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A couple of days ago I did something really stupid: I tried to download a game for free by following a tutorial which required me to install a Babylon toolbar from an ad. It didn't work, so I uninstalled all the babylon stuff and scanned my computer with Avira and Ad-aware, they came up with...

For all fans / users of Avira, seems like they've sent out a problematic update which is causing some problems. Looks like the impact is to their commercial "paid for" version and there is no mention of their free version in the article. Avira Antivirus update cripples millions of Windows PCs |...

CPU: i7 2600k 3.5ghz MOBO: Gigabyte g1.Sniper 2 RAM: Corsair CL8 vengence 8gb (4x2) SSD: Corsair Force 3 60gb (Windows 7 pro 64 bit installed here) VGA: Sapphire 2gb 6950 x 2 (in crossfire) HDD: Western Digital 2TB SATA 3 black PSU: Corsair HX-1050W Hi! I have been having some troubles with...

Hi all, Here is a question that I posted on the MS-TechNet, but I thought I should post it here too, to get wider audience. Any help/suggestion that you can provide will be greatly useful. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Update 0 : Turning notifications...

Some days back my chkdsk started running after a reboot. Everything was fine until it found some errors and i got this line... Replacing invalid security id with default security id for file 97. Replacing invalid security id with default security id for file 98. Replacing invalid security id...

Looks like a well know and reasonably popular (free) Anti-Virus product, has detected one of it's own files as a piece of malware. This or similar false positive findings seem to happen to a lot of AV vendors from time to time, this is just the most recent in a long line. Can't wait for this to...

well this how it goes.. my task manager and regedit were disabled by administrator.. what shall i do to help me get back my task manager and regedit.. did try the procedures for enabling regedit..still doesnt work.. also, used online virus scanners..not a big help..installed...

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...

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I'm not sure where to post this, but maybe someone can help. This has happened with my W7 SP1 system but I also have XP-home on my other computers and I suspect I will encounter the same problem when updating Avira. 　 I have used Avira free for years and I’ve been pleased with it. I did a...

Hi Everyone... I've just been advised to remove Avira and ZoneAlarm off of my PC because of regular BSOD problems. See link Link Removed As an alternative was advised to Install MS Security Essentials.. Since these actions, the PC has been running great :-) I am however...

Acer Aspire 4253 Windows 7 Home Premium Online Armor Free Avira Antivirus Free D-Link DSL-2640T Installed a brand new Windows 7 Home Premium on a brand new laptop. "Windows can't perform the update : error 87002EFE" Just thought I'd post this for anyone else having problems with error...

First, I don't know if this is the right place to ask this one but since Avira's website offers absolutely no help at all, I'm going to try. After yesterday's update (03-31), Avira started scanning as usual. This time however, it started giving an extreme ammount of virus report. Basicly, it...

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I installed Avira on my Win7 Lenovo, and configured it with an early startup... now one of the Avira file is corrupt, and I need to edit the startup some how... I can edit files with a text editor, and copy files... but I cant start he computer... I was wondering if anyone could think of a...

I'm having an issue with downloads in both Firefox and IE. Whenever I attempt to download .exe or .msi files, Firefox automatically pauses them. When I click the "retry" button, the download begins, but once it is finished, the file disappears. It's as if it was never even downloaded in the...

OK Here's the story: This morning I was trying to get a program to work, and it wasn't. I found out I needed to change the system language to Japanese to do so. So i changed the system locale to Japanese.. and restarted my computer. Windows wouldn't start. It would reach up to the windows logo...

Well I installed Avira antivirus, updated it and then restarted my pc. Then I got a BSOD on the windows logo. Happens everytime. I installed Avira about a week ago on the same pc and then the same problem occured (I didn't realize it was Avira untill now) I formatted it, but my DVD rom does...

Hi. I have tried to Install Microsoft Security Essentials but I get the error 0x80070643. I unistalled Avira first, then rebooted before trying. Please help !

Hi everyone. I'm Martin and I'm new to this forum and Windows 7. I have bought a brand new laptop, HP 8540w yesterday and already had a number of BSODs - even while trying to write this post. (Firefox being the only opened application) To me they seem to just come randomly - not when I have...