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| | Hey guys, i just realised today my antivirus wasnt working, I have avg8 installed, Its been working fine till now, I click on scan does nothing, update does nothing, So i tried to reinstall, But still same Problem, So i tried a System Restore, Still the same, Next up i …  |
 | Botnets are, without any shadow of a doubt, one of the [URL="http://www.itpro.co.uk/blogs/daveyw/2009/09/30/death-taxes-and-botnets/"]biggest scourges[/URL] of IT security today. From sending spam to [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story238033.html"]launching DDoS attacks[/URL] and distributing malware, botnets can be found [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/showentry.php?entryid=1021"]at the centre[/URL] of most of the security problems facing computer users right now. So wouldn't it be fun … |
| | Hello, I have read some URL redirect entries here and tried to clean my system the same way. At times things seem to be clean for a minute and then all of a sudden Windows defender finds things which claims to have been cleaned. I would appreciate your help in … |
| | I can't access microsoft.com, hotmail.com, hijack this webpage, and sometimes other seemingly random webpages like bbc news, met office, gametrailers etc. Most other webpages work fine though I've tried MalwareBytes AntiMalware, but found nothing. I've run hijack and didn't see anything suspicious, but got rid of everything that was not …  |
| | Hi there, I am suffering an issue at the moment where if I search on a serach engine and click on a result the web redirects me to another site, this will happen 3/4/5 times before directing to the correct site. After a while I will also get another page … |
| | I have thrown everything at the search redirect (most commonly takes me to shopica.com) I have found some things running everything anti-virus/spyware/malware I can at it. PLease help!! My hijack this is pasted below. Thanks! Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 3:00:39 PM, on 11/3/2009 Platform: Windows … |
 | Long story as short as possible. The Network connections Icons are gone... there are NONE. Our client bought the pc in so we can rebuild it into a new box mobo and cpu. We made backups before starting anything. Everything was sucessful. We then discovered that there were no network … |
 | An Apple iPhone virus is on the loose in Australia. According to reports it's an odd one; it replaces your wallpaper with a picture of singer Rick Astley and an inoffensive slogan. It affects only jailbroken phones, in other words phones whose owners have fiddled with the operating system to … |
| | A webmaster I've been dealing with about an allegedly virus-laden file claims that many online malware scan sites are invalid for scanning Win XP/SP3 files because the sites use Linux versions of A-V engines; i.e., it's necessary to use a Windows-specific program for a valid scan. Two examples online that … |
| | Hello.....I had some nasties on this laptop that had no protection....I installed Kaspersky Anti-Virus and cleaned things up a bit....ran ATF Cleaner and Malwarebytes Ani-Malware- see log below....also see my HJT below.....can someone please take a look and see if I am still infected? Thanks very much.....JD Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.41 …  |
| | hey so i think i got this virus from downloading a game from frostwire a few weeks back. i checked it for viruses with my avg and it said there was nothing and when i opeded it nothing happen. so i did a scan immeditly and it said there was … |
| | I received a message from a friend yesterday thru MSN messenger, he sent me a screensaver link and I thought it was a screensaver he made from the pictures we took. After I downloaded the file and clicked on it, nothing happened. So today I turned on my computer, and … |
| | Hey guys, I recently started having some issues with my pc. I am running Win XP SP3 and running McAfee anti-virus program. It loads fine and I am able to get online but I no longer have the link to Control Panel on my start menu and I cannot access … |
| | So today I got about 12 virus from a link, which was stupid of me but now i know. I disconnected my internet cord so nothing else could be downloaded. anyways I tried to run malwarebytes which was already installed on my computer so I click the shortcut, but it … |
| | I downloaded a torrent and got a virus. Google links take me to bizaare places. "unauthorized changes were made to widows." My start up programs change. And most bothersome, my control panel won't open. Also, most recently, I can't print (or even create PDF's) I was reading the forums here … |
| | I am on an Acer running XP Pro and keep getting reboots. I can get in safe mode ok. I have done the following: I first eliminated any virus or malware possibilities. I reseated as well as eliminated each mem stick ..same result sometime, it takes about 5 tries to … |
| | Hey. First of all, I guess I should apologise for making another thread on this nasty little piece of malware, given that there's a few already on here. But, none of the info in any of them could help me, and I was loath to hijack one of them with … |
| | Howdy I ran my scheduled anti virus scan using Virgin PC Guard and it detected a trojan called trojan.js.agent.se and when the scan finished the trojan was quarantined. When I googled the trojan, I read an article saying to delete all my temporary internet files, which I have done. I … |
| | Hi, I have an XP machine and it boots up to just before the Password Screen into windows and displays the blue screen. Just a blue screen, nothing else, and the machine is completly unresponsive. I have tried to enter Windows in safe mode but again, it to just opens … |
| | havin some issues, windows is slow, cannot access utilities, xp pro reverted back to 95, taskbar dissapeared, no anti virus or malware software will load. Any hair i had left is gone, any ideas?? |
| | Hi, I am back with a problem as I promised!! I recently reinstalled my computer and hence I was stuck with the awesomely annoying and non functional Symantec's Norton Antivirus and Internet Security. I forgot to get rid of it and install a program that works. Later last night I … |
| | About 6 weeks ago I tried to watch a video and the codec it asked me to install was a virus. It hijacked my browsers so all the searches took me to ad sites. I ran malware bytes and removed it and got control of my browsers. (Firefox 3 and … |
| | Hi all. I believe i have a virus and malware/adware on my machine that i cannot get rid of. I have preformed lots of scans with kaspersky 7.0 and used antispyware which finds things, quarentines them and i dont know what it does after. The virus popped up with a … |
| | Odd isn't it, how Microsoft kicked up a fuss when Google announced the Chrome plugin for Internet Explorer on the grounds that it could make the browser more insecure. Indeed, it went as far as to suggest that it doubled the potential surface area for malware and scripted attacks. Yet, … |
| | Hi- My brother gave me his old laptop, but it's really slow. I got a Hijack This report to see what could be slowing it down but I don't know much about computers. Can anyone take a look at this and help me out? ---- Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis … |
| | Hey.. i got some msn virus .. it sends email with link called find-reason-of-being-blocked.com.. can anyone help me? |
| | OK, so I get up, shower, eat, and open up my email client. Number 4 from the top is a Daniweb email telling me about the wonderful topics currently being discussed - here's the list: * Prevent programs from saving to certain folder? in Windows Vista and Windows 7 * … |
| | My computer is completely locked up. I can't even get in Safe Mode. What can I do to bypass this, so I can delete it?  |
| | Hi there, I'm trying to determine whether or not my computer has some malicious files. Specifically, this one: Google Desktop/09b.../icons/safeweb/slideshow/picasa_cache/smugmug.com~hack~feed.mg. I noticed it because the sidebar of my Google Desktop usually displays photos that are saved in "My Pictures" but I saw one displayed that was not saved there...in fact, … |
| | The European Commission has called on EU member countries to do more, and do better, in fighting spam and other online privacy threats. In a newly published [URL="http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/ecomm/doc/library/ext_studies/privacy_trust_policies/spam_spyware_legal_study2009final.pdf"]study[/URL], commissioned by the EC, it was revealed that almost all EU countries have at least one spam, spyware or malware reporting site … |
| | Hello, Last night I got a virus and my aniti-virus spoted Trojan:win32/Alureon.BF. It kept saying it removed it, but the Trojan keeps popping up. I have a Dell Insprion 1525 for 1 year now (window vista). It was having problems performing before and it would randomlly get the blue screen. … |
 | No, I'm not talking about a Linux vs. Microsoft or Apple vs Microsoft but rather a prediction by UN Telecommunications Agency Chief Hamadoun Toure'. Apparently, the U.S. Homeland Security and other U.S.-based paranoia groups agree since US Secretary for Homeland Security Janet Napolitano said that she received the green light … |
| | NEED HELP - I stepped into some NASTY stuff! **Please note - I am a novice at this, so I am hoping someone will be able to work with me and possible "dumb it down". I have posted on other sites and the answers I received were absolutely no help … |
| | My sister downloaded "Zwinky" (whatever that is) and the My Web Search toolbar and it tried to take over by resetting my homepage and slowing performance etc. so I uninstalled it. After uninstalling it I was still getting 100% cpu not when idle but as soon as I do anything … |
| | Hi, SUPERAntiSpyware Professional keeps finding this trojan "Trojan.Smitfraud Variant-Gen/PP" virus and every time I remove it and restart the pc it keeps coming back. I also tried runing SAS as administrator but still after it removes the trojan, it comes back after restard. MBAM doesn't find anything thou. HijackThis Log: … |
| | Hello. I'm new to the community but I'm quite sure I downloaded a piece of malware/spyware recently. I get redirected to those bogus anti-virus sites almost every time I try to click on a link for a legitimate virus removal site, I can no longer run spybot S&D or Malwarebytes … |
| | Hello DaniWeb Community, Hi again. I've been helped before and have been trying my best to maintain my computer. Yet, lately, my internet has been slowed down considerably and my BiTDefender has been constantly telling me that this Trojan.Adclicker.hb has been blocked. I'm posting my most recent HJT file here. … |
| | Remember Conficker, the virulent worm which caused such havoc at the start of the year? No, well maybe news headlines such as '[URL="http://www.itwire.com/content/view/22716/53/"]Virus sinks Royal Navy fleet comms[/URL]' and '[URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story220128.html"]Windows worm infects millions[/URL]' might help jog your memory. Well hold onto your hats people, Conficker is back. And this time … |
| | hi all, i've virus scanned, malware scan and remove all that i could remove but the problem getting more serious... now i can't even have access to control panel... everything is blank... below is the HJT scan that i did a couple of minutes ago... hope someone could help me … |
| | Hello, Recently a popup arrived saying that virus doctor was scanning. After immediately closing the screen, I installed MBAM and updated and scanned my computer. The initial scan yielded one registry hack. I deleted it and restarted my computer. Then, I did a full scan which yielded nothing. I am … |
| | Hello, I am attempting to help a friend remove a virus from his computer, which is running Windows XP. Upon start up, the following adds continuously pop up: Advanced Virus Remover and PC AntiSpyware 2010. In an attempt to remove the virus I have restarted the computer in safe mode … |
| | I have seen a.exe in process list and killed it but couldnt find program itself, when i try to run a scanner it kills it (avast!, hijack this, maulwarebites, MRT.exe all killed once scan started) and i have tried renaming M-bam.exe to xxxxx.exe and varations of this, i just had …  |
| | Facebook LLC has received a lot of publicity lately, understandably so. I unfortunately, have to say the publicity isn’t positive; in fact it is very negative. Rumors have been spreading throughout the internet about a virus called fan check supposedly infecting Facebook user’s computers with a virus. According to all … |
| | I have a virus that is not allowing me to "connect to the internet" to download updates on Trend Micro or Norton Anti virus. It is also won't allow me to open up helpful web pages from a search engine. If I copy and paste the web address it seems … |
| | I must have caught it a little after midnight PST on the 29th, but it didn't manifest itself until I used the computer again the afternoon of the 30th. I was getting a whole bunch of blue screens and was able to get into Windows only once after having it … |
| | Symantec has detected a new Trojan which targets Skype users in order to monitor and record conversations made using the Internet telephony service. Apparently the source code for this particular Trojan, called Pesky Spy, is already being touted around the usual places where the bad guys can pick up such … |
| | As someone who works within the IT Security space, I have to say that rogueware (also known as [URL="http://www.itwire.com/content/view/20938/53/"]scareware[/URL]) is starting to seriously hack me off. Not that I have ever been conned into purchasing it, I hasten to add, but rather because so many others have and so many … |
| | So Google reckons that it can provide [URL="http://www.itwire.com/content/view/26281/53/"]the perfect operating system[/URL] in Chrome, even to the point where according to Google's Engineering Director, Linus Upson, it will herald the end of malware. That's what he went [URL="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html"]on the record[/URL] to say, promising that Google was "completely redesigning the underlying security … |
| | Another of those security trending reports has dropped onto my desk, this one coming from PandaLabs which is now apparently part of 'Panda Security, The Cloud Security Company.' Jeez, someone needs to give the marketing director a kick up the pants for that one. Anyway, back to the report: it … |
| | Last weekend Twitter was apologising for accidentally suspending a number of user accounts due to human error. Now it is suspending accounts again, but this time there is no error: Twitter is getting serious about malware. In a status posting on Thursday July 9th, Twitter [URL="http://status.twitter.com/post/138789881/koobface-malware-attack"]admitted[/URL] that it had come … |
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