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I have been unable to find help in all usual sources. Admin profile created when PC was purchased gets error msg. "insufficient permissions" for many mundane activities.Admin profiles named CREATOR OWNER, TRUSTED INSTALLER, SYSTEM, ADMINISTRATOR have full control with inherited permissions. Norton, MSFT, pcesupport all acessed remotely & claim these …

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Hi, I have some hijacking virus that I can't get rid of. I've tried Malwarebytes, tdsskiller, Skybot, AdAware and Superantispyware, cleaned some things, but it persists. Can anyone help? Below is the hijackthis log. Many thanks for any input. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4 Scan saved at 9:00:16 PM, …

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Hi. i keep getting an application manager error message. It says: "Application Manager has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. Please tell Microsoft about this problem." There are 3 options available - "Debug", "Send Error Report", or "Don't Send" i tried all but …

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Back in December 2011, reports were circulating regarding a data breach at one of the big Chinese social networking sites, Tianya.cn that suggested the login credentials of some 40 million users were potentially exposed. Clear text usernames and password combinations were stolen by hackers during the breach, although a Tianya …

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If you were asked to paint a verbal picture of the Internet in just five words, would they be porn, drugs, spam, Twitter and zombies? After analyzing an amazing two billion emails a day for three months, that's the image arrived at by one research outfit. [attach]15822[/attach]The latest [URL="http://www.commtouch.com/download/1753"]Internet Threat …

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My Laptop has viruses though there's an ant virus, this is making transfers of files to other devices impossible and my machine performance has changed. What should i do?

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Hi, I've been getting these weird-looking web pages for about a week now. They are on view at: http://foundfootageblog.wordpress.com/ . I'd never seen errors web pages with that kind of graphic on my notebook before 7/13/13. I suspect there are malware on my notebook since those web pages have been …

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The problem started with getting redirected when we searched with Google. So we tried other search engines which worked for a little while but now it doesn't matter which search engine we use. If you go back to the original search after you are redirected a time or two you …

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I am still having issues with Windows Update. Automatic Updates won't turn on and I've tried to turn it on both ways, through Windows Security Center and through Control Panel. I have run Fix It, AdwCleaner, Malwarebytes. When I run FIX IT I get this message: "We detected some problems …

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Hi,my internet browser keeps turning on by itself randomly. I did alot of virus checks and still no luck. It seems to be a deeply rooted virus. I changed the default browser, but it doesn't matter, internet browser just keeps turning on at random times, and sometimes, several times.

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i have been having problems connecting to the internett on my lap top i curently have an eather net cabel atched but i would like to move around with my lap top i was trying to figure it out and i deted a file calld broudcom lan sothing or other …

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Hi, basically my laptop wont let me do anything. It wont connect to an internet connection, it does t recognise any USB, services wont work, system restore doesnt work, alot of settings doesnt work, most things i click on, a message pops up saying "The specified service does not exist …

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I have just tried removing search.us.com from my computer both in chrome and firefox - using windows XP operating system I have tried the following programes which all say they can remove it Spyhunter Hitman Pro Malwarebytes with no success Has anyone a suggestion on how to get rid of …

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what are the languages or sources through which anti virus programs are created ?

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I got malware from something that I thought was Adobe Flash. It was not-I deleted it from control panel. I still had sweetpacks a toolbar that would not go away. It was not in my control panel. I had one dialogue box and I contacted Panda, they did four remotes …

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Hello, Could use a little help please. I can't update to sp2 for Vista and have not been able to update in almost a year. My windows media player plays all songs but very choppy. They do work fine on other computers. Vista is terrible so any help to make …

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Recently, each time I am closing down WinXP I get this: Ending Peogram TryBarAPPAV". Does anyone know of this application/program? I tried googling it and it only shows responses in spanish which I cannot read or understand. Of late my pc (WinXP) has become very slow and the commit charge …

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Okay, so I am horrible with computers so this may be just an easy fix. For the past two days Internet Explorer keeps on starting on its own. It does not open to an actual website but in the search bar there are always random, incomplete urls (the most recent …

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My pc was rinning slow so i scanned with malewarebytes. I found these viruses and deleted them but each time i use the computer they re-appear again . Trojan Facebook Trojan Agent

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Greetings, My laptop was infected with the Rogue Malware called Internet Security 2013. I had some success in removing it after using Malwarebytes, but there are corruptions that linger. For instance, my Microsoft Security Essentials was not recognizing the only user as the administrator. I fixed this by entirely removing …

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I seem to have a problem with my internet explorer. it is starting up automatically when I start my computerI have checked the MSCONFIG and regitry settings for startup but iexplore is not listed anywhere, not even in the startup folder. I also did a HijackThis scan and i am …

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I need to remove Vundo and potentially other issues from my son's computer. BTW **Do not allow your kids to play Pickle **as that seems to be where he got it. *sigh* I've followed all of the instructions from the "Read me before posting" instructions. Your help is much appreciated! …

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Obviously I have a virus, I also have a lot of pop ups every minute saying my antivirus software alert needs to be ran and my computer infected, they are without a doubt fake. So then it has a Windows security alert pop up on the task bar saying I …

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Hello, "Which user account do you want to use to run this program?" I'm getting this pop-up whenever I try to use anything on my computer now. I've scanned for virues/trojans/etc and nothing. Did some research on this and none of the "helps" helped or I couldn't follow what they …

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Hi Fellows, Actually my PC is infected by virus. I downloaded and updated MBAM and performed quick scan (more then few times) and keep getting "6" detections which seems MBAM is not able to remove them (even after restarting on completion of scan every time). I also tried "CCLEANER" "SUPERSPY …

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Does the repair/recovery disc for Windows xp need any sort of installing before I can format my hard drive with it? My computer has a virus that doesn't allow installing of programs. I want to know before I order it from eBay.. I don't know much about this sorta thing

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Guys, good day to everyone. I am trying to solve a computer problem (which I think is very interesting case of a computer nasty) from my sister's and her friends' computer. And also I want to share my discoveries and everything what I have found, and some queries. Here's the …

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I want to know which antivirus is best for windows 8, i use avast 2013 its too horrible for win 8. please prefer ...

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hi!guys I am facing problem with my avast free antivirus .i think using avast my computer show blue screen problem and many time go to hang.I am sufering with this problem can any one help or tell me the alternative of the avast

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Microsoft first started warning people that the there was going to be an important change to Windows' certificate requirements back in June. A change that is designed to improve security across the Windows platform by way of increasing the RSA key length to a minimum of 1024 bits for certificates …

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Hi everyone, I am only new here, and quite looking forward to getting to meet with a lot of you. But right now, I have a very frustrating problem that has only started today. Every time I start my Firefox browser, it starts to open up multiple tabs by itself, …

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All I want to do is take the AVG virus software off my machine (XP SP3) running the remove software from the control panel finishes up with an error message, and chiseling away at it via Windows Explorer and the recycle bin gives me "access denied" messages. Is there something …

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Hi, I have a friend who insists on using Incredimail, is it spyware and are there problems with it?????:rolleyes:

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My nortons antivirus hasnt been working for a while now, so ive dicided to the bottom of this problem, im beggining to worry that my computer has all sorts viruses etc in it. i also have another problem, when my son trys to run his internet games(Team fortress 2 Etc) …

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[ATTACH=RIGHT]22213[/ATTACH]You may not be a big fan of Microsoft, but you wouldn't expect your computer to be held to ransom by the company would you? In recent months it has become quite commonplace, at least across Europe, for scammers posing as Microsoft technical support staff to 'cold call' people on …

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All right stop, collaborate, and listen. A new variant of the ZeuS financial malware platform known as Ice. This baby Trojan spawned from the original Ice IX is targeting bank customers on both sides of the pond. Here in the UK the 'big three' telecommunications providers are where it is …

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Microsoft has published an [advance notification](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms13-jan) for vulnerabilities that will be patched in the January 2013 'Patch Tuesday' security bulletin due next week. However, anyone hoping for a permanent fix to deal with the Internet Explorer zero-day exploit that surfaced during the seasonal holiday period is going to be disappointed. …

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Think of spam and chances are your mind immediately turns to China or Russia and messages about sexual dysfunction or a financial deal you cannot believe. Maybe, though, your thoughts should be closer to home. Especially if home is in the United States. [ATTACH=RIGHT]22797[/ATTACH]According to the latest research from security …

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Hi everyone, I wonder if you could help me since a couple of days ago i tried downloading a program and all it has gave me since is a pop up survey that wont go way ive tried clicking the 'x' but it will not shift it wont let me …

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Whichever browser I have installed (set as my preferred browser) will open a browser window without user input (and one is not open), will reset to the home page if a browser is open, and open another tab or window at random. There are no pop ups, no specific sites …

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i have a dell vostro 1540 laptop windows 7 home edition. for the first time it turned off after 2 3 hours of working..this happened 4 or 5 times again...i thought it was virus and wanted to re-install windows..but i couldn't because the time of turning off had been shorter …

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IE download window keep opening can't do anything. Bought kaspersky but I can't load it. My computer just show multi windows of "view downloads" download showing is explore.exe most of the time but could be anything. Any help would be much appreciated.

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Hi there everyone, my laptop began behaving strangely last week or so, and I've exhausted my limited knowledge of computers but to no avail. Im hoping someone on here my be able to provide some assistance, as I see you've managed to help a lot of other people. Right, I'll …

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Whether you travel on business or for pleasure, the chances are pretty high that you will make use of the Internet while abroad. If you are staying at a hotel then, given the high cost of international data roaming on most mobile networks, the chances are that you will make …

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Hi, a month ago I installed Performersoft to check my drivers since I had audio problems. My microphone was not working right and I needed it to use with Skype.Since it didn't fix the problem ( I found out that there is something loose in my audio input)I uninstalled it. …

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Hello, I got really annoyed today. I was even hitimg my mouse into table. I can't stand those search engines. Gooogke is best search engine, so why do I ever need those another autoinstalling without asking me? Those no name, like babylon search and so on. I delete them and …

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I can't download any attachments from gmail anymore, not in IE nor chrome. I always get the message that the attachment 'contains a virus and is removed'. Problem started when I installed AVG, but stays now I removed that. What to do?

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Just to make sure before I delete these; [CODE]Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 21:00:00, on 25/10/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccEvtMgr.exe C:\WINDOWS\SOUNDMAN.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\RUNDLL32.EXE D:\Microsoft AntiSpyware\gcasServ.exe C:\Program Files\Common …

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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 …

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