[malware] Forum Topics

Greetings everyone, I've been away from this forum for a long time, must be more than 10 years since my last post. That's how long I've been pretty much trouble free, as far as the Internet and data safety was concerned. Back then I was experimenting all too often with …

HELP!! I have a windows server 2012 r2 . I can still use my server until i fell asleep and now woke up, And can't log in to my administrator account. I didn't change password at all, i use the same password and i'd make sure that it is correct. …

Had anyone else problems with this add on. Seems to be almost impossible to get rid of it

Hi i just wanna know if there are way to **decrypt a files that is infected and decrypted by a virus / malware**? all of the files from one of the workstation are encryted as in totaly you cannot open the files.there is a noted in there saying that i …

Hi Everyone, I was just reading a news article, when i accidentally clicked on a link to download a some adobe flash 11 plugin. Unfortunately after that, internet explorer just keeps opening to the homepage roughly every 20 to 30 seconds. I have absolutely no idea how to fix it. …

Hello. I'm looking for help with what appears to be a stubborn trojan problem. I've read the sticky on how to post requests for help so hopefully I've got this right. It's regarding a PC running XP Pro. Yesterday morning I began experiencing problems such as right-click disabled, incomplete Start …

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 …

I've seen earlier posts for this problem, but the solutions don't apply to me, and the earlier posts are a couple of years old. I was hit on 6/5/11 with malware from a legitimate website that I had accessed just the day before with no problems. Malwarebytes (MBAM) identified the …

I'm requesting assistance. We are running WinXP, SP3. We appear to have what Stinger found in two files as the Fakealert!fakealert-REP virus (it then deleted those two files). The obvious symptom, for the last couple days, is this: We were running McAfee Antivirus Plus, and currently something *makes it freeze* …

Hi, I don't have much time left when I think my computer got infected and I'm afraid of turning off my computer now... I was online for some time until I got a shutdown coundown box that will shutdown my computer automaically after 1 minute but I managed to stop …

I have two friends whose computers run like paint drying! And their internet connects are dodgy. They are both cursed with Windows 7 On my XP computer I have Prevex 3.05.220 Teamviewer 177152237 Is it possible for me to copy (which files of?) Prevex and Teamviewer onto a thumb drive …

Hi folks, First time user of the forum, desparately needing help with an infection/virus/malware on my PC running XP. My antivirus has started going bonkers popping up with messages similar to "A threat has been detected and has now been fixed. Click here for further details". My AV software is …

My laptop has been running extremely slow. It takes a long time to open and close programs, and to perform routine tasks including internet browsing. It's almost unbearable to use. Your analysis and recommendations will be greatly appreciated!!! The laptop is a Dell Inspiron E1705 running Windows XP Media Center …

Hi, I know you are all busy and I know I've been daft but someone's help would be most appreciated. I have suffered an attach by Anti Malware Doctor and immediately ran Malwarebytes Antimalware to get rid of it. I thought I had cleaned it up at first then strange …

I have become infected with the Security Tool virus/trojan/malware. In normal startup mode for Windows XP SP2. I am not able to run any .exe programs without getting a message from Security Tool that the program is infected with (insert virus/trojan/malware here) and is attempting to send my credit card …

Hi, A couple of weeks ago I had a bad virus on my computer (Anti-Vir 2010 suite or something like that). I ran all the scans out there, and thought i had removed it. But then, my websites and google searches kept getting redirected to other websites. That was the …

i recently found out i had the virus called RECYCLER, and that it had infected my usb and hard drive. So the first thing i did was end the process called ctfmon.exe, as i read it was part of the virus. I also ran a program called combofix with a …

I sure hope you can help me. I have reached the end of my tech expertise. I am having trouble connecting to the internet on my main computer (Dell XPS 400 running Windows XP and a Westell 6100 modem); I can get online through the wireless lan on my laptop …