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Hi jack this - help please
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ok - I've run Dr Web and it's found a whole pile of stuff - some that its deleted - others marked incurable. moved.
The Dr Web page (sorry if I'm being dense here:o) is showing 'file - settings - help' across the top.... and underneath is a list of all the rubbish it's found... underneath that is 'greyed out'.... what do I do now??:o (I'm writing this from a laptop)0 -
we could really do with seeing the dr web results...can you copy them or something ??......Gettin' There, Wherever There is......
I have a dodgy "i" key, so ignore spelling errors due to "i" issues, ...I blame Apple
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The dr web logfile is found at one of these 2 places ~
C:\Program Files\DrWeb
C:\Users\username\DoctorWeb
Scan right to the bottom (If memory serves) where it should tell us whats been removed etc:idea:0 -
thanks - found it! - there's pages of snapshot - but this is at the end.
total session statistics
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Scanned: 290606
Infected: 281
Modifications: 1
Suspicious: 119
Adware: 61
Dialers: 1
Jokes: 0
Riskware: 0
Hacktools: 0
Cured: 1
Deleted: 268
Renamed: 0
Moved: 13
Ignored: 0
Scan speed: 31 Kb/s
Scan time: 7:29:24
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Hows it running now?:idea:0
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seems to be better - still a bit of a delay loading up but think that's just compared to a brand new laptop we've just got!
I've installed Avira - anything else I should do?
and what about this......?danthemoneysavingman this entry looks dubious: c:\windows\system32\6B80B99C35.sys
such randomly-named items are rarely good news
sorry dont help much but there's my $0.020 -
Its DIVX related
Uninstall DIVX if you dont want it (Personally I hate DIVX):idea:0 -
Open ccleaner and run the REGISTRY scan (Backup the registry when it asks) if you havnt done so already:idea:0
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Then run a fresh HIJACK THIS log:idea:0
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