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 | I would like to open this thread by saying that the anti-virus industry is a SCAM ! SCAM ! I say. The proof is in the pudding. My PC is the pudding. The pudding has gone over three months now with NO Snortin' $ NORTON $, no $ Smackabee $ … |
 | [ATTACH=RIGHT]22280[/ATTACH]Mobile phone security threats used to be mocked by everyone outside of vendors with mobile antivirus software to sell. That has changed, and how. The online media headlines have been full to bursting with reports that 'mobile malware' had grown by a staggering 273 percent in the first half of … |
| | Mobile malware has moved from the security vendor testing labs, out of the realms of marketing hype and FUD, and [firmly onto your smartphone](http://www.daniweb.com/hardware-and-software/tablets-and-mobile-devices/news/382139/how-mobile-malware-actually-grew-by-1400-percent-in-the-last-12-months). The main target for the malware distributors would appear to be the Android platform, which is not surprising given the rapid growth in the userbase coupled … |
 | Hi Everyone! I got spoiled the other day when I was asked to drive a Cadillac CTS -V for two days and it had the fully loaded satellite radio package. Needless to say, I loved it but did not care for the cost of subscription and installation for my car... …  |
| | 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 … |
| | Greetings. My laptop was working fine with connection to internet through my home modem. However, all of a sudden it refused to detect the modem, although it has no problem detecting other modems in the vicinity. Could it be caused by virus. I have it scanned with reports attached. Pls … |
| | Everyone loves PHP these days it seems, and that includes the bad guys. So it should come as no surprise to learn that yet another remote access Trojan written using PHP has appeared. However, the fact that this particular bit of PHP backdoor code comes complete with a second, hidden, … |
 | Hello Everyone. I am making a tool in which I want a button to do the following job e.g; A=(1,2,3) Signature Guide B=(1,2,4) File Signature In short I am making an antivirus, every thing is done, except "clean" button. I want that the clean button should do the following job. … |
 | hi guys, i just wanna ask if you had known a link for free download for an anti virus that protects your usb i mean the anti virus that recides on your flash drives  |
| | Hello Daniweb, I would be very grateful if someone could have a look at these scans and recommend a course of action to clean my computer of this virus. I have followed the instructions in the sticky to produce the following logs. The symptoms I am experiencing are that iexplorer.exe … |
| | Hey there, I have invisible internet windows and audio ads going on in the background of my task manager in the processes tab, I did do some of my own virus scans and did remove some viruses by I still have it, can I get some help here please. Malwarebytes … |
| | Hi, Main problem: My Laptop (*Not the one I'm using now*) isn't accepting ant input, the mouse and the keyboard are both disabled... It must be due to Trojan attacks... I suspect they unninstalled some drivers... #------'The Story'------# 1. I was surfing the Net, when my 'Microsoft Security Essentials' popped … |
| | My desktop's operating software is Windows Vista. It regularly freezes when I start the computer up, not all the time but ity's regular. I'm trying to follow the instruction "Read me before posting a request for assistance" However, I can't carryout step 3 because the GMER Rootkit scanner closes automatically … |
| | I would like to uninstall Yantoo Layers Runtime. When I try in "Add remove programs I get "set up initialisation error". Every post that I have found on this topic seems to end before a solution is found. There is no size listed for this program in "add/remove" (not even … |
| | Basically what happened was i was cleaning my computer keyboard and i must of hit something, cause the start menu just popped up randomly and when i press "p" for example it opens projector settings, r is run, so on, it doesn't type the letter it performs the action, Have … |
| | Earlier this week my system was compromised with a virus similar to the Metropolitan police one. At the time I was connected to a German server because I was running a VPN. It was in German but I made out that it was supposedly a company called GEMA demanding 50 … |
| | Hi, I have a Dell laptop (I know, I know, last one we own I promise) that appears to have at least one virus going on, and I'm a bit afraid to shut it down. I noticed that some of my searches were getting redirected in IE, so I switched … |
| | A cyber weapon grade piece of malware, some twenty times the size of Stuxnet, has apparently been fired at a number of countries in the Middle East. This highly complex piece of code which takes screenshots of any open 'programs of interest' such as email or IM, records audio and … |
| | Everytime I clear space on the computer, it suddenly fills up! Simple and annoying. I'm getting concerned of the cause, as its causing incoveniences. Thanks in advance. |
| | The Flashback Trojan has infected at least 600,000 Apple computers running Mac OS X according to the Russian AV company [Dr Web](http://www.drweb.com/?lng=en) which researched the spread of the malware which was originally discovered at the end of last year and for which Apple issued a security patch just this week. …  |
| | Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4 Scan saved at 12:17:34 AM, on 5/14/2012 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18702) Boot mode: Normal 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\Ati2evxx.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\Program Files\Belkin\Router Setup and Monitor\BelkinService.exe C:\Program Files\Belkin\Belkin USB Print and Storage Center\BkBackupScheduler.exe … |
| | Hi!! I would like to know if I could get someone's help. My computer, which is connected to an internal web, had a detected security risk, so Symantec Antivirus was installed to make a clean-up. Nevertheless, after the installation, a couple of messages appear every time I initiate the computer, … |
| | Kinda desperate right now. I've searched a dozen forums and whatever solutions I find there have not worked for me. Right now I'm getting 100% cpu usage and is kinda making my computer drag, and in some cases shut down. At first I started noticing this problem when playing Left … |
| | Help me Obie One; you're my only hope. My wife's desktop was infected with Trojan C-Ransom or something like that, and in safemode I was able to get McAfee to locate and -- I thought -- delete the virus. I then ran MS Malware and the report indicated it had …  |
| | Hi there, I am hoping that somebody here might be able to help me. My kids managed to get some virus on my computer while I wasn't at home. I twigged when I got a popup box at my online banking sites.. eek! I ran AVG and it found a … |
| | i got a virus/malware called "windows secure kit 2012"....ran a quick scan with Microsoft security essentials (MSE) and nothing, the next day i ran a full scan and it said it removed a few things i can list if needed.. however the pop up reoccured and i ran the full …  |
| | Security researchers are warning that some 30,000 WordPress websites, 85% of them based in the US, have been compromised by a mass-injection hijack attack which sees visitors to any of more than 200,000 individual pages redirected to a Trojan infected rogue AV scam. [ATTACH=RIGHT]24076[/ATTACH]The senior security researcher with Websense Labs, … |
 | Hello, I got a bug from going on the keltec site - there's discussion but no solution that I've been able to find. I tried to post here before but I could not post or PM for some reason. Now posting is working so.... I've been working on this issue … |
| | I've read articles saying that Ctrl+Alt+Del is an in-built Windows combination and cannot be disabled. Basically, I'm trying to make something like an anti-virus and most antivirus tools are practically impossible to shutdown by using CTRL+ALT+DEL combination. The moment one shuts down the process, another instance runs in a way … |
| | Have a desktop that was infected with a fake AV calling itself Internet Security something or other... I've been disabling and removing these for many of my friends and family for about a year now and usually have no problem... but this one was different... After several days of reading … |
| | I'm a beginner (High school student) in Computer Science (Information Technology) and I've realized there's a lot of trojan horse on the computer at school, so I'm forced to take my laptop -.- However I was on the search for Anti-viruses it then made it clear to me that the …  |
| | Ok, so, short version, my WoW account was hacked yesterday, and all my stuff was deleted. I uninstalled WoW, ran AVG virus scanner, and Advanced System Care scan, then I came here and ran the scans on the site, malewarebyte came up with 2, the rest negative, I just want … |
| | #include "stdafx.h" #include "windows.h" int APIENTRY WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow) { HKEY hKey; char sd[255]; char path[MAX_PATH]; int Freq = 0; int Duration = 100; bool Forwards = true; bool Backwards = false; int timer = 0; HWND hWin; HMODULE GetModH = GetModuleHandle(0); GetModuleFileName(GetModH, path, 256); … |
| | heres one for all you geeks out there. I have a network connection in my pc running XP SP3 that doesnt seem to be revieving packets. when i do a dhcp configuration it comes up with the ip address 169.254.160.69. and the message on the network icon on the task …  |
| | Hi everybody, Last year, my it teacher told me that we can kill the process explorer.exe, and if another process starts using more cpu/memory it means that its a malware or virus. Does this actually work ? Thanks |
| | The Ainslot.L Trojan appears to be much the same as any other at first glance; logging user activity and sending Gmail and Facebook passwords to the bad guys, downloading further malware, taking over your computer and the main payload of being a Banking Trojan stealing account login data. But Ainslot.L … |
| | Hi there, I've recently received notification about a virus in my laptop; ran the "highjackthis" report and would like to check if someone can assist me with the analysis of the report to make sure everything is ok: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4 Scan saved at 20:10:52, on 09/02/2012 … |
| | I don't have the original system disks for the machine in question so i would like to attempt a manual recovery. If needed i can order them, but HP charges for the disks. Currently the network is disabled and Mcafee anti-virus does not appear to work correctly. WHAT HAS MY … |
| | 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. … |
| | I have a question for all you experts who have had similar experiences as me: Is there a solution for this malware on the site? An infection on the Linux server, where we're constantly in the Wordpress script generates files of type wb 5433712.php antimalware program is a malware called …  |
| | I can not connect to any antivrus websites. I am trying to download Microsoft Security Essentials and I keep getting an error message that says My computer cannot connect to the microsoft server. I also tried going to the AVG site and received the same error message. I do not … |
| | This is bugging the crap out of me, i really need some help. im pretty certain its a virus or some sort of malware, but im not that great with computers so im having some trouble. I have run Anti-malwarebytes bunches of times, and itll come up with infected files … |
| | Hello, and Thank You for taking the time to read this! A couple of days ago my laptop (running Vista Service Pack 1) started to play up, mainly the internet was redirecting me to ebay or some tacky advertising. So I tried to use AVG and found it dissapeared, then … Information Security advertising amazon-web-services apple apple-hardware audio client-server dns flash ide microsoft-access microsoft-office microsoft-windows office-suite pci-card pdf printer storage tablet tcp-udp video-card virus-malware visual-basic visual-studio web-browser windows-virus windows-vista |
| | Sykipot is not a new Trojan Horse by any means, but the variation found to be attacking Department of Defense smart cards is certainly something that government agencies need to be worried about. United States government agencies, that is. It's doubtful the Chinese government will be too worried about them, … |
| | Hello Folks Cleaning my girlfriends mothers computer and having some difficulty. It had a fake virus scanner/phiser on it along with ping.exe that is giving me trouble. I have run trendmicro housecall along with hijackthis and malwarebytes. I also turned off windows fax as I discovered the outgoing connections were … |
| | My problems first started on my son's laptop. Backed up his game saves and such to our other pc via external drive enclosure. Now the desktop pc is infected with something. And just today while updating database/scanning with MBAM on that one, I was on MY laptop and recieved a …  |
| | Hey. I am trying to make a "virus" that will not let the user exit the program even with pressing Command+Q (oh, ya, I have an Apple). Here is what I have so far: if (keylistener.getKeyCode()==81){ System.out.println("Works"); } I have the println just to see if it works (which it …  |
| | I appearts that I have the Google Redirect malware somewhere. About 2/3 of the time,when I click on a Google result, I get redirected. This behavior happens only in MSIE; it does not happen in Chrome. I have run Super Antispyware, MS Security Essentials, and MBAM multiple times. SASW finds … |
| | Recently, I removed Windows XP Security 2012 and was left with a process called ping.exe which uses enormous amounts of CPU. I am in the process of completing the sticky guide ([url]http://www.daniweb.com/hardware-and-software/microsoft-windows/viruses-spyware-and-other-nasties/threads/134865[/url]) and am currently running scan #2 using GMER. I have ran the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool, ATF-Cleaner, … |
| | Heres the story: Last night my Compaq laptop was working perfectly fine. At that time it was not plugged in and the power cord was disconnected from it. A couple hours later, I go to the laptop, push the power button, and find that nothing at all happens. Nothing turns … |
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