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Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) claimed credit on Thursday for taking down one of the biggest producers of spam e-mail in a joint effort with federal authorities across the United States. The world's biggest software company said its legal action against the operator of the Rustock 'botnet' -- or...

Hi all, Well.explorer.exe size has changed...But there has been windows 7 updates,etc. Every winodws 7 update is up to date,etc.But i would replace it but i don't know if its changed from an update or infected,etc.Thanks,So would anyone know if this is the legit file?.Thank You The size of...

Hi! I'm Adam Shostack,a program manager working in TWC Security, and I'd like to talk a bit abouttoday's AutoRun update. Normally, I post over on the SDL blog, but oflate I've been doing a lot of work in classifying and quantifying how Windowscomputers get compromised. One thingthat popped...

BBC News - Swine flu offers extraordinary super immunity People who recover from swine flu may be left with an extraordinary natural ability to fight off flu viruses, findings suggests. In the nine patients they studied who had caught swine flu during the pandemic, they found the infection...

ESET Knowledgebase - Reports of rogue ESET Smart Security malware Reports of rogue ESET Smart Security malware News ID: NEWS107|Last Revised: October 06, 2010 We have received reports of a rogue security software program disguised with a false ESET Smart Security image. This type of...

I'm the only user of the computer and supposedly have Admin rights. However, cannot manage computer or install any software. I activated the hidden Administrator account and created a new user account with admin rights, but same result, the new account cannot perform admin tasks. All this...

Hi im having this error: wont let me open explorer and avast wont let me fix or delete the infected files. plz help

Where is Whoosh, always so punctual and replying on time? How's he doing, is he unwell, maybe in some kind of trouble, perhaps malware infected? Where is this great guy anyway? I'm worried. Link Removed - Invalid URL Link Removed due to 404 Error YouTube - Gms vs Dj Dede - Whoosh

A new piece of malware is capable of killing the Windows boot process, according to Microsoft. Win32/Yonsole.A is a backdoor Trojan, a term that defines a piece of malicious code designed to compromise computers and subsequently connect to a server controlled by the attacker, receive and execute...

I have a new Dell Inspirion 540 computer (running Windows 7) that is now infected with Adware-Isearch. When I transferred the files from my old computer which runs Windows XP using a Belkins Easy Transfer cable, the adware was transferred over. When I run McAffee antivirus, the Adware-Isearch...

Hello, I was hoping to find help with this issue. I think I may have been infected by a virus or something. I rebooted my computer after it began to slow down, and upon reboot, all my desktop icons were white/blank. I double clicked a couple of icons and a message popped up reading "This file...

March 7, 2010 USB Battery Recharger Status Software contains Trojan, says US-CERT ( United States Emergency Readiness Team) Back door Malware software that accompanies the Energizer DUO USB Battery Charger contains Trojan Horse that gives hackers total access to a Windows PC. The Energizer...

This came from part of a HiJackThis log.... Hosts- 74.XXX.40.xxx paybillsnow.com (this is not the address, I will not give real link because it hyperlinks directly to infection) (There are multiple addresses linking to these browser HiJacks, I'm only showing one) This seem to be some...

It just started tonight, but AVG 9.0 is warning that this site (windows7forums.com) is infected and therefore being blocked. Has anyone else reporrted this? As soon as you access any page on your site the alert from AVG pops up. What's going on?

ATTACKS & ACTIVE EXPLOITS Spam masquerading as a Microsoft Outlook security and stability update actually infects computers with ZBot, a Trojan horse program that steals sensitive information. The malware contains a list of financial institution and social networking sites; if users visit any...

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A buddy of mine asked me to fix his computer. It apparently froze up randomly- it did not matter what he was doing. When I went on his PC, I discovered Antivirus 360 on his computer, along with another fake AV. It took about half an hour to download Malwarebytes anti-malware because the browser...

Seems like it is spreading very quickly and infecting millions of computers. So are you infected?

It appears that in the past week, my system has become infected and now continuously retarts explorer and limits all administrative rights. I have come up in safe mode and checked for newly added programs, run spyware doctor, adjusted DEP, but have had no luck in stemming the problem. Except in...

Ok, I have a virus that is causing pop-ups everytime i open internet explorer. they tell me that "a virus is in my computer attempting to steal passwords and private info from the infected computer." also give the info: Type: Virus Infection Length: 138,293 bytes Systems Affected: Windows...