Surrey Dave
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| posted on 19/3/04 at 01:30 AM |
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mtwirl32.dll
trend antivirus found this little pest in the windows system folder.
had to start in 'safe' mode ,rename and delete.
this is a trojan bookmark that adds to your favourites and changes your homepage.
could be some of my prob...........
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pbura
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| posted on 19/3/04 at 01:40 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
i ran that check and apparently i have more open backdoors then a gay bar on friday night (their words not mine).
Pete
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Surrey Dave
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| posted on 19/3/04 at 01:47 AM |
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Still not cured 
The url displayed in popup is: www.atoque.com/
This popup opens about 3 seconds after you close I.E.
Any more ideas welcome...........
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sgraber
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| posted on 19/3/04 at 01:59 AM |
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How about a SOLUTION! :D
http://miataru.computing.net/security/wwwboard/forum/9909.html
Read the last post in the thread. It explains in detail what is happening and how to remove it from your system. It's a real DOOZY of a
problem!
Graber
Edit - sorry - NOT last post in thread.. But you'll find it just after the long paragraph written in CAPS...
[Edited on 3/19/04 by sgraber]
Steve Graber
http://www.grabercars.com/
"Quickness through lightness"
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Surrey Dave
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| posted on 19/3/04 at 02:07 AM |
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Thanks ,
I just found that too but i'm not clear how to do it yet , I'm tired , ( 2.00am in UK)I'll do it tomorrow..................
Thanks All............
What the frick is a 'DOOZY'................
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sgraber
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| posted on 19/3/04 at 02:11 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Surrey Dave
What the frick is a 'DOOZY'................
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=doozy
Steve Graber
http://www.grabercars.com/
"Quickness through lightness"
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Hellfire
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| posted on 19/3/04 at 02:25 AM |
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you learn...
something new everyday...
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Alan B
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| posted on 19/3/04 at 02:42 AM |
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This was the definition I knew of...
doozy
doo·zy [ dzee ] (plural doo·zies)
noun
something wonderful: a remarkable or excellent thing ( slang )
[Early 20th century. Origin uncertain: perhaps an alteration of daisy (perhaps blended with Duesenberg (a type of luxury car).]
not quite the same definition is it?....
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pbura
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| posted on 19/3/04 at 02:52 AM |
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Killing processes
(referring to solution posted by Steve Graber)
You must kill a running process so that HijackThis can remove the related file and registry entry. If you are running Windows 98 or Me (and maybe
others), Task Manager won't show all the processes that are running on your computer.
Here's another favorite FREE utility, PrcView, that shows all running processes (along with a bunch of other crap I don't understand but
Staple Balls would). With this, you can kill a process so that HijackThis can remove it.
http://www.teamcti.com/pview/prcview.htm
Some may be reading this thread casually, thinking it doesn't apply to them, but the average user has acquired a ton of sludge on their
computer.
I bought a year-old computer on eBay that was just clogged with crap. So bad, in fact, that the old owner hadn't used it in six months. But
after applying these fixes, it runs like a top now.
Pete
P.S. Doozy=Corker
[Edited on 19/3/04 by pbura]
Pete
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 19/3/04 at 07:35 AM |
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There is plan B, if you're feeling adventurous... run Linux! (ducks behind parapet!)
I use it for almost all my home PC work, and if the Quicken accounting package came on Linux I would be 100% off Windows - that program is the only
reason I have dual-boot on my machine. (Don't mention WINE - I've never got it working well enough to give up Windows)
I have set up my Windows with no access to the modem (it doesn't know the machine has one), it has a firewall that blocks every attempt to make
a network connection, and so on... only Linux can see the real world.
The down-side is that even the easiest Linux distribution (Mandrake) requires a reasonable amount of technical knowledge, whereas Windows will run
after a fashion, even if it's not set up right.
cheers,
David
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M@Triton
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| posted on 19/3/04 at 07:44 AM |
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Not just me then...thats a relief.
I keep getting a pop up banner saying come and have a look at my webcam......description with it is kinda indicating a porn site but then i have been
hit with so many virus things too paranoid to go and look.
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Staple balls
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| posted on 19/3/04 at 09:02 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
The down-side is that even the easiest Linux distribution (Mandrake) requires a reasonable amount of technical knowledge, whereas Windows will run
after a fashion, even if it's not set up right.
i've not played with linux much, but i found fedora really easy to get set up, working and talking to the internet and all the other puters here
(given that it's a usb adsl modem, and one of the computers is an xbox that thinks it's a pc...)
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Surrey Dave
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| posted on 19/3/04 at 10:42 AM |
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Thanks Pbura, I was wondering how to stop processes in Win98 as the tab they refer to in the fix is not there.
This forum got some knowledgable bods on it !!!!!
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Staple balls
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| posted on 19/3/04 at 10:50 AM |
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oooh
98 could be interesting, very different to me/2k/xp.
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Staple balls
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| posted on 19/3/04 at 10:53 AM |
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ok
had a looksee, and i think (not used 98 for a long time)
you wanna hit ctrl + alt + delete which should bring up a window like
which may have the process you're looking for in it.
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JoelP
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| posted on 19/3/04 at 11:04 AM |
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when i do cnt alt del it says i have around 30 processes running, several of them called svchost.exe, which sounds a bit ominous....
off to google methinks.
apparently harmless...
[Edited on 19/3/04 by JoelP]
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Staple balls
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| posted on 19/3/04 at 11:14 AM |
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svchost.exe is harmless, part of windows, controls stuff
scvhost.exe and explore.exe (NOT explorer.exe) however are parts of viruses
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Surrey Dave
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| posted on 19/3/04 at 11:18 AM |
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YehBut!!
Yehbut this Window doesn't give the option to kill a process , so i'll have to download the suggested utility later , when i'm at
home.................
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Staple balls
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| posted on 19/3/04 at 11:23 AM |
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ahhh. not handy
if you're pretty competent (and the machine's fast enough), i can sort you out with a copy of windows 2000 which'll fix a few
problems, and be a bit shinier around the edges 
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Surrey Dave
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| posted on 19/3/04 at 11:30 AM |
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YehBut 2!!
Can I upgrade ( install over the top) my Win 98 to 2000?
And will it run with all my 98 applications?
Is it based on NT so do i need to reformat the HD to install?
I'd love a job in I.T. I'm ONLY 49 and willing to learn!!!!
Desperate of Surrey!
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Peteff
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| posted on 19/3/04 at 11:31 AM |
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Highlight the process in the window and click on end task to kill it (stop it running) in Windows 98. That's all it means. If you put 2000 on it
gives you the choice of updating or dual booting with 98.
[Edited on 19/3/04 by Peteff]
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Staple balls
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| posted on 19/3/04 at 11:35 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Surrey Dave
Can I upgrade ( install over the top) my Win 98 to 2000?
Yep
And will it run with all my 98 applications?
should do, drivers etc will need updating to better versions though
Is it based on NT so do i need to reformat the HD to install?
Sort of, it uses a different (NTFS) filesystem which is more stable and less likey to lose data, but it'll convert it during the
install
I'd love a job in I.T. I'm ONLY 49 and willing to learn!!!!
I would too, only 18 and don't care
enough to learn
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Surrey Dave
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| posted on 19/3/04 at 11:41 AM |
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YehBut 3
Are ther any REAL advantages , I 've found Win98Se generally reliable/stable I dont do upgrading for the sake of it I'm too cynical for
that , it seems that with every incarnation of Windows you actually NEED a faster computer just to run all the extra bells and whistles they put on
it.
Or if you keep the same old (750 Athlon) everything just takes longer...........
[Edited on 19/3/04 by Surrey Dave]
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pbura
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| posted on 19/3/04 at 11:44 AM |
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Some "system" tasks don't show in Windows 98, hence the prob.
I really like Win 98SE, is very compact and controllable compared to some later versions. It runs well on my older machine.
Pete
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Staple balls
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| posted on 19/3/04 at 11:50 AM |
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it depends what you're after really, this thing is always on (and downloading crap) and had no problems whatsoever. also win2000 is still
supported by microsoft, so updates are still very much available.
i'd say it'd probably run ok on your machine, i have a 2k box with a 1ghz duron and 256meg ram in the other room
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