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    j2k4's Avatar en(un)lightened
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    I will try to offer more info as I can, but basically my problem is this:

    My PC has begun to run a bit balkily; I ran spybot-what usually take 2-3 minutes took 16 or so.

    I ran adaware-usually scans 57k files, this time 95k+ files.

    Seems to me I'm picking up some...uh....crap.

    I have P4, 384Mg RAM, WinME (I know, I know).

    I am not overly knowledgeable about computors.

    Any ideas?
    "Researchers have already cast much darkness on the subject, and if they continue their investigations, we shall soon know nothing at all about it."

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    You've run a virus scan?
    "I am the one who knocks."- Heisenberg

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    how did u manage to get a p4 and win ME? lol.. but yea run a viruscan.
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    Originally posted by j2k4@12 September 2003 - 15:14
    I will try to offer more info as I can, but basically my problem is this:

    My PC has begun to run a bit balkily; I ran spybot-what usually take 2-3 minutes took 16 or so.

    I ran adaware-usually scans 57k files, this time 95k+ files.

    Seems to me I&#39;m picking up some...uh....crap.

    I have P4, 384Mg RAM, WinME (I know, I know).

    I am not overly knowledgeable about computors.

    Any ideas?
    v scan boss v scan

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    Originally posted by Lamsey@12 September 2003 - 14:34
    Read this
    Mea maxima culpa, your lordship.

    Now-

    How about some help?
    "Researchers have already cast much darkness on the subject, and if they continue their investigations, we shall soon know nothing at all about it."

    -Mark Twain

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    Now it turns out my firewall and a.v. facilities (both McAfee) are somehow compromised also; I&#39;ve tried to reinstall, but the DL locks up partway through.
    "Researchers have already cast much darkness on the subject, and if they continue their investigations, we shall soon know nothing at all about it."

    -Mark Twain

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    Are you running kazaa? It may help identify a file creating/sharing virus if it&#39;s present. The number of shares would be very much higher than you had it set up for.
    In win XP/NT a file named system32.exe would be present. In win9x, I&#39;m not sure what variant you&#39;d look for.

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    Possible expanation...

    From this week&#39;s LangaList.

    "9) Sudden Drop In Disk Space

    Hi Fred, I am a self-employed financial advisor with a keen
    interest using technology to run my business efficiently.
    The other day, I was getting the LOW Disk Space warning and
    didn&#39;t know what was going on. So I started deleting stuff and
    doing some clean out but the warning would not go away and my
    hard disk would not stop chugging along.

    I did a google search and this is what I came up with.

    http://www.computing.net/security/ww...orum/6248.html

    I think a lot of people are experiencing this problem.--- Rick Shrier

    Thanks, Rick.

    Other readers have reported similar issues, including nearly constant
    CPU use--- something eating their CPU cycles *and* disk space at a
    prodigious rate.

    But as the above and following links indicate, the common thread seems
    to be an out-of-control process inside McAfee that is supposed to stop
    Worms:

    http://www.google.com/search?q=mcvsescn%2Eexe

    http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&...exe&sa=N&tab=wg

    Amazingly, the McAfee site has no search function--- only canned FAQs---
    so I have no way to search this further. The user reports, above, which
    include paraphrasing of conversations with McAfee tech support, are
    probably the best-available information so far.

    If you&#39;re using McAfee, it might be a good idea to check the above, and
    watch for this problem, to ensure you don&#39;t end up with disk-space or
    performance issues, too.
    "I am the one who knocks."- Heisenberg

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    Boy, this shit ALWAYS happens when I&#39;m f**ked for time&#33;

    Thanks, guys-be back with some results as soon as possible.
    "Researchers have already cast much darkness on the subject, and if they continue their investigations, we shall soon know nothing at all about it."

    -Mark Twain

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