HELP ! Browser disaster !!
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From: Jack [MVP-Networking] on 14 Dec 2009 15:08 Hi Scan your computer and make sure that you do not have any Viruses and or Spyware running in the background. When it is clean, try this process. http://www.ezlan.net/infestation.html#refreshnet Jack (MS, MVP-Networking) "pg" <penang(a)catholic.org> wrote in message news:79dce614-d3dd-4c53-8ba4-2230c51a755c(a)m7g2000prd.googlegroups.com... > HELP, I NEED HELP !! > > Last night I used my computer everything was ok, and today, all > browsers except Google Chrome suddenly can't be used anymore ! > > My computer has a 4-core CPU, with 4GB of RAM, running XP Pro, and I > upgraded it to SP3. > > I have IE, FF, Opera and Google Chrome in my system. Normally I use > IE, but from time to time I do use other browsers as backup. > > However, everything changed this morning. > > Suddenly, every single browser, except Google Chrome, can no longer be > used. > > I clicked on IE, nothing came up. > > Clicked FF, still nothing. > > Click on Opera, same, nothing. > > Check under Task Manager, they are there, eating up a lot of CPU > cycles (80% of 3 of the 4-cores) > > Then I click on Google Chrome, it works !!! > > I even re-downloaded new copies of IE, FF and Opera and re-installed > them. > > Still no use. > > I downloaded Dr. TCP and also TCP Optimizer to check if anything is > wrong with the TCP setting, no problem so far. > > I mean, if Google Chrome can run, TCP must have been working, right? > > But still the other 3 browsers aren't ! > > Can anyone tell me how to diagnose what is wrong? > > Please help !! > > Thank you !!
From: Unknown on 14 Dec 2009 15:30 Not entirely true. It depends on the infection. "Peter Foldes" <okf22(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:%23%23ZzebPfKHA.5608(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > System Restore will not clean an infected computer > > -- > Peter > > Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others > Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. > > "Bill in Co." <not_really_here(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message > news:%23G4wGDPfKHA.1652(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> Peter Foldes wrote: >>> If infected System Restore will do more harm than good. Besides System >>> Restore will not get rid of any malware and or virus >> >> But what would be the consequences of doing it, if he went back to a >> Restore point prior to the infection? (I'm assuming System Restore >> would have monitored the files added since that time, including the >> malware files, so that a restore operation could and would delete these >> problematic files, too (assuming they were of the types being monitored >> by SR, which seems likely). >> >>> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others >>> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. >>> >>> "Jim" <bojimbo261(a)aol.com> wrote in message >>> news:r2nci5d6iau38f1tfjlhdieo9egrnbe4qc(a)4ax.com... >>>> On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:49:08 -0800 (PST), pg <penang(a)catholic.org> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> HELP, I NEED HELP !! >>>>> >>>>> Last night I used my computer everything was ok, and today, all >>>>> browsers except Google Chrome suddenly can't be used anymore ! >>>>> >>>>> My computer has a 4-core CPU, with 4GB of RAM, running XP Pro, and I >>>>> upgraded it to SP3. >>>>> >>>>> I have IE, FF, Opera and Google Chrome in my system. Normally I use >>>>> IE, but from time to time I do use other browsers as backup. >>>>> >>>>> However, everything changed this morning. >>>>> >>>>> Suddenly, every single browser, except Google Chrome, can no longer be >>>>> used. >>>>> >>>>> I clicked on IE, nothing came up. >>>>> >>>>> Clicked FF, still nothing. >>>>> >>>>> Click on Opera, same, nothing. >>>>> >>>>> Check under Task Manager, they are there, eating up a lot of CPU >>>>> cycles (80% of 3 of the 4-cores) >>>>> >>>>> Then I click on Google Chrome, it works !!! >>>>> >>>>> I even re-downloaded new copies of IE, FF and Opera and re-installed >>>>> them. >>>>> >>>>> Still no use. >>>>> >>>>> I downloaded Dr. TCP and also TCP Optimizer to check if anything is >>>>> wrong with the TCP setting, no problem so far. >>>>> >>>>> I mean, if Google Chrome can run, TCP must have been working, right? >>>>> >>>>> But still the other 3 browsers aren't ! >>>>> >>>>> Can anyone tell me how to diagnose what is wrong? >>>>> >>>>> Please help !! >>>>> >>>>> Thank you !! >>>> >>>> System restore back a day ? >> >> >
From: HeyBub on 14 Dec 2009 18:46 Bill in Co. wrote: > Yes, I know you said that, but I asked specifically about what would > be the consequences of running System Restore in more detail, Peter > (see below). Because Restore doesn't add or delete ordinary files. Restore snapshots the Registry and backs up dynamic system files, unsigned drivers, automatic updates, and the like. It does not touch what it thinks are "application" programs, nor does it fool with "data."
From: Bill in Co. on 14 Dec 2009 19:54 HeyBub wrote: > Bill in Co. wrote: >> Yes, I know you said that, but I asked specifically about what would >> be the consequences of running System Restore in more detail, Peter >> (see below). > > Because Restore doesn't add or delete ordinary files. Restore snapshots > the > Registry and backs up dynamic system files, unsigned drivers, automatic > updates, and the like. It does not touch what it thinks are "application" > programs, nor does it fool with "data." I was under the impression System Restore monitored ALL exe, dll, com, and the like, files. In other words, all potentially problematic files. (Excluded would be things like text files, for example). In fact, I'm pretty sure it does this, since if you've ever added any such files to your HD, and then done a System Restore back prior to that point in time, you will lose them all, UNLESS those files were saved in the personal folders, like Documents and Settings, My Documents.
From: Ken Blake, MVP on 14 Dec 2009 20:00
On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:54:55 -0700, "Bill in Co." <not_really_here(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > HeyBub wrote: > > Bill in Co. wrote: > >> Yes, I know you said that, but I asked specifically about what would > >> be the consequences of running System Restore in more detail, Peter > >> (see below). > > > > Because Restore doesn't add or delete ordinary files. Restore snapshots > > the > > Registry and backs up dynamic system files, unsigned drivers, automatic > > updates, and the like. It does not touch what it thinks are "application" > > programs, nor does it fool with "data." > > I was under the impression System Restore monitored ALL exe, dll, com, and > the like, files. No, it doesn't do this at all. It's *System* Restore. What it monitors is *system* files only. Application files like exes, dlls, etc. are not monitored. > In other words, all potentially problematic files. > (Excluded would be things like text files, for example). > > In fact, I'm pretty sure it does this, since if you've ever added any such > files to your HD, and then done a System Restore back prior to that point in > time, you will lose them all, UNLESS those files were saved in the personal > folders, like Documents and Settings, My Documents. No, not even if they are saved there. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup |