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Title: omg need help
Post by: Synapse on July 28, 2004, 10:00:50 AM

omg guys, my brother is going to kill me, i need your help fast,

when i click on start>search it wont give me the boxes to search or ne of the boxes, it just says search companion

(Picture of it)


and the notepad.exe is gone

plzzzzzzzz help me.

Title: Re:omg need help
Post by: Eddy on July 28, 2004, 10:07:12 AM

Al the symptoms of a virus infection. Click on the link in my signature and follow the steps there. Start cleaning the system  :D

Title: Re:omg need help
Post by: Synapse on July 28, 2004, 10:18:50 AM

fricking windows update wont work for me, and what the heck are host files

Title: Re:omg need help
Post by: Synapse on July 28, 2004, 08:54:45 PM

sigh. . . .  i cant fix my bros comp if windows update page doesnt work

Title: Re:omg need help
Post by: Eddy on July 28, 2004, 09:12:05 PM

http://accs-net.com/hosts/what_is_hosts.html (http://accs-net.com/hosts/what_is_hosts.html) A little explanation about the hosts file. Here they show you how you can use it to block unwanted sites. Some viruses, hijackers and other malware do the same, but then they block trusted sites.