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Some background on symptom #1:
As a safety mechanism, Spybot S&D prevents applications from automatically changing registry entries to prevent malicious software from embedding/installing itself unnoticed onto the system. A pop-up appears asking you whether or not you want to allow the change, if you do allow it, a small box appears saying:
But what the f*** is a LAASH whitelist anyway? I Googled it and.....wait for it.....got absolutely nothing! oO
It happens completely randomly while I'm browsing the net. And whenever it does happen, when I shut down the computer after the session, I get the "Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close" error while doing so.
Another twist which has me even more worried is that sometimes when I try to shut down, it says "Other people are logged onto this PC, are you sure you want to shut-down?" But I only have 1 admin user account and nothing else, I also turned the guest account off, so what gives? And just today morning, when I started up Windows, it prompted me for a password before to log-on to the admin profile, but I hadn't put in place any password, so where did it come from? Even more funny was the fact that when I restarted the system, it no longer prompted for a password and logged on automatically like it always does. I'm connected to LAN, so this has me worried that someone is trying to break into the system or something. Either that, or my obese XP with over 100 apps is really starting to give way and I need to reinstall.
Any advice?
Thanks in advance
PS: I've deleted the registry key for Remote Assistance and also disabled all unneeded services from the CP to foil hacking attempts, plus I have Comodo Firewall on too, so how is someone managing to get through?
As a safety mechanism, Spybot S&D prevents applications from automatically changing registry entries to prevent malicious software from embedding/installing itself unnoticed onto the system. A pop-up appears asking you whether or not you want to allow the change, if you do allow it, a small box appears saying:
But a few times, I've noticed that out of the blue, I get this same small box saying:
(the words "LAASH Whitelist" appear in red)
But what the f*** is a LAASH whitelist anyway? I Googled it and.....wait for it.....got absolutely nothing! oO
It happens completely randomly while I'm browsing the net. And whenever it does happen, when I shut down the computer after the session, I get the "Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close" error while doing so.
Another twist which has me even more worried is that sometimes when I try to shut down, it says "Other people are logged onto this PC, are you sure you want to shut-down?" But I only have 1 admin user account and nothing else, I also turned the guest account off, so what gives? And just today morning, when I started up Windows, it prompted me for a password before to log-on to the admin profile, but I hadn't put in place any password, so where did it come from? Even more funny was the fact that when I restarted the system, it no longer prompted for a password and logged on automatically like it always does. I'm connected to LAN, so this has me worried that someone is trying to break into the system or something. Either that, or my obese XP with over 100 apps is really starting to give way and I need to reinstall.
Any advice?
Thanks in advance
PS: I've deleted the registry key for Remote Assistance and also disabled all unneeded services from the CP to foil hacking attempts, plus I have Comodo Firewall on too, so how is someone managing to get through?
