Are those that bad? My Macbook Pro regularly goes over 80 and into the 90s when watching Flash videos.
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Are those that bad? My Macbook Pro regularly goes over 80 and into the 90s when watching Flash videos.
Should be immediate.
What netbook are we talking about here? Specs?
Just a warning: If you do decide to replace the cooler, your graphics card warranty is completely voided.
That said, it's been a while since I last looked at coolers. They are quite pricey, so most people usually just deal with it until it breaks.
I won't push you to do it if you feel like you're not tech savvy enough.
Next time when you purchase a graphics, be aware of the cooling design and operating temps from reviews. A popular choice in the PC build thread is the MSI twin frozr cards for dual fan cooling.
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An alternative as always is to add more case fan cooling (preferably 120mm size or larger).
Remember: A bigger fan pushes more fan than a small one at the same rpm and can operate at slower speeds for quieter performance.
Whogie
Member
Aero does affect battery life, but your problem seems more dramatic than that. It could be a problematic driver.
Try this: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/7638/use-powercfg-in-windows-7-to-evaluate-power-efficiency/
First time posting in here. Anyways, I have a fairly new Biostar TZ68A+ board and tried the BIOS update to get the new Intel features. After installing the update I keep getting the dreaded "BOOTMGR IS MISSING" error at startup. I've tried repairing Windows 7 using the disc and it does startup Windows but finds nothing wrong. I'd like to avoid having to repair windows every time I startup my PC... I've tried reverting the BIOS version and no luck. Any ideas? I'm really stumped on this one...
mysticwhip
Banned
did tat and fixed most of the erros but no real change in batteryn life. This is the complaint i see that keeps reoccuring both in my case and online.
Battery:Last Full Charge (%)
The battery stored less than 40% of the Designed Capacity the last time the battery was fully charged.
Battery ID Simplo GC86508SM60
Design Capacity 24420
Last Full Charge 3030
Last Full Charge (%) 12
Clear the CMOS or revert to default settings in the BIOS.
Reconfigure overclock and bootup priorities if you need to do that.
If bootmgr is still missing, run the Windows 7 repair tool once again after doing the above.
What's the netbook you own?
mysticwhip
Banned
Acer aspire one Kav60
Joel Was Right
Member
I have two machines here in the same room both connected wirelessly to a 802.11g router. Transferring files or streaming video from one to the other shows the max throughput of 1.1MB/s. Others have reported in getting double that on a 802.11g network.
WRT54G/GL?
Perhaps it's just time the wore out the battery cells as time can wear away the efficiency, and eventually you'll have to purchase a new battery.
You have all the drivers installed right? No flags in device manager?
Joel Was Right
Member
Thomson SpeedTouch 716 WL. Why, do you have the same results?
I need help choosing between two wireless cards.
One is double the price of the other. (FYI, my laptop is set up with two antennas, and my home router is only 2.4gHz) Is it worth spending more for the 5 gHz frequency? The speed rate of both cards look equal.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833106079
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833106061
One is double the price of the other. (FYI, my laptop is set up with two antennas, and my home router is only 2.4gHz) Is it worth spending more for the 5 gHz frequency? The speed rate of both cards look equal.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833106079
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833106061
mysticwhip
Banned
maybe it is getting old, anyway i ran powercfg energy again and I got this.
System Availability Requests:System Required Request
A kernel component has made a request to prevent the system from automatically entering sleep.
Thanks for the response. I managed to fix the problem. I have 2 drives in the PC (boot SSD and data HDD) and it kept choosing the HDD over the boot drive for some reason. Reset the CMOS and unplugged the HDD then eventually plugged it back in once I had everything configured. It works now
Yeah. Apparently the speeds have to do with the encryption type and router type.
Our solutions are to purchase N routers and N wireless cards.
My internet connection sucks, so I have no incentive to purchase N nor do I do a lot of heavy file transferring aside from backups.
Be careful. Laptops do have whitelists that won't boot at all if you install an incompatible wireless card that's not approved by the computer manufacturer.
What laptop is it?
Also a friendly reminder is that these cards will only work with an Intel CPU.
To achieve 300 Mbps, a n-router must run in 40 MHz mode (full-duplex). However, if your area is filled with wireless routers, it's impossible to hold a steady connection, and must revert to 20 MHz mode (half-duplex) resulting a speed of 150 Mbps. Full 300 Mbps is impossible to achieve in a congested area especially on the 2.4 GHz band.
That is why people like to mention wireless N must be on dual-band as 5GHz can run full-duplex stable (with the right firmware).
Up to you. If I were you and just got this laptop, I would spend the extra money for dual-band N since I don't upgrade often.
eBay is definitely cheaper if you want to shop for a wireless card.
Thanks for the help! My new laptop is an Asus K53e -- a great Cyber Monday deal at Best Buy, but the wireless card is slow as hell. My home router doesn't support N, but all I really yearn for is the fast G connection my old laptop had!
The Asus laptop currently uses a RLT8188CE half mini pci express card. How can I check if the Intel is whitelisted? Is that $17 Intel card a good deal?
I've never owned an ASUS laptop, so I don't know if they whitelist for your particular model. Major manufacturers like HP and Lenovo do that.
Just downloaded the Intel set of drivers from here: http://www.asus.com/Notebooks/Versatile_Performance/K53E/#download
I suppose some models of the K53E include the Intel wireless card installed already if those drivers are listed on that model's download page.
V14.1.1.3 (64-bit)
Let's see. Reading the inf files...
Code:
PROVIDER_NAME = "Intel"
COMPANY_NAME = "Intel Corporation"
NIC_MPCIEX_6200BG_2x2_HMC = "Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6200 BG"
NIC_MPCIEX_6350AGN_3x3_HMC = "Intel(R) Centrino(R) Ultimate-N 6350 AGN"
NIC_MPCIEX_6300AGN_3x3_HMC = "Intel(R) Centrino(R) Ultimate-N 6300 AGN"
NIC_MPCIEX_6250AGN_2x2_HMC = "Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6250 AGN"
NIC_MPCIEX_6250ABG_2x2_HMC = "Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6250 ABG"
NIC_MPCIEX_6200ABG_2x2_HMC = "Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6200 ABG"
NIC_MPCIEX_6200AGN_2x2_HMC = "Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6200 AGN"
NIC_MPCIEX_3945ABG = "Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection"
NIC_MPCIEX_3945BG = "Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945BG Network Connection"
NIC_MPCIEX_3965ABG = "Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3965ABG Network Connection"
NIC_MPCIEX_3965BG = "Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3965BG Network Connection"
NIC_MPCIEX_4965AGN = "Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN"
NIC_MPCIEX_4965AG = "Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AG"
NIC_MPCIEX_5300AGN_3x3_MC = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5300 AGN"
NIC_MPCIEX_5300AGN_3x3_HMC = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5300 AGN"
NIC_MPCIEX_5100AGN_1x2_MC = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN"
NIC_MPCIEX_5100AGN_1x2_MC_MOW2 = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN"
NIC_MPCIEX_5100AGN_1x2_MC_KRA = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN"
NIC_MPCIEX_5100AGN_1x2_MC_BG = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 BG"
NIC_MPCIEX_5100AGN_1x2_MC_BGN = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 BGN"
NIC_MPCIEX_5100AGN_1x2_MC_ABG = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 ABG"
NIC_MPCIEX_5100AGN_1x2_HMC = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN"
NIC_MPCIEX_5100AGN_1x2_HMC_MOW2 = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN"
NIC_MPCIEX_5100AGN_1x2_HMC_KRA = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN"
NIC_MPCIEX_5100AGN_1x2_HMC_BG = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 BG"
NIC_MPCIEX_5100AGN_1x2_HMC_BGN = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 BGN"
NIC_MPCIEX_5100AGN_1x2_HMC_ABG = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 ABG"
NIC_MPCIEX_5350AGN_3x3_MC = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5350"
NIC_MPCIEX_5350AGN_3x3_HMC = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5350"
NIC_MPCIEX_5150AGN_1x2_MC = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5150"
NIC_MPCIEX_5150AGN_1x2_HMC = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5150"
NIC_MPCIEX_5350AGN_P = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5350"
NIC_MPCIEX_5150AGN_VMC = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5150"
NIC_MPCIEX_5150AGN_VHMC = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5150"
NIC_MPCIEX_1000_BGN = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 1000 BGN"
NIC_MPCIEX_1000_BG = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 1000 BG"
NIC_MPCIEX_AdapterModel_6200BG_2x2 = "Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6200 BG"
NIC_MPCIEX_AdapterModel_6350AGN_3x3 = "Intel(R) Centrino(R) Ultimate-N + WiMAX 6350 AGN"
NIC_MPCIEX_AdapterModel_6250AGN_2x2 = "Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 AGN"
NIC_MPCIEX_AdapterModel_6250ABG_2x2 = "Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 ABG"
NIC_MPCIEX_AdapterModel_6200ABG_2x2 = "Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6200 ABG"
NIC_MPCIEX_AdapterModel_6200AGN_2x2 = "Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6200 AGN"
NIC_MPCIEX_AdapterModel_6300AGN_3x3 = "Intel(R) Centrino(R) Ultimate-N 6300 AGN"
NIC_MPCIEX_AdapterModel_3945ABG = "Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection"
NIC_MPCIEX_AdapterModel_3945BG = "Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945BG Network Connection"
NIC_MPCIEX_AdapterModel_3965ABG = "Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3965ABG Network Connection"
NIC_MPCIEX_AdapterModel_3965BG = "Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3965BG Network Connection"
NIC_MPCIEX_AdapterModel_4965AGN = "Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN"
NIC_MPCIEX_AdapterModel_4965AG = "Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AG"
NIC_MPCIEX_AdapterModel_5300AGN_3x3 = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5300 AGN"
NIC_MPCIEX_AdapterModel_5100AGN_1x2 = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN"
NIC_MPCIEX_AdapterModel_5100AGN_1x2_MOW2 = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN"
NIC_MPCIEX_AdapterModel_5100AGN_1x2_KRA = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN"
NIC_MPCIEX_AdapterModel_5100AGN_1x2_BG = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 BG"
NIC_MPCIEX_AdapterModel_5100AGN_1x2_BGN = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 BGN"
NIC_MPCIEX_AdapterModel_5100AGN_1x2_ABG = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 ABG"
NIC_MPCIEX_AdapterModel_5350AGN_3x3 = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5350"
NIC_MPCIEX_AdapterModel_5150AGN_1x2 = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5150"
NIC_MPCIEX_AdapterModel_5100ABG_1x2 = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN"
NIC_MPCIEX_AdapterModel_5350AGN_P = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5350"
NIC_MPCIEX_AdapterModel_5150AGN_VMC = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5150"
NIC_MPCIEX_AdapterModel_5150AGN_VHMC = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5150"
NIC_MPCIEX_AdapterModel_1000_BGN = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 1000 BGN"
NIC_MPCIEX_AdapterModel_1000_BG = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 1000 BG"
NIC_DriverDesc_6200BG_2x2 = "Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6200 BG Driver"
NIC_Service_DispName_6200BG_2x2_VISTA64 = "Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6200 BG Adapter Driver for Windows Vista 64 Bit"
NIC_DriverDesc_6350AGN_3x3 = "Intel(R) Centrino(R) Ultimate-N + WiMAX 6350 AGN Driver"
NIC_Service_DispName_6350AGN_3x3_VISTA64= "Intel(R) Centrino(R) Ultimate-N + WiMAX 6350 AGN Adapter Driver for Windows Vista 64 Bit"
NIC_DriverDesc_6250AGN_2x2 = "Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 AGN Driver"
NIC_Service_DispName_6250AGN_2x2_VISTA64= "Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 AGN Adapter Driver for Windows Vista 64 Bit"
NIC_DriverDesc_6250ABG_2x2 = "Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 ABG Driver"
NIC_Service_DispName_6250ABG_2x2_VISTA64= "Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 ABG Adapter Driver for Windows Vista 64 Bit"
NIC_DriverDesc_6200ABG_2x2 = "Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6200 ABG Driver"
NIC_Service_DispName_6200ABG_2x2_VISTA64= "Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6200 ABG Adapter Driver for Windows Vista 64 Bit"
NIC_DriverDesc_6200AGN_2x2 = "Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6200 AGN Driver"
NIC_Service_DispName_6200AGN_2x2_VISTA64= "Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6200 AGN Adapter Driver for Windows Vista 64 Bit"
NIC_DriverDesc_6300AGN_3x3 = "Intel(R) Centrino(R) Ultimate-N 6300 AGN Driver"
NIC_Service_DispName_6300AGN_3x3_VISTA64= "Intel(R) Centrino(R) Ultimate-N 6300 AGN Adapter Driver for Windows Vista 64 Bit"
NIC_DriverDesc_3945ABG = "Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 3945ABG Driver"
NIC_Service_DispName_3945ABG = "Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 3945ABG Adapter Driver"
NIC_Service_DispName_3945ABG_VISTA64 = "Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 3945ABG Adapter Driver for Windows Vista 64 Bit"
NIC_DriverDesc_3945BG = "Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 3945BG Driver"
NIC_Service_DispName_3945BG_VISTA64 = "Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 3945BG Adapter Driver for Windows Vista 64 Bit"
NIC_DriverDesc_3965ABG = "Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 3965ABG Driver"
NIC_Service_DispName_3965ABG_VISTA64 = "Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 3965ABG Adapter Driver for Windows Vista 64 Bit"
NIC_DriverDesc_3965BG = "Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 3965BG Driver"
NIC_Service_DispName_3965BG_VISTA64 = "Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 3965BG Adapter Driver for Windows Vista 64 Bit"
NIC_DriverDesc_4965AGN = "Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN Driver"
NIC_Service_DispName_4965AGN_VISTA64 = "Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN Adapter Driver for Windows Vista 64 Bit"
NIC_DriverDesc_4965AG = "Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AG Driver"
NIC_Service_DispName_4965AG_VISTA64 = "Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AG Adapter Driver for Windows Vista 64 Bit"
NIC_DriverDesc_5300AGN_3x3 = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5300 Driver"
NIC_Service_DispName_5300AGN3x3_VISTA64 = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5300 Adapter Driver for Windows Vista 64 Bit"
NIC_DriverDesc_5350AGN_3x3 = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5350 Driver"
NIC_Service_DispName_5350AGN3x3_VISTA64 = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5350 Adapter Driver for Windows Vista 64 Bit"
NIC_DriverDesc_5150ABG_1x2 = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5150 Driver"
NIC_Service_DispName_5150ABG1x2_VISTA64 = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5150 Adapter Driver for Windows Vista 64 Bit"
NIC_DriverDesc_5100AGN_1x2 = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 Driver"
NIC_Service_DispName_5100AGN1x2_VISTA64 = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 Adapter Driver for Windows Vista 64 Bit"
NIC_DriverDesc_5100AGN_1x2_BG = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 BG Driver"
NIC_Service_DispName_5100AGN1x2_BG_VISTA64 = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 BG Adapter Driver for Windows Vista 64 Bit"
NIC_DriverDesc_5100AGN_1x2_BGN = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 BGN Driver"
NIC_Service_DispName_5100AGN1x2_BGN_VISTA64 = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 BGN Adapter Driver for Windows Vista 64 Bit"
NIC_DriverDesc_5100AGN_1x2_ABG = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 ABG Driver"
NIC_Service_DispName_5100AGN1x2_ABG_VISTA64 = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 ABG Adapter Driver for Windows Vista 64 Bit"
NIC_DriverDesc_5100ABG_1x2_ABG = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 ABG Driver"
NIC_Service_DispName_5100ABG1x2_VISTA64 = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 ABG Adapter Driver for Windows Vista 64 Bit"
NIC_DriverDesc_5350AGN_P = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5350 Driver"
NIC_Service_DispName_5350AGN_P_VISTA64 = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5350 Adapter Driver for Windows Vista 64 Bit"
NIC_DriverDesc_5150AGN_VMC = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5150 Driver"
NIC_Service_DispName_5150AGN_VMC_VISTA64 = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5150 Adapter Driver for Windows Vista 64 Bit"
NIC_DriverDesc_5150AGN_VHMC = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5150 Driver"
NIC_Service_DispName_5150AGN_VHMC_VISTA64 = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 5150 Adapter Driver for Windows Vista 64 Bit"
NIC_DriverDesc_1000_BGN = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 1000 Driver"
NIC_Service_DispName_1000_BGN_VISTA64 = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 1000 Adapter Driver for Windows Vista 64 Bit"
NIC_DriverDesc_1000_BG = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 1000 BG Driver"
NIC_Service_DispName_1000_BG_VISTA64 = "Intel(R) WiFi Link 1000 BG Adapter Driver for Windows Vista 64 Bit"Yeah, those Intel cards are supported.
I suppose $17 is OK new. If you don't like eBay, Newegg is a reliable online store.
This is actually my old laptop's wireless card. I didn't realize it supported the N, 5 GHZ, and actually had three antennas! Man, my Cyber Monday new laptop kind of stinks! I don't think it even supports three antennas, the RLT8188CE card only has two!
Now I kind of want that $32 expensive card I listed from NewEgg, just to ensure I get a quality card. You say eBay has better deals? Should I go with a used one? Scared!
Thanks! That got it working!
TechSupportGAF, I'm having fun with computer viruses. I'm recovered but think there's still something afoot.
On Thursday, my computer was hit with what turned out to be the "Vista Antivirus 2012" malware, which takes over the browser software, disables antivirus programs and makes life a living hell. I suspect we got it from one of the blog sites my wife reads. I was able to thwart it by following these instructions.
During the process I ran MalwareBytes, which took about three hours for the full scan. It found six infections and deleted them.
I thought it was fixed, and then a couple hours later - it's baaaack. I run MalwareBytes again, and it finds 13 infections. I follow that up with a dose of Spybot, which finds another 10 infections - 7 adware, 3 malware. I nuke them all.
Since then, all has been mostly well. But I'm seeing signs that something else is going on.
For starters, a large proportion of my wife's google searches are redirecting to the same shell site, instead of the sites she's looking for. It looks like this:
It happens to me, too. I was reading a wiki page on Skyrim, hit the back button, which should have taken me to the previous page on the site, and got redirected:
To top it off, about every five minutes a small window pulls up. It only appears for 1-2 seconds - a blink, really - but I was able to snag a screenshot of it. It looks like this:
I've never see this before, bit it is now frequent. I feel like something is running in the background, but I have not been able to find it. Subsequent scans from Spybot, MalwareBytes and MSE have found nothing.
I use Microsoft Security Essentials, coupled with frequent Spybot and MalwareBytes runs. Last night I purchased the full version of Malwarebytes, so that's on the way for ongoing additional protection.
Anyone have any ideas how to figure out what is still going on, and if there's a better set of protections to use?
On Thursday, my computer was hit with what turned out to be the "Vista Antivirus 2012" malware, which takes over the browser software, disables antivirus programs and makes life a living hell. I suspect we got it from one of the blog sites my wife reads. I was able to thwart it by following these instructions.
During the process I ran MalwareBytes, which took about three hours for the full scan. It found six infections and deleted them.
I thought it was fixed, and then a couple hours later - it's baaaack. I run MalwareBytes again, and it finds 13 infections. I follow that up with a dose of Spybot, which finds another 10 infections - 7 adware, 3 malware. I nuke them all.
Since then, all has been mostly well. But I'm seeing signs that something else is going on.
For starters, a large proportion of my wife's google searches are redirecting to the same shell site, instead of the sites she's looking for. It looks like this:
It happens to me, too. I was reading a wiki page on Skyrim, hit the back button, which should have taken me to the previous page on the site, and got redirected:
To top it off, about every five minutes a small window pulls up. It only appears for 1-2 seconds - a blink, really - but I was able to snag a screenshot of it. It looks like this:
I've never see this before, bit it is now frequent. I feel like something is running in the background, but I have not been able to find it. Subsequent scans from Spybot, MalwareBytes and MSE have found nothing.
I use Microsoft Security Essentials, coupled with frequent Spybot and MalwareBytes runs. Last night I purchased the full version of Malwarebytes, so that's on the way for ongoing additional protection.
Anyone have any ideas how to figure out what is still going on, and if there's a better set of protections to use?
Z
ZombieFred
Unconfirmed Member
Does it do the same thing in firefox? Try the internet that way and see if anything is popping up there. If not, it could be the internet settings being edited with a proxy or extension/addon that has hidden itself in there. If the same thing for fire fox, are there any processes that are running that look "out of the blue"? Try those steps for me.
Don't import anything into firefox if you do not have it installed yet.
Don't import anything into firefox if you do not have it installed yet.
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/anti-virus/combofix
Download.
1. Boot your computer up in safe mode.
Mash the F8 button prior to the "Starting Windows" screen to bring up the special boot menu.
Use the arrow keys to select "Safe Mode" and hit enter.
2. Log in as the default administrator or user.
3. Launch combofix. It may warn you about backing up the registry. I haven't seen any problems using it if you don't.
4. Combofix will then run. It will list stages where it is.
On non-infected computers, the process will take only less than a few minutes to run.
5. Combofix will restart to your main desktop after it finishes running.
6. Let the computer restart and boot you to normal mode.
7. Combofix will continue to run. Be patient and wait.
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8. Update Malwarebytes. Run a full scan to clean up.
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9. Secure your network with http://www.opendns.com/
Only takes a few minutes. Free for home users.
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10. Update your Flash plug-in. If your wife is one of those users who exits flash updates (What's this pop-up mean?), then I advise her to use Google Chrome only.
I have Firefox (we switched to IE just a couple months ago, though we might switch back).
I replicated the last few searches my wife and I did, with some navigation, and didn't run into the same issues - no redirects. So that's a good thing. Could it be something specific to IE?
Will do. Thanks.
Z
ZombieFred
Unconfirmed Member
Keep trying for a few hours and if nothing then it's definitely IE9 related. The only thing I can think off for that is just reinstalling IE9 completely, removing all extensions and configured settings. Go to control panel, internet settings, and check your connection/lan and see if a proxy has been added, just in case.
Looks like it's not browser-specific. We're getting the same site redirects, usually in the form of additional tabs opening up in Firefox (8.0). And the TCP/IP window pops up about every 10 minutes, for just a couple seconds. (Before running Firefox I'd nuked all cookies and temp files, to be sure I didn't carry anything over.)
It feels like we've got some kind of adware buried in the system. I've got MalwareBytes and MSE scheduled for back to back full scans over night. We'll see if they find anything. If anyone has any other ideas, let me know.
At least it's a mere inconvenience at this point, but it still makes me nervous.
Appreciate the help so far.
MalwareBytes, Microsoft Security Essentials and Spybot full scan runs completed with nothing found.
Opening a Firefox window and going to my NeoGAF bookmark opened a new Firefox window and fully a dozen tabs with ad sites.
Sites clicked on from google searches are redirecting to the same ad sites as before now, and often do the re-direct when clicking on links within a site. Internet navigation is becoming difficult.
I'm going to do some digging from work about possible solutions. It feels like we have some kind of nasty adware or something, which is going undetected by all of the tools I use to detect them.
Opening a Firefox window and going to my NeoGAF bookmark opened a new Firefox window and fully a dozen tabs with ad sites.
Sites clicked on from google searches are redirecting to the same ad sites as before now, and often do the re-direct when clicking on links within a site. Internet navigation is becoming difficult.
I'm going to do some digging from work about possible solutions. It feels like we have some kind of nasty adware or something, which is going undetected by all of the tools I use to detect them.
Did you run Combofix?
Yup, it didn't find anything.
However, I did some searching just now, using the IP address of the ad sites I was being directed to (63.209.69.107) and found this, which has a number of solutions listed, including a guide for removing google redirects. It appears we have a malicious rootkit installed. I'm guessing it arrived during the two days I was duking it out with the 'vista antivirus' malware.
Here goes.
Yup, it didn't find anything.
However, I did some searching just now, using the IP address of the ad sites I was being directed to (63.209.69.107) and found this, which has a number of solutions listed, including a guide for removing google redirects. It appears we have a malicious rootkit installed. I'm guessing it arrived during the two days I was duking it out with the 'vista antivirus' malware.
Here goes.
Combofix has a log file, so I'm not so sure you can say it didn't find anything.
Hopefully TDSSKiller works out.
TDSSKiller didn't find anything, but working through another solution path from BleepingComputer led me back through Combofix, which did. Looks like it either failed or was blocked from running before - I don't think I properly disabled MSE on the last round.
If found a crapton of things, including multiple rootkits. It deleted over 40 files and file replicators, according to the log file.
Things seem okay now, some demo searches have been okay and repeating the same sites/searches that showed issues before are working normally.
In many ways I am not good with computer, so I feel a bit helpless when stuff like this happens. Thanks for the help guys.
Alright Gaf, here's one that i'm hoping you guys will know the answer to:
Our work uses SonicWall as our internet filter
Is it possible to add mobile devices to the sonic wall so that when we connect (wirelessly) we'll automatically bypass the filter and not have to log in to SonicWall everytime?
Our work uses SonicWall as our internet filter
Is it possible to add mobile devices to the sonic wall so that when we connect (wirelessly) we'll automatically bypass the filter and not have to log in to SonicWall everytime?
Whenever I try to access Youtube through Firefox on my iMac (OS X 10.5.8), it automatically redirects me to www.twitch.tv every single time. I have absolutely no clue why this is happening, and I hope someone can help me solve this.
Does that only happen with Firefox?
Use this extension to flush your DNS cache.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/dns-cache/?src=search
You may need to disable the compatibility checker in your Firefox before using it.
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Alternatively, you can edit your about:config page to disable Firefox's internal DNS Cache completely.
Open a new tab.
Type: about:config
Right click -> New -> Integer.
network.dnsCacheExpiration
Make the integer value: 0
This way, Firefox will listen to the OS for DNS cache.
I suppose you can ask your IT administrator for access. Perhaps there is a way to add known MAC addresses without authentication.
I'm afraid not unless there's a compatible Synaptics touchpad you can replace your Elan touchpad for your ASUS notebook.
Got a problem hopefully someone can help me with. My brother and I came home for Christmas adding two more laptops to my parents network. We have realised that if more than one computer connects to the network it shuts down for everybody. If the router is restarted then everyone is fine for awhile, maybe 1-2 hours then it goes down again.
The router is a dlink DIR-655, I believe we have had it for about 2-3 years. Is it dying or can someone help me fix the problem?
I'm not sure what other information is required but I can get if you ask.
The router is a dlink DIR-655, I believe we have had it for about 2-3 years. Is it dying or can someone help me fix the problem?
I'm not sure what other information is required but I can get if you ask.
Not fond of the DIR-655. From what I looked up, it's not a router that is compatible with Linux, so it must be not very good.
Perhaps the router can't handle that many devices on your network.
Interesting iPhone issue.....
Our internet was hit with an area outage yesterday. When everything came back online, my wife and I discovered that our iPhones would not connect to our wireless internet. She has a 3Gs. I have a 4s.
Our wireless network appears, but when we select the network nothing happens. It just continually loads. It will say that we are connected to the network, but the phone shows a 3G connection.
I've tried resetting the network settings as well as restoring from an earlier backup. Nothing works. Any ideas?
Our internet was hit with an area outage yesterday. When everything came back online, my wife and I discovered that our iPhones would not connect to our wireless internet. She has a 3Gs. I have a 4s.
Our wireless network appears, but when we select the network nothing happens. It just continually loads. It will say that we are connected to the network, but the phone shows a 3G connection.
I've tried resetting the network settings as well as restoring from an earlier backup. Nothing works. Any ideas?
Orbis Tabula
Member
So I recently was having computer issues but was lucky enough to still be under warranty, so Dell sent a guy out and replaced the bad parts with new, good ones. However, a mistake on Dell's part left me with a better screen than the one I had before. The Dell guy installing it told me that it was a touchscreen and, provided I had the right software, I could use it as such.
So does anyone know where I could acquire something like that?
So does anyone know where I could acquire something like that?
AZ Greg
Member
Speaking of the Antivirus 2012/Antispyware 2012 virus/malware issue. Is there a good program to use to prevent even getting it? I normally use Avira and have been for years. Haven't had any virus problems since I started using it. But I've had to deal with the 2012 crap a few times over the last few months. No issues getting rid of it, but would just like something more preventive. Malwarebytes claims their paid version can do the job, but I'm hoping there's something free out there.
So I'm trying to figure what this program was that suddenly appeared in my system tray earlier today, the icon looked something like this:
Hovering over it displayed "Updates are available", but clicking on it did nothing. Through task manager I managed to pull something up called update.exe with a generic exe icon. It was a small gray window with two white arrows going over each other on the left side (like most update icons) that said something like this:
New updates found
Installing updates
Updates successfully installed
^That mat or may not be 100% correct, but something like that. They all had green check marks next to them too. Everything seemed very generic and basic.
At the bottom I could check a box to enable automatic updates and an OK button.
I hope that explains it lol, I have absolutely no idea what it is.
Hovering over it displayed "Updates are available", but clicking on it did nothing. Through task manager I managed to pull something up called update.exe with a generic exe icon. It was a small gray window with two white arrows going over each other on the left side (like most update icons) that said something like this:
New updates found
Installing updates
Updates successfully installed
^That mat or may not be 100% correct, but something like that. They all had green check marks next to them too. Everything seemed very generic and basic.
At the bottom I could check a box to enable automatic updates and an OK button.
I hope that explains it lol, I have absolutely no idea what it is.
Interesting iPhone issue.....
Our internet was hit with an area outage yesterday. When everything came back online, my wife and I discovered that our iPhones would not connect to our wireless internet. She has a 3Gs. I have a 4s.
Our wireless network appears, but when we select the network nothing happens. It just continually loads. It will say that we are connected to the network, but the phone shows a 3G connection.
I've tried resetting the network settings as well as restoring from an earlier backup. Nothing works. Any ideas?
Had this problem before, I'm sure giving it a static IP address fixed it.
My question GAF:
Is there a browser, or a plugin for a browser that allows you to have a separate IP/DNS address from the rest of your computer?
I need this functionality but without using virtualisation.
Hi guys, I'm lost for words here.
Yesterday I was playing a fun game of league of legends when suddenly my PC froze and I crashed to a blue screen of death. This isn't the first case so I though, oh no biggy, just reboot.
But when I rebooted my computer made this loud beep and my graphics card started blowing harder than normal. The screen remained black. I thought this would be a graphics card failure (I had an old 8800GTS) but I tried another graphics card from a friend which works (88000GTX) and it had the exact same symptoms. Blowing harder than normal and no image of my monitor.
What I tried:
- resetting bios
- changing video card
- cleaning PC
- unplugging CPU and putting it back in.
I really need help, I just play league of legends but I'm an addict to it, so I don't want to buy a whole new pc just for league of legends
Yesterday I was playing a fun game of league of legends when suddenly my PC froze and I crashed to a blue screen of death. This isn't the first case so I though, oh no biggy, just reboot.
But when I rebooted my computer made this loud beep and my graphics card started blowing harder than normal. The screen remained black. I thought this would be a graphics card failure (I had an old 8800GTS) but I tried another graphics card from a friend which works (88000GTX) and it had the exact same symptoms. Blowing harder than normal and no image of my monitor.
What I tried:
- resetting bios
- changing video card
- cleaning PC
- unplugging CPU and putting it back in.
I really need help, I just play league of legends but I'm an addict to it, so I don't want to buy a whole new pc just for league of legends
Hi guys, I'm lost for words here.
Yesterday I was playing a fun game of league of legends when suddenly my PC froze and I crashed to a blue screen of death. This isn't the first case so I though, oh no biggy, just reboot.
But when I rebooted my computer made this loud beep and my graphics card started blowing harder than normal. The screen remained black. I thought this would be a graphics card failure (I had an old 8800GTS) but I tried another graphics card from a friend which works (88000GTX) and it had the exact same symptoms. Blowing harder than normal and no image of my monitor.
What I tried:
- resetting bios
- changing video card
- cleaning PC
- unplugging CPU and putting it back in.
I really need help, I just play league of legends but I'm an addict to it, so I don't want to buy a whole new pc just for league of legends
Play around with your RAM sticks.
To clarify, if you have two RAM sticks, plug in only one. If that doesn't work, take one out and plug the other one in.
If that boots, then you'll need to check your RAM using a tool like Windows Memory Diagnostic.
Otherwise, you have a different hardware problem. Most likely the motherboard is done.
So I'm trying to figure what this program was that suddenly appeared in my system tray earlier today, the icon looked something like this:
Hovering over it displayed "Updates are available", but clicking on it did nothing. Through task manager I managed to pull something up called update.exe with a generic exe icon. It was a small gray window with two white arrows going over each other on the left side (like most update icons) that said something like this:
New updates found
Installing updates
Updates successfully installed
^That mat or may not be 100% correct, but something like that. They all had green check marks next to them too. Everything seemed very generic and basic.
At the bottom I could check a box to enable automatic updates and an OK button.
I hope that explains it lol, I have absolutely no idea what it is.
You're either vaguely remembering Windows Update or you have a malware infection that mimics the Windows Update screens.
Run a Full scan with Malwarebytes.
I have done that since I posted, I forgot to update my post. Found nothing.
I'm on Windows 7 and I have never seen that icon before, for Windows Update or any other program. I also do my updates manually. The design of the window and the generic exe icon made it look it's some pre-Windows 7 stuff, it looked really plain.
Alright guys, I'm kicking myself for not being able to figure this out, but it's KILLING me. This is actually one of two sound related problems, but I'll just ask about this one for right now.
I got a sound card for Christmas, an ASUS Xonar DG. Installed it, and love it. EXCEPT ONE THING. In iTunes, whenever I'm playing music, if I pause, I get this pop/stutter sound right after I pause the song. It's SUPER annoying, and I can't figure out why using this sound card is now causing this, ONLY in iTunes.
To help explain the sound/problem more, here's a recording of me playing a song for about 5 seconds, pausing, playing the song some more, and then pausing again. You can clearly hear what I am talking about: http://www.mediafire.com/?4bncua824ya9449
Can anyone help me?
I got a sound card for Christmas, an ASUS Xonar DG. Installed it, and love it. EXCEPT ONE THING. In iTunes, whenever I'm playing music, if I pause, I get this pop/stutter sound right after I pause the song. It's SUPER annoying, and I can't figure out why using this sound card is now causing this, ONLY in iTunes.
To help explain the sound/problem more, here's a recording of me playing a song for about 5 seconds, pausing, playing the song some more, and then pausing again. You can clearly hear what I am talking about: http://www.mediafire.com/?4bncua824ya9449
Can anyone help me?
What's the smartest way of setting up a "server" environment for my home network? Some background...
I'm currently set up with my desktop PC basically being a server to my (wired) 360 for media plaback, as well as my laptop (wifi). Both PC's are running Win7. The desktop has four HDD's with lots of media on them.
The problem I have is that moving files between the drives on wifi (e.g. from "temporary" storage drive to my "Movies" drive) takes extreme amounts of time. It seems to be copying the file across the network to the laptop (say, 15min for a 700mb file), then copying it back to the other networked drive (another 15mins). If I was doing this operation on the desktop it takes 1min, tops.
It basically means I have to go to the desktop PC for any file modifications / transfer, which is a bit ridiculous in this day-and-age.
What's the best way to have a pure "server" environment across multiple disks?
I'm currently set up with my desktop PC basically being a server to my (wired) 360 for media plaback, as well as my laptop (wifi). Both PC's are running Win7. The desktop has four HDD's with lots of media on them.
The problem I have is that moving files between the drives on wifi (e.g. from "temporary" storage drive to my "Movies" drive) takes extreme amounts of time. It seems to be copying the file across the network to the laptop (say, 15min for a 700mb file), then copying it back to the other networked drive (another 15mins). If I was doing this operation on the desktop it takes 1min, tops.
It basically means I have to go to the desktop PC for any file modifications / transfer, which is a bit ridiculous in this day-and-age.
What's the best way to have a pure "server" environment across multiple disks?
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This is barely the right sort of problem for this thread, but car audio GAF might browse this thread.
Basically, my car can output sound through Bluetooth, but only calls. Is there any way to trick it into playing music via that same output?
Alternatively, if I plug it in via the aux port, the Bluetooth button triggers my iPhones voice command option, from which I can select music and the like. However, it then sets audio output to the inaccessible Bluetooth audio output rather than the headphone jack. Is there some way to force the iPhone to stick with the headphone (aux) output?
Basically, my car can output sound through Bluetooth, but only calls. Is there any way to trick it into playing music via that same output?
Alternatively, if I plug it in via the aux port, the Bluetooth button triggers my iPhones voice command option, from which I can select music and the like. However, it then sets audio output to the inaccessible Bluetooth audio output rather than the headphone jack. Is there some way to force the iPhone to stick with the headphone (aux) output?
cartoon_soldier
Member
Problem with internet connection, maybe some can help.
It seems like and it is infrequent, but I will just end up losing internet connectivity for 10-15 seconds and then it will be back on. It causes me to get disconnected from SWTOR when I am playing that, or browsing will stop for those few seconds.
Any idea how I can troubleshoot it?
I stopped using the router too and now directly connect to the cable modem.
It seems like and it is infrequent, but I will just end up losing internet connectivity for 10-15 seconds and then it will be back on. It causes me to get disconnected from SWTOR when I am playing that, or browsing will stop for those few seconds.
Any idea how I can troubleshoot it?
I stopped using the router too and now directly connect to the cable modem.
I started getting this weird line on my laptop screen that's less than a few months old. Not sure if it's related but I had finished playing a few hours of SWTOR today, quit out of it, and when I came back the red line appeared. Shutting down and turning on the laptop a few hours later resulted in a longer line.
It's an Asus G53 from Amazon. I'm guessing I'll have to send it in for warranty?
It's an Asus G53 from Amazon. I'm guessing I'll have to send it in for warranty?