Windows 11, with its sleek design and enhanced performance features, is not immune to malware threats. In fact, with malware attacks reported at around 190,000 per second, staying one step ahead is essential. Malware—be it viruses, adware, or other malicious code—can slow down your system, lead...
I seem to have the same L2TP VPN issue as everyone with the security updates (KB5009543, KB5009566) but I upgraded to Windows 11 right after the update and now removing the updates is not helping me to get back on the VPN. The only way I have found to use the Windows VPN is to turn on my Norton...
Preparing to give away my old Win 10 Toshiba Satellite laptop, I used the Windows Reset>Remove tool to wipe the drive and reinstall Windows. It's been stuck on 'Resetting this PC 99%" for at least twelve hours. Is there a known solution?
i recently found out that my laptop has a trojan , which came with a software i install 6 to 7 days ago . windows defender found out it but was unable to remove it.Every time it reboot it came back.I checked in task manager for startup program , there was a strang prgm csrss.exe. So. it was a...
I have a very old Compaq laptop - 2011 - I am not going to use it online - just using for creative stuff - I would like to speed it up a bit - I have a jpeg snipped image which shows some stuff I think I can remove but not sure. Can you tell me if any of these can be removed? Thanks. I am...
Seems to be several opinions on this as I Google, so thought to ask you all here as well for your thoughts.
Lenovo P51S with Ultradock. Two USB hard drives attached to the dock. Both set for "Quick Removal" in Device Manager.
Do I need to "safely remove" these drives before hot undocking and...
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Somehow this program was installed on my computer without my permission. It doesn't show up in any program list for uninstallation. I did manage to locate WPS in 'services' and disabled it. Still, I'd like to get rid of it entirely. I Googled and found instructions for removal, but it doesn't...
backgroup = I let Tabby install her Sims game and the EA spyware tried to scan my homegroup as part of its install... results in a homegroup icon being placed on the desktop
steps to get rid of this icon;
right click a blank bit of desktop and select "Personalise"
goto themes and look for...
Make Use Of just posted a must-read article titled "The Complete Malware Removal Guide".
It has a lot ofinformation in it.
Article link: The Complete Malware Removal Guide
when I go onto Firefox or IE the start up page is launchpage.org , I have tried using Hijack This, Windows Malicious software ,Microsoft Security Essentials but nothing seems to be able to remove it for me, so I am hoping that someone here might know a EASY way for me to get rid of it please...
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I have found (IDP.alexa.51) on my computer and AVG is saying that it has infected powershell.exe.
I have also found out that powershell itself in not infected, there is a bat file and another file called "383d1.36D560" that is responsible for it. They replicate itself when a deletion is...
Hi all,
I've got a 2TB hdd that I want to remove from the current machine, but I've noticed that there is a System Reserved partition on it. If I remove the HDD, the system will boot up normally? Or I'll have problems?
After installing another piece of software, I accidentally installed a bunch of adware as well. I was able to remove almost everything permanently except for the Funnysearching browser hijacker. My anti-malware programs (Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool, Malwarebytes, and Avast!) say that they...
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I right clicked on a screenshot I took. This context menu looks similar for almost any program. The most important part of this menu is the "Show how to open this file" part.
I have no idea what this is, and when I click it, it brings me to this page:
PNG File Extension - What is a png file...
Does anyone know if the " Fixme Stick" really works? It is advertised on Amazon as well as other computer sites. It is supposed to work before you boot up windows.
Thank you in advance for your input.
A big thanks to John Carrona Sr and Corrine Chorney for sharing this:
''This guide is for the WindowsActivationUpdate and Active Windows Scam program from the Rogue.Tech-Support-Scam family. When this infection is installed it will pretend to install an update on the computer that prompts you...