jful_23

Hello,

whenever i turn on my computer... randomly during the session my computer runs this weird local/ temps thing and the command prompt pops up and white line about 1 cm long shoots all around it popping up in random locations. What is this? I scan with anti-virus and don't find anything.?

Thanks

Justin

kbd_usr

Remote Access. Disable it. Check for Trojans. Fire up a good firewall and monitor connections when this happens. Block IP of offender.

jful_23

ty for fast reply... how do i disable remote access?

jful_23

any suggestions from you for a good free firewall I can download?

Go The Power

Two Great freeware firewalls are (but only have on installed) :

Zone Alarm Free (Click on the blue link) when you go onto the website click on the white box that says "I only want basic protection".

COMODO (Click on the blue link to go tot he download page)

Go The Power

EDIT use this link for ZA
http://www.zonealarm.com/store/conte...try=US&lang=en

kbd_usr

To disable remote access, I'm only familiar with XP, right-click MyComputer, go to menu on far right, and there should be a check box for Remote Access.

I'm not sure of this as I'm running Linux right now, but I know it's accessed via right-click of Mycomputer.

What I like to do is go into the options of it, disable invitations, and also set a password. Then disable the entire feature. This aids in preventing random seats of someone overriding a registry setting.

jful_23

ok thank you... I downloaded zone alarm and am currently running it. I just disabled remote access what next?

kbd_usr

For safety measures, do a search for "Online scan" and try some of the recommended sites. I know Symantec, Trend Micro, and BitDefender have good online, free scans that can detect malware and other threats.

They often include instructions for manual removal, too.

jful_23

ok I will try that one moment please would you like me to save logs here?

jful_23

nothing is found I ran bitdefender online scan and nothin seems to be problem.

Go The Power

What logs are you talking about?

koala

You don't need to post the logs here. If the online scans detect anything or you still have your oroginal problem, follow the instructions here and then post all the requested logs in a new thread here for the security analysts to look at.

Post your msconfig startup list. Start > Run > msconfig > Startup tab

jful_23

how do i post it though... do you want me to write everything that pops up because I can't copy and paste.

koala

Screenshot of msconfig startup list or copy down the program names.

jful_23

ok how do i post an image from my computer?

jful_23

jful_23

ok I have failed many times trying to post picture help =).

Go The Power

Ok, on your keyboard, there is a button labelled PrtSC it stands for Printscreen. Press the button.

The Open up paint.

Click on start, Run and type in MSpaint.
When Paint appears, click on Edit Paste.
Then save the file File, Save

In your next post, click on the little paper clip in the toolbar, then choose your file.

koala

To take a screenshot, press the PrintScreen button on your keyboard. This saves the screen to the clipboard. Open any image editor like Paint or Photoshop. Create a new image and hit Ctrl-V to paste the screen. Save it as a compressed jpg (try to keep the size below 100kb). Then go to an upload site like ImageShack or Putfile, submit your screenshot jpg. It will give you an URL. Copy/paste this into your next reply.

Or use the Attachments button in the reply toolbar (click image below to see fullsize)