Andy@Tokyo Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 Home PC> Firefox cannot launch and yesterday i tried to recover the system but still cant work.. wat could be the problem? is it corrupted? do i need to reinstall? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunDevil Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 Andy, what kind of error message did you get when trying to launch Firefox? And what did you mean by "trying to recover the system"? How were you trying to recover the system? For us to assist you, we need more info than what's given. Quote Better the Devil you know than the Angel you don't... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy@Tokyo Posted June 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 hi sundevil,thanks for the reply and sry for the trouble ... no error messages actually. the window wouldnt pop up no matter how many times i click the icon and/or shortcut. not sure the exact term to use. but, one could recover the system back to a certain date, rite? e.g. if one pc got something wrong he could 'reset' the system to a date which the computer has back up? humm is this enough..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunDevil Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 Andy, you did a System Restore. Actually, I'm with Ikutube on this one...System Restore in Windows XP is total crap. Anyway, why don't you uninstall Firefox, restart your PC and reinstall it again? Go to Start -> Control Panel -> Add or Remove Programs and search for Mozilla Firefox and click on Remove. Once the removal process is done, restart your PC and reinstall Firefox again.Give it a shot and let us know if you still have problems with it. Quote Better the Devil you know than the Angel you don't... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy@Tokyo Posted June 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 Many Thanks sundevil, would try when i reach home tonite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkuTube Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 Home PC> Firefox cannot launch  and yesterday i tried to recover the system but still cant work.. wat could be the problem? is it corrupted? do i need to reinstall?  Before you uninstall:- Did you recently install any new add-on/plug-in to your firefox browser?If you have, try uninstall the recent add-on. Quote Click Here To Visit My Blog @ "The Blessed Life" *Let me live my life to be an instrument of 'Love', in how I speak and in how I see others* - May there be Love and Peace beyond all understanding - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy@Tokyo Posted June 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 Dear Iku.. thanks! appreciated. i did wat was told and it recovered... but now the service.dll file is missing.. is it an important file?piaseh :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkuTube Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 service.dll fileHehe, better don't paiseh -- Service.Dll is a module which is registered as a trojan!! You recently downloaded p--ns, isit? Run your anti-virus/anti-spyware, Andy! Quote Click Here To Visit My Blog @ "The Blessed Life" *Let me live my life to be an instrument of 'Love', in how I speak and in how I see others* - May there be Love and Peace beyond all understanding - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunDevil Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 Hahaha! All this just because of too much p--n? Andy, run a Spybot scan on your PC a.s.a.p. becauseservice.dll is a module which is registered as a trojan. This Trojan allows attackers to access your computer from remote locations, stealing passwords, Internet banking and personal data. This process is a security risk and should be removed from your system. Quote Better the Devil you know than the Angel you don't... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy@Tokyo Posted June 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: Suddenly sooo hot! haha>guilty of DLing jap gay p--ns.omg! run spybot would be okie is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkuTube Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 run spybot would be okie is it? Yes, it should be fine. But first, it is better if you are to update their definition before you run the scan. Quote Click Here To Visit My Blog @ "The Blessed Life" *Let me live my life to be an instrument of 'Love', in how I speak and in how I see others* - May there be Love and Peace beyond all understanding - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunDevil Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 Andy, just run anything that you have installed in your PC now. Spybot, Avast, AVG, Norton, Windows Defender etc etc. You just need to remove that trojan from your PC as soon as possible. Also, please turn off System Restore in XP, because it could back up these virus and trojan, making the likelihood of them returning a definite possibility. And stop downloading so much Jap p--n! It will only make you blind! Quote Better the Devil you know than the Angel you don't... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy@Tokyo Posted June 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 Thanks guys! Would do it when i reach home :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy@Tokyo Posted June 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 Taks Sundevil and Ikuiku... no more unusual symptoms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkuTube Posted June 14, 2007 Report Share Posted June 14, 2007 Thanks for coming back and letting us know the current situation, Andy Ok, now are safe to 'prawning' again Just a little note: Best if you are to scan all your downloaded files before executing them. I would normally do that to play safe. Quote Click Here To Visit My Blog @ "The Blessed Life" *Let me live my life to be an instrument of 'Love', in how I speak and in how I see others* - May there be Love and Peace beyond all understanding - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunDevil Posted June 14, 2007 Report Share Posted June 14, 2007 Andy, glad to hear that your PC is running perfectly again! Listen to Ikutube and scan your downloaded stuffs before playing them. Also, as a general rule of thumb, do not download any .exe files from websites that's not familiar to you. Most of these executable files are usually viruses or trojans. Quote Better the Devil you know than the Angel you don't... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy@Tokyo Posted June 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2007 meaning no dling of p--ns? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bukitpanjang Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 my firefox is also behaving strangely...whenever i visit utube / xtube / anytube types of websites... it will start to slow down and will reach a point where it will just hang.prob occurs with latest build of firefox + windows vista.have no problems with other browsers + windows vista.done the typical spybot / antivirus scan etc.short of reinstalling firefox.will just wait for the next release before i uninstall and reinstall...::edited:: turns out that firefox is memory hog... sad but true. they have not address this issue in their current builds. you'd prob get spikes of 98% cpu usage when using firefox, which explains why surfing to youtube etc causes my system to slow down a lot. this somehow does not happen in the past with older versions of firefox. hope they're working on it. Quote http://www.guys4men.com/members/376307/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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