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Can't get any updates on antivirus/antispyware software

abraxas · 2008-11-30T23:11:05+00:00

I've been trying to resolve the problem with antivirus web pages being blocked. URL box says i.e. http://www.avg.com, but the page is empty and the status bar says the page loading process is done. It acts the same way from Firefox and from the IE/Avantbrowser. I can't start Spybot S&D, and I can't get any updates on AVG, Spybot or Ad-Aware... Even HijackThis didn't want to install itself, I had to copy the HijackThis.exe from another machine and run it from the USB drive. Here is the Hijackthis log I've created: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 5:37:38 PM, on 11/30/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware\aawservice.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\WIN

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NonSuch

December 14, 2008, 8:59 AM UTC

As this issue is resolved,