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  1. MikeHawthorne

    Windows 10 Fake Microsoft has locked your your computer, malware?

    Hi My wife just got one of those Microsoft has locked your computer because you are using a fake version of Windows messages. This one even had an official sounding voice playing a threatening message. The computer was locked up, so I Control Alt Deleted out and shut the computer down and...
    • MikeHawthorne
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    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  2. vinothkumar

    Windows 7 Windows 7 creating shortcuts when plug USB Stick

    Hi, I am using windows 7 OS and I got shortcut created when connect USB stick with this and If I open this shortcuts in my PC it will open in another PC It will not open and whatever content inside of USB Stick is corrupted. I want to you guys to fix this issues, Fix for remove the shortcut...
  3. A

    Understanding Metamorphic Viruses: Definition and Protection Strategies

    What is a metamorphic virus and how do we protect ourselves from this virus?
  4. M

    Windows 7 Windows 7 Installation No Device Drivers.

    I bought a new Dell Inspiron with Windows 7 pre-installed two years ago. Recently, my computer has acquired a computer virus which slows down my computer, redirects select google entries and on my C Drive there are folders with names like "df4f0569299e83f51098af913b749bc2" I have decided to...
    • matrixyahoo
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    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  5. J

    Windows 7 Skyrocketed Ram Usage

    This whole incident started today. Firstly, my computer's ram usage was perfectly fine (Less than 2GB Ram usage), I left my computer on for 3 hours, I came back and noticed that everything started to run really slow, I noticed that my ram usage skyrocketed to 5.8GB Ram usage. (My Computer has...
    • johnry718
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    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  6. cybercore

    Bogus Antivirus Malware Targets Mac Computers

    A fake antivirus application is targeting Mac OS X computers using Apple's Safari browser. Cybercriminals pushing MAC Defender, named like the legitimate MacDefender antivirus product, are manipulating keywords to push malicious sites to the top of search results. According to security...
    • cybercore
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    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: General Computing
  7. whoosh

    VIDEO Computer Virus

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    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: The Water Cooler
  8. cybercore

    First Human Infected With Computer Virus

    BBC News - First human 'infected with computer virus' Dr Gasson admits that the trial is a proof of principle A British scientist says he is the first man in the world to become infected with a computer virus. Dr Mark Gasson from the University of Reading had a chip inserted in his hand...
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    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: The Water Cooler
  9. reghakr

    Windows 7 Virus in Torrent 7057

    How many times have I said...DON'T USE TORRENTS. Well, desperate to get the latest build, I found one to be a .rar file which immediately made me suspicious. Another stupid ass thing I did was to not make sure the hashes were identical. There were files called 4thmarch.exe and...
    • reghakr
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    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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