No need to aplogise Donna, It was partly my fault for not finding a way to further inform you at the time, I know you tend to only leave threads open for so long if lacks activity within a set time frame.
But thanks for your comment on it..
I do apologize for locking the thread you started in regards to the MBAM message stating that you need Service Pack 3 or later and by the time I saw this thread, azarl and Sleepydude had already jumped in to help. Knowing that you were in good hands, I left all as was and just followed the topic.
Yes it is unfortunate that Avast does not allow you to either copy and paste or scan the list... or offer say a list via note pad txt file or something.
I maybe be able to post some of the files that I can see listed to give you some idea, but it may seem hard to copy the full details as there seems a lot of words letters etc on each one listed...
That would have been nice. If I could see what was targeted I could share with you my knowledge as to what they refer to.
I think it depends on how much its been used in the past..some people have laptops and dont use them that much and then replace them and sell their olds ones or get rid of them..
but I agree if it was used a lot, then the hardrive may well have had its day within a few years... but for me at the moment it seems mainly a couple of sites that I tend to use a lot where its just seeming slow or taking the laptop a lot of time and effort to open up the page... maybe its because the url files are just too big for older or less advanced chips to deal with their file size..
I beg to differ, dowsp. The laptop is 10+ years old. The life expectancy for a laptop is five or six years if well taken care of. Hardware begins to age after 2-3 years and needs to be maintained/replaced as needed, whereas a desktop PC can have an extended life of up to 10 years or more if well maintained.
I have firefox, google chrome and IE 6... but thanks for educating me that FF is not compatable with yahoo mail... I did not know that...
After uploadng to SP3... I just wanted to see how IE6 may still perform...I may soon reconsider updating to IE8..if once I may decide that I needed to consider using IE as opposed to either FF or GC..
Are you still using Firefox as your default browser? Not many sites support IE6 and sites like Yahoo does not support any browser unless it is the latest version. For the record, the newest version of FF (Firefox Quantum) is not compatible with Yahoo Basic mail. See here.
Its very hard for me to consider how AV designer / companies or their products may work in comparision to other similar ones... With so many viruses being around, I initially thought that they may copy each other in the files that they put on their system for what maybe seen as the most serious or known viruses...but for them all to each contain every AV file on offer.. that is probably highly unlikley..
but sometimes there are certain viruses that occur then may seem to fade.... but I dont know if over time the main AV companies try to update on old type AV files that they may not have included or missed adding to their
data base from the past...so may at times even a lesser known virus from years ago could still be an issue if that particular company had not added the AV file solution on their system..
I have used ESET on my other laptop on a 30 day trial..it was a few ears ago and maybe one of the last AVs that I ever used on my old laptop... and I can not recall exactly how it performed for certain..BUT I sem to recall that it did find something other AVs had failed to find..
If I recall after the 30 day trial... it still held on my harddrive and still shows up when I switch it on to maybe suggest that I update to the paid version... and what ever it is that does that ...I was unable to delete it...
and it can be a bit of a pain when I am trying to use my old laptop...
Unfortunately There was a few other things that occurred on my old laptop... that now it hard to use.. and I cant recall if I have referred to it direct to you so far...but I think I posted a thread on a problem that I was having with it.... in which I was unable to use it on FF or GC browsers as the date is shown still at 2005... and when I was with my previous ISP provider.. I was able to still use it ok..even the difference in date being shown.
BUT when I recently changed my ISP provider... IT will no long work with FF or GC browsers.. as I get a message that tells me I need to alter the date on my laptop..
and I didnt really want to have to do that.. as I have a LOT of cookies and history urls that I did not want to loose..
I think I did ask was there anyway that I could somehow save those cookies etc and then change my date and maybe later add back the old cookies into my system..
I think there may had been a possible solution to consider to do that...but I think it was not easy to do or you realy ned to know what your doing and it maybe too advanced for me to do myself.
BUT YES... It maybe worth retrying ESET again on my present laptop ...if you think that maybe one of the ultimate AV programs...
I saw your logs that you posted. There is no indication of infection at all. The reason you got differing results from different scanners is that each scanner has a different database. Think of it this way.... if you bought a can of corn at one store and scanned it at the check out it will be found in their database, but you take that same can of corn to another store and scan it at their checkout it will not be found in their database.
If you would like, I could post instructions for you go to the ESET online virus scan site so you can scan your computer to see what might be found. ESET uses numerous AV's/databases to scan the system so if one AV does have a specific malicious file in it's database one of the others might.
Also, some files that are targeted by scanners could just be cookies and not malicious at all. If you don't know the difference they could be construed as malicious.
Not sure if you have seen this before..
I have not as yet studied or absorbed this link that I found the other day ...on very quick partial read...Im not sure if this is suggesting that there may still be some updates available for some XP type of files..that Micosoft had continued to update but under a similar Operating system to Xp more for corporate use rather than home use.. but that there seems a way that you can obtain these updates and use them on ones home edition if you know how to go about it and as long as your create a backup file first as a restore point before you try it..incase something goes wrong or they ater stop the updates..
http://www.expertrev...a-registry-hack
How to get new Windows XP updates for free until 2019 with a Registry hack
Support might be over for the home user, but with a simple Registry hack XP users can get the downloads destined for the embedded version
While most of us have long since consigned Windows XP to the Recycle Bin of history, there are still plenty of PCs out there running Microsoft's long-since-defunct operating system. But if the recent swathe of ransomware attacks which have brought the NHS and companies across the globe to a standstill tell us anything, it's that Windows XP has become something of a liability.
As many companies have found to their cost, installing security updates can be the difference between a working PC and a desk-sized paperweight. Thankfully, although Microsoft has long since abandoned support for the operating system, Microsoft is still continuing to develop updates, even if they aren't strictly intended for Windows XP users. Rather, Microsoft is continuing to support Windows Embedded Industry for another five years until April 2019. Previously called Windows Embedded POSReady, this OS is a special version of Windows XP designed for use in industrial systems, such as cash registers and ATMs.
The beauty of the two systems being so interlinked is that updates designed for one system should work on the other. As discovered on BetaNews, tricking your home edition of XP into thinking its Windows Embedded POSReady means you get updates for the next five years.
We'll show you how to do that in this article, but first a couple of words of warning. First, there's no guarantee that this trick will keep working and the loophole could be shut down. Seconly, Microsoft has stated that using this trick may not work as expected, and updates could in fact break the home edition of XP. Of course, the company has a vested interest in that, but that doesn't mean you should ignore what it's saying. For safety, then, we recommend that you back-up your computer, so you can restore data in the event of a problem.
How to get new Windows XP updates for free
Before you start following any of the instructions here, or perform an update using this trick, back-up the Registry. Go to Start, All programs, System tools and run System Restore. Click Create a restore point, click Next, enter a description and click Create. Important system files and the Registry will be backed up.
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System Restore
System Restore will back up important system files and the Windows Registry
You can restore them by restoring the Restore Point you created either in the normal Windows version of System Restore or by starting your computer in Safe Mode if it won't boot into normal Windows. To start in Safe Mode restart your computer and hit F8 during the initial Power On Self Test (POST) screens. Select Safe Mode from the menu and your computer will boot into a cut-down version of the OS. Select your username from the boot screen and you'll boot into Windows, where you can run System Restore from the Start Menu as normal. With that done you're ready to install the Registry hack and get installing the new updates.
Windows XP Safe Mode
If you can't boot into regular Windows, you can run System Restore using Safe Mode
Step 1: Create registry file
To enable the hack you need to create a Registry file. These are special files that, when you double-click them, create Registry entries. To create the file, you'll need to be able to view file extensions, so open Windows Explorer (the file browser) click Tools, Folder Options. Click the View tab and remove the tick from the 'Hide extensions for known file types' box.
Next, right-click the Desktop and select New, Text Document. Enter the name of the file as xp.reg. If you've got the right file extension, the icon image will change from one of a document to one with a blue cube.
Windows XP Icons
Make sure you've got the right icon type (right) for .reg files
Step 2: Enter information into the file
Next, right-click xp.reg and select Edit. This will open the blank file up in Notepad. Enter or copy and paste the following information:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMWPAPosReady]
"Installed"=dword:00000001
Save the file and shut down Notepad.
Creating a .reg file
A .reg file is just a text file that contains instructions on how to modify the Registry
Step 3: Integrate file into the Registry
Double-click xp.reg and click Yes when you're asked if you want to include this information in the Registry. Click OK when you get the confirmation message and you're done. Now run Windows Update from the Start Menu and you'll see that you've got extra, new updates to download and install.
New Windows XP updates
Once you've integrated the hack into the Registry, you'll get access to new updates
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Edited by dowsp, 03 January 2018 - 10:53 AM.
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