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PC driving me up the wall

Shawz
Shawz Posts: 1,054 Forumite
My home pc is driving me up the wall.everytime the pc starts up after i login I get svchost.exe application error and then another window saying generic host process for win32 services has encountered a problem.

I have checked for spyware with adaware, spyware doctor, spybot and found nothing. I have scanned for viruses using mcafee and avg and found nothing.

Any suggestions on things I should try or software to use would be much appreciated as I am ready to throw the pc out of the window.

O/S Win XP SP2
PC Sony Vaio PCV-RZ324
Memory 1GB
Looking to raise some money ;)

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  • DrSmutt
    DrSmutt Posts: 240 Forumite
    what was the last piece of software you installed or removed.
  • Browntoa
    Browntoa Posts: 49,627
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    this can be signs of a malware infection depending on the location it's running from

    do me a hijackthis log

    http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/

    instructions and software ther

    just copy the log back here
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  • Shawz
    Shawz Posts: 1,054 Forumite
    At last, I am back online :j the old pc wouldn't even boot.

    Been saving for a new pc for ages, so bought all the parts and slapped it together and at last I am back online, but if I can get the old one to boot i'll post the hijack this log up here as I would love to know what happened and make sure it doesn't happen on my new pc.

    Thanks for your help ;)
    Looking to raise some money ;)
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