strange problem in vista !

[majithia23]

hey techies ,,

hows it going !!!

well the vista has again bugged .

i am using genuine vista basic X86 and its is behaving strangely .

whenever i try to run any program ,

they just dont start up .

whichever it may be , utorrent , skype or aimp ,,,

i mean any ...

it wont open .

what happens when i click on a program is "the alarm ting " and a error mesage . ( see the attached capture )

this is the third time it has happened ,

and every time , one common factor is the laptop s uptime , and it is beyond 2 days .

this time it is 3 days 19 hrs as of nw ,

and last time it was around 2 days +

that is if it remains switched on for long enough , i encounter this problem ..

never encountered it before ,

as i remember an uptime of around 10 days also .

and yes ,

if i just restart ,

all is well !!!

strange ...

any ideas guys what could be wrong ?

ps. ram is not an issue , as i have plenty of it to throw around ...

thanks ..

[HX1]

I think you forgot the attachment...

[majithia23]

oh yes .

but i did attach it ,

it s because of this same glitch , it dint upload .

i just restarted the laptop ,

and its ok now .

had to stop all my work and nw again restart ....

:frusty:

[mara-]

Did you scan it for malware? And when you say "ps. ram is not an issue , as i have plenty of it to throw around ...", do you mean you have a lot of ram in you system or you have some spare RAM to test with. If the first is case, you should check if RAM you have works properly. You can test it with memtest86.

Cheers ;)

[DKT27]

Hmm. This makes me feel that a program that is startin up with the windows is comin in between the other startup softwares. How about postin a hijackthis log?

[Toshiro]

Hmm. This makes me feel that a program that is startin up with the windows is comin in between the other startup softwares. How about postin a hijackthis log?

+1, I want to look at you're log. Strange thing.

You're HDD isn't full right?

[majithia23]

Did you scan it for malware? And when you say "ps. ram is not an issue , as i have plenty of it to throw around ...", do you mean you have a lot of ram in you system or you have some spare RAM to test with. If the first is case, you should check if RAM you have works properly. You can test it with memtest86.

Cheers ;)

Hmm. This makes me feel that a program that is startin up with the windows is comin in between the other startup softwares. How about postin a hijackthis log?

Hmm. This makes me feel that a program that is startin up with the windows is comin in between the other startup softwares. How about postin a hijackthis log?

+1, I want to look at you're log. Strange thing.

You're HDD isn't full right?

well ,

as of now the mbam quick scan dint report anything ,

and so i put it on a full scan .

its still running , along side eset scan .

lets see , if they report anything .......

and the laptop has around 3 gigs of ram ,

so that was my point , that it shouldnt be a problem .

hmm,, but yes running a memory test is a good thing .

i ll try it in the morning .

the hard drive is 250 gigs with 40 gb free .

should it be problem ??

and i ll also post a hijack log .

lets see ...

thanks guys ..

[majithia23]

all right guys here s the hijack log ...

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2

Scan saved at 06:20:08, on 30-12-2009

Platform: Windows Vista SP2 (WinNT 6.00.1906)

MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18865)

Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:

C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe

C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe

C:\Users\maninder\Downloads\tune up 2010\TuneUpUtilitiesApp32.exe

C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE

C:\Program Files\PC Connectivity Solution\Transports\NclMSBTSrv.exe

C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.exe

C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP Wireless Assistant\HPWAMain.exe

C:\Program Files\IDT\WDM\sttray.exe

C:\Program Files\DigitalPersona\Bin\DpAgent.exe

C:\Program Files\COMODO\COMODO Internet Security\cfp.exe

C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET NOD32 Antivirus\egui.exe

C:\Users\maninder\Downloads\programs\IObit Security 360\is360tray.exe

C:\Users\maninder\Downloads\programs\ObjectDock2\ObjectDock.exe

C:\Users\maninder\Downloads\programs\HostsMan\hostssrv.exe

C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static\MOM.exe

C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP wireless Assistant\WiFiMsg.EXE

C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\Shared\HpqToaster.exe

C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPHelper.exe

C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static\CCC.exe

C:\Windows\System32\mobsync.exe

C:\Users\maninder\Downloads\programs\firefox\firefox.exe

C:\Users\maninder\Downloads\programs\Widgets\YahooWidgets.exe

C:\Users\maninder\Downloads\programs\Widgets\YahooWidgets.exe

C:\Users\maninder\Downloads\programs\Widgets\YahooWidgets.exe

C:\Users\maninder\Downloads\programs\Widgets\YahooWidgets.exe

C:\Users\maninder\Downloads\programs\Widgets\YahooWidgets.exe

C:\Users\maninder\Downloads\programs\uTorrent.exe

C:\Users\maninder\Downloads\programs\Widgets\YahooWidgets.exe

C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\javaw.exe

C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\javaw.exe

C:\Users\maninder\Downloads\programs\Phone\Skype.exe

C:\Users\maninder\Downloads\programs\Plugin Manager\skypePM.exe

C:\Users\maninder\Downloads\softwares\HiJackThis_v202.exe

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://ie.redirect.hp.com/svs/rdr?TYPE=3&tp=iehome&locale=en_in&c=91&bd=Pavilion&pf=cnnb

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar = http://www.crawler.com/search/dispatcher.aspx?tp=aus&qkw=%s&tbid=60076

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = about:blank

R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://ie.redirect.hp.com/svs/rdr?TYPE=3&tp=iehome&locale=en_in&c=91&bd=Pavilion&pf=cnnb

R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896

R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896

R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://ie.redirect.hp.com/svs/rdr?TYPE=3&tp=iehome&locale=en_in&c=91&bd=Pavilion&pf=cnnb

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page =

R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page =

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar,LinksFolderName =

R3 - URLSearchHook: Yahoo! Toolbar - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} - C:\Users\maninder\Downloads\programs\yahoo\Companion\Installs\cpn0\yt.dll

R3 - URLSearchHook: McAfee SiteAdvisor Toolbar - {0EBBBE48-BAD4-4B4C-8E5A-516ABECAE064} - c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee\SITEAD~1\mcieplg.dll

O2 - BHO: btorbit.com - {000123B4-9B42-4900-B3F7-F4B073EFC214} - C:\Users\maninder\Downloads\programs\Orbitdownloader\orbitcth.dll

O2 - BHO: Yahoo! Toolbar Helper - {02478D38-C3F9-4EFB-9B51-7695ECA05670} - C:\Users\maninder\Downloads\programs\yahoo\Companion\Installs\cpn0\yt.dll

O2 - BHO: AcroIEHelperStub - {18DF081C-E8AD-4283-A596-FA578C2EBDC3} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelperShim.dll

O2 - BHO: Skype add-on (mastermind) - {22BF413B-C6D2-4d91-82A9-A0F997BA588C} - C:\Users\maninder\Downloads\programs\Toolbars\Internet Explorer\SkypeIEPlugin.dll

O2 - BHO: QFX Software KeyScrambler - {2B9F5787-88A5-4945-90E7-C4B18563BC5E} - C:\Users\maninder\Downloads\programs\KeyScrambler\KeyScramblerIE.dll

O2 - BHO: DigitalPersona Personal Extension - {395610AE-C624-4f58-B89E-23733EA00F9A} - C:\Program Files\DigitalPersona\Bin\DpOtsPluginIe8.dll

O2 - BHO: Search Helper - {6EBF7485-159F-4bff-A14F-B9E3AAC4465B} - C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Search Enhancement Pack\Search Helper\SEPsearchhelperie.dll

O2 - BHO: FoxyTunes Toolbar Helper - {784D8FBC-4165-4D88-90FB-62907ACDD045} - C:\Program Files\FoxyTunes\ForInternetExplorer\components\IE\FoxyTunesForIE.dll

O2 - BHO: Windows Live Sign-in Helper - {9030D464-4C02-4ABF-8ECC-5164760863C6} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live\WindowsLiveLogin.dll

O2 - BHO: Google Toolbar Notifier BHO - {AF69DE43-7D58-4638-B6FA-CE66B5AD205D} - C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbarNotifier\5.3.4501.1418\swg.dll

O2 - BHO: McAfee SiteAdvisor BHO - {B164E929-A1B6-4A06-B104-2CD0E90A88FF} - c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee\SITEAD~1\mcieplg.dll

O2 - BHO: Java™ Plug-In 2 SSV Helper - {DBC80044-A445-435b-BC74-9C25C1C588A9} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jp2ssv.dll

O2 - BHO: Windows Live Toolbar Helper - {E15A8DC0-8516-42A1-81EA-DC94EC1ACF10} - C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Toolbar\wltcore.dll

O2 - BHO: DAPIELoader Class - {FF6C3CF0-4B15-11D1-ABED-709549C10000} - C:\Users\maninder\DOWNLO~1\programs\DAPIEL~1.DLL

O3 - Toolbar: &Windows Live Toolbar - {21FA44EF-376D-4D53-9B0F-8A89D3229068} - C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Toolbar\wltcore.dll

O3 - Toolbar: (no name) - {CCC7A320-B3CA-4199-B1A6-9F516DD69829} - (no file)

O3 - Toolbar: McAfee SiteAdvisor Toolbar - {0EBBBE48-BAD4-4B4C-8E5A-516ABECAE064} - c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee\SITEAD~1\mcieplg.dll

O3 - Toolbar: FoxyTunes Toolbar - {1D1901C3-F72A-46f3-9DBB-0AAA0DEEF6DF} - C:\Program Files\FoxyTunes\ForInternetExplorer\components\IE\FoxyTunesForIE.dll

O3 - Toolbar: Grab Pro - {C55BBCD6-41AD-48AD-9953-3609C48EACC7} - C:\Users\maninder\Downloads\programs\Orbitdownloader\GrabPro.dll

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [synTPEnh] C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [hpWirelessAssistant] C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP Wireless Assistant\HPWAMain.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [sysTrayApp] %ProgramFiles%\IDT\WDM\sttray.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [startCCC] "C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static\CLIStart.exe" MSRun

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [DpAgent] C:\Program Files\DigitalPersona\Bin\dpagent.exe

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [COMODO Internet Security] "C:\Program Files\COMODO\COMODO Internet Security\cfp.exe" -h

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [egui] "C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET NOD32 Antivirus\egui.exe" /hide /waitservice

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iObit Security 360] "C:\Users\maninder\Downloads\programs\IObit Security 360\IS360tray.exe" /autostart

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware] "C:\Users\maninder\Downloads\programs\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbamgui.exe" /starttray

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ObjectDock] C:\Users\maninder\Downloads\programs\ObjectDock2\ObjectDock.exe

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [HostsServer] C:\Users\maninder\Downloads\programs\HostsMan\hostssrv.exe --start

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [swg] "C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbarNotifier\GoogleToolbarNotifier.exe"

O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\Run: [sidebar] %ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\Sidebar.exe /detectMem (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')

O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\Run: [WindowsWelcomeCenter] rundll32.exe oobefldr.dll,ShowWelcomeCenter (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')

O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\Run: [sidebar] %ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\Sidebar.exe /detectMem (User 'NETWORK SERVICE')

O8 - Extra context menu item: &Clean Traces - C:\Users\maninder\Downloads\programs\Privacy Package\dapcleanerie.htm

O8 - Extra context menu item: &Download by Orbit - res://C:\Users\maninder\Downloads\programs\Orbitdownloader\orbitmxt.dll/201

O8 - Extra context menu item: &Download with &DAP - C:\Users\maninder\Downloads\programs\dapextie.htm

O8 - Extra context menu item: &Grab video by Orbit - res://C:\Users\maninder\Downloads\programs\Orbitdownloader\orbitmxt.dll/204

O8 - Extra context menu item: Do&wnload selected by Orbit - res://C:\Users\maninder\Downloads\programs\Orbitdownloader\orbitmxt.dll/203

O8 - Extra context menu item: Down&load all by Orbit - res://C:\Users\maninder\Downloads\programs\Orbitdownloader\orbitmxt.dll/202

O8 - Extra context menu item: Download &all with DAP - C:\Users\maninder\Downloads\programs\dapextie2.htm

O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\Office12\EXCEL.EXE/3000

O8 - Extra context menu item: Send image to &Bluetooth Device... - C:\Program Files\WIDCOMM\Bluetooth Software\btsendto_ie_ctx.htm

O8 - Extra context menu item: Send page to &Bluetooth Device... - C:\Program Files\WIDCOMM\Bluetooth Software\btsendto_ie.htm

O9 - Extra button: Blog This - {219C3416-8CB2-491a-A3C7-D9FCDDC9D600} - C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Writer\WriterBrowserExtension.dll

O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: &Blog This in Windows Live Writer - {219C3416-8CB2-491a-A3C7-D9FCDDC9D600} - C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Writer\WriterBrowserExtension.dll

O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {5C106A59-CC3C-4caa-81A4-6D909B5ACE23} - C:\Users\maninder\Downloads\programs\KeyScrambler\KeyScramblerIE.dll

O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: &KeyScrambler Options - {5C106A59-CC3C-4caa-81A4-6D909B5ACE23} - C:\Users\maninder\Downloads\programs\KeyScrambler\KeyScramblerIE.dll

O9 - Extra button: Skype - {77BF5300-1474-4EC7-9980-D32B190E9B07} - C:\Users\maninder\Downloads\programs\Toolbars\Internet Explorer\SkypeIEPlugin.dll

O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\Office12\REFIEBAR.DLL

O9 - Extra button: @btrez.dll,-4015 - {CCA281CA-C863-46ef-9331-5C8D4460577F} - C:\Program Files\WIDCOMM\Bluetooth Software\btsendto_ie.htm

O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: @btrez.dll,-12650 - {CCA281CA-C863-46ef-9331-5C8D4460577F} - C:\Program Files\WIDCOMM\Bluetooth Software\btsendto_ie.htm

O13 - Gopher Prefix:

O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\..\{7ACC5499-FC3E-4815-9981-C9F590D04559}: NameServer = 192.168.1.1

O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\..\{83308303-0BB4-480E-8272-5D8507CA4313}: NameServer = 218.248.240.79 218.248.240.179

O17 - HKLM\System\CS1\Services\Tcpip\..\{108CEDF2-CD7A-4C6E-AA11-C65EC39D7C69}: NameServer = 192.168.1.1

O18 - Protocol: dssrequest - {5513F07E-936B-4E52-9B00-067394E91CC5} - c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee\SITEAD~1\mcieplg.dll

O18 - Protocol: sacore - {5513F07E-936B-4E52-9B00-067394E91CC5} - c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee\SITEAD~1\mcieplg.dll

O18 - Protocol: skype4com - {FFC8B962-9B40-4DFF-9458-1830C7DD7F5D} - C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\Skype\SKYPE4~1.DLL

O20 - AppInit_DLLs: C:\Windows\system32\guard32.dll

O23 - Service: Andrea ST Filters Service (AESTFilters) - Andrea Electronics Corporation - C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\stwrt.inf_805f33de\aestsrv.exe

O23 - Service: Agere Modem Call Progress Audio (AgereModemAudio) - Agere Systems - C:\Windows\system32\agrsmsvc.exe

O23 - Service: AMD External Events Utility - AMD - C:\Windows\system32\atiesrxx.exe

O23 - Service: COMODO Internet Security Helper Service (cmdAgent) - COMODO - C:\Program Files\COMODO\COMODO Internet Security\cmdagent.exe

O23 - Service: Com4QLBEx - Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP Quick Launch Buttons\Com4QLBEx.exe

O23 - Service: @C:\Program Files\DigitalPersona\Bin\DpHostW.exe,-128 (DpHost) - DigitalPersona, Inc. - C:\Program Files\DigitalPersona\Bin\DpHostW.exe

O23 - Service: ESET HTTP Server (EhttpSrv) - ESET - C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET NOD32 Antivirus\EHttpSrv.exe

O23 - Service: ESET Service (ekrn) - ESET - C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET NOD32 Antivirus\ekrn.exe

O23 - Service: GameConsoleService - WildTangent, Inc. - C:\Program Files\HP Games\My HP Game Console\GameConsoleService.exe

O23 - Service: Google Update Service (gupdate1c9ad1578df91b2) (gupdate1c9ad1578df91b2) - Google Inc. - C:\Program Files\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe

O23 - Service: Google Software Updater (gusvc) - Google - C:\Program Files\Google\Common\Google Updater\GoogleUpdaterService.exe

O23 - Service: HP Health Check Service - Hewlett-Packard - c:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP Health Check\hphc_service.exe

O23 - Service: hpqwmiex - Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\Shared\hpqwmiex.exe

O23 - Service: HP Service (hpsrv) - Hewlett-Packard Corporation - C:\Windows\system32\Hpservice.exe

O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\1050\Intel 32\IDriverT.exe

O23 - Service: IS360service - IObit - C:\Users\maninder\Downloads\programs\IObit Security 360\IS360srv.exe

O23 - Service: LightScribeService Direct Disc Labeling Service (LightScribeService) - Hewlett-Packard Company - C:\Program Files\Common Files\LightScribe\LSSrvc.exe

O23 - Service: MBAMService - Malwarebytes Corporation - C:\Users\maninder\Downloads\programs\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\mbamservice.exe

O23 - Service: McAfee SiteAdvisor Service - McAfee, Inc. - C:\Program Files\McAfee\SiteAdvisor\McSACore.exe

O23 - Service: Recovery Service for Windows - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\SMINST\BLService.exe

O23 - Service: ServiceLayer - Nokia. - C:\Program Files\PC Connectivity Solution\ServiceLayer.exe

O23 - Service: Audio Service (STacSV) - IDT, Inc. - C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\stwrt.inf_805f33de\STacSV.exe

O23 - Service: @C:\Users\maninder\Downloads\tune up 2010\TuneUpDefragService.exe,-1 (TuneUp.Defrag) - TuneUp Software - C:\Users\maninder\Downloads\tune up 2010\TuneUpDefragService.exe

O23 - Service: TuneUp Utilities Service (TuneUp.UtilitiesSvc) - TuneUp Software - C:\Users\maninder\Downloads\tune up 2010\TuneUpUtilitiesService32.exe

O23 - Service: TV Background Capture Service (TVBCS) (TVCapSvc) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\Media\TV\Kernel\TV\TVCapSvc.exe

O23 - Service: TV Task Scheduler (TVTS) (TVSched) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\Media\TV\Kernel\TV\TVSched.exe

O23 - Service: Validity Fingerprint Service (vfsFPService) - Validity Sensors, Inc. - C:\Windows\system32\vfsFPService.exe

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End of file - 14425 bytes

[DKT27]

First, don't start scannin your MBAM and ESET together.

Second. IOBit should not run in startup together with MBAM.

You can try disablin tuneup utilities at startup if it runs at startup.

[Bizarre™]

For CCleaner, try this: Link

For Skype, try this: Link

For µTorrent:

Did you configure it to run as a service?

Can you post your Event Viewer Logs?

My Computer > Manage > Event Viewer