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Internet Explorer keeps opening on its own with a bunch of weird websites that I've never visited. I receive messages about Host Processes not working any time my computer goes to sleep, and then I have to disconnect from the internet and reconnect. My computer is pretty old and the …

Continuing with our round up of the IT security vendor view of the year to come, here's how PandaLabs, the malware research laboratory arm of [Panda Security](http://www.pandasecurity.com/), sees 2013 stacking up in terms of threats and exploits.  Perhaps unsurprisingly, PandaLabs predicts that 2013 will be much the same …

Which free anti virus is good for Windows 7?

I have an interesting browser hijacker that randomly redirects me whenever I click a search link, and recently even if I paste a direct url into the address bar it will redirect. I've been away from this field for a bit and am a little rusty, but I have ran …

I am a newbie to fixinc PC problems just know the basics restoring, troupleshooting. I use zonealarm free antivirus firewall and avast free they were working before upset with windows. Files on desktop and startup disappeared. Did not know where to look for them this problem is a challenge for …

can i install and run system mechanic from iolo.com if i have norton hardware diagnostics installed already is it ok to have both ?

How to stop & eliminate Constant Pop-up Adobe Flash

:$ I really hope someone can help me. My webpages (when they load at all) load extremely slowly and I'm downloading at just under 2 Kb a second. Something has shut down my McAfee for Small business and when I contacted tech support for the computer (my brother is homeschooled) …

1/ 21/ 13 what is better then AVG free anti virus? 2012 AVG free was great- 2013 has a new program and is terrible in many ways- needing constant updates and then when it says it needs another update the new update will not load- I downloaded a "free" or …

My Mcafee subscription runs out in 6 days and they're offering a renew for 60 bux a year. its not about the money but i had some infections last year despite having uptodate definitions so i'm not sure its the best one out there. other options? kaspersky? Norton? or should …

Hello everybody! Recently I had some propblems with my laptop, everytime it started a screen from American Megatrends appeared. After doing some research, I just pressed f2 and the laptop started. However, yesterday pressing f2 didn't work anymore, the computer seems to not react to the keyboard anymore. The only …

**My Acer Laptop keeps on turning itself off improperly.. without an unknown reason** It is about 5 months At first we thought *it is caused by some virus*.. so we have it **reformatted**. New OS.. No files Still it SHUTS DOWN IMPROPERLY. So, we asked somebody to open it.. Then …

I seem to have accidentally downloaded something from a fake pop up andit then downloaded a fake virus protection program that wont let me fix the problem because whenever i try to do anything (even system restore) it says that a file is infected and that it cannot run. I …

Computer Has been acting funky. Sluggish. MSE will not update. So I ran MBA-M and it found some nasties. I then decided to come and get some help. Using safe mode to run the required test. I am having a hard time posting on this site. So I may post …

I am running Windows XP on an e-machine. My internet connection is through an ethneret cable, the issue is that if I boot up the computer with the internet on, it runs for about two minutes and then it freezes/does not allow programs to run. If the internet is not …

guys as the topic says i formatted my windows and installed a new one but the virus isnt gone and it keeps coming back?

Hello,guys i havent been able to access anti virus websites.I need your help please

Hello, I've clicked by mistake on a suspicious link send by a spam mail. The mail was something about information about bed bugs, This was the link: *** malware link deleted *** After clicking on it, the web address was changed to this one *** malware link deleted *** and …

Hello, Today, seemingly at random, my laptop seems to be running quite slow. I haven't changed anything lately. To be more specific, my laptop seems to be lagging and has intermittent "pauses". Also when I watch a youtube video or try to skype there seems to be a stutter or …

my acer comes on under the welcome sign theres a clock appeared saying 2 mins, then after 2 mins it turns itself off

Explorer is running in the background and I can't stop it. This has been going on for a week or so. Explorer sometimes runs as two processes simultaneously, one under "New User" and one under "System". I use Firefox 99.9% of the time. Any advice will be much appreciated. Below …

I've been having problems with my computer. First images, or the arrow to get to them, weren't clickable in websites such as babycenter.com [Babycenter.com/slideshow-baby-size?slideNumber=36](http://www.babycenter.com/slideshow-baby-size?slideNumber=36) . Then the other images on websites such as walmart.com became unclickable [walmart.com/ip/Samsung-32-Class-LED-720p-60Hz-HDTV-3.7-ultra-slim-UN32EH4003/21081426](http://www.walmart.com/ip/Samsung-32-Class-LED-720p-60Hz-HDTV-3.7-ultra-slim-UN32EH4003/21081426) . Now websites either aren't coming up at all and either showing Internet …

Dear Experts, my website was hacked yesterday and when i retrieve my website it will give Ã, ¢â etc these character in my each and every page and post. Kindly tell me step by step process to remove these characters. I am new here sor plz kindly tell me step …

Microsoft has released YAIESA, or Yet Another Internet Explorer Security Advisory if you prefer. This time, [SA2757760](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/advisory/2757760) warns about a new zero-day out there in the wild which impacts all users of Internet Explorer 9 and earlier versions. It's the usual case of targeted attacks being spotted which could lead …

My laptop is infected and I have tried everything I know to clean it. I now need your help to interpret the attached Hyjackthis report. My normal anti-virus/Firewall is ESET NOD32. I have run the following, in Safe mode: * NOD32 Virus checker * Adaware * Spybot S&D * Karpersky …

Hello, Today I was working on my home Pc. As I work my 2nd job from home. I was working away and clicked some random news site and all of a sudden Mcfee says they have blocked a trojan, and then get a little box pops up wanting me to …

I am new to computers so bare with me. I am taking a computer class in college, so I am slowing understanding everything. I skimmed through some of the articles so if this is a repeat I am sorry, and if I am violating any terms, sorry! I just purchased …

The results of a new security survey, which asked some 6,000 people across Europe questions about cybercrime, would appear to suggest that nearly everyone (88% of respondents in fact) is some kind of online victim. Have things really got this bad, or is it just another case of the security …

When I open google Chrome, my home page, google.com and also a fake search engine called search.babylon also appears. I googled what search.babylon was and it seems like a pretty common malware/virus that infects certain browsers,chrome in my case. Anyhow, I'm not sure how to fix this as my McAfee …

Hi everyone, Im newbie...I have comp problem...Pls kindly help me... T_T I dont know what happened... usually I can install new font ... **Local Disk (C)_Windows_Font** ... and open the WINDOWS EXPLORER to view the font that I already installed or copy paste the font to this folder... Then suddenly …

hello, desktop .ini has taken control of some of my folders and files. also, turned on pc and it said it couldn't load neccasary files and went into a scan. it seemed fake but nothing ever happened. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4 Scan saved at 10:50:23 AM, on 11/5/2012 …

Hi Fellows, I am facing issue while opening some programs due to bugs in the registry, keep on getting the error message **"This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the Set Associations control panel"** while opening few .exe files, …

Hi, Recently, I have found some websites in my history which I never visited, might this caused by a kind of virus, actually the sites are so embarrassing and bad. No one used my computer. the websites are: bearwww.com & silverdaddies.com I think, and there were around twinty pages visited …

Having a problem with IE9 after deleting sweet time IM addon I keep getting IE launching, I've run AVG scan and the appropriate MS Malicious spyware removal tool but each show no infection. I've run Hijack this, see attached log: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4 Scan saved at 20:20:37, …

Need help with Windows XP infected with virus. Redirection virus occured, IE runs in the backgroud without even starting it. Extremely slow when using internet explorer.

Gary McKinnon, an unassuming 46 year old Londoner who suffers from Asperger's syndrome and depression, is an unlikely man to be making headlines the world over once again. Indeed, across the last decade McKinnon has almost seemed to be a permanent fixture in news media feeds online and off, a …

Earlier this year Jonathan Evans, the Director General of MI5 (the UK Security Service), warned that cyber attacks against UK plc were as much of a security challenge as terrorism as far as Britain was concerned. He claimed that UK businesses were being targeted at an 'astonishing' rate driven by …

Now semi mobil and my computer give me a new horizon for life. In last 4 months my facebook,gmail and yahoo are being hacked by the same guy! Today I got a message from Facebook telling me that "Andy" had been at it again via a Madrid server. I only …

I consider myself a decently computer savvy guy for my age, however, this has me completely stumped. so if any of you can tell me weather or not re-installing windows (or any other solution you could think of) would be likely to help, because as much as It would be …

I posted this in another section, but I think it went in the wrong section, because I didn't get any answers. A week or so ago, my Firefox browser's back button stopped working. I couldn't figure out how to fix it, so I uninstalled Firefox and tried to reinstall it, …

how to solve american megatrend problem

Hello! Since 3 days ago I have had this problem of ANY internet browser that is the default browser opening up on its own on my laptop. However, It opens so fast I can't use the computer anymore. As soon as I log in to my computer, there are already …

I am trying to understand the different types of protection that a computer needs. This is what I have learned: -You cannot have multiple anti-virus software on your computer, because they will interfere with each other -You need to stack up other anti-malware software, the more the better -You can …

Over the last few hours of the day GoDaddy's (and GoDaddy managed) websites have been [on the fritz](http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2012/09/10/godaddy-has-glitches-anonymous-claims-responsibility/) as webmasters and visitors alike are unable to access millions of websites held within GoDaddy's datacenters in an apparent Denial of Service [(DDOS)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack) attack. GoDaddy is currently scrambling to restore service to …

I do not know why this is happening! This is a new lap top, I use firefox, and the IE keeps opening a new window. I use windows 7. SCREECH!

One of the Internet's biggest online dating sites, eHarmony, has confirmed that security has been breached and member passwords compromised. eHarmony spokesperson Becky Teraoka says that "a small fraction of our user base has been affected" although I am led to understand that the 'small fraction' in question is actually …

If the news that the Yahoo! Contributor Network user-generated content site has been breached and more than 450,000 usernames and passwords compromised as a result wasn't bad enough, look behind yesterdays headlines and the situation is revealed to be much, much worse. If you were one of those folk who …

Greetings... I am a new member to DaniWeb. My Wife's system began its current symptoms about a week ago 08-10-2012. First sporadically, then seemed to escalate exponentially until 08-12-2012 when she could no longer: 1. double-click on her icons in... (we must right-click and choose OPEN) a. the START menu …

Background: I had one of my users bring in a home PC that they said has been "very slow" and has additional pop ups etc. They had installed a bunch of products to try and fix it (SpyBot, AVG etc) but could no longer get to the internet. So I …

Hi Everyone, I would really appreciate some help on this. I'm a web project manager - and the machine mgmt gave me has pretty much given up completely. It only works in Safe Mode - luckily Safe Mode with networking so I am able to get online. I have backed …