If reinstalling XP didn't do the trick, then I really don't know where to look. If Ubuntu doesn't have a problem, then that seems to rule out hardware. I don't know what to think, sorry.
River: The human body can be drained of blood in 8.6 seconds given adequate vacuuming systems. Mal: See, morbid and creepifying, I got no problem with, long as she does it quiet-like.
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Gudanov - Aug 12, 2009 6:36:42 am PDT #10906 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
Gudanov - Aug 12, 2009 6:40:09 am PDT #10907 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
My 8 port ethernet switch died last night. Stopped powering up at all. I decided to go ahead and spend a little money to get a D-Link 16 port hub. It's big and metal and comes with brackets for rack mounting. Maybe not the best deal around, but it feels like a real piece of equipment unlike my old tiny plastic 8 port switch that would sometimes start dropping connections.
evil jimi - Aug 12, 2009 6:54:53 am PDT #10908 of 25501
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Which program is the best to find bootsector baddies? I've just downloaded MalwareBytes' Anti-Malware, HijackThis, and Spybot, plus I have AVG Free 8.5. Do they cover all the bases?
le nubian - Aug 12, 2009 7:44:45 am PDT #10909 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
jimi,
can you install adblock plus (a firefox extension) on firefox and open the sites on firefox and see if that improves anything?
tiggy - Aug 12, 2009 1:36:49 pm PDT #10910 of 25501
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
this is the page i'm getting when i put in youtube.com.
Bad Request
Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand. Size of a request header field exceeds server limit. Apache Server at www.youtube.com Port 80
meara - Aug 12, 2009 1:41:59 pm PDT #10911 of 25501
I use firefox and yahoomail all the time, though on a mac. Sounds creepy!
Typo Boy - Aug 12, 2009 7:21:25 pm PDT #10912 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Jimmi, temporarily turn off javascript. Try and get to the Yahoo login page. (Don't know if you can login without it, but you can get to the login page fine. Try other (non flash-dependent) sites that cause you problems. If they load quickly with Javascript turned off then at least you know it is not any malware advanced enough to hide from malwarebytes. Note: obviously since most sites require javascript these days, this is not a solution, but it is a useful diagnosis.
Vortex - Aug 12, 2009 7:32:48 pm PDT #10913 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
One of my stupid rugby boys sent me a link that I clicked on. The link was safe but my laptop clicked on a side link by itself (damned touchpad) and my computer went apeshit. apparently there was a trojan horse in there somewhere. windows and avg both tried to get it and the computer crashed. I restarted and ran AVG again. It says it got everything, but when I rebooted tonight it came up again. AVG stopped it, but now I'm all paranoid about putting in an email password or anything else. any thoughts?
Typo Boy - Aug 12, 2009 9:15:31 pm PDT #10914 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Malwarebytes in safe mode.
(Note does give false positives, but ask here and we can help you spot them.)
DCJensen - Aug 13, 2009 4:58:28 am PDT #10915 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
I agree with Typo Boy