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so am at a loss at to what to try now… all 3 web browsers (firefox, IE, and safari) have stopped loading pages on my parents desktop. i am connected, seeing as how i get on vent and CS… but i cant browse. any suggestions?
GOOGLE CHROME FTMFW. (YES I ACTUALLY USE IT AND YES I’M YELLING BECAUSE IT IS THAT AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
btw…you should probably format, u has a trojan (and not the condom kind) or other piece of BADDIEware
What i like about chrome is it’s minimalist and doesn’t clutter as much as other browsers, but you cant beat good ol firefox.
Rydell382 said:
What i like about chrome is it’s minimalist and doesn’t clutter as much as other browsers, but you cant beat good ol firefox.Chrome owns firefox.
Kuros said:
Chrome owns firefox.Call me old fashioned, but i like my Firefox because i know where everything is and I’m used to it. To each his own I say!
Kuros said:
GOOGLE CHROME FTMFW. (YES I ACTUALLY USE IT AND YES I’M YELLING BECAUSE IT IS THAT AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)btw…you should probably format, u has a trojan (and not the condom kind) or other piece of BADDIEware
Exactly what he said.
i have a roommate who decided to be a total nerd and has learned to do everything (including internets) on the terminal
im not sure how his browsing experience is, but if u want minimalist and fast as *edited*… thats where its at
i still think hes a neurotic dork -.-
veritas said:
so am at a loss at to what to try now… all 3 web browsers (firefox, IE, and safari) have stopped loading pages on my parents desktop. i am connected, seeing as how i get on vent and CS… but i cant browse. any suggestions?If you’re still having problems, download this and follow the readme. There was a virus that spread around WCU a few years back that had similar syptoms to your problem.
http://www.wcu.edu/it/ITS/software/downloads/rinbotfix.zip
If you’re running Vista then go ahead and reformat as the Vista versions if this sort of virus are extremely hard to completely remove.
MasterP said:
If you’re still having problems, download this and follow the readme. There was a virus that spread around WCU a few years back that had similar syptoms to your problem.http://www.wcu.edu/it/ITS/software/downloads/rinbotfix.zip
If you’re running Vista then go ahead and reformat as the Vista versions if this sort of virus are extremely hard to completely remove.
lol you dont even know if thats the problem; guess what, RINBOT ISNT THE ONLY VIRUS THAT DOES THAT.
well, i have run for spyware, adware. malware… etc..
also, all of their virus definitions are up to date and have been scanned… im really trying to avoid a reformat… i dont want to have to try to save all my moms *edited* lol
Nickname said:
lol you dont even know if thats the problem; guess what, RINBOT ISNT THE ONLY VIRUS THAT DOES THAT.Trying to fix it sure beats reformatting. That’s something the CRIB noobs jump to first. Are you a CRIB noob?
MasterP said:
Trying to fix it sure beats reformatting. That’s something the CRIB noobs jump to first. Are you a CRIB noob?no but i dont pretend to know what the problem is when i cant sit there and diagnose it myself.
we could always do like everyone else and require a hijack this log…
Nickname said:
reformatthat’s what i’d say. it’s the only surefire way to absolutely KNOW you killed the virus. however, if ur rents have ridiculous amounts of crap on the their comp, then it would prolly be easier to try and fix it first.
MajorMajorMajor said:
but reformatting fixes EVERYTHING!this thinking is beyond bad its so wrong if you do not clear the bios it doesn’t matter if you format or not it will reinfect from the bios . safe thing have a mobo that has die hard bios so there isn’t a way for the bios to be hurt 2ND clear your bios before and after you do a format
BTW when was the last time the cookies for the browsers were cleaned out as this can cause the problem you are describing
Winsockfix to be safe, combofix and SDfix, then I would run hijackthis and google anything unfamiliar.
What’s the matter? Don’t you like HijackThis? I love it.
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