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Read Me: Forum Rules and Policy for First Responders by PhilliePhan (Jun 11th, 2011) moderation, policy, procedure, rules	Jun 11th, 2011 by PhilliePhan	0 replies 2 votes
Read Me: Read me before posting a request for assistance by PhilliePhan (Jul 16th, 2008)	Jul 16th, 2008 by PhilliePhan	0 replies 5 votes

Solved: The File does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. by GoldenEagle4444 (Feb 15th, 2011) winxp	26 Days Ago by jamie4445	42 replies 1 votes
Solved: How to remove iexplorer.exe by Tiffini (May 24th, 2007)	Apr 13th, 2011 by crunchie	13 replies 1 votes
News Story: 99.4 percent of malware is aimed at Windows users by happygeek (Sep 11th, 2010) mac, malware, news, research, security, windows	Jan 4th, 2011 by Chronister	16 replies 1 votes
News Story: Intel Purchases Internet Security Juggernaut McAfee for $7.68 Billion by Glass_Joe (Aug 19th, 2010) anti-virus, intel, mcafee, mobile, security, stocks	Aug 21st, 2010 by marshal_ramdev	1 replies 1 votes
News Story: Microsoft to Patch Hackers' "Shortcut" into Your Windows System Today by EricMack (Aug 2nd, 2010) malware, microsoft, patch, securityflaw, windows	Aug 2nd, 2010 by EricMack	0 replies 1 votes
News Story: Top Gear Romanian Hackers Deface The Telegraph by happygeek (Apr 16th, 2010) hack, news, newspaper, security, sql	Jul 30th, 2010 by hugoboss1	3 replies 1 votes
News Story: How safe is Internet porn? by happygeek (Jun 29th, 2010) adult, malware, news, porn, research, security, sex	Jul 12th, 2010 by Dcurvez	3 replies 1 votes
News Story: Symantec launches security cloud for business by newsguy (May 12th, 2010) business, cloud, news, security, symantec	Jun 15th, 2010 by appscomputer	2 replies 1 votes
Solved: MD5 Hashes by onlinessp (Jun 10th, 2010) hash	Jun 12th, 2010 by onlinessp	1 replies 1 votes
News Story: Password cracking made easy by newsguy (Apr 8th, 2010) news, password, security, symantec	Jun 8th, 2010 by allfortheteam	1 replies 1 votes
Unknown process uncontrollably uploading data via DSL by matthew_riven (May 17th, 2010) malware, uploading	May 31st, 2010 by popin	11 replies 1 votes
News Story: Battling Botnets Batman! by newsguy (May 10th, 2010) botnet, news, security	May 27th, 2010 by jollyscoden023	1 replies 2 votes
Solved: friends problem riddled computer filled with nasties by sampson (May 5th, 2010)	May 8th, 2010 by crunchie	9 replies 2 votes
News Story: Why boys and girls just love to hack by newsguy (Mar 18th, 2010) children, hacking, news, security, survey	Mar 18th, 2010 by newsguy	0 replies 1 votes
News Story: Iowa Homeland Security Hack by newsguy (Mar 11th, 2010) government, hack, news, security, terrorism	Mar 11th, 2010 by crunchie	2 replies 1 votes
News Story: The Trojan porn dialler is back by happygeek (Jan 28th, 2010) dialler, mobile, news, porn, security, trojan	Feb 27th, 2010 by skimmer911	2 replies 2 votes
News Story: Guess the dumbass password by newsguy (Jan 28th, 2010) analysis, breach, dumbass, news, password, security	Jan 28th, 2010 by Salem	1 replies 1 votes
News Story: Why cracked encryption is a good thing by happygeek (Jan 12th, 2010) code, cracking, crypto, encryption, hacking, news, rsa, security	Jan 15th, 2010 by HenryTom	3 replies 3 votes
News Story: Holy Bouncing Autonomous Intelligent Botnets Batman by newsguy (Dec 17th, 2009) botnet, news, report, security, spam	Dec 17th, 2009 by AnonymousHoward	1 replies 3 votes
News Story: How to destroy a botnet by happygeek (Nov 14th, 2009) botnet, ddos, malware, mega-d, news, research, security, spam	Nov 14th, 2009 by happygeek	0 replies 2 votes
MalwareBytes Anti-Malware WARNING. by crunchie (Nov 13th, 2009)	Nov 13th, 2009 by crunchie	0 replies 1 votes
News Story: WWIII Coming to a Computer Near You? by khess (Oct 7th, 2009) cyber, security, viruses, war	Oct 7th, 2009 by khess	0 replies 2 votes
News Story: WARNING: iPhone Blackhat SEO Poisoning by newsguy (Sep 29th, 2009) apple, blackhat, iphone, news, rogueantivirus, scareware, security, seopoisoning, warning	Sep 29th, 2009 by newsguy	0 replies 2 votes
Solved: Need Help - Windows Police Pro?? Totally Locked Up. by Kevin392 (Aug 29th, 2009)	Sep 15th, 2009 by crunchie	56 replies 1 votes
how to remove temp.htt and desktop.ini by micky7899 (May 13th, 2006)	Apr 15th, 2009 by jholland1964	5 replies 1 votes
Solved: Browser keeps opening by itself by Gary001 (Apr 30th, 2005)	Mar 2nd, 2009 by crunchie	7 replies 1 votes
PC running extremely slow by foxkueh (Dec 18th, 2008)	Dec 19th, 2008 by foxkueh	7 replies 1 votes
Multiple Internet Explorer windows open automatically by jragin (Mar 29th, 2006)	Apr 22nd, 2008 by crunchie	11 replies 1 votes
Can't get into control panel, I have no desktop icons...etc.... by moonie (Dec 10th, 2007)	Dec 12th, 2007 by Tabby8	6 replies 1 votes
Removing unwanted program by normanallen (Jan 6th, 2007)	Jan 7th, 2007 by PhilliePhan	13 replies 1 votes
Explorer running 99% CPU by LurkerPatrol (Sep 8th, 2006)	Sep 18th, 2006 by LurkerPatrol	3 replies 1 votes
firefox trouble..,again... by basiko (Sep 3rd, 2006)	Sep 14th, 2006 by dlh6213	1 replies 1 votes
Solved: ahmural by ahmural (Sep 8th, 2006)	Sep 8th, 2006 by ahmural	0 replies 1 votes
HijackThis Log, Computer slow, CPU usage stuck at 100% by dlsoecht (Dec 7th, 2005)	Dec 11th, 2005 by DMR	3 replies 1 votes
Watch Spyware get installed while just Surfing by toddman (Jul 22nd, 2005)	Jul 22nd, 2005 by toddman	0 replies 1 votes
Solved: HJT Log - I can't stop the popups by ShadesOfGrey (Apr 15th, 2005)	Apr 19th, 2005 by DMR	20 replies 2 votes
Revolutions of Spyware: The Art of Spyware by MAD_DOG (Apr 9th, 2004)	Dec 28th, 2004 by suRoot	11 replies 1 votes
A possible solution to about:blank problems by Phage (Jun 26th, 2004)	Oct 11th, 2004 by alc6379	5 replies 2 votes
This could be an easy fix for bridge.dll? by ClassAustralia (Jul 11th, 2004)	Sep 16th, 2004 by ClassAustralia	4 replies 1 votes
Hi Jack This Info. by Raptor23 (Sep 10th, 2004)	Sep 11th, 2004 by dlh6213	3 replies 1 votes

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