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Messages - Jethro Bodine

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Yes , what you are describing is what I observe also , but I can not offer any explanation for it.

Did you try the "clean install " tool that Samson suggested in Reply #5 above ?


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Hi, After log on today, i tried the tool, the first try pops up the normal scan screen. But second try ,onwards, it is working properly. So, could i assume that the problem lies in triggering the first time the mbam.exe. But Samson idea found to have worked for someone. But not for me. Again, i will try samson solution, and report back.
                                Is it possible that , it first option is always to update the data base, so would it be there the cause . When i click, if the mbam opens immediately the UAC, i am confidant of its working. But if it takes some more seconds, i am sure that the other screen is going to show and it is always.
                             

I'm sorry to hear that this is still causing you so much trouble .

Until I read your OP I happily lived with right-clicking twice ( see my earlier post )

You may be on to something regarding the first launch forcing an update ( since last boot ).

One thing I have noticed is that I only ever have to "double-launch" the app the first  time I use it  ,
it then works perfectly until my next system boot .

It's a head-scratcher  :undecided:

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i tried umpteen times of uninstalling and re installing, nothing cured.

Did you use Malwarebytes Clean Uninstall Tool  to uninstall?
http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/malwarebytes_clean_uninstall_tool.html

Nice one Samson ..... good find !
Thanks for sharing .

I might let jraju try it first  :)

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Hi,
                     Normally when you download a file and want it be scanned, it should only be scanning that file. The malware bytes, if i right click and select menu it opens the whole scan screen.
                          i tried umpteen times of uninstalling and re installing, nothing cured. If i opt for avast, it scans single file. Do any of you experience this phenomenon. What is the best fix.
                                i have asked the forum, and they asked me to uninstall and reinstall and some reg fix, The reg.fix worked one time, but again when i selected a file then it opens the whole scan, like updating, prescan, scan files, heuristic etc etc.
Is there any fix. I am using latest free malware bytes .

Same here .... I've been seeing this for some time now , on several different systems , but for me it's not a biggie

My work-around :- close the full-scan window , right-click again on the desired object and it does what is expected.

I freely admit that I have no idea what is different on the second launch :)

At first I thought it was a service failing to start but I could not find any service associated with MBAM , only with MBAE

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Everything Else / Re: Downloader...
« on: May 27, 2016, 03:17:00 am »
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg

Thanks for posting that ....
I know exactly where you are coming from !

I keep wanting to write something , but discretion get's the better of me every time :)

Anyway , I fear that in this particular case , it's WAY too subtle .... good try though :)


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"This program is Not prevent my PC from going into sleep mode."

It does PRECISELY that .

Choose the configurations ( options ) that you need and it will do exactly what you want ....
..... or what you SAY you want .

If it does not work for you , the problem is NOT with the program .

Once again , a little gratitude for help received would go a long way !!

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Easy
Download " Don't Sleep " from here -
http://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Microsoft/DontSleep

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Adware can be turned off - in the application settings ;)

" Solution:
Found a solution on Youtube ;)  "

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If I could make a couple of suggestions  ...

1. When you find a fix to a problem it would be helpful to other people reading if you
     explained how , or at least posted a link .... sharing is an important part of a good forum

2. Give some thanks for the help you receive .... a little appreciation goes a long way !

Just a thought ....
:)

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General Computer Support / Re: Large unexplained upload
« on: March 29, 2016, 07:24:20 am »
That's pretty much my intended strategy at this point.
Netstat is a long-time favorite of mine , and I'm certain there is no PUP stuff on my system ....
... I am fanatically opposed to all of that garbage :)

I originally posted because I'd hoped that someone knew of a network traffic log-file that I could look at .
But I've never heard of such a log , so I was fairly certain that it would be a long shot :)

As I mentioned earlier , it's doesn't seem right to name my main suspect without any proof.
I'm going to be keeping a sharp eye out for it happening again and I will pin it down  , and then post back here .

In the meantime , many thanks to all for the suggestions !

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General Computer Support / Re: Large unexplained upload
« on: March 29, 2016, 12:46:50 am »
Sorry about the delay in replying .

I would ask those very same questions myself .....
... to answer :-

Yes to the first .
< 2% cpu use with FF running and 10 or more open tabs.

I'm a regular user of Process Hacker , Dependency Walker etc so I've already been down that route.

I have one particular app I'm suspicious of but I'll wait for it's regular scheduled run later in the week
rather than force the issue now..

Thanks for the suggestions BTW  :)

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General Computer Support / Re: Large unexplained upload
« on: March 27, 2016, 12:19:29 am »

Yes , I also have GWX control panel ..... " Belt and braces "    :smiley:

For now , I can only watch and wait , and hope to catch it if it happens again .
I have a couple of possible culprits in mind but it seems unfair to name them here without proof.

Thanks for the suggestions anyway .

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General Computer Support / Re: Large unexplained upload
« on: March 26, 2016, 11:42:44 pm »
I'm wise to that sneaky behavior but no , I'm not on W10 ( and never will be ... Win telemetry being disabled )
I've also refused all of the well known poison  GWX updates

This happened on a W7 home premium 64-bit machine.
I know that many apps have "phone home" activity but nothing on this scale .

I'm also very security aware , keep things locked-down tight and run regular scans.
I'm running MBAM again as I write this but not expecting to find anything.

I don't use P2P or any torrent stuff .

I'm hoping that someone can point me to a log file that I can look at .

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General Computer Support / Large unexplained upload
« on: March 26, 2016, 10:33:52 pm »
I noticed over 1GB upload from my machine on a day last week.

Does anyone know how I can trace the source ( after the fact as it were ) ?

I only know how I could have traced it while it was happening , and I didn't
notice it at the time it was going on .

My wireless network is well secured and my machine is the only device on it.
I have all Windows telemetry disabled so I don't think that was the cause .


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General Computer Support / Re: Ransomware picture question
« on: February 08, 2016, 02:58:14 am »
Testdisk may also be useful , but the same proviso that Samson mentions will still apply.

http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk

The latest version includes QPhotoRec .

But Recuva is probably more "user - friendly" .

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Hi jraju

OK - point taken

but what I said still applies .... it has never given me any trouble , and I am RUTHLESS when it comes
to bundled " crapware "

Regards

Jethro

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I'm surprised to hear that jraju

I  used uBlock for years without problems , and have never seen any sign of  "bundleware" or PUPs  ,
but of course that may depend on where you downloaded it from .

I only stopped using it when I discovered  uBlock Origin , which gives a much more " fine-grained "
approach to the user .

I strongly recommend it .

The developer's site is here :-

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock


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General Computer Support / Re: CPU usage 100% Windows 7
« on: December 31, 2015, 01:24:47 am »
Follow that link from Boggin , and it will almost certainly fix your problem
I only wish I knew of it sooner .... it would have saved me hours of work

See my posts in the thread  " Resource-hogging service  ...etc "

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General Computer Support / Re: Computer not booting confirmed working USB
« on: December 25, 2015, 11:54:10 pm »
I'm not certain exactly what it is you want to do.

All of those tools I mentioned perform essentially the same task .
There very few options for the user apart from choosing the ISO , choosing  the destination drive (eg  a USB stick )
choosing which format ( if formatting is needed ) and in some cases , adding a persistent file.

From memory , I think Rufus offers a few more options (boxes to tick ) but that's about it.
If you want multiple , bootable ISOs on the same stick then YUMI is what you need.

If you want to modify / customize Grub4dos there is a tool at Sourceforge called  "GRUB4DOS Toolbox "

That's about the extent of it .... maybe it's of some help to you.

PS -  Good advice from Julian in his post above .... USB 3  is best avoided for this type of thing
        also , Thumbdrives that come with built-in security ( ie encryption ) can sometimes be troublesome.

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General Computer Support / Re: Computer not booting confirmed working USB
« on: December 25, 2015, 01:52:55 pm »
I make a lot of bootable USBs and most work perfectly first time  , but every now and then I get one that
works on one machine but not another.
You have BIOS and not UEFI  ,  so that's unlikely to be the problem .

My usual fix is simply to choose a different tool for making the USB .

There are plenty of good free ones to choose from .... Rufus , Unetbootin ,  LiveLinux , Pendrive Linux and others .
Or you could go for the one with the most catchy name .... Win32DiskImager , which is actually pretty good  ,
and it works fine with 64-bit images as well !

There are always the odd few ISOs that won't play nicely with certain specific tools .
I just never bothered to find out the reason why  ..... one more  DFK/DFC .

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General Computer Support / Re: Ad And Tracker Blocking
« on: December 20, 2015, 09:15:12 pm »
Oh, and I just ran a BullGuard full scan and it came up with a malicious tracking cookie......  :omg: How in the world is that possible with this wall I just built around my pc?  :smiley:

Hi Lady , that was my feeling exactly , on finding this one blighter that always gets through the defenses ,

and yes , that folder is hidden by default.

In answer to your earlier question , there are two ways I find it -

Start button -> Computer      then in the explorer window , replace "Computer" with this path -

C:\Users\MyMachine\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies

where "MyMachine" is whatever yours is called

The other way is to use "Everything" from Voidtools  ( free ) which , incidentally is the best search tool
I have ever seen ...... I can't recommend it too highly !   ....   I only wish there was a Linux equivalent.

Start Everything , wait a moment for the disc to be searched , then enter  " cookies " in the search box ,
look for the appropriate folder , right click and choose " Open "

It makes the M$ Windows search look like something from the Stone Age !


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General Computer Support / Re: Ad And Tracker Blocking
« on: December 20, 2015, 12:41:58 am »
I use uBlock origin and like the degree of "Tweaking" it gives the user .

A slight digression here -

This is the source of the most persistent and annoying tracking cookie I've ever come across
adnxs.com

It comes from Skype and is stored here
AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies

Each time I delete it , it returns in a different form.
I use Hosts Block , which is excellent , but this one still gets through.

Is anybody else seeing this ?

Note : of the various on-demand scanners I use , only Super AntiSpyware finds it.

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Thanks for your reply Boggin

I already have the GWX control panel , and also various scripts from other forums where current M$ policy update
 is making people angry.

I previously had my Update settings the same as yours , but refused any update that wasn't labelled as "security"
as well as all of the notorious "toxic" GWX  updates  ... they were all hidden .

It's looking like the disabling of M$ Telemetry ( eg CEIP and others ) is what  really "mugged" my system.

It's a work-around for now , at the very least , and I can still turn on W7 updates for " Bork Tuesday " each month,
and on the bonus side I'll get up to 30 hassle-free days each month , when all will be slick and groovy.

FWIW - the word around the campfire is that from now on , there's going to be nothing worthwhile on offer from MS ,
for W7/W8 systems , only new ways of repackaging the dreaded GWX updates ....

"End of Life " for W7 is not far away !

M$ have clearly moved their core business out of software and into data-mining , some time ago .
Note that W10 is described not as an OS , but as a   "platform "  ( which has COMPULSORY updating !!! )

And what does W10 actually offer us ?
Well , we get to sell every aspect of our online personal lives into perpetual whoredom  ....
... but let's look on the bright side !   ....  at least the "Start" button is back !

My regards ,

Jethro



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Not a bump , just an update ....

Change Windows Update settings to " Never " -> problem disappears

Switch back -> problem returns.

It looks like the OS is trying to " phone home " and report on the state of my system , because I constantly refuse GWX related updates.

But it can't , because I have disabled all MS telemetry related processes in Task Scheduler .

I'm starting to think that I may be the only person seeing this problem , but I know for sure that I'm not the only one who has
taken these steps to avoid the so-called "Upgrade" to W10

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Some additional info.

1] There doesn't appear to be any network traffic when the process is running.

2] I have refused all Win Updates associated with W10 upgrade for the past year
    I have disabled telemetry ( eg CEIP ) in Task scheduler

3] Manually killing the problem service when the Win  Update logo is in the toolbar
    sometimes causes a second icon to appear next to the first ....

.... just a thought !

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So pleased at getting a different laptop problem sorted after my first post on here .

I thought I'd post this one which has been a headache for a long time.

W7 Home premium SP1 on a Vaio 64-bit ( i3 4GB RAM )

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Most days , within an hour of booting the laptop , a process runs as svchost and uses up to 25 % cpu
and at times , 2.5 GB of RAM.

At first look , it appears to be Application Experience (AeLookupSvc) service , but Process Explorer shows
other associated processes ( see screenshot )
It usually finishes after 5 or 10 minutes , but during that time the laptop is almost unusable.

Killing the process causes a few moments of instability but it often restarts later with a different PID.
I installed Hosts Block recently and that made the problem much worse so I uninstalled it .

Has anyone else seen this issue ? .... Any ideas ?

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using Task Manager shows the AeLookupSvc as the resource pig , then going to services shows these :-

IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Modules
Background Intelligent transfer service

Computer Browser ( ntsvcs)
Extensible Authentication Protocol

LanmanServer
ProfSvc     User profile service
Task scheduler
SENS   system Event Notification
Shell Hardware detection
Themes
Winmgmt    Windows management instrumentation
wuauserv    Windows Update

 under the "group" heading , all are labelled as  ntsvcs

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