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What Virus Protection Do You Use?
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...- alfred01
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- antivirus avast budget free software malware security software software recommendations system scan user experience virus protection
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- Forum: The Water Cooler
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Windows 7 Black Screen - Samsung R540-JA04
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...- Andre1
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- avast black screen driver issues error correction hardware issues laptop network security pc performance registry safe mode samsung software conflict system restore tech support troubleshooting update windows 7 windows defender
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 an army of rundll32.dll.... plz help
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...- ZeraX
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- 64-bit avast bitdefender computer issues cpu usage help kaspersky keylogger malware malwarebytes performance resource usage rundll32 scanner security slow pc system specs troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 My Laptop had been screwed up.. needs help
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...- ZeraX
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- avast firewall formatting games gaming gta vice city hardware keylogger laptop malware nfs underground performance recovery rundll32 software system32 toshiba troubleshooting virus windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows Vista Vista Laptop Will Not Download Files
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...- Grivien
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- avast avg boot scan clean boot download files firefox internet explorer laptop malware scan security tech support virus windows vista
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Troubleshooting Persistent BSOD Errors: Random Crashes and Possible HDD/RAM Issues
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...- Kristijan Rusu
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- asacpi.sys avast bsod driver issues event viewer freezing hdd issues intel kaspersky kernel error malware memory test ntoskrnl.exe nvidia performance issues security software system crash troubleshooting western digital windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 a virus scan gone wrong???
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...- BiG GrEEn BuDz
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- avast boot scan error hijackthis legitimate sites malicious files malware missing files quarantine safe mode scan security alert system repair system restore troubleshooting valid program virus windows 7 windows services
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- Forum: Windows Software
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Windows 7 Win7 Sp1 Post Installation Problem
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...- dniaak
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- acer aspire avast browser dns firewall home premium installation internet ip services media player network problem sp1 streaming troubleshooting update windows 7 winsock
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 7 Cant connect to internet unless in safemode with networking
OK, so I have recently wiped my hard drive (7 pass process) and I have reinstalled Windows 7 Home Premium. I then proceeded to update to SP1. Everything is good so far. Then, I found a page on here that had useful programs to download (Located Here). "SWEET!" I thought. So I downloaded a...- DragonPoet
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- assistance avast clean boot connectivity firefox forum hard drive ie8 internet malwarebytes network reinstall safe mode scan services software sp1 troubleshooting update windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Best Free Anti Virus Software?
Hi I've been using Microsoft Security Essentials for a while along with AVG Anti Virus software. In the last two weeks 3 people that I help out computer wise have gotten the Fake Antivirus Trojan, all of them using only MSE. I've never gotten any of these things while running both...- MikeHawthorne
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- antivirus avast avg free software malware microsoft security recommendations security trojan user experience
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 another safely remove hardware issue...
Step 1: I insert a USB stick Step 2: copy something FROM it to my hdd Step 3: I right-click the safely remove icon from the system tray Step 4: no USB devices are listed..... only the "open devices and printers" button is listed frustrating.... Why? Notes: - I searched the forums for a...- pentium
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- amd avast cache policies comodo devices display drivers eject hardware mirroring performance raid removable settings sfc storage system tray troubleshooting usb windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 Intermittent BSODs During Gaming: Troubleshooting Steps and Need for Help
Hi Guys, Been having very sporadic BSOD's for months now and I've tried everything I can think of and more. The BSOD message just says check for recently installed hardware and the error codes is just a load of zeros but up until a few weeks ago I had not replaced any parts. I've updated all...- Britomartus
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- ad-aware avast bios bsod clean install diagnostics drivers error codes gaming hardware memory issues overclocking pc maintenance registry cleaner software sporadic spybot system crash troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 Frequent blue screens (64 bit)
Hello, I'm using Windows 7 64 bit and get blue screens frequently. I've alredy tried to update my video card drivers, audio driver (I'm using the new beta now), replacing Avast with ESET NOD32 and replacing Daemon Tools with Virtual CloneDrive but I still get blue screens. (not only when...- szm33
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- 64-bit audio drivers avast beta drivers blue screen cpu-z diagnostics drivers eset nod32 frequent issues gaming graphics card hardware software replacement system issues troubleshooting usb audio virtual clone drive windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 Windows 7 will not load my system after I type my password. It just says Welcome and won't log me in
I'm using windows 7 home prem 64bit. This problem just happened today. I sign on with my password and the system says welcome, but won't actually login. It just hangs there. I used Avast to do a complete scan, but it didn't come up with anything. I used MS security essential it found a bunch of...- win7user
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- 64-bit avast home premium java exploits login issues malware system hang trojan welcome screen windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 BSOD Power State Failure ntoskrnl.exe+d1574 halmacpi.dll HEELP
Hi, i need help. Since 4 or 5 months ago i keep getting BSOD power state failure, last week i saw in BlueScreenView that snoskrnl.exe was the problem, but i don't know what to do with that. I think i need to uninstall AVAST, so i'm going to do it now, i don't know if i have to do something...- Cerealmix
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- avast bsod diagnostics failure graphics hal.dll hardware memory notebook ntoskrnl.exe nvidia pentium power state system error troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 Avast Problem Build 5.1.864
I was just over on the Avast Forum Apparently there is a bug in version 5.1.864. You need to uninstall and run the uninstall utility before installing. They still appear to be having problems following that. I'd wait until at least the next version. Update 5.1.864 creating problems Joe- Joe S
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- avast bug problem security software uninstall update utility version
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- Forum: Windows Software
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Windows 7 Can't re-install Windows 7 (Factory Install) after virus
My Acer 7736Z-4809 laptop (pre-installed w/ Win7 Home Premium 64bit, so I don't have the Win7 CD) was recently hit with a virus. I constantly got the BSOD "iaStor.sys" and a black screen. Startup Repair at first couldn't complete repair, but when I tried again, it found no errors. Tried System...- GW7777
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- acer ad-aware ahci avast bios bsod control panel factory install hijackthis iastor installation issues recovery safe mode startup repair system image recovery system restore task manager virus windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 7 Really random BSODs - anytime
Hi, There are daily BSODs in my computer. It can happen 5 minutes after turning computer on after 12 hours using it. It happens both when doing something or in idle mode. Haven't been able to figure our what programs are open that time but for sure IE8 and Windows Live Messenger 2009 are...- sgboy123
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- asus avast bsod crash error error codes graphics hardware idle ie8 intel memory security software system troubleshooting ultimate windows 7 windows live messenger zonealarm
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 Your current security settings don't allow this file to be downloaded
I keep getting this error "Your current security settings don't allow this file to be downloaded" when I try to download virus programs, I've got it when trying to download AVG, Avast! and MSE. It's really annoying and need to get one as my AVG 9.0 has expired. Oh and the computer in question...- Firecracker
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- 32-bit avast avg download error internet explorer mse security upgrade windows vista
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- Forum: Windows Networking
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Windows 7 Access Denied: Unable to Launch Game as Administrator Despite Full Permissions
I'm not sure if this problem goes here, but here it is anyways. I'm trying to launch a game I recently installed. Everything was fine and dandy until I actually tried to play. Everytime I tried to launch it, it comes up saying that my administration is insufficient. I am the administrator and...- Amira
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- administrator avast command prompt comodo launch security software troubleshooting user account control windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support