BWP Posted June 13, 2011 ID:440347 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Hi,XP suddenly didn't see my ATI 4850 drivers on a cold start, XP reverted to 16 colour 4bit, I re-loaded the ATI drivers. MacAfee was also damaged (icon on the Task Bar but it failed to run) but re-installing has resolved this. MacAfee found Spyarcade (removed) and AMB found PUM Disabled Security but this may well be MacAfee turning them off in favour of itself. So after, it either booted -(1)Ok(2)Correct resolution but didn't see my ATI card and my Asus temp and fan monitor program loads but with two displays(3)It ran 16 colours 4bit again.MacAfee continued to load and run ok though now.In addition to MacAfee (Internet Security) I also use Malwarebytes (of course) and Spybot - neither run in resident memory.Despite not having had any modifications or updates (hard or soft) to my system in recent days, I accepted advice (from AMB) to try updating my ATI drivers - 75% into the update I got a failure message and so had to abort the update.BUT, since then all has apparently worked well, which I don't understand. I've done several warm and cold boots over the last few days and it seems stable.However, I'm here because asking for advice because I'm fearful that this may have been, or still is, a sneaky "under the radar" attack. On the general forum I've found someone else with exactly the same problem - help please - but be gentle with me folks, I've a reasonable working knowledge of PCs but I'm not a techy!! Many thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff screen317 Posted June 15, 2011 Staff ID:441450 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Hi and welcome to Malwarebytes.This does not appear to be malware. Use Device Manager to uninstall your graphics card. Reboot and it should be recognized again. Then go to AMD's site and get the latest driver for it. Reboot and see how things are now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWP Posted June 15, 2011 Author ID:441548 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Hi, OK I'll do as you suggest, at the moment it all seems stable again. I appreciate your advice. Many thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff screen317 Posted June 18, 2011 Staff ID:442860 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Glad we could help. If you need this topic reopened, please send a Private Message to any one of the moderating team members. Please include a link to this thread with your request. This applies only to the originator of this thread. Other members who need assistance please start your own topic in a new thread. Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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