Original release date: October 22, 2014
Systems Affected
Microsoft Windows
Overview
Ransomware is a type of malicious software (malware) that infects a computer and restricts access to it until a ransom is paid to unlock it. This Alert is the result of Canadian Cyber Incident Response...
Looks like I have another problem. Take a little time off and "surprise, surprise." It is annoying and as long as it does no damage, I guess I could live with it if I have to.
So I had this autorun virus that blocked some programs from oppening that I desperately need for work,
I downloaded auturonremover but it didn't help, tried uninstalling it, didn't uninstall properly
Delete it
The uninstalled it, showed me that it was deleted remove it from add or delete...
I have a problem with my Dell Inspiron 3000 Series Windows 8.1. It will detect several networks in the area, but I can only connect to the ones which are not password protected. I keep trying to connect to my home network with (what I think) is the correct password, but it says, "Connection is...
yesterday I received a phone call from a guy claiming to work for Microsoft,he went on to say my system was in danger of crashing, and that they would fix it for me no problem, before allowing him to remote access, he had me access some files and directories which showed numerous errors, after...
I have the LND virus I think, Avg pops up with it all the time and in all 7 drives,
that are shortcuts with the extention .ink, please help me out, thank you all
Joe
hi
please I need some help here,i am getting these blue screen, I think I had a virus because i installed a fresh copy of windows not a week long. I am doing nothing when i got this blue screen.
please help
Tahir Mehmood
Hi, I've encountered a problem with a HP S5780uk desktop. The wireless adapter is showing no networks available, device manager reports it as working fine, I've disabled and enabled it several times, reinstalled the drivers, and temporarily turned off the firewall then disabled and enabled it...
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...
Okay I'm going to try and explain this as best I can. I am a young girl and do not know much about what goes into to computers and fixing them. Just a heads up, I need a really good explanation of what to do. Thank you so much.
Now the problem. My computer got a virus from me trying to download...
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Basically I Have A Computer That Has A Virus That Takes Up Memory Space. So I Need To Format My Computer And Re-Install Windows.
However I Have Microsoft Word Pre-Installed From The Refurbisher Who Gave Us The Computer.
I Have Got The Product Key For Microsoft Office
When We Bought The Computer...
Basically I Got This Computer From A Refurbisher And It Came Pre-Installed With Windows 7 Ultimate 32 Bit
But A Virus Came On It And It Is Taking Up Space From My Hard Drive. So I Now Want To Format It But Have No CD, I Found This Website Which You Can Make It Again But If I Format My Pc, Will...
hi guys.
When I am playing games half way, I occasionally get auto alt-tab to desktop. It is very disruptive to my game. I went to check what is the cause of it by clicking on my volume icon and then click on mixer, I realise it is rundll32.exe that is causing the problem. Rundll32.exe will only...
Okay so here is the scoop inb my latest computing adventure:
I have a friend from work who needed me to get his internet working, okay fine i got it working easy enough, just using standard windows 7 stuff no issues.
However his main family computer is another story.
My friends father got a...
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Hello all,
I am new to this site so if this is in the wrong forum I apologize and move it is possible. Laptop has been acting up over the last couple of months.
First off I run Windows 7 home pro on a Sager system (2 years old) and AGV antivirus a the time, now McAfee antivirus. I have ran...
Hi,
I have recently had a run of BSODs all with different causes. They all seem to have the same readout for BugCheck (BugCheck 1E). It all seemed to start after I ran disk cleaner and disk defragmenter. I will upload all four minidumps. We have also had some network virus issues on another PC...
The news on anti-virus death is greatly exaggerated. The right way to look at it is that antivirus is not, and may never have been, a sufficient means by which to protect the user against attack. But, for most users, it's still an important front-line defense.
One great advantage of Windows 8.1...
So I was looking through the Program Files (x86) file on my computer, and I stumble upon these strange "Surf and Keep" files.
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Should I be worried? Are these viruses? Trojans? Adware? Should I delete them? Any help will be appreciated.
Hey guys so I've been having this problem where, every week or two this virus comes back it changes the date and time, and the notifications bar is crazy Ill show screenshots, as for the time and date I fixed it and if I don't fix it it shows me SSL errors etc, and the date is setback 2011...
Hi
When I booted my computer this morning this message box came up.
I've never seen this before so I said no, and am running Malwarebytes.
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The disturbing thing about this is that there is no identity as to what program is prompting this to display.
Looking at View Certificate...