Re: XP Home firewall Greyed out

Hi,

Gave up and reloaded PC. The first time I have had admit defeat!

There is obviously some malware that is not being picked up by any of the
spyware tools- perhaps it is something new!!


regards Gordon

"David Langschied" wrote:

This PC was in an unused state for about six months. I tried to go back as
far as I could and that is where I am at right now.

The part that really bites is that I keep trying to fix this, but since the
firewall is working on SP1, I don't know if the attempt to fix the problem
worked until I install SP2. Then I have to restore back to SP1 and try again.


"kenny" wrote:

so if you still have problems
do a system restore to a time BEFORE you had those spyware.

Tell me if this helps

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"David Langschied" <DavidLangschied@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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I have tried all of this and I do not have SSK or Look2me on my computer.


"kenny" wrote:

Hello, did you try some of these solutions?
http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=SurfSideKick+remover

for example here it has lots of info about sidekick
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/adware.surfsidekick.html

How about these?
http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Look2me+remover

for example this look2me remover (free)
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Popup-Ad-Spyware-Blockers/Look2Me-Remover.shtml



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"Gogs" <Gogs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,
PC was infected with SurfSideKick and Look2me which have proved well
nigh
impossible to clean despite using Spbot, Ad-aware, Ewido, Defender, and
various other fixes.
I have spent approximately 5 days solid trying to clean this one and I
have
pulled most of my hair out!
If you know which registry keys affect the security centre
notifications
that may help.
Thanks,
Gordon

"kenny" wrote:

http://www.computerboom.net/security


take a look at my security page, install the spyware removers and do
some
scans

I dont like the sound of the grayed out security center aleart... if
it
inists after the scans post again, and I will help you look for a
solution.

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"Gogs" <Gogs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,
Firewall now back to normal but "change the way Serurity Centre
Alerts
me"
is greyed out. Any ideas?
problems seem to have been caused by "look2me" malware which is an
absolute
nightmare to clean.
Thanks for your help.
Gordon

"Panda_man" wrote:

My reply is at the bottom of your message:


"John Jay Smith" wrote:

this is a known problem....

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/sharedaccess.htm

tell me if this helps



Not so known,I think.The user probably have a malware , these
symptoms
doesn't appear itself.

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