03-24-2004, 05:09 PM
On I need some help, this is ticking me off.
My computer is taking well over 2 minutes to boot when it normally takes under 45 seconds.
I have already run, norton anti virus many times, ad-aware many times and spybot many times.
This is the second time that my system has had long boot time like this.
It started when I got hit with the golden palace autoinstaller. Both times that I got hit with it was when my boot time went up over 2+ minutes. Both times it installed itself it tried to do a reboot or something and my system started to shut down but then stopped and stayed on. Almost like it failed to turn off my computer.
As far as I know I have gotten rid of everything to do with the auto installer. The 3 programs don't turn up anything.
I have gone through my reg and can't find anything strange.
I have gone through my services and can't seem to find anything strange.
I have even tried a zone alarm firewall with no effect.
Last time I was hit with this autoinstaller it seemed to fix itself after a while. No idea what I did to get rid of it, but it just seemed to stop and I was back to the under 45 second reboot.
On a side note, I also seem to be downloading at about 10k/sec constantly. Zone alarm didn't stop it and I can't find anything that that would be downloading all the time. I am using netstat live and it says I am downloading at about 10k/sec but not uploading anything at all.. Its 0 all the way. After I reboot it says that I have downloaded 1.2 to 1.4 megs but I can't don't think I am actually loosing any space, least its not noticable.
This seems to have started at around the same time as when steam tried to download CS:CZ on my system, I think.
I called my ISP and they said that I seem to be downloading from 64.94.110.11 I traced it back and it seems to come from crl.verisign.com
I'm wondering if I uninstalled steam if the downloading would stop. I think that is my next goal. I never liked verisign as I have known them not to have a problem with warez sites that charge people to download it.
Again any suggestions would be good. Also how do I close off a port? The 64.94.110.11 is downloading to a specific port and I want to close it off.
My computer is taking well over 2 minutes to boot when it normally takes under 45 seconds.
I have already run, norton anti virus many times, ad-aware many times and spybot many times.
This is the second time that my system has had long boot time like this.
It started when I got hit with the golden palace autoinstaller. Both times that I got hit with it was when my boot time went up over 2+ minutes. Both times it installed itself it tried to do a reboot or something and my system started to shut down but then stopped and stayed on. Almost like it failed to turn off my computer.
As far as I know I have gotten rid of everything to do with the auto installer. The 3 programs don't turn up anything.
I have gone through my reg and can't find anything strange.
I have gone through my services and can't seem to find anything strange.
I have even tried a zone alarm firewall with no effect.
Last time I was hit with this autoinstaller it seemed to fix itself after a while. No idea what I did to get rid of it, but it just seemed to stop and I was back to the under 45 second reboot.
On a side note, I also seem to be downloading at about 10k/sec constantly. Zone alarm didn't stop it and I can't find anything that that would be downloading all the time. I am using netstat live and it says I am downloading at about 10k/sec but not uploading anything at all.. Its 0 all the way. After I reboot it says that I have downloaded 1.2 to 1.4 megs but I can't don't think I am actually loosing any space, least its not noticable.
This seems to have started at around the same time as when steam tried to download CS:CZ on my system, I think.
I called my ISP and they said that I seem to be downloading from 64.94.110.11 I traced it back and it seems to come from crl.verisign.com
I'm wondering if I uninstalled steam if the downloading would stop. I think that is my next goal. I never liked verisign as I have known them not to have a problem with warez sites that charge people to download it.
Again any suggestions would be good. Also how do I close off a port? The 64.94.110.11 is downloading to a specific port and I want to close it off.