XP Firewall

[CiTiBoY]

Posted 25 December 2011 - 03:09 PM

Hi, this is the second time I have posted a request for help with this problem, as you can see the date of the first post above. I guess maybe more techs are needed with so many problems arising? My firwall only works if turned on manually after reboot. Windows update and the running of msconfig were also blocked but I have since resolved those after scouring the net for info. The security center issue (Firewall) seems to be a tough one as no one has come up with a fix for to this point or I have not been able to locate the answer. I am considering running combofix although I am not experienced at reading the results or applying a fix. Another issue is this thing stopped some of my file associations from working and some of those cannot be repaired. For example start/run wmplayer gives an error 'wmplayer cannot be found' although it is still in the program files/windows mediaplayer folder. The strange part about this one is if a .mp3 or .avi file is left clicked and click on the wmplayer listed there it plays. If the wmplayer.exe file in the folder is double clicked wmplayer opens but is not operational. So, it appears this thing has infested the exe file til it only works if opened a certain way. Anyway, if someone has the answer I would really appreciate knowing what it is.

Happy holidays to all,

CiTiBoY

[CiTiBoY]

Guess there's no help here after all!

[Maurice Naggar]

Hello CiTiBoy,

Please STOP creating new topics in Malware removal. I see you have this one here plus

http://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?showtopic=103000&hl=&fromsearch=1 DEC 25

http://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?showtopic=102832&hl=&fromsearch=1 DEC 23

I am locking the two older ones !

Would you advise if you have resolved your issues or if you have sought help elsewhere?

If not resolved and you are not already seeking help elsewhere, I'd like for you to rerun a new (fresh) DDS and Copy & Paste the DDS.txt into a new reply.

IF there's no reply from you in 2-3 days, I will close this topic as well.

Anyone other than original-poster who has similar issues, do not reply here. Start your own topic.

[CiTiBoY]

I do not plan to do another post on this topic as the firewall issue eventually led to XP crashing. I did not find the answer here nor did I try to find it elseware as I felt at the time MBAM updated to a new version causing the probllem. Now I have formatted the drive and attempted to reinstall but when the new install completes it ask for a password? I cannot believe a newly install version is asking for a password! And any of my known pw I use will not work.. anyone heard of this before? Anyway, you can close the book on the firewall problem in my case as it has crashed XP.

Thanks anyway,

CiTiBoY

[Maurice Naggar]

If prompted for password, tap Enter key.

Recommendations for clean XP install:

make sure you have at hand the Windows XP CD and also, a fresh new copy of your antivirus that is downloaded from a clean pc and saved on transportable-media (CD-DVD or clean thumb drive).

When you are at point of re-installing o.s., I'd recommend you have the pc disconnected from internet until after the o.s. is installed, plus the antivirus is fully setup and Updated & running. Follow next by visit to Windows Update to get all security updates.

See Windows XP Clean Installation - Partitioning and Formatting using Windows XP CD by Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP & AumHa VSOP

Also Clean Install Windows by Michael Stevens, MS-MVP