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    Windows 10 Windows 10 update makes text transparent

    A windows 10 system automatically updated this morning. Home screen shows all icons as usual, but not textual descriptions. Outlook toolbars are fine, but mail dates, sender/receiver, subject, text, etc. are missing. Mails can be opened, but appear with all fields blank. Now all text in Spybot...
  2. Missing Spybot Pro in Win 10

    I am told that Microsoft has removed Spybot from computers. Mine has stopped working, the exe. file is missing.. Is this true? and how can I get it back. I had the Pro edition which I paid for.
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    Windows 7 C Drive keeps filling up on it's own. Please help.

    So about 4 days ago I noticed that my c drive had lost a few gigs, no big deal, but two days later suddenly my drive was in the red. I'm down to about 33gigs right now and it keeps dropping. I've run scans with Avira, Malwarebytes and Spybot but nothing has helped. Is it a virus or is it just...
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    Windows 8 Desktop/Browser/Windows Explorer Issue

    A friend (within the last month) purchased an ASUS and up until about a week ago had no issues. Now the computer is pretty much unusable for anything she needs it for. It is running windows 8.1. On startup everything appears fine. After going to the desktop and allowing the computer to finish...
  5. Windows 8 Classic Shell, Windows Explorer, and Spybot?

    Hi I had a strange problem today and I just got it fixed. When I would right click on anything in the Left Windows Explorer column, Windows Explorer would close. I could right click on anything in the right side of the screen OK but that meant that I could right click on anything but the...
  6. 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...
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    Windows 8 active x control pop up message.. annoying

    One or more ActiveX controls could not be displayed because either:__1) Your current security settings prohibit running ActiveX controls on this page, or__2)You have blocked a publisher of one of the controls running on WINDOWS 8. I am getting this message on startup and i have tried...
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    Windows Vista Need help cleaned up registry and odd pop up still happening

    Today, for the first time, every time I start up the computer, I keep getting "Startup Cleaner has stopped working" - could this be some thing to do with Spybot? The thing is, I haven't downloaded a start up cleaner. I am the only admin on this computer and also as of today for the first time...
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    Windows 7 hi :dllhost.exe COM surrogate help

    HI, can anyone help me on this, it keeps starting up every few seconds, i have no crashes or noticible performance issues, except the process wheel on arrow flashes every 3 secs. i have done file scans, CC cleaner, mailwarebytes, norton up to date, s&d spybot: all clean, also tried icon...
  10. Windows 7 USB device drivers will not install

    I am working on a PC that has proved to be rather troublesome. It will NOT install USB devices through windows update or by pointing to system32/driverstore. When I point to system32/driverstore it says "USB Composite Device - the system cannot find the file specified." These are devices that...
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    Windows 7 Windows Firewall Not Starting tried everything Help!

    Iv tried everything to get my firewall started I believe the problem started when my Anti virus free trail expired so I was without an Anti virus for a few days. Anyway I now have Avast anti virus installed and Spybot but when I check my firewall, windows update and windows security center they...
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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...
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    Windows 7 Blue Screen of Death, Error Code 0x000000F4

    Hi, A few days ago i began receiving the blue screen with these error codes occasionally while playing games: KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR 0x0000007a I ran CHKdSK C: /F /R, Spybot: Search and Destroy, and Norton Antivirus, and now whenever my computer is under load I receive the BSOD with this...
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    Windows 7 No internet connection after virus removal. Chrome says DNS lookup failed~

    First- I am sorry if I am repeating a prior post but it seems I have some sort of various multiple problems listed elsewhere, so I kind of need a personal one! Our PC internet quit working a few days ago. Our wireless laptop and Ipods work. After some (hours) of playing, I noticed our homepage...
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    Windows 7 can't delete history in internet explorer

    I go to tools, delete forms, history, and the rest, and there are about 20 websites in history that keep showing up when I go type a web address. I've tried CWShredder (says it doesn't exist on my computer). I've tried Spybot (which I did first) (showed coolwebsearch when it did a scan, then...
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    Windows XP Windows XP forget full

    Built an windows xp machine for mother Inlaw. Has worked fine for two years. Scan for malware and viruses four times a month for her, running avast anti virus. The last week when windows is ldleing and you go to use it. It will ask for a pass word. There was no pass word for this account. So I...
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    Windows 7 Computer Freezes but mouse doesn't

    Within the last few days I've started having issues with my sony vaio laptop. I noticed it was running slowly each time I started it up. It wasn't recognizing that I had it plugged into the outlet or a mouse plugged into it. After a few minutes of being on it would recognize that it was plugged...
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    Windows 7 Icon thumbnail problem & can't change desktop solid color background

    My desktop background became solid black colors and can only select from solid colors. Even if I select image it still shows solid color and thumbnail of image in win7/personalization does not work. (look at image 1 below) another problem all folder, video and image thumbnails dont work (look...
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    Windows 7 Spybot sbsd security center service

    I have windows 7 64 bit with Avast 6 installed. I use Spybot for browser protection (immunisation) and for on demand scanning only. I notice in my services that I have sbsd security center service set to run automatically. Q) Do I need this security centre integration thing from Spybot auto...
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    Windows 7 Need to reformat drive after trojan attacks

    Ever since I recovered from the virus/trojan attack in December, my PC hasn't been the same. I keep getting a pop-up from malware-bytes and spy-bot about a smitfraud c.generic and svchost.exe problems. Needless to say, there is something happening that I can not put my finger on and realize...