spyware

I have what appears to be a spyware/malware issue that I just cant solve on my W7 64-bit machine. Got a pop-up message from out of nowhere the other day that my HD was going bad...immediately I thought virus. Turned my computer off, did a systemt restore > 1 week ago, and now everything appears...

My System is a Desktop with the following hardware/software: Software: Windows 7 ultimate 64bt McAfee VirusScan Enterprise +AntiSpyware Enterprise 8.8 Spyware Doctor 8.0.0.652 Hardware: Hitachi Deskstar 2TB 7200RPM Sata 6.0Gb/s LITE-ON 12x Blu-ray SATA MSI 890GXM-G65 Motherboard G. Skill...

I have the same problem the last 2 days. I delete it and in 5-10 mins it appears again. I have scanned with Super Antispyware and Malwarebytes Antimalware and Microsoft Security Essentials, but with no success. I am sure it is not a harmful one, but I want to get rid of it from my "clean"...

After getting hit with some nasty spyware I had to re-install Windows 7 from scratch. During the install I'm now randomly getting this error during the install. The weird part is that it happens randomly at different times during the install. I don't think it's the CD since its the same one I...

IDG News Service - He was hired to fix their computers, but police say that Trevor Harwell instead installed spyware software that took candid photos of his clients in various states of undress. Harwell had been a Macintosh specialist with a Los Angeles-area home computer repair company...

Hi, I was running Windows 7 on a Dell Vostro 3700 Laptop..After doing a spyware scan and finding and deleting all the entries I found, the next time I turned it on I get the error: oxc000000f "An error occured while attmepting to read the boot configuration data File: \Boot\BCD" I have...

I have installed a legit Windows 7 OS on my laptop. Its not an upgrade, it was a blank hard drive. WIndows 7 installed flawlessly, picked up all my drivers. The only problem is I am having problems with Windows 7 updates. When I choose Windows 7 update, it says "Checking for updates" and stays...

Hello! I really don't know what to do, so I need your help! I have been getting random BSODs for almost two months now... I have tried everything, formatting and reinstalling Windows 7, have even downgraded to Windows Vista once, updated every driver I can find, scanned for viruses...

I am having major issues. I bought my Compaq Pressario desktop this past Feb. It has 2 gig ram, amd anthlon II processor 2.00 ghz, and a 500 gig hard drive running Windows 7 Home Premium. It didn't have service pack 1 which a friend installed from a disk he had as I can't access the Windows...

Hi there, I know there are few Limited connectivity threads but ive checked them, non of them have the answer im looking for so ill just tell you the story. I accidentily downloaded a malware/adware program called Antimalware Doctor, i tried going into safe mode and using multiple programs...

Link Removed - Invalid URL Download Scanner at Link Removed Microsoft has just released an on-demand anti-malware scanner called as The Microsoft Safety Scanner. MSS is a free downloadable security tool for the Windows user and provides on-demand scanning and helps remove viruses, spyware, and...

Hi ya'll! Yesterday I was looking for a bike on a buy and sell site, I found a nice one and I wanted to see a bigger picture. So I searched for that bike on Google Pictures and found a good pic. I clicked on it and then Firefox said that this site wasn't secure and I might have gotten some...

If you find that you being prevented from using the internet and you are getting pop-ups stating your pc has been attacked, then you need to get rid of this thing fast. It will infest your pc's registry. Basically it is a name changing rip-off rogue application that deliberately reports false...

Hi Ok hope someone can figure out what is going on with my system, I have a very odd issue when i first boot my system I am unable to open any 32bit applications :( when observing task manager the process opens and closes imediatly with no error. If i warm reboot the machine and log back they...

Yesterday I was browsing the web on Yahoo search like I always do. And I was searching for a well known social web hosting forum.That I was visiting two weeks ago and had no problems getting onto that site then. I will not tell you the link as I do not want anyone else to click on it, as it is...

Just a line to see if anyone has encounterd ,that internet nasty vista 2011 malware remover,that is a trojan,that attaches itself to windows secdurity center, or pretends to be windows security center, and begins to warn through various false scans and notices, of attacks and spyware ,and all...

Hi I have a query regarding my Toshiba Satellite A500 OS: Windows 7 premium Processor: Intel core i5 Ram: 6 G Recently whenever I try to play a music/movie file I will often get distorted sounds. Sometimes the files play better and at other times it seems like the ram breaks down . Also I...

Hey To all and thank u i hope u can find a solution for me couse im working on it for two weeks.. first i had a red X on the white flag that informed me that my security center cant start. i couldnt opened it so, Following other forums advices , I tried to opened the service control panel, but...

Windows users of AVG are now experancing problems with AVG Free. the latest Anti-Virus definition 426 request's users to restart the computer once done, and if you are lucky you would check if that did it's job, users will notice that All if not some of the Utilities including Anti-Virus...

I have a serious and very annoying problem.Ever, since I got Windows 7, whenever watching a movie it freezes (once every 10 minutes, for 3-4 seconds). Also, last night, I found freezess when I listen to music and I'm not a computer, so I guess this is due to some safety mode or something because...