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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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...
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According to recent article over at Winbeta.com, Microsoft, when asked, said the upgrade prompt will be disabled on the 29th July as well as the free upgrade to Win' 10.
If the offer get's extended then of course so could the upgrade prompt. We'll just have to wait and see.....
Display Driver Uninstaller DDU - Display Driver Uninstaller is a driver removal utility that can help you completely uninstall AMD/NVIDIA graphics card drivers and packages from your system, without leaving leftovers behind (including registry keys, folders and files, driver store).
The...
Hi there just looked in "my documents" and seen that I have a XVID file appear as a DISK IMAGE FILE Type of file.
Believe it a virus... Any ideas as to how I can get rid of as AVG not deleting.
Thanks
I have never had different accounts on my computer nor a password: I switch on and go. Somehow my little daughter has managed to change something so she appears as Admin and we cannot get in without a password. She says she does not know what she has done (but at least she managed to guess...
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Without explanation, Microsoft has removed the just-released November update (version 1511) from the download page it offers to the general public. The media creation tool now downloads the initial release of Windows 10 instead. [Update: Microsoft tries to explain.
Microsoft yanks latest Windows...
Hi, not sure if anyone can help with this here but I have a small issue.
I just updated to Windows 10 and everything went great, but there is just one small issue, my phone seems to be duplicated in "Devices and Drives". It's just a minor annoyance really, but I was wondering why it has...
I had 5 files =oice in %temp% which would never go away as all files eventually do.
There are other files seen on the attachment. I used uncover to remove the oice files but am unsure if I should remove these in the attachment.
I ran DISM and finally reported no corruption.
So i got back home from the beach from a school field trip this weekend and my nephew was home all day i let him use my computer and he tried downloading a game on my computer illegally but instead he got a bunch of adware and who knows what else this computer might hold now. There's adware in...
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...
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