Please help...My windows cannot drag, copy or paste files..

[d412w1n]

I've a problem with my windows xp..I can't drag, copy or paste a file into
my windows explorer...While trying to drag, copy or paste a file, the system
became hang and not responding...There's no error message appear..The system
became normal only when I "end task" for all not responding application...for
information, i'm using windows xp sp 2 media center edition...
I already try to scan my system with the latest updates AVG free
antivirus...and the system is clean..But I still cannot copy or move files to
other folders...I even cannot logon to windows safe mode..Any solution? Thanks

 

[Tim Meddick]

Download and run MalwareBytes AV scanner.

AVG is [reasonably] good at keeping viruses 'at bay' , however, once a
virus or other malware has found itself onto your system, many
infections seem to be able to avoid detection by many of the Anti-Virus
software available.

MalwareBytes, although we are referring to the free version, is quite
possibly the best in it's field of virus detection and removal from an
infected system.

It can do your system NO HARM at all to try a scan with it on your PC -
A.S.A.P.

Download the MalwareBytes setup program :

http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam/program/mbam-setup.exe

Or visit the MalwareBytes website :

http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

 

[Bennett Marco]

Download and run MalwareBytes AV scanner.

I doesn't scan for viruses (virii?), it scans for malware.

Entirely different.

 

[Tim Meddick]

I think that you will find that the term "Malware" included all types of
malicious code that can find it's way on to your computer.

Wikipedia describes it as including: Viruses, Worms, Trojan Horses, most
Rootkits, Spyware, dishonest Adware, Crimeware and other malicious and
unwanted software...

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

 

[Bennett Marco]

I think that you will find that the term "Malware" included all types of
malicious code that can find it's way on to your computer.

Wikipedia describes it as including: Viruses, Worms, Trojan Horses, most
Rootkits, Spyware, dishonest Adware, Crimeware and other malicious and
unwanted software...

Be that as it may... Malwarebytes can't find a "virus". It is not an
AV program.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I think that you will find that the term "Malware" included all types of
malicious code that can find it's way on to your computer.

Wikipedia describes it as including: Viruses, Worms, Trojan Horses, most
Rootkits, Spyware, dishonest Adware, Crimeware and other malicious and
unwanted software...

As far as I'm concerned, you (and Wikipedia) are exactly right. The
word "malware" is nothing but a shortening of the phrase "malicious
software," and includes *all* kinds of malicious software.

Its meaning is *not* limited to spyware, even though a substantial
number of people misuse it only to mean spyware.

Moreover, Bennett Marco is not correct that MalwareBytes Anti-Malware
does not scan for viruses. If he would read the first two paragraphs
of http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php, he would see that it does do
some scanning for viruses.

And finally, Bennett should note that the correct plural of "virus" is
"viruses," not "virii."

 

[Tim Meddick]

It *IS* an Antivirus program - even you just said "Be that as it may..."
which is to say even you agree with the definition of "Malware".

If "Malware" includes "viruses" then MalwareBytes can (and does) remove
viruses.

In it's literature it states it deals with : viruses, worms, trojans,
rootkits, dialers, spyware, and malware (general).

Although, you do not get the "resident protection" unless you pay for
it.

Why is it so hard for you to realize that "Malware" is a general term
that encompasses ALL "nasty" invasive code?

Even the word "Malware" should clue you in to it's definition - Mal -
from the french Malarde meaning "ill"...

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

 

[Tim Meddick]

Thanks for the vote of confidence!

And you are probably right, and I not, when I said in my last post,
that it comes from the prefix "Mal" meaning "ill", it's more likely that
it's an abbreviation of "Malicious Software" - as you say.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

 

[Bennett Marco]

Moreover, Bennett Marco is not correct that MalwareBytes Anti-Malware
does not scan for viruses. If he would read the first two paragraphs
of http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php, he would see that it does do
some scanning for viruses.

SOME. But not as many as a good AV program will, right?

And finally, Bennett should note that the correct plural of "virus" is
"viruses," not "virii."

I humbly accept the much-deserved spanking on both counts.

Tim... I LOVE YOU MAN! Am I forgiven???

 

[Tim Meddick]

Man - the truth's the truth - right?

I refrained from making personal comments and, I try my best to get
people on my side (if I'm in the right) and if I'm in the wrong - then I
respect people who treat me with respect and don't get personal.

Neither you nor I are "idiots"!

As long as you can realize what is truth, at the end of the day - it's
you that's better off - no?

Nothing to forgive, Ben.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Thanks for the vote of confidence!

You're welcome.

And you are probably right, and I not, when I said in my last post,
that it comes from the prefix "Mal" meaning "ill", it's more likely that
it's an abbreviation of "Malicious Software" - as you say.

Not to mention that the French word is spelled "malade," not
"malarde." <gd&r>

But note that both "malicious" and "malade" come from the Latin word
word "malus," meaning "bad." So in a sense, we're both right.

 

[Tim Meddick]

Yes, indeed, latin is probably the root.

I was thinking of the olde french 'motto' on the British monarch's 'coat
of arms' :

"Honi soit qui mal y pense" - Evil be to he who evil thinks (of this).

...in this, "mal" equates to "evil".

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

Thanks for the vote of confidence!

You're welcome.

And you are probably right, and I not, when I said in my last post,
that it comes from the prefix "Mal" meaning "ill", it's more likely
that
it's an abbreviation of "Malicious Software" - as you say.

Not to mention that the French word is spelled "malade," not
"malarde." <gd&r>

But note that both "malicious" and "malade" come from the Latin word
word "malus," meaning "bad." So in a sense, we're both right.

 

[Lee Antony]

Malwarebytes does not scan for viruses. Try using it as the your only
antimalware program. Windows security center will warn that antivirus
software is not installed. Arthur Wilkinson of Malwarebytes Customer
Support wrote July 24 2009 in their forum:

"Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware will protect you against malware that anti-virus
software has trouble detecting, but we do not cover the areas that
anti-virus software already covers well. This allows us to focus more time
on the hardest to kill malware, as we waste less time on things that
everyone else already detects and removes. This means that to be properly
protected, you also need to have a good anti-virus, like AntiVir (which is
what we usually recommend)."

 

[Tim Meddick]

Lee,
If you buy the purchase version of the MalwareBytes software -
you will find that Windows is perfectly happy with it!!

The reason that you find otherwise is because the evaluation [free]
version does not have a "resident shield" which is what Windows reckons
as "Antivirus Software".

But the free version does scan for viruses - you are misinformed.


==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

Malwarebytes does not scan for viruses. Try using it as the your only
antimalware program. Windows security center will warn that antivirus
software is not installed. Arthur Wilkinson of Malwarebytes Customer
Support wrote July 24 2009 in their forum:

"Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware will protect you against malware that
anti-virus software has trouble detecting, but we do not cover the
areas that anti-virus software already covers well. This allows us to
focus more time on the hardest to kill malware, as we waste less time
on things that everyone else already detects and removes. This means
that to be properly protected, you also need to have a good
anti-virus, like AntiVir (which is what we usually recommend)."

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Right. That's not its primary function.



It's not at all a matter of "spanking." Most of us are here to help
people by giving them information they don't have. Speaking for
myself, I am always happy whenever I can learn something from somebody
else here, and I don't treat the acquisition of knowledge as a
"spanking."

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Malwarebytes does not scan for viruses.

Sorry, but that's not correct.

Try using it as the your only
antimalware program.

Neither Tim nor I suggested that anyone should do that.

 

[Lee Antony]

I really don't want to push this much further OT (whatever happened to poor
d412w1n and his problem with files?) but Malwarebytes', free or paid
contains no code that would allow Windows Security Center to know that it
even exists on a computer. This situation is under review by the
Malwarebytes' team.

I may be misinformed but I have a PM from Marcin Kleczynski telling me that
their database does not contain virus signatures. Perhaps I have
misinterpreted this information and the heuristic scanning is somehow
sensitive to virus code. In any event this goes beyond my area of expertise
and I will not comment further.

Lee,
If you buy the purchase version of the MalwareBytes software - you
will find that Windows is perfectly happy with it!!

The reason that you find otherwise is because the evaluation [free]
version does not have a "resident shield" which is what Windows reckons as
"Antivirus Software".

But the free version does scan for viruses - you are misinformed.


==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

 

[Tim Meddick]

I'll have to admit that I *was* making assumptions when I said that Windows accepted
Mbam.exe as a valid Antivirus solution.

I should not have stated that without knowing it. I apologise for doing that.

My assumptions were based on the fact that Mbam.exe has been know to have been the
fix for virus infections that "even the most well known anti-virus and anti-malware
applications fail to detect." ¹

After reading more and more information on Mbam.exe I found that, time after time, I
came across the same statements on the program - "Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
Software.....Find and Remove Spyware, Malware, Trojans and Computer Viruses" ²

I concluded that it does, indeed, include some virus definitions in it's updatable
scanning database.

==

1: http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

2:
http://security-antivirus-software.suite101.com/article.cfm/malwarebytes_antimalware_software_review

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

I really don't want to push this much further OT (whatever happened to poor d412w1n
and his problem with files?) but Malwarebytes', free or paid contains no code that
would allow Windows Security Center to know that it even exists on a computer. This
situation is under review by the Malwarebytes' team.

I may be misinformed but I have a PM from Marcin Kleczynski telling me that their
database does not contain virus signatures. Perhaps I have misinterpreted this
information and the heuristic scanning is somehow sensitive to virus code. In any
event this goes beyond my area of expertise and I will not comment further.

Lee,
If you buy the purchase version of the MalwareBytes software - you will find
that Windows is perfectly happy with it!!

The reason that you find otherwise is because the evaluation [free] version does
not have a "resident shield" which is what Windows reckons as "Antivirus
Software".

But the free version does scan for viruses - you are misinformed.


==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

Malwarebytes does not scan for viruses. Try using it as the your only
antimalware program. Windows security center will warn that antivirus software
is not installed. Arthur Wilkinson of Malwarebytes Customer Support wrote July
24 2009 in their forum:

"Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware will protect you against malware that anti-virus
software has trouble detecting, but we do not cover the areas that anti-virus
software already covers well. This allows us to focus more time on the hardest to
kill malware, as we waste less time on things that everyone else already detects
and removes. This means that to be properly protected, you also need to have a
good anti-virus, like AntiVir (which is what we usually recommend)."

On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:36:11 +0100, "Tim Meddick"

I think that you will find that the term "Malware" included all types of
malicious code that can find it's way on to your computer.

Wikipedia describes it as including: Viruses, Worms, Trojan Horses, most
Rootkits, Spyware, dishonest Adware, Crimeware and other malicious and
unwanted software...


As far as I'm concerned, you (and Wikipedia) are exactly right. The
word "malware" is nothing but a shortening of the phrase "malicious
software," and includes *all* kinds of malicious software.

Its meaning is *not* limited to spyware, even though a substantial
number of people misuse it only to mean spyware.

Moreover, Bennett Marco is not correct that MalwareBytes Anti-Malware
does not scan for viruses. If he would read the first two paragraphs
of http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php, he would see that it does do
some scanning for viruses.

And finally, Bennett should note that the correct plural of "virus" is
"viruses," not "virii."




Download and run MalwareBytes AV scanner.

I doesn't scan for viruses (virii?), it scans for malware.

Entirely different.