Can't get Dos prompt to come up - Page 2

**Lzen** · 02-15-2005, 08:49 AM

Seeing Phil's Earthlink thread reminded me of something. On my PC at home, I'm running XP with SP2. I click the start menu and then click run. The small command window opens up for a split second and then it disappears. How can I fix this?

phisherman · 02-16-2005, 08:55 AM

perform a good virus scan on your machine...i know it sounds far fetched, but in the course of fixing a pc for a friend i found a worm that would shut down all kinds of stuff that you tried to open...

a dos prompt was one thing, it also would not let me open up regedit or regedt32...

they all would simply start up, stay up for maybe 2 or 3 seconds and immediately shut down...

it makes sense, from a logical perspective, for the virus to do this as if you cannot access these features, you can't remove the virus..

bp

**Lzen** · 02-16-2005, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by KCWolfman

How can I tell you to type Format C: if you can't get a DOS prompt?

Get with it!

Hey, that's my joke.

**Lzen** · 02-16-2005, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by phisherman

perform a good virus scan on your machine...i know it sounds far fetched, but in the course of fixing a pc for a friend i found a worm that would shut down all kinds of stuff that you tried to open...

a dos prompt was one thing, it also would not let me open up regedit or regedt32...

they all would simply start up, stay up for maybe 2 or 3 seconds and immediately shut down...

it makes sense, from a logical perspective, for the virus to do this as if you cannot access these features, you can't remove the virus..

bp

I understand what you're saying. But I've got Norton AV. I also have run AVG AV within the past month (I remove it when not in use - don't want conflicts with Norton). I have Lavasoft Ad Aware as well as Spybot S & D that I run about once every week or so. Plus, I have Web Patrol running. So, I don't think that's the answer.

**Lzen** · 02-16-2005, 12:56 PM

BTW, I still need to try all these suggestions (the non-joking ones, you bastards). Last night, I decided to finally get around to making my son's football video of his 2004 season that I have been telling I would do since last Fall. I really wish I had done all the captures of each game every week. Talk about a pain in the ass.

Frosty · 02-16-2005, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Lzen

I understand what you're saying. But I've got Norton AV. I also have run AVG AV within the past month (I remove it when not in use - don't want conflicts with Norton). I have Lavasoft Ad Aware as well as Spybot S & D that I run about once every week or so. Plus, I have Web Patrol running. So, I don't think that's the answer.

Like phisherman, I've seen the same thing at the school that I used to support. FWIW, a recent Brian Livingston newsletter talked about a study done on the effectiveness of anti-spyware and had this to say:

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In the following table, which was reviewed by Howes himself before its publication here, the Adware Fixed column represents the percentage of critical components successfully removed, not just detected, by each product (higher percentages are better). The False Positives column shows the number of benign Windows files that were incorrectly reported by a product as adware (lower numbers are better):

Product Adware Fixed False Pos.
Giant AntiSpyware 63% 0
Webroot Spy Sweeper 48% 0
Ad-Aware SE Personal 47% 0
Pest Patrol 41% 10
SpywareStormer 35% 0
Intermute SpySubtract Pro 34% 0
PC Tools Spyware Doctor 33% 0
Spybot Search & Destroy 33% 0
McAfee AntiSpyware 33% 9
Xblock X-Cleaner Deluxe 31% 1
XoftSpy 27% 3
NoAdware 24% 0
Aluria Spyware Eliminator 23% 3
OmniQuad AntiSpy 16% 1
Spyware COP 15% 0
SpyHunter 15% 1
SpyKiller 2005 15% 2

(Sorry about the formatting)

When Adaware and Spybot were run concurrently, they only caught 54%, so you might not be as clean as thought.

Have you tried downloading and running HiJackThis? It can really help clean up a lot of junk.

**Lzen** · 02-16-2005, 02:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arc

Like phisherman, I've seen the same thing at the school that I used to support. FWIW, a recent Brian Livingston newsletter talked about a study done on the effectiveness of anti-spyware and had this to say:

(Sorry about the formatting)

When Adaware and Spybot were run concurrently, they only caught 54%, so you might not be as clean as thought.

Have you tried downloading and running HiJackThis? It can really help clean up a lot of junk.

Hmm, interesting info. BTW, Norton also now has anti spyware. I'll try HiJackThis. Got a link?

Frosty · 02-16-2005, 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lzen

Hmm, interesting info. BTW, Norton also now has anti spyware. I'll try HiJackThis. Got a link?

Highjackthis

They also do CWShredder, which removes the CoolWebSearch highjacker, if that's ever necessary.

HC_Chief · 02-16-2005, 02:59 PM

WARNING: do NOT attempt to download anything from "MajorGeeks" (one of the sites you'll get as a hit from Google on 'HijackThis') - their links are infected

W32/Generic.worm!p2p

Frosty · 02-16-2005, 03:01 PM

The link I posted goes right to the owner of Highjackthis, so there shouldn't be any problems there. Too bad about MajorGeeks. They seem to be everywhere.

**Lzen** · 02-16-2005, 09:37 PM

BTW, Donger's suggestion worked. Opened up the dos prompt, no problem.

When I click start, run, and ipconfig, it just flashes and disappears. But doing it by going to the command prompt under accesories works. Weird.

chiefs4me · 02-18-2005, 03:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HC_Chief

WARNING: do NOT attempt to download anything from "MajorGeeks" (one of the sites you'll get as a hit from Google on 'HijackThis') - their links are infected

W32/Generic.worm!p2p

So what if a person was to have already downloaded stuff from MajorGeeks...say about 2 months ago? Does that mean that all of their downloads are infected?

go bo · 02-18-2005, 07:33 PM

omg...

all infected?

must be the plague again...

HC_Chief · 02-19-2005, 10:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lzen

BTW, Donger's suggestion worked. Opened up the dos prompt, no problem.

When I click start, run, and ipconfig, it just flashes and disappears. But doing it by going to the command prompt under accesories works. Weird.

lol, you dumbass!
That's what ALWAYS happens when you type ipconfig in the run line!!!

Open RUN and type CMD. That should open a DOS window, then you can type ipconfig and see the results.

**Lzen** · 02-20-2005, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by HC_Chief

lol, you dumbass!
That's what ALWAYS happens when you type ipconfig in the run line!!!

Open RUN and type CMD. That should open a DOS window, then you can type ipconfig and see the results.

Bah, I guess I am a dumbass.

02-15-2005, 08:49 AM
Lzen Supporter Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Jan Quadrant Vincent 16 Casino cash: $2250692	Can't get Dos prompt to come up Seeing Phil's Earthlink thread reminded me of something. On my PC at home, I'm running XP with SP2. I click the start menu and then click run. The small command window opens up for a split second and then it disappears. How can I fix this?
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02-16-2005, 08:55 AM	#16
phisherman King Sandbagger Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The Summit, MO Casino cash: $1645484	perform a good virus scan on your machine...i know it sounds far fetched, but in the course of fixing a pc for a friend i found a worm that would shut down all kinds of stuff that you tried to open... a dos prompt was one thing, it also would not let me open up regedit or regedt32... they all would simply start up, stay up for maybe 2 or 3 seconds and immediately shut down... it makes sense, from a logical perspective, for the virus to do this as if you cannot access these features, you can't remove the virus.. bp
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02-16-2005, 12:56 PM	#19
Lzen Supporter Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Jan Quadrant Vincent 16 Casino cash: $2250692	BTW, I still need to try all these suggestions (the non-joking ones, you bastards). Last night, I decided to finally get around to making my son's football video of his 2004 season that I have been telling I would do since last Fall. I really wish I had done all the captures of each game every week. Talk about a pain in the ass. __________________ If at first you don't succeed ...skydiving is not for you.
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02-16-2005, 02:59 PM	#23
HC_Chief That's just f***in' stupid Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: suburbia Casino cash: $3687107	WARNING: do NOT attempt to download anything from "MajorGeeks" (one of the sites you'll get as a hit from Google on 'HijackThis') - their links are infected W32/Generic.worm!p2p __________________ "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here, this is the war room!"
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02-16-2005, 03:01 PM	#24
Frosty Go Beavers! Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Warshington Casino cash: $5708243	The link I posted goes right to the owner of Highjackthis, so there shouldn't be any problems there. Too bad about MajorGeeks. They seem to be everywhere.
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02-16-2005, 09:37 PM	#25
Lzen Supporter Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Jan Quadrant Vincent 16 Casino cash: $2250692	BTW, Donger's suggestion worked. Opened up the dos prompt, no problem. When I click start, run, and ipconfig, it just flashes and disappears. But doing it by going to the command prompt under accesories works. Weird. __________________ If at first you don't succeed ...skydiving is not for you.
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02-18-2005, 07:33 PM	#27
go bo Flop = Man of Steel!! Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: independence Casino cash: $10006405	omg... all infected? must be the plague again...
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