Problems after changed antivirus program (Panda to AVG) and updated al

[sammuel]

Hi hope this is the right part of the forum, not sure really if it is XP, drivers, virus or hardware.

 

Last weeks have I done changes, Change antivirus program Panda to AVG, and the nF4 drivers (6.86) including the IDE and latest beta force ware.

Before gaming was not smooth, ARMA crashed almost every night, on support forum I understand that I am not alone with problems and newest drivers for GPU was strongly recommended before starting with adding start up extensions to reduse the games memory use etc (not get that far yet).

 

Once I install new drivers I didn't really did a good job and I have sincerely problem with the drivers. I didn't clean out all old driver traces before I reinstall. I will try this clean up tonight - Once I reinstall the nF4 drivers should I also install the SW IDE ?

 

But the strangest behaviour is addressing to Panda, a black screens/strange graphics occur shortly after start up, and freezes in games has been due to two in pair occurring Service Control Manger errors, where the first refer to a missing Panda Process Protection Service (surfed the net and found that this is actually PavPrSrv.exe it is looking for) the second error refer to ShldDrv. There has been also restart issues once with system error refering to

100000ea, that is as far I know GPU hardware or driver related and it hopfully will be solved after a driver update (cross my fingers)

 

Please anyone, how do I clean out all Panda traces as it obviously still trigging activities in the computer? ####EDIT: I found a way to deactivate the resource questioning Panda to start so now am I down to one error at stat, still this borring black screen ###

 

 

I have heard that there exsist a virus that camoflage to PavPrSrv.exe, could anyone recommend the best online scaners as my AVD not find any problem in the computer nor do Spybot or ad-adware?

 

Last question, If I do a system recovery on an old date before the driver change...will I get the old drivers back?

 

Thanks in advance,

Sammuel

[wevsspot]

There are three invaluable tools for cleaning up your rig after removing programs through the Windows Add/Remove Programs Utility or the application's own uninstall utility. They are;

 

CC Cleaner

Driver Cleaner Pro

Registry Mechanic

 

First step is to download all three of the utilities I've mentioned above.

 

1. Uninstall your current gpu drivers reboot in safe mode and run Driver Cleaner Pro.

2. Reboot and run CC Cleaner in safe mode.

3. Reboot and run Registry Mechanic.

4. Reboot, once in Windows go to Control Panel > Folder Options > View Tab > make sure to select "Show Hidden Files and Folders". And then make sure to de-select the option to "Hide Protected Operating System Files". Click "Apply to All Folders"

5. Use the Windows Search Utility to scan your hard drive(s) for any file named Panda or PavPrSrv. and manually remove them. Reboot.

6. Reinstall your video card drivers.

[Branjo]

Panda was a pain to remove for me too, had to do most of it manually. I pretty much did what wev suggested above to get rid of it, crap AV IMPO.

Little old AVG free is way up there on my list, even against the expensive garbage like Norton (Spit) Antivirus.

[Guest SuppA-SnipA]

Norton (Spit) Antivirus is a ram whore like vista

[sammuel]

Thanks for the help, I like the walkthrough about cleaning and I will following it tonight

 

Last night I found the activity in the Admin tools that requesting the Panda to start and inactivate the activity but I couldn't delete it so it is still in the registry .

I also inactivate Firewire and Marvell in bios, for now.

 

Uninstalled Nvidia and wipe after all traces with Guru... (found link in thread from AG late last year).

I checked the Admin tools system log, and the first error from Panda is gone (even if I so far not cleaned out everything) the second is still there, ShldDrv.

 

I uninstall nF4 drivers, sound and GPU drivers, reinstall 6.86 (not the SW IDE) and the latest official GPU driver (not the latest beta as last time).

And manually update Opengl32 after(known issue with ARMA).

Tried some ARMA, and hadn't one single lag or freezing but I not played very long time…had to say hello to the friends;=)

 

Did a few restarts, the black screen or freezes are gone during start up, althrough the Service Control Manager error still occur in the log file from ShldDrv.

 

I did search on Internet on this issue with ShldDrv and it is Panda related as well (seems I am not the only one with this issue)

[wevsspot]

Hi sam,

 

Glad to hear that many of your issues are resolved. When you get a chance use CC Cleaner and Registry Mechanic and see if that doesn't do the trick on the remaining issues related to Panda. If that doesn't work, the procedure can be done manually, but is a bit more involved because we have to dive into your registry and manually remove registry entries. Not something I normally recommend for the majority of folks. However it is possible.

 

There are a couple of other places on your hard drive that you should clean up in this process. Following my instructions on viewing ALL files and folders shown in post #2 . . .

 

Navigate to the Windows Prefetch Folder found here;

 

C:WINDOWSPrefetch

 

Delete all of the contents in that folder

 

Manually search your hard drive for all .tmp files and delete them also.

 

Also, for now you should turn off System Restore if you happen to have it running to make sure that Windows isn't trying to save any of these files you'd like to get rid off permanently.

 

Keep us posted on your progress and good luck.

 

Cheers.

[sammuel]

Well last night wasn't that successful, manage to clean out some dirt and solved some registry issues but not what I was aiming for. For now have I left the Registry, if it is nessesary I will do it manualy.

Registry Machine found a lot issues, sad only that program don't allowe me to delet anything before I done a deposit to their account - have nothing aganist to pay but I like to be able to try it first :=(( -> is it worth the money?

 

Well I will continue tonight - good at least is that my computer appear stable now even with the error in the system log.

[Sharp]

Why not just back up your important files and wipe out the hard drive then reinstall windows?

[sammuel]

:eek:

 

 

Nice proposal, back-up is good in deed...its done sir

 

But my computer not behave odd in any way (AS LAST WEEK) am I more up for resolving it better then spend hours reinstall window (even if it definitly solve the issue)...maybe where I end after I manuly edit the registry :sad:

[Sharp]

When you do install the nvidia drivers, do not install the IDE SW drivers.

And do not install the firewall software (network access manager)

[wevsspot]

Registry Mechanic is an outstanding program and I highly recommend it. I have been using RM for a few years now and it hasn't ever let me down.

 

In fact, every service call I go on gets a complimentary registry workover using RM before I leave.

 

It IS well worth the price of admission.

[sammuel]

Thanks wevsspot, I will consider buy it ASAP.