Hi there all,
Hope you can help.
Recently I’ve been having major issues with my pc. I’ll outline them and then list what i’ve done to try and solve the problem. I’m running XP on a Dell dimension 5100, and using SKY broadband with router (not wireless).
Issues:
– on startup my internet connect seems to have issues aquiring network key (?) and to get the internet to work I have to disable then enable it again. (Or click ‘repair’).
– Also sometimes on startup it completely hangs at the stage of getting the net on, and avg running an update. I can’t even cntrl/alt/del and have to power down at the switch. Doesn’t happen all the time though.
– when I’ve fixed the net connection temporarily, the IE brower’s being buggy. Sometimes it crashes completely when I first load the browser window, and other times my links are occasionally hijacked. I’ve run all my spyware programmes in their out of date status and only really found simple tracking stuff. Ran a Hijackthis and got rid of some more mostly simple stuff (after analyzing the log) and one potentially bad threat. Also tried CWShredder thing and nothing found. Did find a browser hijacker a few days ago, but removed it then and the problem persists. Have also deleted all cookies/temp folders/cache etc.
– my avg, counterspy, ad-aware, spybot s&d can’t seem to ‘see’ the net for updates even though I’ve got access. I’ve tried uninstalling avg (and others) and reinstalling but no effect.
At the moment I’m using firefox as it seems slightly more stable that IE, however it did go to a wrong hijacked link only ten minutes ago, so isn’t totally ‘right’. I’m debating a complete wipe of the system (advised by my brother), but would rather solve the problem, not start from scratch.
Hope someone out there has experienced this and can help?
I looked up the W32Bagel that I found as a suggestion on this site, but as system date is obv after 28 jan 2004 then it would seem to not apply.
Am currently scanning my system with TREND MICRO housecall 6.5 online scanner as I type, hoping in the vain hope that it might come up with the goods.