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Answer» My fathers computer was recently scanned by a "pro" and claimed to be completely virus-free. Now, to the problem with the very same box: I put a SD-memory card into the computers integrated memory card reader and nothing happens. Besides the green light on the reader. I try to right-click the drive for auto-run and it says: "recycled/ctfmon.exe is missing. Make sure you have the proper path." Then I google for the "recycled/ctfmon.exe" to find out whats going on, for I didn't know what was ctfmon.exe and why is it related to a folder called "recycled". So this is what I found out: Ctfmon.exe itself is "alright" but when the file is located in 'recycled', its a symptom for a trojan virus. So, why is the autorun looking for this apparently corrupted file which now seems now non-existant? Did the "computer pro" delete our only ctfmon.exe while dealing with viruses, thus making autorun malfunction? What EXACTLY is this 'Computer Pro'? This 'Computer Pro' is an computer engineer. Quote from: kpac on October 12, 2008, 10:02:09 AM Is there anything on the memory card? Yes. Pictures. Quote from: kpac on October 12, 2008, 10:02:42 AM Have a look here... I'm now looking into this. Seems promising. Thanks. I'll inform back to the thread in a minute for results. Ah, Lol, my bad. I guess my question was, What did he do? (what programs did he install, ect...) Quote from: Carbon Dudeoxide on October 12, 2008, 10:09:30 AM Ah, Lol, my bad. I don't know exactly, but I guess he just ran a antivir scan and something else. I know he has been doing this kind of stuff and I'm surprised that his doings scarred the system. Anyways, I ran the RegistySomething 2009, which I found from the earlier link on this thread, on my computer as I was kind of recommended to. It found around 150 registy problems, but the trial version was willing to solve only 15 of these errors. After that the program suggested a reboot and I accepted. The whole thing was a bad mistake at first. System froze at start-up every time after that and I had to use HP System Restore, which cured the whole issue in the end. End of story, so far. Thanks. RegistryCleaner 2009? Did you pay for it?Is RegistrySomething the real name of the program ? ? If so i doubt anyone here recommended it. Registry scanners can cause more harm than good...By all costs, avoid ANY registry cleaners. If you have any doubts about any particular program, ask around, FIRST. Download HijackThis: http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/tools/security_tools/hijackthis/download Click on Download HijackThis Installer Post HijackTHis log.User kpac gave me a link in this thread which leaded me to the RegistryCleaner 2009. As I said, I used the trial version of that. And no, I'm not gonna use anything like that ever again... Anyway, the problem is now solved with the USB autorun and if something new appears, I will use HijackThis and see if it HELPS. Quote from: DarkLotus on October 12, 2008, 01:18:13 PM User kpac gave me a link in this thread which leaded me to the RegistryCleaner 2009. As I said, I used the trial version of that. And no, I'm not gonna use anything like that ever again... Was it an ad on ProcessLibrary? Quote from: kpac on October 12, 2008, 01:19:25 PM Quote from: DarkLotus on October 12, 2008, 01:18:13 PMUser kpac gave me a link in this thread which leaded me to the RegistryCleaner 2009. As I said, I used the trial version of that. And no, I'm not gonna use anything like that ever again... I was in a "HURRY" and probably missed the whole purpose of ProcessLibrary. It most likely was an ad. Sorry, my bad, not yours. Quote from: DarkLotus on October 12, 2008, 01:29:54 PM I was in a "hurry" and probably missed the whole purpose of ProcessLibrary. It most likely was an ad. Sorry, my bad, not yours. No worries. |
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