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Hello, first of all I'll start by saying this. A few months ago my world of warcraft was hacked (still unable to get it back). I sent the person who hacked my gmail a email, which at that time didn't know that he can trace my ip. About 3 month …

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Hello, Over this last weekend I picked up a few different Trojans and BackDoor viruses, for a total of 5. They sat in my windows assembly folder and attacked my Trend Micro anti virus. My computer would lock up during a scan so I would have to restart. I started …

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For the past month I have had google links redirecting me to other sitess. It will do this for about weeks, until it eventually causes my computer to have tons of errors, and things disappear, making the reboot it, go into safemode, and select a past restore date. After I …

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So, yes, what I am looking for is already posted, but I don't understand the logs and there is no answer, as well it seems like a customized answer for every user, and I don't think I can post my logs into someone else's to avoid confusion. A couple of …

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Shortly after Thanksgiving, I was having issues with the Ping.exe running my CPU usage up to 100% and freezing my computer. I ran my Avira Antivirus and it said it had found a Trojan, and quarantined it. However, after this, I was still having issues with the Ping.exe issue. I …

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Hi. I am having some trouble with my computer. Here is a quick review of issues...About a month ago my McAfee AV kept getting turned off. I could not figure out what was wrong. Nothing was found on any scans. I removed McAfee and got AVG free edition. It stopped …

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Hey guys there is some kind of greek virus named vvk that says any website I visit is dangerous and keeps on asking me to give private information saying I have 56 infections. I can't follow any of the readme first guidlines because the virus appears in safe mode also …

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Dear community, On a quite regular basis, the screen of one of the laptops I use [COLOR="red"]blinks for a fraction of a second[/COLOR]. It does it like with some screen capture softwares when they are triggered. Besides, I'm observing from time to time some strange behaviour: [COLOR="red"]Command windows that open …

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Ping.exe is grabbing so much CPU time that I max out at 100% CPU. When I stop the process tree, ping.exe keeps coming back. Your help will be most appreciated. ATF Cleaner didn't run - got "Not Responding" in Task Manager. Got the following GMER pop-up: "Warning GMER has found …

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Hi this is my first post here and I hope I'm following all the rules correctly. My computer started acting up about three days ago. Internet explorer kept starting by itself and also whenever I searched through google I got redirected to other weird search sites. Also now internet explorer …

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hey guys, everytime i shutdown my notebook i get an error of rundll32.exe. here is a log of my hijackthis. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4 Scan saved at 22:43:49, on 7-12-2011 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP3 (6.00.2900.5512) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe …

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Ok, I seem to have quite a pickle here. About a week ago I started getting google redirects. I have done quite a bit of troubleshooting since, and this is everything I know: -Google redirects on all browsers (firefox, IE, and Chrome- which I installed after the trouble started in …

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Hi, Yesterday my computer became infected with the malware "XP Antivirus 2012". Among the usual malware activities, it also disabled my internet access. I cleaned it up to the best of my knowledge, and it seems that my computer is now clean, but I can't access my internet anymore! Whenever …

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Seem to have a Malware infection. System started to not respond and lockup on 11/28. Ran virus scans w/ Zone Alarm and MBAM and found 2 diff viruses @ 2 diff times. Backdoor.Bredavi and Trojan-spy.html.fraud.gen Would lock up after detecting files so not certain if they were actually ever removed. …

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Hi members, I am not good enough to interpret the logfile below. Could someone please have a look at this and make suggestions as to what may need fixing. I got a virus a couple of weeks ago and now some files will not open and I have lost the …

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Ok a couple days ago I got hit bad with some Malware. I've been trying to get rid of it since then. I think I got most of it but my computer has been running realy slow and I noticed that I was getting the hourglass symbol popping up every …

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HELP!!!I am running Windows 7 using the latest IE. Somehow this morning I got a nasty virus of 'System Fix' I ended up having to use Rkill to disable it and malwarebytes' to take it off. I thought that my computer was back to normal afterwards, but no! Shortly after …

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I am currently having a very similar problem. I followed the directions in the sticky. Here are my log files from GMER and DDS I will follow up with Malwarebytes log when it finishes. My connection to my network has been acting up since this started as well it wont …

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I am a rookie with computers and new to this site. I would like to say hello to everyone. Also i want to learn more about computers since my basic knowledge is not enough. So all help will be greatly appreciated. Recently, something happen to my computer. When i connect …

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Windows 7 64 bit. Problems in IE as well as Firefox ran Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool ran ATF-Cleaner ran GMER rootkit scanner ran MBA-M ran McAfee Total Protection ran Trend Micro Titanium ran Super Anti-Spyware Professional ran Hitman Pro 3.5 ran PC Doctor reset router many times none have …

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Hello All Trying to help my cousin out with his Laptop. It keeps crashing every 15 mins or so and then going to the Blue Screen. To me it sounds like there has been some sort of change in drivers on the system but thought I had better check it …

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Thank you kindly for any assistance. After countless Google searches for help or info and nothing found I surrender to anyone who may help please. Ongoing for several months: Dual Monitor system - simultaneously both monitors randomly flash/blink (looks similar to a screen shot flash). This happens at system start …

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hello, i've had this problem for over a week now, and i tried numerous fixes (virus scan, delete temp folder, reset router and modem...) but i can't seem to fix it, help me! so about a week ago, for some reason my internet stopped working, it's quite weird. for every …

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Last night my computer got infected with the Windows Fix Virus. The link below provides pretty much an exact description of what has been going on with my computer. [URL="http://reimagerepairreview.com/2011/07/11/remove-windows-7-fix-virus-desktop-is-empty-missing-shortcuts-icons-on-start-menu/"] http://reimagerepairreview.com/2011/07/11/remove-windows-7-fix-virus-desktop-is-empty-missing-shortcuts-icons-on-start-menu/[/URL] I immediately installed and ran Malwarebytes from a USB drive, but it had no effect. I was then able …

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Hello, am currently thinking of moving from AVG Free to a licensed version of Norton Internet Security 2012, however, I still have a doubt: Will I be able to use my license again if for example I formatted my Windows after some time, and the license, which will be a …

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Both Malware Bytes and GMER didn't found any malicious things. Here's my DDS logfile. . DDS (Ver_2011-08-26.01) - NTFSAMD64 Internet Explorer: 8.0.7600.16385 BrowserJavaVersion: 1.6.0_22 Run by Wesley at 21:53:11 on 2011-11-18 Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 6.1.7600.0.1252.1.1033.18.8175.5623 [GMT 1:00] . SP: Windows Defender *Enabled/Outdated* {D68DDC3A-831F-4fae-9E44-DA132C1ACF46} . ============== Running Processes =============== . …

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Hi everyone, So my computer has been acting weird for the last few days but I haven't been able to figure out why. One morning I had my laptop lid closed and when I opened the lid the screen wouldn't turn on so I turned it off using the power …

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Hi, I have been trying to get rid of this thing i have downloaded a few free malware programs to try and get rid of it but cant seem to get rid of it any advice? I have scanned with Malwarebytes Ad-aware Super Anti spy they all caught things that …

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Hi all, I'm using my neighbors computers in hopes someone can help me fix my own ... not sure why or how it's happened, but my computer has been completely taken over I think. I've never seen one so aggressive. I'm unable to connect to the internet, and several programs …

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Hi, I read another post on here with the same problem, tried to follow the advice there but it didn't fix my problem. IE starts when windoes starts up, but it looks odd (has a different lay out) and goes to MSN.com. I cannot get it to stop. Once i …

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My computer has recently been bogged down by what was at first a virus, and then a series of adware/malware programs that were (and some still are) running. I'm still having a huge delay in booting/shutting down the system. Unless I set priorities to my programs (Firefox, Explorer etc.) they …

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I use firefox and haven't used IE since I got my computer and downloaded Firefox on to it. Lately IE has been randomly opening multiple windows with multiple tabs in them. I've run Malwarebytes twice and it hasn't come up with anything and I even put my computer in safe …

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Hi. I am looking for a few some security tools for my windows laptop. I already got a third party firewall software but now i require an antivirus. Besides Microsoft Security Essentials, are there other good antivirus products to recommend. Thanks:)

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i'm new to this kind of community.. so i don't know what to do.. i've been trying for months now. i'm having the same problem.. sometimes.. my taskbar changes to classic then you cannot connect to the internet and the sound is disabled. if i restart it.. it goes back …

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Please help, something is wrong. I've been running Malwarebytes and AVG daily but something still seems wrong. My taskbar is beige as I type this and sometimes my speakers stop working. I don't have the malwarebytes log because I ran it before coming to this forum. Also when I ran …

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i got a virus with a fake antivirus on it. then, i thought i removed it but now i'm getting BSOD's like crazy.. then i got a BSOD that after that wouldnt let me log in. i had to make a system restore. Here's the minidump file. please help!! ATTACHED …

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I have been having problems with my laptop, i am redirected to ad sites when searching for something else,i have norton security install,i have run scans but the problem persist.I have also switched web browsers (GOOGLE to INTERNET EXPLORER),problem still persists.Any help will be appreciated. DDS (Ver_2011-08-26.01) - NTFSAMD64 Internet …

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Hello, I am having trouble removing that virus. I have scanned with malvarebytes - full scan, avg antivirus, ad-aware quick scan, now doing ad-aware fullscan. Those programas find virus, remove them, but the virus still exists, because AVG throws a window with infected files. Do you know what tools should …

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I scanned initially using MBA-M. It an infection but it was unable to get rid of it. I attached the following logs as requested. GMER did not post initial scan log. I tried twice. Nothing was found by MS malicious software. Nothing was found by MS security essentials. I was …

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Hey all, Three times today on three different computers when I went on to this site, specifically the c++ forum, I have received a anti-virus report warning me about an attack site. Has anyone else had this problem? I am attaching a screen shot of what Norton reported. Nathan Oliver

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Hi, I have little problem with my ESET smart security v.4.2.71.2 At first when I installed this software everything worked ok but after only one week ESET icon in bottom right corner of the screen had turn red and antivirus is showing message "Maximum protection is not ensured" Using Google …

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I previously had AVG antivirus and SpyBot search & destroy on my computer. I recently uncovered three files on my C:\ drive that won't even let me access or delete them because they say I am not an administrator (I am, and have always been the only user on this …

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Hi.I m usin windows 7 and I ue google chrome.When I use this browser,then during net surfing,a dialogue box is displayed which says"A script in this movie is causing Adobe Flash Player 10 to run slowly.If it continues to run, your computer may become unresponsive. Do you want to abort …

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Dani, I need help. I really do not want to reset my computer to zero, but I caught something icky. I got hit with a multi virus, and at first it hid all of my files, and gave me many popups that said my hard drive was failing. I ran …

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Hello everyone, I have had a nasty virus on my computer the past few days. It first popped up as the fake "security protection" program on my computer. Then I got the google redirect virus. Now it's in it's worse stage and it won't let me open ad-aware, malawarebytes anti-malaware, …

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Hello guys, so l installed this chatvibes app, now my searches are beng hijacked by this stupid plusnetwork.Checked in the search plugins folder for FF cant find it,Anyone know how to remove the irrirating thing

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hey guys, I play need for speed world and yesterday my brother was using my computer and when I play games it lags. Im sure its a virus because when I woke up this morning there were ads on my screen. Here are the logs you requested. GMER does not …

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Hi there, Complete newbie, my PC's not been able to connect to the internet since malwarebytes removed a trojan file. I've run the requested logs as below. MBA-M did not find anything. I've no idea what to do or what it means. Please help! GMER 1.0.15.15641 - [url]http://www.gmer.net[/url] Rootkit quick …

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My avira is giving me a warning that it blocks a "autorun.inf" from my drives C:, G: n F:. G n F are external HD. I keep on erasing the one on G: n F: but i keeps on comin back every time i reboot or plug in a Usb …

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Hi guys, I need some help :/ Let me start off by saying Im only 18, and Im not a HUGE computer person. I know enough to get by, but thats it. My brother bought me a laptop for christmas and it had Norton security already installed. That recently expired, …

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