rich0404
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Registered: 13th Jan 03
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hi every1, was wondering if anybody is able 2 help.
1 of my pc's says an eroor each time you try to open anything on it ie. games or ie...
error says somehing like "cannot open as the program is not win32 (something)"
other pc has a bug thing that when i go on the internet my home site is always searchfor.com even if i change it. and when i go on a site it almost always loads these to pop-ups and cancels the site i want...
help would be apprciated..(sp*)
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Cybermonkey
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problem 1, what OS are you running?
Problem 2, you have some spyware on your machine, to get rid of it, goto www.download.com and get a program called adaware SE Personal, run it and it should get rid of all the registry entries and data miners that cause popups and stuff.
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liamC
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1st) we need exact error to diagnose anything at all. ' win32 (something) ' has absolutely no chance of finding out the problem.
2nd) You have spyware/adware on your computer. Search google for adaware and spybot, install them scan your computer, and delete the stuff it finds.
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Dan B
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Problem #2 is definitely some form of spyware, a few suggestions here on possible ways to get rid of it. And get some decent anti-virus software and a firewall, along with spy/ad-ware removal/protection software (SpyBot Search'N'Destroy & AdAware spring to mind).
Problem #1 sounds like a virus, make sure your anti-virus definitions are fully up-to-date, and do a full system-scan (after removing the computer from any network/internet connection).
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rich0404
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quote:
Originally posted by Cybermonkey24
problem 1, what OS are you running?
Problem 2, you have some spyware on your machine, to get rid of it, goto www.download.com and get a program called adaware SE Personal, run it and it should get rid of all the registry entries and data miners that cause popups and stuff.
thanks, os???? windows xp home
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rich0404
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cheers for the help guys
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Cybermonkey
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Problem 1 does sound like a virus, trojan of some sort. Possible hijack attempt that XP traced on. Go and get SP2 from win update and then do full virus scan with latest definitions. Then report back 
Dave
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rich0404
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quote:
Originally posted by Cybermonkey24
Problem 1 does sound like a virus, trojan of some sort. Possible hijack attempt that XP traced on. Go and get SP2 from win update and then do full virus scan with latest definitions. Then report back
Dave
ok thanks alot..
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