Guest Dukey Posted March 21, 2008 Posted March 21, 2008 I get this when I try to go to a website in Win XP IE7. If I alt ctrl del, I see in the IE 7 screen the word Hungapp. How do i get rid of this adware, virus, etc...whatever it is? Doug
Guest PD43 Posted March 21, 2008 Posted March 21, 2008 Re: Hungapp Dukey <Dukey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >I get this when I try to go to a website in Win XP IE7. If I alt ctrl del, Why would you do that? > I see in the IE 7 screen the word Hungapp. That's ALL? Nothing else? It's supposed to open your Task Manager.
Guest Colin Barnhorst Posted March 21, 2008 Posted March 21, 2008 Re: Hungapp A hung app is a hung application. One that for one reason or another is not responding. It is hung up. It is not a virus. It is probably caused by an IE add on. Try without the add ons. "Dukey" <Dukey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:AF35E663-D005-427C-BE72-A3A38CC9984E@microsoft.com... >I get this when I try to go to a website in Win XP IE7. If I alt ctrl del, >I > see in the IE 7 screen the word Hungapp. How do i get rid of this adware, > virus, etc...whatever it is? > Doug
Guest nass Posted March 21, 2008 Posted March 21, 2008 RE: Hungapp "Dukey" wrote: > I get this when I try to go to a website in Win XP IE7. If I alt ctrl del, I > see in the IE 7 screen the word Hungapp. How do i get rid of this adware, > virus, etc...whatever it is? > Doug Hi Doug, I hope you are reading your other posts, you got replies from other helpers about the same issue, here is the link: http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?author=Dukey&email=anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com&cid=22954982-f5c5-439c-8ce4-31ad7616aff9&dg=microsoft.public.windowsxp.general&cat=en_US_91a15a1e-b269-4291-b6b4-dc2d504ce9ef&sloc=&lang=en&cr=US Come to your Issue, this error can happen for many reasons; a Damaged/Corrupt application running in the background and not releasing the memory in timely fashion back to the System, corrupted/outdated Third-party Toolbar installed on your browser and an infestation from malware or viruses. Go through these Cleaning steps: 1... Click start >> Control Panel >> Double Click Network and Internet Connections >> Double click Internet Options, on the IE Properties window you will see these Options: General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs | Advanced . Click on General Tab (1st Tab on the left) and you will see a Button called [ Clear History ..] click on it to clear your History caches, then click on [Delete Files..] to delete Internet Files created over the time, click on [ Delete Cookies...] to delete your cookies left by visiting websites. Then click on Advanced tab and scroll down to under the Browsing Option: [&] Browsing [ ] Enable Third-Party browser extensions (Req Rest) uncheck this box. = Then try to Disable the Add-Ons on your Browser somehow installed on your browser, On how to disable the Add-ons follow this: Click on Programs Tab and then click the Manage Add-Ons Button there Disable the None/Not Verified Plug-ins/Add-ons ( you need to Renable them one-by-one later and see which is the culprit . How to manage Add-Ons: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883256 Scan for malware from here: SuperAntispyware - Free http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html RootkitRevealer v1.71 By Bryce Cogswell and Mark Russinovich Run a scan from here on-line: http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?langid=ie&venid=sym http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx Download Avast Cleaner (off-line scanner) from here: http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-virus-cleaner.html After the scan run disk clean-up on your drive and run this command: sfc /scannow click [OK] and let it run till it finish and reboot your machine. Faulting application , version 0.0.0.0, faulting module unknown, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x00000000. 3... You may have a bad RAM try to test your RAM by running Memory test by downloading this tool and unzip it and make a floppy or CD/DVD and run it on Reboot. http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp. You may need to reposition/reset the RAM sticks in their slots. Have a look in the Event Viewer and send us the error messages you will see there in your next post: Open a Notepad, customize or minimize to the taskbar as you will need it later for this step to copy the error message on it. Open a run command and type in: eventvwr.msc click [OK] you will get the Event viewer control Panel. click on each of these: Application System Security Look in the right Pane/window for error message with red (X) or Yellow exclamation mark /!\ , double click each one to get more info about the causer. On the Event error properties message you will see: Up Arrow Down arrow Two pages Click on the two pages to copy the error message then bring up the Notepad you opened earlier and right click on the first line and select Paste from the list, this will paste the error message on a Notepad. Please don't duplicate the error message one of each kind will be sufficient. HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us Please we need just the error messages with Red (X) and don't repeat the error, just one of each kind and post them back in your next post. HTH. nass --- http://www.nasstec.co.uk
Guest PA Bear [MS MVP] Posted March 21, 2008 Posted March 21, 2008 Re: Hungapp Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by deceptive software http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827315 Run a /thorough/ check for hijackware, including posting your hijackthis log to an appropriate forum. Checking for/Help with Hijackware http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=5878 http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_Removal_and_Prevention:_Introduction http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/prevention.htm http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/tshoot.html http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm http://defendingyourmachine2.blogspot.com/ http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware When all else fails, HijackThis v2.0.2 (http://aumha.org/downloads/hijackthis.exe) is the preferred tool to use. It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware with assistance from an expert. **Post your log to http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=22, http://castlecops.com/forum67.html, http://forums.subratam.org/index.php?showforum=7, http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30, or other appropriate forums for review by an expert in such matters, not here.** If the procedures look too complex - and there is no shame in admitting this isn't your cup of tea - take the machine to a local, reputable and independent (i.e., not BigBoxStoreUSA) computer repair shop. -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002 AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net DTS-L http://dts-l.net/ Dukey wrote: > I get this when I try to go to a website in Win XP IE7. If I alt ctrl del, > I > see in the IE 7 screen the word Hungapp. How do i get rid of this adware, > virus, etc...whatever it is? > Doug
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