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Internet seems to be hijacked on my computer

juliend · 2011-08-21T03:30:59+00:00

Hi and thank you for taking time reading through my post, and maybe help me to check my computer. Description of the problem I had a virus quite some time ago, and asked for help here viewtopic.php?f=12&t=50343&start=0 Since then I have the feeling there is a virus appeared again during a long time and had various issues with my computer, like getting locked out of folders. I also had the feeling that many duplicate processes were opened every time I connected to the Internet using Internet Explorer. And sometimes my internet access went down I could not understand why. At times, I have tried removing my Antivirus, and use Windows Defender. Then I stopped using Windows Defender by using a new Antivirus (Avira- Antivir Personal). After fresh reinstall, Avira could finally find one “virus” and blocked it. But otherwise, despite updating and running many scans, the antivirus never found anything strange. Right now, I have a new problem that I noticed: I have the feeling that my internet a

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askey127 Admin/Teacher

August 31, 2011, 2:46 PM UTC

Evidently the files do not have permissions for read/write.
Sometimes that is a sign of something amiss, but it does not mean there is something wrong with those files themselves.
We can hunt those down and remove them if you wish, but I don't think they are dangerous. They appear to be language files for some kind of writer. OpenOffice?

juliend

September 1, 2011, 10:33 PM UTC

I don't have OpenOffice, but I trust you that it should not be dangerous.
I don't want to take too much fo your time, you already helped me very much and the computer is running perfectly OK now

Thank you again askey127!

askey127 Admin/Teacher

September 1, 2011, 11:28 PM UTC

You are most welcome.

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