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Please help! I have accidentally deleted in my Windows 7 start menu Return to Castle Wolfenstein separate folder. I haven't noticed it before, simply because I do not have time to play games and I thought it might be a virus, trojan or anything like that. Then I have noticed that the game with...

I've heard and seen mixed reviews about this same question - some about where its specifically located to differentiate whether its the backdoor trojan or it being the real program I've scanned my system with MalwareBytes and Norton 360 Heres a few lists pertaining to my system: Tasklist...

There's a new malware attack on Facebook and it's significant for multiple reasons. This attack is particular spreads through bogus links, and it appears to change form in line with news events. While there have been several similar scams in the past, they've usually involved tricking users...

Just hours after Apple updated a security update to protect Mac users against a rash of scareware attacks, a new variant began circulating that completely bypasses the malware-blocking measure. The trojan arrives in a file called mdinstall.pkg and installs MacGuard, a malicious application...

IDG News Service - The next time a website says to download new software to view a movie or fix a problem, think twice. There's a pretty good chance that the program is malicious. In fact, about one out of every 14 programs downloaded by Windows users turns out to be malicious, Link Removed...

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've been using Microsoft Security Essentials for a while along with AVG Anti Virus software. In the last two weeks 3 people that I help out computer wise have gotten the Fake Antivirus Trojan, all of them using only MSE. I've never gotten any of these things while running both...

I'm using windows 7 home prem 64bit. This problem just happened today. I sign on with my password and the system says welcome, but won't actually login. It just hangs there. I used Avast to do a complete scan, but it didn't come up with anything. I used MS security essential it found a bunch of...

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this has been occurring ever since my computer was diagnosed with a trojan. i removed it, and ever since then no .EXE files will open. I will click on any .EXE file, the revolving circle signifying loading will show for a second, and then it won't load at all - the program is not present in the...

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. i know that this problem is quite common but i still cant find a working solution. i hav been using windows 7 home premium for quite a while already but today suddenly the black screen problem occur. my explorer.exe is already running. i cannot access the internet coz my internet browsers...

I hope this is the right forum for this but if not please move it. Yesterday when i logged on this came up gidle.exe. I went online to find out what this was. It could be a virus or malware or some other nastys. I have ran sever scans with these software. Spybot Malwarebytes Nod32 anti virus...

I use Windows 7 Home Premium, 32-bit OS on a Lenovo G530 (so I'm having enough issues with my screen brightness, too). About a week ago my computer's anti-virus security program, Avast, started detecting possible infections but when I went to take care of them, the program wouldn't do...

Hello, I am running windows 7 and I came home from work and my spysweeper told em i had a trojan, "trojan.fakealert" I ran the sweep and got rid of the trojan only probem is I cannot open any files. I tried running in Safe mode, Nothing works. I go to start go to the search programs and files, I...

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...

Well, it started with an UAC alert asking if I would allow "jucheck.exe" to make changes to my computer, and me being concerned about the fact that the Publisher was "unknown". I did some internet searching, and couldn't decide what to do. Some forums say it's ok because even though UAC...

Hi All, This is my first post in this forum. I'm looking forward to reading and joining in with you all here! I hope someone could help me with a problem I have concerning my system. First of all, I am a musician and purchased a 3XS D.A.W. (Digital Audio Workstation) pc last November from...