Taskbar freezing after connecting to internet

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Post September 4th, 2004, 10:20 am

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That might be tough. You can try the keyboard shortcut WindowsKey + R


Actually *duh -- if your task bar only freezes when you connect to the internet, don't connect to the internet and try it. Otherwise try it in safe mode.
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Post September 4th, 2004, 10:20 am

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Post September 4th, 2004, 10:37 am

Just out of curiosity, turn off your XP firewall and see if that makes a difference.
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Post September 4th, 2004, 10:44 am

Download this real quick also,it has found stuff countless times
that Ad-Aware SE,SpyBot,Hijackthis,and virus scanners have not.

I love it . lol

Bazooka Spyware Scanner
http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/


it has weekly updates,,and the size is small


PS. to ATNO/TW, I'am not trying to step on your feet
or anything like that ..I just want to help...lol
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Post September 4th, 2004, 10:50 am

lol It's been turned off and I was having the problem. I tried turning it on to see if it would help, but it's still the same. And Moc, I already have it. ;)
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Post September 4th, 2004, 11:01 am

Well, the reason that I asked is that your Application Layer Gateway service was running in the logs you posted.
C:\WINDOWS\System32\alg.exe

http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/process/alg.exe.html

It can be spyware, but where it's located in the system32 folder is where it should be. So it's probably not spyware.

But that's why I asked about the firewall. If you are not using XP firewall or using internet connection sharing, then go to your services snapin and stop that service and see what it does (control panel | administration | services) If that takes care of it, then go back and make sure that service is set to manual or diasabled and not automatic.
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Post September 4th, 2004, 11:11 am

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PS. to ATNO/TW, I'am not trying to step on your feet
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Hey, that's what we expect and hope for around here. Different ideas and levels of experience make for good solutions. Besides, I am quite certain that I don't know all the answers and there have been countless times when I offered advice that's way off. Don't ever feel you need to apologize for offering help.
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Post September 4th, 2004, 12:01 pm

Would that be the SSDP Discovery Service? No right? I remember reading somewhere to disable that, but errr... yeah didn't work.

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If you are not using XP firewall or using internet connection sharing, then go to your services snapin and stop that service and see what it does


What service? :-x So sorry I'm being a pain..
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Post September 4th, 2004, 12:09 pm

You're not being a pain. You just have a problem that should be fixable.

The service you should stop (If you are not using internet connection sharing -- you don't even need this unless your computer is a "server" for other computers on your home network) is Internet Connection Sharing. Stop the service and change it to manual in properties.
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Post September 4th, 2004, 12:13 pm

I guess I really don't need to do that. *sigh* This prob is seriously a pain in the neck.
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Post September 4th, 2004, 12:16 pm

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I guess I really don't need to do that. *sigh* This prob is seriously a pain in the neck.


*lol it's not the worst problem I've ever seen. My first assignment at my job was when they pulled a computer out of a closet because nobody could get it to do anything... Took me about 8 hours to restore it to a working state and another 4 or 5 hours to tweak it.
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Post September 4th, 2004, 12:22 pm

This three line in the log looks suspicious (or however you spell that! lol) to me:

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [loader.dll] C:\WINDOWS\loader.dll
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [updater.dll] C:\WINDOWS\updater1.exe
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {029CA12C-89C1-46a7-A3C7-82F2F98635CB} - (no file)

What do you think ATNO?
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Post September 4th, 2004, 12:25 pm

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This three line in the log looks suspicious (or however you spell that! lol) to me:

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [loader.dll] C:\WINDOWS\loader.dll
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [updater.dll] C:\WINDOWS\updater1.exe
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {029CA12C-89C1-46a7-A3C7-82F2F98635CB} - (no file)

What do you think ATNO?


I'm still working on the first two . I can't tell what those are associated with.

The last BHO is a good one though.

You can check that one here:
http://www.spywaredata.com/spyware/bho. ... t_page=600

For the novices BHO = browser helper object and some are necessary and not spyware.

The first two do concern me a bit and I can't find much info on them.
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Post September 4th, 2004, 12:32 pm

I found this about Updater.exe. It would be my guess that updater1.exe is related.
http://ask-leo.com/updaterexe_.html

This is the only thing I could find about loader.dll. It's another hijack this log. The person helping out wasn't sure about it either.
http://www.mytechsupport.ca/support/top ... IC_ID=3716
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Post September 4th, 2004, 12:32 pm

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The last BHO is a good one though.

You can check that one here:
http://www.spywaredata.com/spyware/bho. ... t_page=600

Kontiki Inc, download express... a lot of info out there regading spyware. I have to read some of them. I'll be back :wink:
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Post September 4th, 2004, 12:49 pm

hmm, don't know for sure, but this is what I found:

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