "safe web browser" called Safety Browser and uses real- looking Internet Explorer logos. Read more about it here": \nhttp://www.wxpnews.com/GYHR8H/060606-Yahoo_IM_Worm
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SYMPTOMS\nWhen you start Windows, Internet Explorer, or a Windows-based program, you may receive the following error message:\nRuntime Error 216 at Address\nCAUSE\nThis issue can occur if your computer is infected with a SubSeven Trojan virus.\n\nTo determine if your computer is infected with this virus, visit the following Web sites:\nhttp://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/backdoor.subseven.html (http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/backdoor.subseven.html)\n\nhttp://www.commandsoftware.com/virus/backdoor.html (http://www.commandsoftware.com/virus/backdoor.html)\n\nhttp://www.europe.f-secure.com/v-descs/subseven.shtml (http://www.europe.f-secure.com/v-descs/subseven.shtml)\nRESOLUTION\nTo resolve this issue, run an updated antivirus program to remove the virus from your computer.\n\nMake sure that all your infected computers are physically disconnected from the Internet and any other networks while you work to resolve this issue. For instructions about how to recover an infected computer, visit the following Carnegie Mellon Web site:\nhttp://www.cert.org/tech_tips/root_compromise.html (http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/root_compromise.html)\nMicrosoft does not provide software that can detect or remove computer viruses. If you suspect or confirm that your computer is infected with a virus, obtain current antivirus software. For a list of antivirus software manufacturers, click the following article number to see the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:\n49500 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/49500/EN-US/) List of Antivirus Software Vendors\nMORE INFORMATION\nFor additional information about distributed denial-of-service attacks and Trojan viruses, visit the following Microsoft Web site:\nhttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bestprac/ddosatku.mspx
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sometimes that can happen and the problem only lasts like a day\non the older versions people could use an account locker on other peoples messenger id and that also could block the account for a few hrs at times\ntry logging in with some other id (not a sub id of the blocked account) if you can log in with another id then the problem is temporary
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Did you just get this computer?  In some cases this is possible if msn messenger is logging on to the network automatically.  If this is the case just uninstall that version of msn messenger.
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The reason it is coming back to the sign in screen is because it cannot connect to yahoo .. there are a number of reasons possible for this..\n\n1)Is the computer in question running sbc yahoo!  and/or norton antivirus by any chance?   If so, Norton antivirus 2003 doesnt like messenger - open Norton antivirus (should be in the system tray somewhere), click on options and uncheck the messenger options that you want to allow on your pc.\n\n2) Are you sure you have your userid and password correct for yahoo! mail?  Check this by logging into some other yahoo! site - e.g. go to my.yahoo.com and type in your userid and password, and if this works you know you have the correct userid and password.\n\n3) Is the pc set up to automatically sign into Yahoo! as someone else?  If so, when you try to sign in using your password it may fail.  The best way to do this is to click on the "sign out" link or "sign in as another user" link (depending upon which yahoo mail screen you are seeing).  Then sign in using the sign in link that comes up (or simply type in the userid and password at this point).\n\n4) There are a number of other possibilities causing this issue - but you appear to be able to surf to other web pages so I think I can discount those.  If you are still having problems go to www.exceptiona.com and contact the consultants there, they will help you.
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I JUST went through this last week, no kidding! I had to go to AVG and download 7.5, and it took care of it right away! It was a huge pain in the butt, but it worked. I also made sure my Microsoft security software was updated, because apparently this virus was new and the software didn't recognize it. Good luck!
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The reason you cant get into MSN messenger or nternet Explorer is that Norton was protecting them.  Now that norton expired, its preventing access when those 2 programs try to use it.\n\nThe norton Internet Security suite is good if you want blanket coverage and can live with a slower computer.  \n\nI reccomed Nod32 as an anti-virus and the just use the windows firewall.  Nod 32 is less than 10 megabytes and hasnt missed a virus in more than 5 years.  Between those two you have just about as much protection as internet security.  Some of the things you may miss with Norton INternet security are, Filtering of websites, running internet explorer semi-safely, a slow computer.\n\nI reccomend that you purchase Nod32 instead of Norton, you will have a faster computing experience, and your wallet wont take as big of a hit.
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i suggest downloading microsoft's "Windows Defender" it will take off any spyware and adware on your computer.  These programs are dangerous to you and allow other people to see what is on your computer.  Some that have keyloggers can even record passwords and other important data that is confidential.  These types of programs can be downloaded by mistake with another program or even with a webpage.  They are usually very bulky and slow down your computer.\n\nAnother problem could be running too many programs at once.  I encounter this sometimes when i use Windows Media Player and Yahoo Messenger at the same time, both require a lot from your computer.  The idea of buying an external fan and putting behind your laptop (or near a ventilation area for a desktop) worked very very well for me.  It helped with my problem of the computer overheating.\n\nFinally, when you're computer is running at 100%, don't do anything, let it finish executing your orders, if you keep piling orders on it can't function and will lock up.  If it stays locked up for more than 3 minutes you should probably manually restart it.  I hope i answered ur question fully.