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  1. Windows 11 Proactive Memory Diagnostics: Post‑Crash RAM Scan at Sign‑in

    Microsoft is testing a new, consent-driven feature in Windows 11 that surfaces a sign‑in notification after a crash and offers to schedule a quick, pre‑boot memory diagnostic on the next restart to help detect RAM faults early. Background Memory corruption is one of those failure modes that can...
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    Windows 7 How do I delete Win32/Zbot?

    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...
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    • alert antivirus avast boot scan chrome delete files formatting installation issues malware microsoft protection reset security system trojan win32 zbot
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Security

  3. 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...
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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 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...
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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
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Software

  5. Windows 7 Random HDD become read only after reboot

    Hello! I'm having this weird problem. After about each second/third reboot one of my 6 hard drives become read only. It usually happen to a random drive (though, so far drive where W7 is installed never had that disease, yet) . I can't change any files on that drive and even right click option...
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    • automatic repair boot scan computer bug data recovery disk check drive attribute drive issues error error correction file management file system hdd installation operating system random issues read only storage devices troubleshooting windows 7
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows Vista Haunted Happenings; Vista Machine Acting Wierd After Virus Detection

    A couple days ago, I came to my computer in the morning and there was about 3 or 4 Virus Warning screens from Avast... The screens were warning me about a virus'ed file called welik.exe... As I closed those boxes (after selecting DELETE), several more would pop up.. Click DELETE and close...
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    • avast boot scan error message file deletion gremlins malware network reboot scan scanner system performance system restore troubleshooting virus web connectivity windows vista
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support