Computer issues.. need help... argh.

[Doppelgänger]

So i dont know who did what on my home computer. Now its running at almost %100cpu useage . Task Mgr is showing that explorer.exe is always running like 90-95%. But sometimes its drops randomly down to normal, around 4-10%. So windows explorer is processing something.. but i dont know how to find it. I'm also getting pop-ups now recently that i have never gotten before. And sometimes i get a message when i try to open programs on the desktop saying there are "insufficent resources" to start blah blah blah... and it'll happen to anything i try to open.

Oh and everywebsite i go to, email anything.. random words are underlined and linked to a search site... how do i find whats causing that ?

Any ideas here? I have Norton.. but when you click on it... nothing happens.

[4dmin]

You need to get it into safe mode and run \/ also something else you can try is end Explorer and then start Explorer

SpyBot v1.4 (scan spyware)
http://fileforum.betanews.com/sendfile/1043809773/1/spybotsd14.exe

McAfee FreeScan (scan for virus)
http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp?cid=9914

Stinger (scan for virus)
\/ below

[deffro]

+1..... Sounds like yo have a vicious case os spywareitis

[tybalt6691]

try www.trendmicro.com

[Type-R]

+1..... Sounds like yo have a vicious case os spywareitis

Yup

if it is only doing that while you're connected to the net than I'd have to guess it's someone using a backdoor program

[Nittanys1]

Im having a BIG BIG BIG problem with pop-ups now on my Dell...I remember coming to my comp one morning and my AIM name was signed off but like 15 IM windows were open....and I didnt IM anyone....they didnt IM me either....from then I have been having this problem...

I tried ALL the programs you listed Paul and nothing is working..I did find ALOT of spyware and some trojan horses but I'm still getting more pop-ups. It seems to be growing daily...I even downloaded FireFox to help with the issue of all the indows.......please help!!!

Note: i really didnt was to start a new thread :D

[threehundred]

get rid of AIM and Yahoo and whatever else and use Trillian. Search for it on www.download.com and read up on it. Its a good program. May help solve your AIM problem Travis

[3.5altman]

Oh and everywebsite i go to, email anything.. random words are underlined and linked to a search site... how do i find whats causing that ?


yea any idea on how to fix this

[ChnkyLao]

try deleting cookies and do a spyware check. use a spyware check program like "spysubtract" or something. Norton never picks up spyware for me for some reason.

but my spysubtract program always finds them.