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Problem When installing a program with a setup file from my data partition (E:\) or a (virtual) disk to C:\ I get error codes indicating installer cannot create files in the temp folder. When I then copy the setup file to anywhere on C:\ it runs and installs without any problem. So I can't...

Hi, I hope you can help me as I have a bit of a problem :/ Just out of the blue my laptop won't load up, just after I downloaded AVAST and i think the sertvice pack, my laptop has been playing up.. It freezes just at the windows logo and when trying to load safe mode it freezes at the...

i know what the trojan is but i cant find a way to delete it.. microsoft security essentials picked it up and everytime i try to install google chrome, it stops because it alerts me about zbot. i remove it but then it still alerts me about it when i try to install google chrome. i tryed...

Random BSOD + System Hangs Even After 3 reinstalls I should probably start off with the history of all this. I built the computer myself in February of this year. I accidentally installed x86 version and it ran perfectly fine. Since I didnt really care at the time, I just left it. Then in May...

Both my laptop and desktop are running Windows 7 64 bit. They both have the same issue through wired ethernet, but not through wireless connections. The reason I do not use wireless is because I only have 2-zero bars in my room. I am at a college campus and they have said the problem is mine...

Background: I'm running Windows 7, 64 bit, with IE9. Symptom: Internet access works fine with everything, except any program that seems to be tied to Internet Explorer. Programs such as command line utilities (Powershell, etc.), other browsers (Chrome, etc.), FTP, Usenet reader, Tweetdeck...

Yesterday night I was in my friends house and he seriously needed help. Hope you genius people help him. All his folders, file and shortcuts show as LNK file in Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. I tried scanning his PC with avast!, MalwareBytes, Hitman Pro 3.5 and SAS, but the result was the same...

I was letting my computer download steam games, CSS and L4d2. And it unexpectedly crashed !!! And recently I downloaded a screensaver found here: Link Removed - Invalid URL I'm thinking it could be from screensaver but I ran the file for viruses by AVAST and that didn't detect anything. So i'm...

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A lot of people here asking what is the best way to secure ones windows PC, what is the best antivirus out there etc. There is no best for a single person, since we are all different and so are our needs. There have been many threads just showing you different security products, but i...

Hello. I am trying to run a System Restore but have a problem I think with the ZoneAlarm firewall I am using. I also use Avast anti-virus, the free one, and Malwarebytes. I can disable the Avast, and I right click the ZoneAlarm symbol and select shutdown ZoneAlarm, then go ahead with my System...

hi to all, i have a toshiba p750-103 new with 2days of use..this because 4days ago i had the same bluescreen and i change the notebook at the store! programs installed: (and the other notebook that i change i had the same) -avast anti virus free -daemon tools lite -vlc media player -ccleaner...

Hello. I'm wondering what you think is the best anti-virus software. Right now I am using one of the more popular brands but am not very happy with it. I have found twice now that this software package not only didn't stop a virus but didn't even detect it when I did a full system scan. Could...

Hi All I recently purchased a Samsung Laptop, everything worked well for the first 3 days. Yesterday I installed Avast Internet Security Version 6.0 (I had a free license available) Also right before shutting off the pc (for the last time it worked correctly) Windows 7 installed 61 updates...

Hi everyone recently after few minutes of power on of windows i got this: Link Removed not only this, the cpu usage become at 100%, slowing the whole pc, it even hangs a little and the clock glass cursor keep forever I Used: Avast Free 6 Malware Bytes Anti-Malware...

Hi everybody recently my laptop acting very weird. 1- GTA Vice City, the game i play from 2003 till now, suddenly won't run for the first time ever in my life. i did uninstalled it completely and re-install, still won't run. 2- when i run Vice city and getting a "not responding" the cursor...

My husbands vista laptop won't download files. The go into firefox and disapear. We tried downloading Avast because he has the crap avg but it won't download that either. The internet exlporor will not open. I asked on another forum but both my account here and the account on vista forums...

Hello, greetings to all. I have some problems with BSOD. About one month, month and a half my PC started freezing and BSOD errors were shown to me. The problem was i couldn't do anything on the PC, 'cos it crashed sometimes even when playing Spider Solitaire. The freezes and BSOD were random...

recently a friend of mine sent me a link to a youtube page, and an avast antivirus alert popped up as the page loaded saying it blocked some sort of malicious code, then i tried going to a few different other legitimate sites, like google, yahoo, microsoft.... every site set off avast, so i ran...

I have installed [4/5/2011] Win7 SP1 (via windows update) on an Acer Aspire 1410-8414 notebook, with Win7 home premium installed. Now no browser [IE, FF or Chrome] will load any website. The computer connects to the internet, and media players will open streaming net radio and...