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Windows 10 You gotta be on alert all the time!
Hi I just got a popup that said "Your Adobe Flash player needs to be updated". I almost clicked on OK, (it had the Adobe logo on it) but my policy is to always go to the official site to get updates never from popups. So I searched and picked a site that looked like the official Adobe site...- MikeHawthorne
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- adobe antivirus caution chrome download fake websites flash player infection internet malware official site popup safety security suspicion trust update user experience verify
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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How to easily clean an infected computer
Hi! Sense we don't have a malware team here on the forum, here's some great tools you can use to clean a infected PC. I have used all of them and they get the job done. Rather then me listing the software, this link does the job for me!;);) Please add any programs that you use and recommend. If...- holdum333
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- adware cleanup computer forum guide help infection keylogger malware ransomware recommendations rootkit security spyware tools training trojan virus windows worm
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- Forum: Windows Security
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Windows 7 Question about Ransomware
This is not a problem for me but I did not know where to post this question Which is: When a computer is infected with Ransomware is just the C drive encrypted or do all other partitions and hard drives encrypted? I have 3 hard drives and one is external that is always connected with a total of...- jtpcamp
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- backup computer safety cyber threats data security drive encryption external drive hard drive infection logical drive ransomware
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Windows 8 Windows 8 - defender / www-searching.com malware- PLEASE HEEEELP
Hello everybody, have a problem. Somehow got www-searching.com and cannot get rid of it. Tried to apply some instructions from internet but cannot log on as Administrator, although I am the only person ever using this computer. Beside that my Defender is off but cannot switch it on, again needs...- brod298
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- administrator antivirus computer issues defender help infection instructions malware online safety pc guidelines security solutions system settings tech support troubleshooting user account windows 8 www-searching.com
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Dorkbot Botnet: Overview, Impact, and Solutions for Microsoft Windows Users
Original release date: December 03, 2015 Systems Affected Microsoft Windows Overview Dorkbot is a botnet used to steal online payment, participate in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, and deliver other types of malware to victims’ computers. According to Microsoft, the family of...- News
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- antimalware antivirus botnet credentials cybercrime cybersecurity ddos dorkbot impact infection malicious links malware online banking remediation security alert sensitive data system update usb security windows
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- Forum: Security Alerts
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Windows 8 C: Drive full all of the sudden. Help!
Hello I have a Windows 8 PC and my 500gb C: drive is showing that it is nearly full all of the sudden. It was around 195 GB yesterday and now it is showing 465gb. I looked in the drive to see where all the GB were, but the numbers don't add up. The Windows folder, Program Files, Users, ect all...- Adrian Massini
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- antivirus c drive computer help data recovery disk cleanup disk space drive analysis error file management hidden files infection issues memory storage system performance tech support troubleshooting virus windows 8
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Internet getting dangerous.
There was once a time when you might only expect to pick up some malicious software on certain types of websites. It seems now, almost anywhere might expose you to such things. I was doing something as innocent as looking for the radio frequencies used in Microwave ovens and ended up getting...- Saltgrass
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- browser security computer safety cybersecurity data security infection internet malware microwave online risks radio frequencies ransomware security software system protection technical issues threats user experience virus warning windows defender
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- Forum: Windows Networking
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Windows 10 Parasitic DLL extension removal
I know, installing a windows 8.1 Explorer extension on windows 10 probably wasn't a good idea. Still, after installing "StartIsBack+", my windows Explorer does not function without it. Upon installing, the extension creates a DLL and some resource files. When I delete the DLL, my windows...- IWC
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- autorun dll explorer extensions infection performance regsvr32 removal resource files software conflict startisback system issues troubleshooting user experience windows 10 windows 8.1 windows update
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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TA14-300A: Phishing Campaign Linked with “Dyre” Banking Malware
Original release date: October 27, 2014 Systems Affected Microsoft Windows Overview Since mid-October 2014, a phishing campaign has targeted a wide variety of recipients while employing the Dyre/Dyreza banking malware. Elements of this phishing campaign vary from target to target including...- News
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- adobe reader antivirus banking campaign credentials dyre email exploitation infection malware patch phishing protection scam security update vulnerabilities windows
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Windows 7 how do i get rid of the virus (LND/Starter)
I have the LND virus I think, Avg pops up with it all the time and in all 7 drives, that are shortcuts with the extention .ink, please help me out, thank you all Joe- franktheman7
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- antivirus avg help infection lnd malware removal shortcuts virus windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 How to totally remove pirrit suggestor? (its killing me)
How do i totally remove pirrit suggestor? I don't remember visiting malicious website or downloading maclicious software into my computer and i'm having this green icon that revealed that my computer is infected with the adware called pirrit suggestor. When i checked my task manager, i found out...- bryan1709
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- adware data theft infection malware pirrit remove security software removal system slowdown task manager
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 What is re-enabling my laptop webcam?
Asus G75VW laptop. Windows 7 fully updated. Avast, Malwarebytes, SuperAntispyware, and Spybot SD show 0 infections/PUPs/etc. I disable the webcam on the laptop in the device manager and when I reboot it is re-enabled. I did my best to use the tools in Spybot to look through the registry and...- AnonEarthling
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- asus bios device manager disable infection laptop malware pups reboot registry security spybot tools troubleshooting webcam windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 Why does a machine keep getting infected??
Hello all, A friend's computer has windows 7 with an antivirus and the up to date definitions, and the user is a Standard user, the computer keeps getting infected. I have cleaned this computer before, but it just keeps happening. I've noticed that this happens a lot with windows, shouldn't...- geo77
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- antivirus defender infection malware security spyware standard user tech support troubleshooting windows 7
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Windows 8 Beware of Acadia Global: Ongoing PC Infection Scam Alert
A company called Acadia Global is still trying to tell poeople that their pcs are getting infected and they can fix it for a price. It is a known scam dating back to at least 12/12. Go to the FBI at www.ic3.gov and report it if it hapens to you. Do not give any money or information.- Peterr
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- acadia global awareness consumer protection fbi fraud infection online pcs report scam security
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Virus or not a virus?
Hi My friend Paul has a message keep popping up in the lower right hand corner of his monitor saying that it is Windows Security Essentials and that it has found a virus that needs to be removed. The thing is it doesn't look quite right to me, the window is yellow and doesn't look like...- MikeHawthorne
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- blue screen cleanup computer safety diagnostics firewall infection malware malwarebytes popup registry scan security security essentials support technical issues trojan user help virus win32 windows defender
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Understanding .exe*32 Processes and Troubleshooting Slow Laptop on Windows 7
I recently noticed that my laptop has slowed down. When I checked the processes in task manager, I noticed the following: firefox.exe*32 chrome.exe*32 AvastUI.exe*32 skype.exe*32 yahoomessenger.exe*32 mbam.exe*32 This is most unusual. What's the ,exe*32? What does it do? Is it an infection? How...- Tita Luna Matulin
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- 64-bit avast infection malware malwarebytes performance issues process removal task manager windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Software
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TA13-309A: CryptoLocker Ransomware Infections
Original release date: November 05, 2013 | Last revised: November 06, 2013 Systems Affected Microsoft Windows systems running Windows 7, Vista, and XP operating systems Overview US-CERT is aware of a malware campaign that surfaced in 2013 and is associated with an increasing number of...- News
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- antivirus backup botnet cryptolocker cybercrime decryption encryption incident infection malware mitigation network phishing prevention ransomware recovery security threats user education windows
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- Forum: Security Alerts
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TA13-141A: Washington, DC Radio Station Web Site Compromises
Original release date: May 20, 2013 | Last revised: May 21, 2013 Systems Affected Microsoft Windows systems running Adobe Reader, Acrobat, or Oracle Java Overview On May 16, 2013, US-CERT was notified that both Link Removed[.]com and Link Removed[.]com had been compromised to...- News
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- acrobat adobe reader buffer overflow command and control cve-2009-0927 cve-2010-0188 exploit kit fakeav infection internet explorer malware network monitoring oracle peer-to-peer security system compromise update vulnerabilities zeroaccess
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- Forum: Security Alerts
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Windows 7 Reoccuring trojan/virus in host files
Hi, Yesterday my antivirus started popping up with a virus/trojan Trojan.Win32.Hosts2.gen. I have a few windows.old from new installs, and this thing is traveling from those installs to the current one, zonealarm treats it but then it comes back. I ran spybot hoping it was some kind of...- alaskaferret
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- antivirus computer hijackthis host infection installation issues malware protection recurring removal security spybot threats trojan virus windows windows.old zonealarm
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- Forum: Windows Security
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Windows 7 Urgent Help Needed: Wife's Computer Infected with Virus After Opening Malicious Email Attachment
My wife just got a very nasty virus on her Windows 7 Home 64-bit system. She received an Email that said FedX had tried to deliver a package but was unable to complete the delivery. Instructions said to open a .zip file and print out a form and take the form to the nearest FedX office to get...- hawkeye62
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- backup email scam infection malware recovery security system protection trojan virus windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support