Hourglass constantly blinking

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by cenote, Oct 11, 2006.

  1. cenote

    cenote Private E-2

    My hourglass next to the cursor is constantly flashing and after my computer has been running for an hour I can't open any applications anything from the internet to a folder saying that insuffient memory to start the task (or something similar). I've run McAfree, Spyware Doctor, and Spybot and they usually find something but the problem stays.
     
  2. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Welcome to Majorgeeks!

    Best option to allow us to help you in finding the cause is to follow the below guide and we can see if this is caused by malware, if it is then we can post further removal instructions tailored for your infection, if its not malware related we can then move your question to the relevent forum section so you get best assistance.

    Please follow our standard cleaning procedures which are necessary for us to provide you support. Also there are steps included for installing, running, and posting HijackThis logs as attachments.
    • Run ALL the steps in this Sticky thread READ & RUN ME FIRST Before Asking for Support
    • Make sure you check version numbers and get all updates.
    • Very Important: Make sure you tell us the results from running the tutorial...was anything found? Were you unable to complete any of the scans?...Were you unable to download any of the tools?...Did you do the on-line scans as suggested? etc.
    • After doing ALL of the above you still have a problem make sure you have booted to normal mode and run the steps in the below link to properly use HijackThis and attach a log:
    Downloading, Installing, and Running HijackThis

    Make sure you also rename HijackThis.exe as suggested in the procedures. Use analyse.exe for the new name. This is very important due to some new infections going around.


    • When you return to make your next post, make sure you attach the following logs and that you have run these scans in the following order too:
      • CounterSpy - ONLY IF you were not able to run Windows Defender
      • Bitdefender - from step 6
      • Panda Scan - from step 6
      • runkeys.txt - the log from GetRunKey.bat
      • newfiles.txt - the log from ShowNew.bat
      • HijackThis
    NOTE: You can only attach 3 files in a single message so it will require that you use two messages to attach all of these logs!
     
  3. cenote

    cenote Private E-2

    Toggling system restore stopped the hourglass blinking, thank you
     

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