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Craig's List Volume Limit? What is it?

I asked a simple question on CL's list. My broadband connection will sometimes display a youtube video for maybe 2 minutes and then just stop incoming. This even happened with VoIP telephone. Looking at BandWidth Monitor, I can see where the incoming information just drops off.

I asked if anyone else had experienced that their internet was there one minute but not the next. One reply was to be careful to ask such questions as when that person had asked a similar question his CL's account had been suspended.

Well, probably coincidentally, the next day, XP failed to boot up, missing file. Go figure. I was in the process of changing to a new drive so just reinstalled it. Then two days later when I tried to post again on CL's list I get the following message:

"This posting is being blocked

You have exceeded the posting volume limit for this account/email.

Craigslist readers strongly prefer not to see the same posting listed multiple times.

Please help us out by not overposting your listing."

Since I don't post a lot on CL and hadn't for two days, I wonder what the volume limit is? It's not on any of their help list sections. And, good luck on getting a reply from sending an email back from them.

It's too coincidental that I had mentioned the cab le company by name (which rhymes with fo x ) and then the next time I tried to post, I was blocked.

What's the volume limit? Anyone ever heard of this? Anyone ever had a similar experience as I have with being blocked upon mention the I P ser vice provider?

Update:

Answerer number 2, what does this have to do with anything that I asked?

I have one better step. I have a copy of XP on another disc. If I start up on that and the problem is still there, you missed the mark by a mile.

It's just too coincidental that the following day after asking about C o x c abl e that this account was affected.

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  • MLM
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    I suspect that your CL account may have been compromised. I would recommend that you contact the tech support team using the Craigs List online form.

    http://sfbay.craigslist.org/cgi-bin/emailForm.cgi

    In the interim, you should consider changing your Craigs List password.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Step 1: Let's prepare for getting rid of "Windows cannot find" error message

    First of all, backup your registry. The good idea is to create Windows Restore Point. This can save your operating system in case of emergency.

    Open Regedit and Msconfig programs. We'll need them both. If infection got deep, I recommend you searching for and downloading a program called Autoruns, which shows and allows to disable much more autorun entries than standard Msconfig.

    Step 2: Searching for the file Windows cannot find ourselves

    Remember the name of file from "Windows cannot find" dialog. The first question we should ask ourselves is whether this is legal Windows file (or some needed file) or whether this is a malicious lookalike.

    Here is the short list of files which are commonly missing and which are legal Windows files if situated in Windows\System32 folder or one of its sub-folders:

    svchost.exe

    spoolsv.exe

    rundll32.exe

    regsvr.exe

    msconfig.exe

    And here is the list of files that are not legal Windows files, which are, in fact, malicious files, but look like the legal ones:

    schost.exe

    ssvchost.exe

    svch0st.exe (notice zero instead of letter)

    spoolsv32.exe

    rundll.exe (such file really existed on Windows 9x, but should not exist on newer version of Windows, otherwise it is malicious)

    run32dll.exe

    There are, of course, a lot of other possible malicious file names that resemble legal files. Just turn on your imagination and use common sense to determine whether you faced with legal file or with somethign malicious in your "Windows cannot find" error message.

    Step 3: Restoring legal files that Windows cannot find

    If Windows is missing some really legal and system-critical file, you can restore it by executing the following command in command prompt window:

    sfc.exe /scannow

    This command may require you to insert original CD or DVD from which you installed Windows.

    Step 4: Examining startup items and services

    The next step in fixing "Windows cannot find" problem is to find erroneous references to files from registry, start items and services. Download the program called HijackThis here which will scan and show you all startup items and services on your computer.

    Step 5: Repair Registry--you can use some secured program such s McAfee secured RegInOut to recover missing file. Thanks

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