HELP ! Browser disaster !!

HELP, I NEED HELP !!

Last night I used my computer everything was ok, and today, all
browsers except Google Chrome suddenly can't be used anymore !

My computer has a 4-core CPU, with 4GB of RAM, running XP Pro, and I
upgraded it to SP3.

I have IE, FF, Opera and Google Chrome in my system. Normally I use
IE, but from time to time I do use other browsers as backup.

However, everything changed this morning.

Suddenly, every single browser, except Google Chrome, can no longer be
used.

I clicked on IE, nothing came up.

Clicked FF, still nothing.

Click on Opera, same, nothing.

Check under Task Manager, they are there, eating up a lot of CPU
cycles (80% of 3 of the 4-cores)

Then I click on Google Chrome, it works !!!

I even re-downloaded new copies of IE, FF and Opera and re-installed
them.

Still no use.

I downloaded Dr. TCP and also TCP Optimizer to check if anything is
wrong with the TCP setting, no problem so far.

I mean, if Google Chrome can run, TCP must have been working, right?

But still the other 3 browsers aren't !

Can anyone tell me how to diagnose what is wrong?

Please help !!

Thank you !!

On Dec 13, 7:49*pm, pg wrote:
HELP, I NEED HELP !!

Last night I used my computer everything was ok, and today, all
browsers except Google Chrome suddenly can't be used anymore !

My computer has a 4-core CPU, with 4GB of RAM, running XP Pro, and I
upgraded it to SP3.

I have IE, FF, Opera and Google Chrome in my system. Normally I use
IE, but from time to time I do use other browsers as backup.

However, everything changed this morning.

Suddenly, every single browser, except Google Chrome, can no longer be
used.

I clicked on IE, nothing came up.

Clicked FF, still nothing.

Click on Opera, same, nothing.

Check under Task Manager, they are there, eating up a lot of CPU
cycles (80% of 3 of the 4-cores)

Then I click on Google Chrome, it works !!!

I even re-downloaded new copies of IE, FF and Opera and re-installed
them.

Still no use.

I downloaded Dr. TCP and also TCP Optimizer to check if anything is
wrong with the TCP setting, no problem so far.

I mean, if Google Chrome can run, TCP must have been working, right?

But still the other 3 browsers aren't !

Can anyone tell me how to diagnose what is wrong?

Please help !!

Thank you !!

Forgot to add,

I scanned and re-scanned for trojan and virus, found nothing !

On Dec 13, 7:49*pm, pg wrote:
HELP, I NEED HELP !!

Last night I used my computer everything was ok, and today, all
browsers except Google Chrome suddenly can't be used anymore !

My computer has a 4-core CPU, with 4GB of RAM, running XP Pro, and I
upgraded it to SP3.

I have IE, FF, Opera and Google Chrome in my system. Normally I use
IE, but from time to time I do use other browsers as backup.

However, everything changed this morning.

Suddenly, every single browser, except Google Chrome, can no longer be
used.

I clicked on IE, nothing came up.

Clicked FF, still nothing.

Click on Opera, same, nothing.

Check under Task Manager, they are there, eating up a lot of CPU
cycles (80% of 3 of the 4-cores)

Then I click on Google Chrome, it works !!!

I even re-downloaded new copies of IE, FF and Opera and re-installed
them.

Still no use.

I downloaded Dr. TCP and also TCP Optimizer to check if anything is
wrong with the TCP setting, no problem so far.

I mean, if Google Chrome can run, TCP must have been working, right?

But still the other 3 browsers aren't !

Can anyone tell me how to diagnose what is wrong?

Please help !!

Thank you !!

Forgot to add,

I scanned and re-scanned for trojan and virus, found nothing !

pg wrote:
On Dec 13, 7:49 pm, pg wrote:
HELP, I NEED HELP !!

Last night I used my computer, everything was ok, and today, all
browsers except Google Chrome suddenly can't be used anymore!

My computer has a 4-core CPU, with 4GB of RAM, running XP Pro, and I
upgraded it to SP3.

I have IE, FF, Opera and Google Chrome in my system. Normally I use
IE, but from time-to-time I do use other browsers as backup.

However, everything changed this morning.

Suddenly, every single browser, except Google Chrome, can no longer be
used.

I clicked on IE, nothing came up.

Clicked FF, still nothing.

Click on Opera, same, nothing.

Check under Task Manager, they are there, eating up a lot of CPU
cycles (80% of 3 of the 4-cores)

Then I click on Google Chrome, it works !!!

I even re-downloaded new copies of IE, FF and Opera and re-installed
them.

Still no use.

I downloaded Dr. TCP and also TCP Optimizer to check if anything is
wrong with the TCP setting, no problem so far.

I mean, if Google Chrome can run, TCP must have been working, right?

But still the other 3 browsers aren't!

Can anyone tell me how to diagnose what is wrong?

Please help!!

Thank you!!

Forgot to add,

I scanned and re-scanned for Trojan and virus, found nothing !

Use these to scan; your current software has been compromised.

Malwarebytes© Corporation
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam/program/mbam-setup.exe

SuperAntispyware
http://www.superantispyware.com/supe...freevspro.html

--
Joe =o)

pg wrote:
On Dec 13, 7:49 pm, pg wrote:
HELP, I NEED HELP !!

Last night I used my computer, everything was ok, and today, all
browsers except Google Chrome suddenly can't be used anymore!

My computer has a 4-core CPU, with 4GB of RAM, running XP Pro, and I
upgraded it to SP3.

I have IE, FF, Opera and Google Chrome in my system. Normally I use
IE, but from time-to-time I do use other browsers as backup.

However, everything changed this morning.

Suddenly, every single browser, except Google Chrome, can no longer be
used.

I clicked on IE, nothing came up.

Clicked FF, still nothing.

Click on Opera, same, nothing.

Check under Task Manager, they are there, eating up a lot of CPU
cycles (80% of 3 of the 4-cores)

Then I click on Google Chrome, it works !!!

I even re-downloaded new copies of IE, FF and Opera and re-installed
them.

Still no use.

I downloaded Dr. TCP and also TCP Optimizer to check if anything is
wrong with the TCP setting, no problem so far.

I mean, if Google Chrome can run, TCP must have been working, right?

But still the other 3 browsers aren't!

Can anyone tell me how to diagnose what is wrong?

Please help!!

Thank you!!

Forgot to add,

I scanned and re-scanned for Trojan and virus, found nothing !

Use these to scan; your current software has been compromised.

Malwarebytes© Corporation
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam/program/mbam-setup.exe

SuperAntispyware
http://www.superantispyware.com/supe...freevspro.html

--
Joe =o)

On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:51:39 -0800 (PST), pg
wrote:

On Dec 13, 7:49*pm, pg wrote:
HELP, I NEED HELP !!

Last night I used my computer everything was ok, and today, all
browsers except Google Chrome suddenly can't be used anymore !

My computer has a 4-core CPU, with 4GB of RAM, running XP Pro, and I
upgraded it to SP3.

I have IE, FF, Opera and Google Chrome in my system. Normally I use
IE, but from time to time I do use other browsers as backup.

However, everything changed this morning.

Suddenly, every single browser, except Google Chrome, can no longer be
used.

I clicked on IE, nothing came up.

Clicked FF, still nothing.

Click on Opera, same, nothing.

Check under Task Manager, they are there, eating up a lot of CPU
cycles (80% of 3 of the 4-cores)

Then I click on Google Chrome, it works !!!

I even re-downloaded new copies of IE, FF and Opera and re-installed
them.

Still no use.

I downloaded Dr. TCP and also TCP Optimizer to check if anything is
wrong with the TCP setting, no problem so far.

I mean, if Google Chrome can run, TCP must have been working, right?

But still the other 3 browsers aren't !

Can anyone tell me how to diagnose what is wrong?

Please help !!

Thank you !!

Forgot to add,

I scanned and re-scanned for trojan and virus, found nothing !



What did you scan with? It's highly likely that you are infected.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:51:39 -0800 (PST), pg
wrote:

On Dec 13, 7:49*pm, pg wrote:
HELP, I NEED HELP !!

Last night I used my computer everything was ok, and today, all
browsers except Google Chrome suddenly can't be used anymore !

My computer has a 4-core CPU, with 4GB of RAM, running XP Pro, and I
upgraded it to SP3.

I have IE, FF, Opera and Google Chrome in my system. Normally I use
IE, but from time to time I do use other browsers as backup.

However, everything changed this morning.

Suddenly, every single browser, except Google Chrome, can no longer be
used.

I clicked on IE, nothing came up.

Clicked FF, still nothing.

Click on Opera, same, nothing.

Check under Task Manager, they are there, eating up a lot of CPU
cycles (80% of 3 of the 4-cores)

Then I click on Google Chrome, it works !!!

I even re-downloaded new copies of IE, FF and Opera and re-installed
them.

Still no use.

I downloaded Dr. TCP and also TCP Optimizer to check if anything is
wrong with the TCP setting, no problem so far.

I mean, if Google Chrome can run, TCP must have been working, right?

But still the other 3 browsers aren't !

Can anyone tell me how to diagnose what is wrong?

Please help !!

Thank you !!

Forgot to add,

I scanned and re-scanned for trojan and virus, found nothing !



What did you scan with? It's highly likely that you are infected.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:49:08 -0800 (PST), pg
wrote:

HELP, I NEED HELP !!

Last night I used my computer everything was ok, and today, all
browsers except Google Chrome suddenly can't be used anymore !

My computer has a 4-core CPU, with 4GB of RAM, running XP Pro, and I
upgraded it to SP3.

I have IE, FF, Opera and Google Chrome in my system. Normally I use
IE, but from time to time I do use other browsers as backup.

However, everything changed this morning.

Suddenly, every single browser, except Google Chrome, can no longer be
used.

I clicked on IE, nothing came up.

Clicked FF, still nothing.

Click on Opera, same, nothing.

Check under Task Manager, they are there, eating up a lot of CPU
cycles (80% of 3 of the 4-cores)

Then I click on Google Chrome, it works !!!

I even re-downloaded new copies of IE, FF and Opera and re-installed
them.

Still no use.

I downloaded Dr. TCP and also TCP Optimizer to check if anything is
wrong with the TCP setting, no problem so far.

I mean, if Google Chrome can run, TCP must have been working, right?

But still the other 3 browsers aren't !

Can anyone tell me how to diagnose what is wrong?

Please help !!

Thank you !!

System restore back a day ?

On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:49:08 -0800 (PST), pg
wrote:

HELP, I NEED HELP !!

Last night I used my computer everything was ok, and today, all
browsers except Google Chrome suddenly can't be used anymore !

My computer has a 4-core CPU, with 4GB of RAM, running XP Pro, and I
upgraded it to SP3.

I have IE, FF, Opera and Google Chrome in my system. Normally I use
IE, but from time to time I do use other browsers as backup.

However, everything changed this morning.

Suddenly, every single browser, except Google Chrome, can no longer be
used.

I clicked on IE, nothing came up.

Clicked FF, still nothing.

Click on Opera, same, nothing.

Check under Task Manager, they are there, eating up a lot of CPU
cycles (80% of 3 of the 4-cores)

Then I click on Google Chrome, it works !!!

I even re-downloaded new copies of IE, FF and Opera and re-installed
them.

Still no use.

I downloaded Dr. TCP and also TCP Optimizer to check if anything is
wrong with the TCP setting, no problem so far.

I mean, if Google Chrome can run, TCP must have been working, right?

But still the other 3 browsers aren't !

Can anyone tell me how to diagnose what is wrong?

Please help !!

Thank you !!

System restore back a day ?

If infected System Restore will do more harm than good. Besides System Restore will
not get rid of any malware and or virus

--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"Jim" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:49:08 -0800 (PST), pg
wrote:

HELP, I NEED HELP !!

Last night I used my computer everything was ok, and today, all
browsers except Google Chrome suddenly can't be used anymore !

My computer has a 4-core CPU, with 4GB of RAM, running XP Pro, and I
upgraded it to SP3.

I have IE, FF, Opera and Google Chrome in my system. Normally I use
IE, but from time to time I do use other browsers as backup.

However, everything changed this morning.

Suddenly, every single browser, except Google Chrome, can no longer be
used.

I clicked on IE, nothing came up.

Clicked FF, still nothing.

Click on Opera, same, nothing.

Check under Task Manager, they are there, eating up a lot of CPU
cycles (80% of 3 of the 4-cores)

Then I click on Google Chrome, it works !!!

I even re-downloaded new copies of IE, FF and Opera and re-installed
them.

Still no use.

I downloaded Dr. TCP and also TCP Optimizer to check if anything is
wrong with the TCP setting, no problem so far.

I mean, if Google Chrome can run, TCP must have been working, right?

But still the other 3 browsers aren't !

Can anyone tell me how to diagnose what is wrong?

Please help !!

Thank you !!

System restore back a day ?

If infected System Restore will do more harm than good. Besides System Restore will
not get rid of any malware and or virus

--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"Jim" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:49:08 -0800 (PST), pg
wrote:

HELP, I NEED HELP !!

Last night I used my computer everything was ok, and today, all
browsers except Google Chrome suddenly can't be used anymore !

My computer has a 4-core CPU, with 4GB of RAM, running XP Pro, and I
upgraded it to SP3.

I have IE, FF, Opera and Google Chrome in my system. Normally I use
IE, but from time to time I do use other browsers as backup.

However, everything changed this morning.

Suddenly, every single browser, except Google Chrome, can no longer be
used.

I clicked on IE, nothing came up.

Clicked FF, still nothing.

Click on Opera, same, nothing.

Check under Task Manager, they are there, eating up a lot of CPU
cycles (80% of 3 of the 4-cores)

Then I click on Google Chrome, it works !!!

I even re-downloaded new copies of IE, FF and Opera and re-installed
them.

Still no use.

I downloaded Dr. TCP and also TCP Optimizer to check if anything is
wrong with the TCP setting, no problem so far.

I mean, if Google Chrome can run, TCP must have been working, right?

But still the other 3 browsers aren't !

Can anyone tell me how to diagnose what is wrong?

Please help !!

Thank you !!

System restore back a day ?

Peter Foldes wrote:
If infected System Restore will do more harm than good. Besides System
Restore will not get rid of any malware and or virus

But what would be the consequences of doing it, if he went back to a Restore
point prior to the infection? (I'm assuming System Restore would have
monitored the files added since that time, including the malware files, so
that a restore operation could and would delete these problematic files, too
(assuming they were of the types being monitored by SR, which seems likely).

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"Jim" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:49:08 -0800 (PST), pg
wrote:

HELP, I NEED HELP !!

Last night I used my computer everything was ok, and today, all
browsers except Google Chrome suddenly can't be used anymore !

My computer has a 4-core CPU, with 4GB of RAM, running XP Pro, and I
upgraded it to SP3.

I have IE, FF, Opera and Google Chrome in my system. Normally I use
IE, but from time to time I do use other browsers as backup.

However, everything changed this morning.

Suddenly, every single browser, except Google Chrome, can no longer be
used.

I clicked on IE, nothing came up.

Clicked FF, still nothing.

Click on Opera, same, nothing.

Check under Task Manager, they are there, eating up a lot of CPU
cycles (80% of 3 of the 4-cores)

Then I click on Google Chrome, it works !!!

I even re-downloaded new copies of IE, FF and Opera and re-installed
them.

Still no use.

I downloaded Dr. TCP and also TCP Optimizer to check if anything is
wrong with the TCP setting, no problem so far.

I mean, if Google Chrome can run, TCP must have been working, right?

But still the other 3 browsers aren't !

Can anyone tell me how to diagnose what is wrong?

Please help !!

Thank you !!

System restore back a day ?

Peter Foldes wrote:
If infected System Restore will do more harm than good. Besides System
Restore will not get rid of any malware and or virus

But what would be the consequences of doing it, if he went back to a Restore
point prior to the infection? (I'm assuming System Restore would have
monitored the files added since that time, including the malware files, so
that a restore operation could and would delete these problematic files, too
(assuming they were of the types being monitored by SR, which seems likely).

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"Jim" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:49:08 -0800 (PST), pg
wrote:

HELP, I NEED HELP !!

Last night I used my computer everything was ok, and today, all
browsers except Google Chrome suddenly can't be used anymore !

My computer has a 4-core CPU, with 4GB of RAM, running XP Pro, and I
upgraded it to SP3.

I have IE, FF, Opera and Google Chrome in my system. Normally I use
IE, but from time to time I do use other browsers as backup.

However, everything changed this morning.

Suddenly, every single browser, except Google Chrome, can no longer be
used.

I clicked on IE, nothing came up.

Clicked FF, still nothing.

Click on Opera, same, nothing.

Check under Task Manager, they are there, eating up a lot of CPU
cycles (80% of 3 of the 4-cores)

Then I click on Google Chrome, it works !!!

I even re-downloaded new copies of IE, FF and Opera and re-installed
them.

Still no use.

I downloaded Dr. TCP and also TCP Optimizer to check if anything is
wrong with the TCP setting, no problem so far.

I mean, if Google Chrome can run, TCP must have been working, right?

But still the other 3 browsers aren't !

Can anyone tell me how to diagnose what is wrong?

Please help !!

Thank you !!

System restore back a day ?

Addended, in retrospect.
Bill in Co. wrote:
Peter Foldes wrote:
If infected System Restore will do more harm than good. Besides System
Restore will not get rid of any malware and or virus

But what would be the consequences of doing it, if he went back to a
Restore
point prior to the infection? (I'm assuming System Restore would have
monitored the files added since that time, including the malware files, so
that a restore operation could and would delete these problematic files,
too
(assuming they were of the types being monitored by SR, which seems
likely).

Maybe my assumption that System Restore could delete the newly added virus
files during its Restore operation is in error, and that those files would
be likely be "locked" by the virus program, so that System Restore would
most likely fail. Is that the essence of the problem in trying to use
System Restore in this case?

Addended, in retrospect.
Bill in Co. wrote:
Peter Foldes wrote:
If infected System Restore will do more harm than good. Besides System
Restore will not get rid of any malware and or virus

But what would be the consequences of doing it, if he went back to a
Restore
point prior to the infection? (I'm assuming System Restore would have
monitored the files added since that time, including the malware files, so
that a restore operation could and would delete these problematic files,
too
(assuming they were of the types being monitored by SR, which seems
likely).

Maybe my assumption that System Restore could delete the newly added virus
files during its Restore operation is in error, and that those files would
be likely be "locked" by the virus program, so that System Restore would
most likely fail. Is that the essence of the problem in trying to use
System Restore in this case?