For anyone who uses a Windows PC, concerns about malware infections are never too far away. Despite advances in built-in security like Windows Defender, an alarming number of threats still manage to slip through, targeting both casual and power users. Keeping your device secure doesn't have to...
Antivirus software for Windows users has never been more critical—or more complicated. Despite technological advances in built-in Windows security, the evolving threat landscape and the proliferation of add-on features from third-party vendors can make the decision overwhelming. Windows users...
Recently I ran into a BSOD loop which made me restart my computer many many times by hand because sometimes my computer froze instead of showing BSOD, now after I managed to fix it my computer is REALLY REALLY slow, tried so many things
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removed hiberfil.sys (to clear...
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My wife's new Dell computer came with Avast Antivirus installed. Avast is practically a virus itself.
It keeps popping up windows that want you to upgrade to pay service etc. It's a real pain.
It has no uninstall function if you try to uninstall it in the normal way it just gives you the...
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Hi everyone, i have too much procces in task manager, before my pc get virus but i delete it with antivirus, but after that virus i have too much procces here and i have fps drops in games. can any one help me how to disable them or something.
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Today Windows Defender came up with Malware for the first time ever!
It found "Trojan:Win32/peals.flcl" When I looked at the location it said it was in a file called Desktop Lara that's been on my computer for years.
If offered to remove it so I did.
I then ran Malwarebytes and...
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Every Time I run Malwarebytes it finds and removes several unwanted programs.
This has been going on for some time.
Here's a screenshot that shows what the Pups are...
It's always the exact same programs, anyone know how to stop these from coming back?
They aren't getting installed...
What is the procedure for performing a ROLLBACK; to a Hibernation Point, NOT a restor pointe.
Objective: To delete a boot virus before it can install.;
/* For example, someone has seen your password and had wireless access.*/
ROLLBACK to last Hibernation Point;
ROLLBACK to last Hibernation...
I don't know if these programs cancel each other out or what. But I have used the different ones to get rid of different issues the other two didn't seem to catch. Can anyone tell me if this is going to cause more havoc than it's worth?
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 am running Windows 10 and Internet Explorer. I have depended on Windows Defender to protect me from virus , malware, Trojans, etc. But, my system became infected with safesear.ch. Windows defender did not detect this virus. I used Malware Bytes to remove it.
So, what anti virus would you...
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It was acting like virus, so I i did a fresh and killed (Totally overwrote) the mfr installation. I got the disc from craiglist for 15 dollars. At least it removed all names and puffery from the operating system.
It worked on two others so seems valid. Even gives key #.
Q1: I do not have all...
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Hi, my computer had many viruses and i could not enter google services like google and youtube and these sites.
So, i choosed to reinstall my windows os from the control panel!
But, the installation was stuck on 14% in about 8 hours or somethings...
Then i turned my computer off, And when i...
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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...
I'm going into a Clean install, and what does it do????
1 - Does it Fixes Audio Problem and DNS connectivity
2 - Does it all Delete Users
3 - Does it Remove Viruses??
Please REPLY Cuz i'm really going to reformat my PC
So I called the number. They said to take my computer to Best Buy and have them do an OTR, run an infection sweep, do a malware removal and a full system tune- up then buy Stopzilla for $99.00 and have that installed because my MacAfee is worthless. He said it would cost about $350.00. My...
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I have a number or problems with Windows 10. I just did the upgrade from Windows 7.
1. The login screen freezing up.
I got this to work by luck. You have 5 to 10 seconds to going into msconfig to put into safe mode. In safe mode I run my anti rook kit software and found 1 root kit virus...
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