[Virus makes me mad]

Hi, in advance, thanks for you help and time. I think I have a virus but Norton has not found one.

I do not have any sound, the following is the error message I get when trying to use Windows Media Player, "Windows Media Player cannot play the file because there is a problem with your sound device. There might not be a sound device installed on your computer, it might be in use by another program, or it might not be functioning properly."

AIM opens but it does not let you log in, just sits there looking like its frozen.

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Just a quick check for you. Open Device manager and select View menu and change it to "Devices by connect". Look through, expanding each and everyone of the items if needed, for any yellow exclamation marks are red icons beside a device. especially those dealing with sound.

If you think you may have been infected and malware is causing this problem, then please go to the Malware section of this forum and follow the instructions at the top. Especially the Click Here link. That will give you several steps that will help you clean up most of all problems by yourself. If at the end of the cleanup process you are still having difficulty, and you may not be, then post a hijackthis log in THAT forum.

Please be patient as the "Malware Forum" is a very busy place and a two or three day wait is not unusual.

If you are still having problems after getting a clean bill of health from the Malware Section, please return to this thread. Please do not post a HiJackThis log in this thread unless asked to do so and then only as an attachment. To attach log, when requested, either change the .log extension to .txt, or put the log into a compressed (zipped) folder.

Please post back if your problem has been solved.

Ron

[Major Payne]

Just a quick check for you. Open Device manager and select View menu and change it to "Devices by connect". Look through, expanding each and everyone of the items if needed, for any yellow exclamation marks are red icons beside a device. especially those dealing with sound.

If you think you may have been infected and malware is causing this problem, then please go to the Malware section of this forum and follow the instructions at the top. Especially the Click Here link. That will give you several steps that will help you clean up most of all problems by yourself. If at the end of the cleanup process you are still having difficulty, and you may not be, then post a hijackthis log in THAT forum.

Please be patient as the "Malware Forum" is a very busy place and a two or three day wait is not unusual.

If you are still having problems after getting a clean bill of health from the Malware Section, please return to this thread. Please do not post a HiJackThis log in this thread unless asked to do so and then only as an attachment. To attach log, when requested, either change the .log extension to .txt, or put the log into a compressed (zipped) folder.

Please post back if your problem has been solved.

Ron

[Virus makes me mad]

There are not any devices in my device manager, should I move on to Malware section?

[Major Payne]

Have you gone through the Sound Troubleshooter yet? Go to Start then select Help and Support. On the menu list is "Fixing a problem". Click on this, then "Games, sound, and video problems". Select Sound Troubleshooter at right and follow through steps. Post back if it helped or not.

Ron

[Virus makes me mad]

Sorry, thanks for your time, but I dont have time and I need to bring it in.

[Major Payne]

Can't help you if you don't have the time. Thanks for using GTG.

Ron