Adult Friend Finder Pop-up

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Restart PC and on boot up tap F8... for safemode

P.S System restore off/on does not require you to go into safemode

Mr_Vincent

Tapping F8 does not allow me to go into safe mode.

My help only tells me to look up the operating system and then select safe mode , pressing escape whilst booting does no good.

The only available option I have is F2 which gets me into my computer's CMOS settings.

I've gone into start-up and recovery and ca

Mr_Vincent

sorry had to get out quick.
pc has just shown error message "generic host process for win32 services has encountered a problem and needs to close" etc.

Gone into start up and recovery and cannot find where I can dual booting.
I have only one operating system here - winXP and it is on my laptop that I am using to post here.

pchelpman

Hi

Safe mode....sometimes tapping F5 instead of F8 during the boot up process will get you to safe mode.

Pop up.....sounds like you could have a LOP infection or something similar.

Download HijackThis ["HJT"] here.....

http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/HijackThis.exe

Do not use this tool yet.

Next download and install Ewido from here.....

http://download.ewido.net/ewido-setup.exe

Update to the newest definitions. Do NOT run it till you can get to safe mode.

Once in safe mode run a full scan in Ewido. Post the log from the Ewido scan here.

Whether or not Ewido is sucessful I suggest you also post a HJT log here.

To do this open the HJT program you downloaded earlier. You will be presented with a list of options. Choose the first one...."Do a system scan and save a logfile". Two things will happen... HJT will scan your PC then it will give you a Notepad logfile with the scan results. Copy that Notepad logfile to this thread. It may tell us if anything else is wrong.

EDIT: Does this PC have "Messenger Plus 3" installed?

Mr_Vincent

http://www.kingsofchaos.com/recruit.php?uniqid=z5b3f4dc

The above site now keeps popping up.
I wrote about what I had done earlier.
When I pressed submit my browser refused to respond, and so did the rest of my pc even though I copied my reply.

This is a test.

Mr_Vincent

Life's a !!!!! sometimes.

Here's what I did to get rid of my adultfriendfinder pop ups.
I found out how to get into safe mode both with system restore on and off - I had to toggle between shutdowns and press escape whilst rebooting forcing my pc off if necessary.

I ran both adaware and spybot in safemode both in admin and user mode which had admin rights.
Both came up with spyware which I removed.

I then decided to disconnect my broadband equpment, uninstall my anti-virus and install another browser making that the default one all offline.

I also reomoved one Liveupdate BVRP software program because the only live update software I had did not come from that.

Ran both Adaware and spybot offline and my anti-virus found the following strains:
Adware.WinAd.Bs in C\Windows mediagatewayx.dll
Trojan.LowZones.ct in C\pce.exe, c\goaway.exe and c\emoticon.exe

Hooked up to the internet and didn't even start browsing or opening up any browser.
My browser opened up itself and brought out the kings of Chaos website I placed above
plus all the above viruses my pc deleted and TrojanDownloader.V8 in C\documents AND (nothing more)
&
c\mmxxxxxas2.exe

pchelpman,
don't want to sound ignorant cos I appreciate your offers but I don't generally like going into safe mode very much.

I am posting the above in the hope somebody might have a better understanding.

I might have a LOP infection (whatever that may be) but I am more interested in preventing my anti-virus going awol and preventing my other programs from working properly.

Solved one problem - adultfriendfinder.com now I need to find out how to stop my browsers from self opening as soon as I hook up to the net.

Might try your suggestion later pchelpman.
My pc does not have Messenger Plus 3

Time for some thank you's even though my problem has not been resloved yet.

Mr_Vincent

Generic Host Processes for Win32 has encountederd a problem and needs to close is also affecting my internet usage pleasure.

How do I get round this one?

This is a quickie

pchelpman

Hi again

That kings of chaos link is an ID to a game player. Do you play this online game?

Do you have "spywiper" or any other antispyware program(s)? That one is rogue/bad and should NOT be used; there are plenty of others in that catagory.

Have you tried a recommended pop up blocker or the ones that come with other browsers like Firefox or Opera?

I think I really do need to see your HJT log. All these issues indicate there's something definitely not right with your main registry entries and HJT may help reveal the problems.

Please return to my last post, follow the instructions, download & scan with HJT then post the resulting logfile report to this thread.

Tip....if you have trouble going online with your own PC then you can download HJT to a floppy on another PC (it's a very small program) then run it offline on the troubled PC.

Mr_Vincent

PChelpman,
I am going to do as I am told right now.
Just thought I'd reveal what was poping up to see if I got any alternative answers.

Whatever a HJT log is will be given to you later.

Adultfriendfinder has begun popping up again instead of that game site.
No I do not play on-line games - not my thing.

I have tried both Firefox and Opera in the past.
Neither have had set-ups to my preffered liking.

Netscape combined both Firefox and Internet explorer and was a lot faster on dial-up.
That got infected forcing me to go back to my last favourite browser Maxthon.

Browntoa

I've found in the past that I've had to run all Anti spyware in safe mode one after the other, so update the definitions on Spybot ,ewido and Adaware via the update button, update your anti virus and then run them ALL in safe mode one after the other (this may take a while but it's worth it in the end !), I personally run Ewido fist , then spybot and then the rest, then rerun spybot at the end as it sometimes picks up stuff that was masked by other spyware before

don't forgot to turn OFF system restore before you boot to safe mode as it will hide in there and re-install on boot up !!