Possible Malware Problems Affecting Internet?

Sizemore · 04-21-2009, 04:47 PM

Alright, I hated doing this, but it's becoming necessary..

I first might say that I probably do have traces of pirated (oh no!) programs on my computer. I know, spare me the yelling. It wasn't until lately that I really noticed a problem with my computer. I've tried deleting almost all of the programs that I pirated, hoping to somehow get back some of my performance.

After speaking to a tech on this forum, he suggested that I reformat my computer with an OEM cd, which I do plan on doing in the near future. Frankly, I really have no time right now to deal with starting over currently, as it'll be time for finals, starting at the beginning of next week.

As I mentioned earlier, I tried deleting the pirated programs, and also tried downloading several free virus/malware/spyware programs to try to rid my computer of anything that could keep my computer alive for the next few weeks, until I can reformat.

I currently have AVG (which Windows Security Alerts keep telling me keeps turning off), ZoneAlarm Firewall, and also Ad-Aware Anniversary Edition.

Ok ok ok, now to my problem!

I keep running daily scans with AVG and Ad-Aware. AVG hasn't found anything lately, but Ad-Aware has. It keeps finding this little Malware booger that deals with the "DHCP Name Server" in the registry. I've tried quarantining and deleting the 8 items, but both methods don't truly kill the problem. Every time I do a scan, perform an action, then wait a few minutes, the 8 malware bits are still there.

If nothing was truly happening, I would just say, "screw it! I'll wait a couple of weeks until I can reformat", BUT it's starting to show a problem with my computer. While I'm surfing the computer (using my Safari browser for Windows), all of a sudden it'll "hang" on the website. It just loads, and loads, and loads for a looooong time. Eventually, I give up. I try again with my Firefox browser, and it works temporarily before I get the same problem with it. Then finally, I try working on my IE browser, and the same deal happens - it works temporarily, then stops working.

What's strange is, according to my taskbar, I'm still connected to the internet (local & internet), and I'm also able to ping websites such as www.yahoo.com. Whenever I do a "Diagnose & Repair" action on the computer, I keep getting an error - which I'll attach a screen shot of below.

Is there anything you guys can do for me before I reformat my computer? It's still going to be a couple of weeks before I'm able to do so. As I mentioned, I have finals coming up, and I also must order the $38 OEM cd from Sony.

Thank you in advance!

**TheBruce1** · 04-22-2009, 05:53 AM

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