hello i have limewire 4.2.6 and after downloading some images and songs i find that my photoshop or paint does not work anymore? it will show the loading screen and right before it finishes it closes the program on its own. never had this probelm before wondring if it can be fixed?

no no error message but my anti-virus program doesnt work anymore when i try to open it it says "an error has occured in the script in this page"
line:169
char:2
Erorrermission denied
code:0
URL:res://C:\PROGRA~1/Norton~1/NAVUI.dll/navstats.htm

this also happed the same time adobe stopped so mabey there is a virus, and since i cant use my program i cant scan for any. waht do you think the problem is? some type of malicous scripting or somthing.everything was fine till i opnd files from limewire, i dunno wahts the dillio

When I 1st saw this thread my 1st thoughts were a virus/etc. Did you try to repair PS using your control panel. What type of entity would deliberately disable an anti-virus app. There are online virus checkers if you can trust them.

There are indeed viruses that prevent Antivirus software from updating and running properly they even block acces to all kinds of antivirus sites.

You'll end up with a computer that is shouting out to the internet I AM HERE, NO PROTECTION

I ran into that once on a friends comp.
It would just barely start up and then it was just busy.
You could hardly do anything with it.
Browsing was impossible, it would just trigger popups.
It was the worst case I ever ran into
Loaded with Spyware and viruses, they were competing for the CPU
In the end I managed to clean it, I like a bit of a challenge but a reinstall would have been lots easier

But anyway here's my first aid List:

See if you can update your virusscanner and do a full systemscan.
If you haven't got a good one try this good freebee:
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html

Download and run Adaware:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/
And Spybot S&D:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html
Make sure both apps are updated before you scan.
And here you can have your comp scanned for trojans:
http://www.windowsecurity.com/trojanscan/
Or even better , Download and install the Cleaner (Buy or use 30 days free)
http://www.moosoft.com/products/cleaner/download/

And I think it is wise to go to a specialised forum where you can post a Hijackthis log.
http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=2852
And here's some more info:
http://pcpitstop.ibforums.com/index.php?showtopic=61975

Good luck

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I ran into a similar problem a few months ago, my teenage son had downloaded something (he won't tell me what) that disabled both my Norton AntiVirus and Personal Firewall (both 2003).

I managed to get onto the Symantec website, which advised me to uninstall and then reinstall both items of software. After running my (newly) re-installed and updated antivirus software I then ran Ad-Aware SE and Spybot to triple check that there was nothing else lurking on my system.

Finally, just to emphasise the point, there are things out there that will target your protection software (antivirus, firewall, anti-spyware, etc.) with the deliberate intention of disabling them. However, these “things” have to be downloaded, either intentionally or hidden within something else, or place on your system by a hacker .




UK Bob

I read that Norton Anti-Virus software had a back door through the help section and that made the software vulnerable to attack. Only Symantec (Norton) software had the issue.