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Hi!
I run win 2000Pro, ZA and Norton AV 2004, can anyone tell me what's wrong,
If i don't have any internet pages open the usage is about 25 percent, pages
open it goes up to 100 percent and stay there, and some of the pages will
not close when I want to, I've to use force. What's wrong?
EH

Start here:
http://uk.geocities.com/personel44/maintenance.html


Then, download, update and use *all* of the following:

Spybot Search & Destroy
http://spybot.eon.net.au/
http://www.safer-networking.org/
http://spybot.safer-networking.de/
SpyBot S&D guide
http://www.chem.wisc.edu/~network/spybot/

Ad-Aware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
http://www.lavasoft.nu/
http://www.lavasoft.de/
Plug-ins
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/plugins/
http://www.lavasoft.nu/software/plugins/
http://www.lavasoft.de/software/plugins/

Spyware Blaster
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
http://www.net-integration.net/tools...reblaster.html

CWShredder (CoolWebSearch remover)
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip
http://doxdesk.com/parasite/CoolWebSearch.html


On Sun, 4 Jul 2004 23:27:55 +0200, in
<YC_Fc.1993$>
EH scrawled:

>Hi!
>I run win 2000Pro, ZA and Norton AV 2004, can anyone tell me what's wrong,
>If i don't have any internet pages open the usage is about 25 percent, pages
>open it goes up to 100 percent and stay there, and some of the pages will
>not close when I want to, I've to use force. What's wrong?
>EH
>

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EH wrote:

> I run win 2000Pro, ZA and Norton AV 2004, can anyone tell me what's wrong,
> If i don't have any internet pages open the usage is about 25 percent, pages
> open it goes up to 100 percent and stay there, and some of the pages will
> not close when I want to, I've to use force. What's wrong?

Is you super-secret browser IE?

If so that's probably your problem.

http://mozilla.org

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°Mike° wrote:
> Start here:
> http://uk.geocities.com/personel44/maintenance.html
>
>
> Then, download, update and use *all* of the following:
>
> Spybot Search & Destroy
> http://spybot.eon.net.au/
> http://www.safer-networking.org/
> http://spybot.safer-networking.de/
> SpyBot S&D guide
> http://www.chem.wisc.edu/~network/spybot/
>
> Ad-Aware
> http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
> http://www.lavasoft.nu/
> http://www.lavasoft.de/
> Plug-ins
> http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/plugins/
> http://www.lavasoft.nu/software/plugins/
> http://www.lavasoft.de/software/plugins/
>
> Spyware Blaster
> http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
> http://www.net-integration.net/tools...reblaster.html
>
> CWShredder (CoolWebSearch remover)
> http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html
> http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip
> http://doxdesk.com/parasite/CoolWebSearch.html
>
>
> On Sun, 4 Jul 2004 23:27:55 +0200, in
> <YC_Fc.1993$>
> EH scrawled:
>
>
>>Hi!
>>I run win 2000Pro, ZA and Norton AV 2004, can anyone tell me what's wrong,
>>If i don't have any internet pages open the usage is about 25 percent, pages
>>open it goes up to 100 percent and stay there, and some of the pages will
>>not close when I want to, I've to use force. What's wrong?
>>EH
>>
>
Hello Mike!
I've been working on all this, to no avail. so, I've now downloaded
Mozilla browser, I'll see after a couple of days, but it looks good so
far, and I downloaded the Thunderbird, So I think I'm all set now, Right?
EH

On Mon, 05 Jul 2004 12:28:10 +0200, in
<l2aGc.2044$>
EH scrawled:

>°Mike° wrote:
>> Start here:
>> http://uk.geocities.com/personel44/maintenance.html
>>
>>
>> Then, download, update and use *all* of the following:

<snip>

>> On Sun, 4 Jul 2004 23:27:55 +0200, in
>> <YC_Fc.1993$>
>> EH scrawled:
>>
>>
>>>Hi!
>>>I run win 2000Pro, ZA and Norton AV 2004, can anyone tell me what's wrong,
>>>If i don't have any internet pages open the usage is about 25 percent, pages
>>>open it goes up to 100 percent and stay there, and some of the pages will
>>>not close when I want to, I've to use force. What's wrong?
>>>EH
>>>
>>
>Hello Mike!
>I've been working on all this, to no avail. so, I've now downloaded
>Mozilla browser, I'll see after a couple of days, but it looks good so
>far, and I downloaded the Thunderbird, So I think I'm all set now, Right?
>EH

I still believe that you have something untoward on your
system that is causing this; it's most likely Norton and/or
ZoneAlarm, if your system is definitely clean of other malware.
But, if you're happy with Mozilla and Thunderbird, go for it.

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http://uk.geocities.com/personel44/maintenance.html

Blinky the Shark <> wrote in
news: :

> EH wrote:
>
>> I run win 2000Pro, ZA and Norton AV 2004, can anyone tell me what's
>> wrong, If i don't have any internet pages open the usage is about 25
>> percent, pages open it goes up to 100 percent and stay there, and
>> some of the pages will not close when I want to, I've to use force.
>> What's wrong?
>
> Is you super-secret browser IE?
>
> If so that's probably your problem.
>
> http://mozilla.org
>

Is IE causing 100% CPU usage on the machine? IE may be part of the
compromise issue, but most likely it's something else not known to the
user that is still on the machine.

It would server the user well to find out what program is sending the CPU
to 100% by using the proper tools like Process Explorer and Active Ports.

Duane

°Mike° <> wrote:

>Start here:
>http://uk.geocities.com/personel44/maintenance.html
>
>
>Then, download, update and use *all* of the following:
>
>Spybot Search & Destroy
>http://spybot.eon.net.au/
>http://www.safer-networking.org/
>http://spybot.safer-networking.de/
>SpyBot S&D guide
>http://www.chem.wisc.edu/~network/spybot/
>
>Ad-Aware
>http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
>http://www.lavasoft.nu/
>http://www.lavasoft.de/
>Plug-ins
>http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/plugins/
>http://www.lavasoft.nu/software/plugins/
>http://www.lavasoft.de/software/plugins/
>
>Spyware Blaster
>http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
>http://www.net-integration.net/tools...reblaster.html
>
>CWShredder (CoolWebSearch remover)
>http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html
>http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip
>http://doxdesk.com/parasite/CoolWebSearch.html
>

I always put AdAware before Spybot on the instructions.

The reason is that everything that AdAware flags is something that can
and should be removed; whereas with Spybot sometimes a bit of
discretion is required to avoid deleting useful stuff.

So I use AdAware to get rid of the biggest portion of the scumware,
which means the list from Spybot is that much smaller and therefore
easier to check through.


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."

Duane Arnold wrote:
> Blinky the Shark <> wrote in
> news: :
>
>
>>EH wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I run win 2000Pro, ZA and Norton AV 2004, can anyone tell me what's
>>>wrong, If i don't have any internet pages open the usage is about 25
>>>percent, pages open it goes up to 100 percent and stay there, and
>>>some of the pages will not close when I want to, I've to use force.
>>>What's wrong?
>>
>>Is you super-secret browser IE?
>>
>>If so that's probably your problem.
>>
>>http://mozilla.org
>>
>
>
> Is IE causing 100% CPU usage on the machine? IE may be part of the
> compromise issue, but most likely it's something else not known to the
> user that is still on the machine.
>
> It would server the user well to find out what program is sending the CPU
> to 100% by using the proper tools like Process Explorer and Active Ports.
>
> Duane
I'm just an amateur, these programs, Process Explorer and Active Ports,
I don't know where to get them or how to use them, but I'll start with
Google.
EH

EH <> wrote in
newsRsGc.1889$:

> Duane Arnold wrote:
>> Blinky the Shark <> wrote in
>> news: :
>>
>>
>>>EH wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I run win 2000Pro, ZA and Norton AV 2004, can anyone tell me what's
>>>>wrong, If i don't have any internet pages open the usage is about 25
>>>>percent, pages open it goes up to 100 percent and stay there, and
>>>>some of the pages will not close when I want to, I've to use force.
>>>>What's wrong?
>>>
>>>Is you super-secret browser IE?
>>>
>>>If so that's probably your problem.
>>>
>>>http://mozilla.org
>>>
>>
>>
>> Is IE causing 100% CPU usage on the machine? IE may be part of the
>> compromise issue, but most likely it's something else not known to
>> the user that is still on the machine.
>>
>> It would server the user well to find out what program is sending the
>> CPU to 100% by using the proper tools like Process Explorer and
>> Active Ports.
>>
>> Duane
> I'm just an amateur, these programs, Process Explorer and Active
> Ports, I don't know where to get them or how to use them, but I'll
> start with Google.
> EH

Yes, you'll find them using Google also the link explains a little bit
about them.

http://www.windowsecurity.com/articl...jan_Horses_and
_Rootkit_Tools_in_a_Windows_Environment.html

Duane

On Tue, 06 Jul 2004 04:01:41 GMT, in
<>
Ron Martell scrawled:

>°Mike° <> wrote:

<snip>

>>Then, download, update and use *all* of the following:
>>
>>Spybot Search & Destroy
>>http://spybot.eon.net.au/
>>http://www.safer-networking.org/
>>http://spybot.safer-networking.de/
>>SpyBot S&D guide
>>http://www.chem.wisc.edu/~network/spybot/
>>
>>Ad-Aware
>>http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
>>http://www.lavasoft.nu/
>>http://www.lavasoft.de/
>>Plug-ins
>>http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/plugins/
>>http://www.lavasoft.nu/software/plugins/
>>http://www.lavasoft.de/software/plugins/
>>
>>Spyware Blaster
>>http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
>>http://www.net-integration.net/tools...reblaster.html
>>
>>CWShredder (CoolWebSearch remover)
>>http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html
>>http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip
>>http://doxdesk.com/parasite/CoolWebSearch.html
>>
>
>I always put AdAware before Spybot on the instructions.
>
>The reason is that everything that AdAware flags is something that can
>and should be removed; whereas with Spybot sometimes a bit of
>discretion is required to avoid deleting useful stuff.

That is just not true; have you not heard of the problem
with AdAware trashing the hosts file?

>So I use AdAware to get rid of the biggest portion of the scumware,
>which means the list from Spybot is that much smaller and therefore
>easier to check through.

I never find the need to use AdAware, once SpyBot S&D has
been run.

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Basic computer maintenance
http://uk.geocities.com/personel44/maintenance.html