Folk:

Was looking for a copy of a TV show I missed; went to a site purporting to
have it; clicked on the video; something downloaded, a"Video Codecs" IIRC;
Zonealarm warned me of something trying to access the "trusted zone" and one
other warning, both of which I denied.

Now I cannot get system restore to do its thing, and while I can shut down
and start from a dead stop, I cannot restart--it hangs at the 'windows is
shutting down' screen.

Any thoughts or miracle cures?

Regards and Happy Trails,

Scott Needham
Boulder, Colorado, USA

"S. Needham" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:HnzQl.76086$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Folk:
>
> Was looking for a copy of a TV show I missed; went to a site purporting to
> have it; clicked on the video; something downloaded, a"Video Codecs" IIRC;
> Zonealarm warned me of something trying to access the "trusted zone" and
> one other warning, both of which I denied.
>
> Now I cannot get system restore to do its thing, and while I can shut down
> and start from a dead stop, I cannot restart--it hangs at the 'windows is
> shutting down' screen.

And just noticed that now, when I do a Google search and choose a site, then
click the go back arrow to go back, it won't but gives me a whole page of
nonsense characters:

<ÿÄWÝnEöFS�TT½dp£R¯½?¶"رKâ4¡??H·)^'-ÙÙ?wÈzg²;þ K"ÖF´}?>W$
z?
�;n¹.TÝØSÓ4p�o>3gÏzTïoïo9^o¯÷?S>++TßùÕÊÌ~¾"

S. Needham

On May 19, 10:38*am, "S. Needham" <jsn_color...@comcast.net> wrote:
> "S. Needham" <jsn_color...@comcast.net> wrote in message
>
> news:HnzQl.76086$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> > Folk:
>
> > Was looking for a copy of a TV show I missed; went to a site purportingto
> > have it; clicked on the video; something downloaded, a"Video Codecs" IIRC;
> > Zonealarm warned me of something trying to access the "trusted zone" and
> > one other warning, both of which I denied.
>
> > Now I cannot get system restore to do its thing, and while I can shut down
> > and start from a dead stop, I cannot restart--it hangs at the 'windows is
> > shutting down' screen.
>
> And just noticed that now, when I do a Google search and choose a site, then
> click the go back arrow to go back, it won't but gives me a whole page of
> nonsense characters:
>
> *< *ÿÄWÝn E öFS TT ½dp £R¯½?¶"رKâ4¡??H·)^'-ÙÙ?wÈzg²;þ K"ÖF´}?>W $ *z?
> * ;n¹.TÝØSÓ4p o>3gÏzTïoïo9^o¯÷?S>++Tß ùÕÊÌ ~¾"
>
> S. Needham

Do not do a System Restore at this time. Do this first:

Go to these WWW sites if you can.

MBAM: http://malwarebytes.org/
SAS: http://www.superantispyware.com/

Download the free software all purpose scanning software and for each,
install it, update it to the latest definitions, do a full scan and
let them fix any problems. Separately of course.

Please do not just "try" something to see if it might work.

Jose

S. Needham wrote:
> Folk:
>
> Was looking for a copy of a TV show I missed; went to a site
> purporting to have it; clicked on the video; something downloaded,
> a"Video Codecs" IIRC; Zonealarm warned me of something trying to
> access the "trusted zone" and one other warning, both of which I
> denied.
> Now I cannot get system restore to do its thing, and while I can shut
> down and start from a dead stop, I cannot restart--it hangs at the
> 'windows is shutting down' screen.
>
> Any thoughts or miracle cures?
>
> Regards and Happy Trails,
>
> Scott Needham
> Boulder, Colorado, USA

"Installing codec(s)" is a favorite trick used by maleware authors.