Re: AIM Send out random messages

From: Lord Loki (LordLoki_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/30/05 

Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 14:53:04 -0700

ok, sorry i meant to tell you guys that i would be away this weekend >.> but
as i was typing the message i /HAD/ to go... yeah... so i'm really sorry

anyways...
so... it was just some glitch with movie maker? (odd.... i havent ever even
tried opening that program since the day i got my comp...)

thats odd.... if Spykiller is spyware... >.> i have it licensed... so i
think it was bought... (not by me in particular) but i may delete it and use
spybot >.> *doesnt trust free things too much*

well, when i was offline i fixed a few things...(and discovered a few more)
like i went to msconfig and removed spykiller from autostarting everytime i
came on... as well as a few things... however theres a TON there i dont know
what they are so i'm hoping its NOT a virus or anything >.>

well, that program that wouldnt work, psp8, i was really bored and wanted to
do something, so i went into the program files and tried opening it from
there (i dont know why i didnt before), and it still popped up wuth the
installing stuff, however after cancling it about 6 times the program came up
and works the same as always (i knew it was still there), so i redid all the
links to that one (because the others wouldnt work no matter what) and now i
can use it after pressing esc 5 times... >.> an improvement but still a pain
and confusing (like i log on and must press esc 3 times too...)

then some strange stuff happened... like for one, i'm offline with my
computer, practially nothing to do but watch stuff... i went into norton just
to loook around and it has some threats area, and i look in and on the
"protected" side it said W32 (i'm not possitive which one to be precise) and
on the "unprotected" side there wasnt anything, i was like "ok good" about a
few hours later a thng popped up on the bottom right talking about being
unprotected against a rapidly spreading threat, i look and its the same one,
now on the UNprotected side (i'm 98% positive its the same, and its:
W32.Sober.O@mm ) which i find very odd since... I'M NOT ON THE WEB!!!!!
and the strangest part of all... my virus stuff is updated since the 27th,
but.... below the w32 threat it says "Data current of Monday, May 02, 2005,
3:16:00 PM" <---?!!!!! thats almost a month ago, and NOW it tells me
something, and even though i'm all UP TO DATE, nothing removes it. >.<
it also popped up and said "norton is ready to scan thumbs.exe" or
"explorer.exe" (im pretty sure those are the files) over and over and over
again, for no apparent reason...

and the other strange and /REALLY/ bad thing is that when i go to "Protect
Me Now" the only thing it says is to turn on auto-protect, and it "turns it
on" but it really doesnt, i've tried myself over and over and over again, its
not coming on anymore.... right this second its flashing on the bottom and i
still cannot turn it on

then, i may have done something, because i connected to a foreign wireless
server, infact a few, and i dont believe i turned anything off or anything,
just allowed myself to connect, but today i found out that windows firewall
is turned off... atleast between wireless connections (maybe all together),
so i turned that on

so i have a feeling (i'm not even sure its possible) that norton itself is
infected by a virus... (i dont think its a hacker if it happened when i'm
offline...) so I think i should uninstall Norton and reinstall it.... would
that fix anything you think? the auto protect, the intellegent update not
working, the not scanning in safe mode and the strange alerts? >.<

hee hee, i'm sorry you have to read that long and horrendous post but... its
important >.> :P thank you guys so much

"Jim Carlock" wrote:

> http://groups-beta.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.moviemaker/browse_thread/thread/9edab7c0a087e053/29f898dd0fb79efb?q=subtitds.ax&rnum=5&hl=en#29f898dd0fb79efb
>
> Watch the word wrap there. That link indicates that you might have
> a subtitds.ax problem. It also indicates that if the problem is recurrent
> you can try renaming that particular file, ie...
>
> C:\Windows\System32\subtitds.xx
>
> It appears to be a Windows Movie Maker file based upon what I've
> found on the web. I can't find that file on my particular system, so
> I'm only guessing that it located inside of the system32 folder.
>
> As far as the SpyKiller goes, it appears to be SPYWARE. <g>
>
> Have you tried AdAware and SpyBot Search & Destroy? The
> SpyBot S&D is suggested to get rid of the SpyKiller. I haven't
> run into the problem myself so I'm just posting from three or
> four articles I've read on the Internet.
>
> SpyBot S&D can be found at:
> http://www.safer-networking.org/
>
> AdAware is found here:
> http://www.lavasoft.com/
>
> For more information about SpyKiller being spyware and how to fix it,
> type in the following into Google...
>
> spykiller group:microsoft.public.security
>
> Let us know if that helps.
>
> --
> Jim Carlock
> Please post replies to newsgroup.
>
> "Lord Loki" wrote:
> well... XD i dont wanna be paranoid or anything, but anything "strange" that
> happens on my comp i'm gonna post... just now when i logged on the comp the
> usual annoying stuff happens (spykiller comes up... forgot how to stop it)
> and i wanted to change my bg... like i do almost every time, so i go to
> change it and i got an error report, i copied down all the info clicked send,
> a web page opened, copied url, and at the same time i got ANOTHER error
> report... here they are... they're not like the normal ones with a program or
> soemthing >.<
>
> The first one:
> Run a DLL as an App has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are
> sorry for the inconvenience.
>
> Error signature
> AppName: rundll32.exe
> ModVer: 1.4.0.0
> App Ver: 5.1.2600.2180
> ModName: subtitds.ax
> Offset: 000066a2
>
> dont know if thats just happenstance, or if its some STUPID thing caused by
> whatever it is (i'm not even sure its still there... maybe i have the damage
> left over?) Thanks again
>
> "Jim Carlock" wrote:
>
> > The previous link I provided might have scanned my computer.
> >
> > Try this link: http://www.grc.com/default.htm. When you get there,
> > Search for Shield's Up! and click on that link. Let me know.
> >
> > --
> > Jim Carlock
> > Please post replies to newsgroup.
>
>
>

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