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True, and I haven't noticed any changes between Firefox 3 and Minefield.

Looks like a clean log to me. [hide=The only line that could be removed though]O2 - BHO: (no name) - {7E853D72-626A-48EC-A868-BA8D5E23E045} - (no file) Since it has no files, which is normal to find on a computer.[/hide] I think that what could be doing that is Norton. It's one of the many reasons that I call Norton a virus, since I have seen some computers that it was norton's firewall or something blocking you from going to the internet. You should get NOD32 or Avira.

*thinks about HP laptops* My friend has one of the hp laptops, and his computer heats like 5 times as much as my laptop.

Damn you seem to be right, smart-antivirus2009 has a name like some very nasty viruses(rogue antiviruses).

cause with vista...you lose a gig of ram -.- and a good amount of video memory... (btw have you heard of 64-bit XP's? still would recognize the 4 gigs anyways) edit: is that vista you're talking about is 64-bit? (seems too good for $99) XP 64 bit has too many compatibility issues, go for Vista 64bit instead...

Don't count on me for this, since I'm not too savvy for the HJT logs, but here are the lines I think should be fixed (I strongly suggest you wait for someone to confirm) [hide=]R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://softwarereferral.com/jump.php?wm ... Ojg5&lid=2 O1 - Hosts: 200.124.131.116 casinocontroller.com O1 - Hosts: 200.124.131.116 casinocontroller.com O4 - HKLM\..\Policies\Explorer\Run: [xvGm6FmCTZ] C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\jejinqjc\jihkhans[Caution: Executable File] O4 - HKCU\..\Policies\Explorer\Run: [xvGm6FmCTZ] C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\jejinqjc\jihkhans[Caution: Executable File] O7 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System, DisableRegedit=1 O8 - Extra context menu item: &Search - http://edits.mywebsearch.com/toolbaredi ... xdm011YYGB O9 - Extra button: Aspinalls Online Poker - {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000} - C:\MicroGaming\Poker\aspinallsMPP\MPPoker[Caution: Executable File] (file missing) (HKCU) O16 - DPF: {1D4DB7D2-6EC9-47A3-BD87-1E41684E07BB} - http://ak[Caution: Executable File].imgfarm.com/images/nocach ... .0.1.0.cab[/hide] As I said, wait for someone to confirm the lines. Some of those I mentionned are not really a danger, but things that can be removed since they're not used. Also, I would avise you to remove Norton and get a good antivirus when your problems are solved, Norton is garbage, and I would suggest either Avira or NOD32.

I'd like to know a link to download that minefield, whatever link I click on google tells me "contgratulations on downloading minefield" while I didn't download it -.-

Too bad I don't have enough money to pay for digital cable, all I can afford is basic.

Remove chrome from the quote, and you have the browser I use the most, and mainly for the same reasons. I also use Firefox often though.

Looks to me like you have either antivirusXP2008 or winantispyware 2009 (did I get the names right?), which are both very hard to get rid of, rogue antiviruses. I'll firstly say that you can first try to do scans with Spybot S&D and Ad-Aware, if you're able to get them on your computer that is. Also, you might want to post a Hijackthis log for us to make sure. I'll now let the way to more tech savvy people than me. One thing you can do as last resort though, would be reinstalling, and I think that if you would've already done it, you would already be out of this problem.

No.

If it's doing a louder fan sound, it's all right, but if it's doing a weird sound, you should check it. I personally prefer to hear the fans than to not hear them, simply because I know when one fan stops working.

+1 BlueLancer Where is the world going, a game is a game...

Maybe I'm wrong here, but don't you have to buy a copy of the OS if the one you're using is the OEM copy? I thought you could only use that key once (which is when you first got the computer, so it's useless)? So maybe reinstalling isn't an option? Unless there's a way to use this key more than once that I'm not aware of (I'd just as soon move to Linux than buy a Windows OS again, save the new one coming out). Can't you do a recovery like 5 times with an OEM version?

Are you forgetting the RAM Windows needs to run?

If this is from cpu-z, then there's no way you can get up to 150 MB, since 128 is the complete size of the ram. I'm surprised that Windows XP can still run on that, unless you didn't install any programs in the last years. Is it DDR or DDR2? Cause you might want to upgrade the ram, but it costs more for DDR than DDR2. As for McAfee, return it, since it doesn't work, and then choose a good antivirus, not garbage like McAfee and Norton.

Pffft Cds will work fine until we get new comp, and 140 bucks for that is just lolz for our budget But I'm gonna try to get runescape now that I fixed lots of problems. I thought it only cost around $10 to buy some cds :lol: .

I remember Devnull saying the virus changed something somewhere in the registry (is it?) to redirect/block sites, maybe that's what's happening.. Let's wait for him.

Well you can take out much of the bloat if you install with the custom option. I take out the link scanner, the email/outlook addon and stuff. Actually, the detection rates are much lower than they were before as well.

I may seem like an idiot to ask you this question, since I think you would already know this, but is your partition for XP in NTFS? I'd wait for someone more tech savvy than me to help you though, I don't know what are the main reasons that it does that usually.

I use AVG Free also. It's very good. Although I use 8.0 which is better than the 7.5 your using :P . Upgrade, it's free. Well, what slymongoose said in another topic is right for AVG, it's not as good as it used to be, in fact, it's almost as bad as Norton and McAfee now.

Is your Java up to date?

... :shock: ...... =P~ =P~ 16 ram slots...and its $450...Gentlemen, I believe I need new pants. That's nothing, they've got servers over at some high end graphics places that'll beat the crap out of any of those. I was looking at screenshots, think 64 core processers and 2 terabytes (Yes, terabytes) of ram. I don't even remember how many petabites the hard drives were. Anyway, vista will run fine on any of them, probably faster then XP would anyway. That means the processors are 128 bit and the OS is 128bit?

What's Rule 34? Laugh if you want.

Paranoid: Low Schizoid: High Schizotypal: High Antisocial: Low Borderline: Low Histrionic: Low Narcissistic: Moderate Avoidant: Moderate Dependent: Low Obsessive-Compulsive: Low Weird test.