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Hi all I noticed recently that the red shield at the bottom of my screen was stating tha my autoupdate was turned off, so I clicked on it and set it to "on" but when I teurn on my computer on the next day,its off again. I did this again for a couple of days but it still goes off, so tonight I clicked on Microsoft update from the start menu but I cant get the Microsoft webpage up "internet explorer cannot display the webpage". I can visit other websites no problem,my internet explorer seems to be working okay but recently on three or four occasions my computer suddenly gets stuck and I have to reboot it. I also can't get to the AVG website. I am on windows xp and internet explorer. | ||
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| Amo Amas Amant Admin  Join Date: 18-11-2004 Location: Blackburn NW England (Siberia)
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In view of what you have already said I recommend installing a completely different Antivirus scanner as some viruses exhibit that kind of hijacking of web addresses preventing you blocking the loophole it is exploiting. Or boot to safemode and scan using AVG | ||
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| aka Skyman Join Date: 13-06-2003 Location: Limassol, Sunny Cyprus
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My System: 3m(sky),1.8m(astr/hotbird),1m (nilesat)1m(arabsat)diseqc 4,sky plus,humax freesat,visionet 8000s,technomate 5400 ci+ usb super. Satlook nit colour + Horizon hdsm. wii | Thanks. How do I reboot in safe mode ? Was it F8 ? | ||
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| Amo Amas Amant Admin Join Date: 18-11-2004 Location: Blackburn NW England (Siberia)
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My System: IDD CI24 ECONO MM Penta 1.20 Galaxy II 1.2Mtr Polar MTG yes it has been on the arc for 21 years and is still driven by a modified wiper motor from a Ford Anglia. It's like me sometimes groans but always performs Saved us from the black plague of ignoratio elenchi, he awaits a special badge with jugs |
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| aka Skyman Join Date: 13-06-2003 Location: Limassol, Sunny Cyprus
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My System: 3m(sky),1.8m(astr/hotbird),1m (nilesat)1m(arabsat)diseqc 4,sky plus,humax freesat,visionet 8000s,technomate 5400 ci+ usb super. Satlook nit colour + Horizon hdsm. wii | Okay, will try now. | ||
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| Amo Amas Amant Admin Join Date: 18-11-2004 Location: Blackburn NW England (Siberia)
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My System: IDD CI24 ECONO MM Penta 1.20 Galaxy II 1.2Mtr Polar MTG yes it has been on the arc for 21 years and is still driven by a modified wiper motor from a Ford Anglia. It's like me sometimes groans but always performs Saved us from the black plague of ignoratio elenchi, he awaits a special badge with jugs |
Any success?, if not I would suggest installing something like A squared free, it may surprise you | |||
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| Toute Ronde Bon Oeuf  Real name: Gordon Join Date: 29-05-2009 Location: North Yorks Moors
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My System: Triax 1.1m and Orbital 80cm Motorised Dishes. Various fixed Dishes. Eclectic selection of Digital and Analogue Receivers. Complex switching and distribution that SWMBO cannot fathom. Nor me. | And if that doesn't allow access, try the new Microsoft Security Essentials - let's see if Micrs**t can manage to block access to another of their own sites! I binned AVG for MSSE a few weeks ago and am happy with it. | ||
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| Amo Amas Amant Admin Join Date: 18-11-2004 Location: Blackburn NW England (Siberia)
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My System: IDD CI24 ECONO MM Penta 1.20 Galaxy II 1.2Mtr Polar MTG yes it has been on the arc for 21 years and is still driven by a modified wiper motor from a Ford Anglia. It's like me sometimes groans but always performs Saved us from the black plague of ignoratio elenchi, he awaits a special badge with jugs |
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| aka Skyman Join Date: 13-06-2003 Location: Limassol, Sunny Cyprus
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My System: 3m(sky),1.8m(astr/hotbird),1m (nilesat)1m(arabsat)diseqc 4,sky plus,humax freesat,visionet 8000s,technomate 5400 ci+ usb super. Satlook nit colour + Horizon hdsm. wii |
How come i can access all websites except ones that are for antivirus ? Also I tried to do a system restore but do not have any dates befor 2/11/09 where did they all go ? | |||
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| Toute Ronde Bon Oeuf Real name: Gordon Join Date: 29-05-2009 Location: North Yorks Moors
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My System: Triax 1.1m and Orbital 80cm Motorised Dishes. Various fixed Dishes. Eclectic selection of Digital and Analogue Receivers. Complex switching and distribution that SWMBO cannot fathom. Nor me. | As regards Restore Points, how far back they are kept depends upon how much space you have permitted System Restore to utilise. So what you report may not actually be untoward - although having none at all before today's date seems unsatisfactory! If you want to keep more of your recent Restore Points, simply Open up System Restore and select System Restore Settings then Disk Space Usage. | ||
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You won't be able to do so in safe mode, but that was not what Topper suggested. Can you access _www.majorgeeks.com ? You may be able to download useful stuff from there. | |||
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| Amo Amas Amant Admin Join Date: 18-11-2004 Location: Blackburn NW England (Siberia)
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My System: IDD CI24 ECONO MM Penta 1.20 Galaxy II 1.2Mtr Polar MTG yes it has been on the arc for 21 years and is still driven by a modified wiper motor from a Ford Anglia. It's like me sometimes groans but always performs Saved us from the black plague of ignoratio elenchi, he awaits a special badge with jugs |
CH is correct I was meaning to scan the HD in safe mode, however safe mode with networking should allow you to access the internet and get to the required site, it does however sound suspicious what has taken place EDit indeed I am posting this edit in safe mode with networking so you should have access to get AV software | ||
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My System: Various digiboxes, broken Nokia 9800S, numerous analogue boxes. My lovely little lappy, HP Omnibook 6100 | A very quick test for conficker is here _http://www.confickerworkinggroup.org/infection_test/cfeyechart.html Worth a go. | ||
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| aka Skyman Join Date: 13-06-2003 Location: Limassol, Sunny Cyprus
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My System: 3m(sky),1.8m(astr/hotbird),1m (nilesat)1m(arabsat)diseqc 4,sky plus,humax freesat,visionet 8000s,technomate 5400 ci+ usb super. Satlook nit colour + Horizon hdsm. wii | Wll, to be brief, i followed the advice from topper and started in safe mode. Still cant access windows update or AVG. Managed to install a free antivirus program from iobit and advanced systemcare free which are good scanners registry cleaners etc( found loads of malware,spyware stuff and got rid of it, but still cant get to windows update. found a help section which said to run services.msc and set to autoupdate and backgroumd intelligent transfer service and switch them on but still same problem. | ||
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| aka Skyman Join Date: 13-06-2003 Location: Limassol, Sunny Cyprus
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My System: 3m(sky),1.8m(astr/hotbird),1m (nilesat)1m(arabsat)diseqc 4,sky plus,humax freesat,visionet 8000s,technomate 5400 ci+ usb super. Satlook nit colour + Horizon hdsm. wii |
Now what I do ? And why didnt the antivirus programs see this ? | |||
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| Dazed and Confused Mod Join Date: 28-06-2003 Location: Wirral, NW England
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My System: Various digiboxes, broken Nokia 9800S, numerous analogue boxes. My lovely little lappy, HP Omnibook 6100 | Try some more tests such as _http://www.sophos.com/products/free-tools/conficker-removal-tool.html and _http://www.mcafee.com/us/threat_center/conficker.html the McAfee page is worth reading for its information as well. Unfortunately if you HAVE got Conficker then part of its nastyness is that it'll stop you conecting to some sites - as you might have already discovered! Anyay, see if you can get in. | ||
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| Amo Amas Amant Admin Join Date: 18-11-2004 Location: Blackburn NW England (Siberia)
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My System: IDD CI24 ECONO MM Penta 1.20 Galaxy II 1.2Mtr Polar MTG yes it has been on the arc for 21 years and is still driven by a modified wiper motor from a Ford Anglia. It's like me sometimes groans but always performs Saved us from the black plague of ignoratio elenchi, he awaits a special badge with jugs |
This site has a binary download link to overcome the limitations imposed by the virus _http://www.killertechtips.com/2009/03/28/mcafee-conficker-removal-tool-stinger/ download the stinger and follow the instructions | ||
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| aka Skyman Join Date: 13-06-2003 Location: Limassol, Sunny Cyprus
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My System: 3m(sky),1.8m(astr/hotbird),1m (nilesat)1m(arabsat)diseqc 4,sky plus,humax freesat,visionet 8000s,technomate 5400 ci+ usb super. Satlook nit colour + Horizon hdsm. wii | Thanks for the tips guys, but they all do the same thing. They give a link to sites which I can't access because of the virus. | ||
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| aka Skyman Join Date: 13-06-2003 Location: Limassol, Sunny Cyprus
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My System: 3m(sky),1.8m(astr/hotbird),1m (nilesat)1m(arabsat)diseqc 4,sky plus,humax freesat,visionet 8000s,technomate 5400 ci+ usb super. Satlook nit colour + Horizon hdsm. wii | SUCCESS. I finally found a site that let me in with a free conficker removal tool which worked. It took 3 restarts which was part of the set up and my virus was gone. I immediately went to windows update and downloaded the updates. I even got to the AVG free site but not sure which is the best free antivirus program.Thanks to Topper,Paul R,CH and Tivu for sending me in the right direction. What's MSSE like Tivu? Should I name the site that works or will they end up on the conficker list ? Or if anyone wants to know they can PM me. | ||
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| Toute Ronde Bon Oeuf Real name: Gordon Join Date: 29-05-2009 Location: North Yorks Moors
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My System: Triax 1.1m and Orbital 80cm Motorised Dishes. Various fixed Dishes. Eclectic selection of Digital and Analogue Receivers. Complex switching and distribution that SWMBO cannot fathom. Nor me. | Excellent news, Zorba! As for MSSE, it is a relatively low resource, unobtrusive, AntiVirus and AntiMalware tool. AVG, which I've used for years, had become too bloated and hungry and although I'm not a huge fan of Micros**t, I thought MSSE deserved a crack. Frankly, I'm very happy with it. Topper has also given it the thumbs up. You can update it whenever you wish and you can set it so that it always updates before carrying out any scheduled scan. User Interface is clean and friendly. Give it a whirl | ||
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| Dazed and Confused Mod Join Date: 28-06-2003 Location: Wirral, NW England
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My System: Various digiboxes, broken Nokia 9800S, numerous analogue boxes. My lovely little lappy, HP Omnibook 6100 | I would have thought that you could post the name here if you add spaces and use words like dot and slash. | ||
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| Amo Amas Amant Admin Join Date: 18-11-2004 Location: Blackburn NW England (Siberia)
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My System: IDD CI24 ECONO MM Penta 1.20 Galaxy II 1.2Mtr Polar MTG yes it has been on the arc for 21 years and is still driven by a modified wiper motor from a Ford Anglia. It's like me sometimes groans but always performs Saved us from the black plague of ignoratio elenchi, he awaits a special badge with jugs |
No need to Paul I have attached a copy for future use by anyone and made it a sticky thread Download to desktop and unzip the file to desktop Boot to safe mode and double click the icon and follow the instructions | ||
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| aka Skyman Join Date: 13-06-2003 Location: Limassol, Sunny Cyprus
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My System: 3m(sky),1.8m(astr/hotbird),1m (nilesat)1m(arabsat)diseqc 4,sky plus,humax freesat,visionet 8000s,technomate 5400 ci+ usb super. Satlook nit colour + Horizon hdsm. wii | Wll it wasn't stinger. I tried it but couldn't acces that either, it was www(.)enigmasoftware(.)com/products/conficker-removal-tool , the only one I could access while the conficker virus was present on my computer. I will try MSSE. I remember I used to have AVG but had it uninstalled for some reason. | ||
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| aka Skyman Join Date: 13-06-2003 Location: Limassol, Sunny Cyprus
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My System: 3m(sky),1.8m(astr/hotbird),1m (nilesat)1m(arabsat)diseqc 4,sky plus,humax freesat,visionet 8000s,technomate 5400 ci+ usb super. Satlook nit colour + Horizon hdsm. wii | Ps what is MSSE ? or the full name of the site ? | ||
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