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I apologize if this is a double-post, as the first time I tried to post to this board, I got a 404 browser error. 2 weeks ago, I had an issue with pop-ups on my work PC. I was eventually able to clean it up with Malawarebytes and thought I …

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Okay, I'm pulling my hair out on this one. A person I know in Los Angeles County and I have a legal dispute going but still months away from trial. Problem is I'm staying at a beach house south of Tijuana for solitude but still using hotmail and have a …

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Hi, I have been doing a ton of research on overheating, and still cannot figure out what is going on with my stupid computer. About a year ago (when it was about a year and change old; just out of warranty) my computer started acting up. It would shut down …

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Hiya, hope you can help with this one! I've got a home network with a number of PC's and Mac's on it and one of the PC's started having trouble with the wireless after each reboot, in addition to this I noticed (after much looking) that the machine was trying …

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Hello, Two days ago I obtained a malware infection. It was the type that would come up in a pop up "warning, your computer is infected with malware" press 'ok' to continue (I did NOT press ok)- but damage was done. It then showed an image of a download taking …

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Download on: [url]http://beta.bitdefender.com/[/url] New! Redesigned and streamlined installation. New! Search Advisor warns you about unsafe pages displayed in search results. New! Firewall Troubleshoot Wizard takes care of internet, printer or remote office (VPN) connectivity issues. New! Performance Optimizer identifies resource heavy applications and suggests corrective actions. New! Protection settings are …

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Hi Daniweb, I was wondering if you could please help me out. My laptop OS is Windows Vista, and last night after downloading Skype, my computer became erratic and very very slow. I uninstalled it immediately, but the computer's performance all of a sudden was shot. It took a long …

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Hello and, I see alot of these posts around, sorry if I am 'spamming' the forums. But I need help, seeing as they all say each form of fixing is for the specific asker's computer. While I am working on my computer I get random IE click in the background, …

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I've recently noticed that my windows XP firewall turns off after every restart. And sometimes, if I connect to the internet multiple times in one sitting, the firewall turns off every time I reconnect to the internet. I don't have any other firewalls installed. I recently cleaned my computer of …

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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 …

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Hi guys, I am aware that a similar topic has been covered more than once on this board and others. However, from what I have seen, some aspects are quite different to my predicament. Upon startup just after the welcome screen, I get the message 'explorer.exe - Application Error. The …

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My virus checker(avira) is reporting a fair few instances of the TR/Genome.khkv virus. Malware bytes and spybot are having no luck getting rid(or even detecting it) and it seems to be infesting more of my system. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Below is my hijackthis log. -------- [QUOTE]Logfile of …

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I've got some problems on my Acer TravelMate 4674WLMi laptop. I'm running Windows XP Professional. IE7 crashes immediately upon launch. It asks if I want to send an error log, which I do. A couple months ago, my machine was attacked by a nasty virus that caused all kinds of …

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Hi - I'm getting a pop up at the end of windows loading up that says Error loading C\windows\system32\rasdialx.dll - The specified module could not be found. Seems this started happening after I cleaned up a virus. Anysuggestions would be much appreciated! Thanks, aldo

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Hey everyone. I got a pretty annoying problem with a nastie, which I would like some help to get rid off. When I sit on my computer with anything on my screen, it unhiglights everything I've highlighted after a few seconds. I've followed the steps in the "Read ne before …

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I am having a similar problem as a previous poster. My tackbar seems ok when first starting my computer but changes shortly after. here is my hijack notepad results Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4 Scan saved at 10:30:28 AM, on 8/4/2010 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet …

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hello. about 3 days ago, IE couldn't load up myspace, imageshack, deviantart and a handful of other sites but i urgently needed to retrieve a picture that i left on my friend's myspace so i used a proxy to try to get it. i did but then because proxies block …

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I was using the internet, when a window popped up and told me I had to click OK if I wanted to navigate to a new page. I don't remember exactly how it was worded, but I know I wasn't supposed to get that message. So I restarted my computer …

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Security company [URL="http://www.barracudalabs.com/"]Barracuda Networks[/URL] has named Google the "king of malware," in [URL="http://www.barracudalabs.com/downloads/BarracudaLabs2010MidyearSecurityReport.pdf"]a report released this month[/URL] that shows the popular search site linking to twice as many malware sites and files as its chief competitors, Bing, Twitter, and Yahoo combined. [ATTACH]16328[/ATTACH]Barracuda points to a growing need for online reputation …

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Hello everyone, A few days ago I went surfing somewhere I apparently shouldn't have been & got on one of those pages that when you try to close it, it opens up two more. I don't remember where it was or how I got it to stop doing that, I …

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i've done everything that was asked...what do i do know!!! ha ha thanks and greatly appreciated!!! Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.46 [url]www.malwarebytes.org[/url] Database version: 4363 Windows 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.5512 7/28/2010 4:28:40 PM mbam-log-2010-07-28 (16-28-40).txt Scan type: Full scan (C:\|) Objects scanned: 211333 Time elapsed: 1 hour(s), 35 minute(s), …

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[ATTACH=right]16305[/ATTACH]No more shortcuts for hackers - that's the word from Microsoft, which plans to release a patch today that the company says will fix a security loophole. The issue is tied to the way the Windows OS handles shortcuts, or .lnk files, or as Microsoft explains it in the [URL="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2286198.mspx"]official …

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As soon as the computer showed a problem I had to start in safe mode to run MBAM. I updated first. I did run MBAM first before all the other scanners. First MBAM scan, Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.46 [url]www.malwarebytes.org[/url] Database version: 4363 Windows 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 (Safe Mode) Internet Explorer …

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Here is my HiJackthis log, I have run malware anti spyware and superantispyware remover. Does anyone see anything out of place or that is just plain silly and useless? All help is greatly appreciated Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4 Scan saved at 7:42:31 PM, on 7/30/2010 Platform: Windows XP …

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Hello Yesterday I downloaded this: [B][COLOR="Red"]Infected Executable File Removed[/COLOR].[/B] My Panda antivirus didn't see anything wrong with it, but it is some sort of spyware or trojan. Since I ran it last night, my IE opens up sometimes with an IQ test page '=) Today I ran a quick scan …

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I started getting IE popups from RedOrbit. Those stopped and now I'm getting the "clicking" sound IE makes randomly. When I opened Yahoo Mesenger I started getting sound clips playing in the background. Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.46 [url]www.malwarebytes.org[/url] Database version: 4365 Windows 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180 7/29/2010 12:25:47 …

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[attach=right]14422[/attach]File under oops. The website of The Telegraph newspaper has been defaced by hackers, apparently upset at a cult British television show and the newspaper itself for mocking their country. The 'Romania National Security' hacking group has claimed responsibility for the attack which hit a couple of third party services …

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I recently had a virus on my machine. When I purchased the machine it came with the option to rollback to XP which I did. Since then Win 7 has been released. So when I wiped my computer I installed Win 7 Ultimate, 64 bit version. My system is AMD …

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Iexplore.exe keeps running in the backround and making random popouts, it's really slowing down my computer, please help! D: [B]The logs :[/B] Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.46 [url]www.malwarebytes.org[/url] Database version: 4052 Windows 6.0.6001 Service Pack 1 Internet Explorer 8.0.6001.18928 7/28/2010 10:16:58 PM mbam-log-2010-07-28 (22-16-58).txt Scan type: Full scan (C:\|) Objects scanned: 283758 …

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Netbooks remain hugely popular courtesy of their small form factor and low price, both achieved partly due to the relatively limited technical specs of the average device. Low computing power and Internet security suite software do not, it has to be said, traditionally make for good bed-fellows. Which leaves netbook …

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Hello there My office pc is been installed by windows vista and is been attacked by trojan horse virus. Its eating my computer day by day. Is there any good antivirus to sweep away this virus. Or should i just format all my valuable documents. any suggestions regarding this would …

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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 …

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Ok, I am having serious trouble with this, so please help me out. bear with my long story, please. One of our computers here at work started doing something funny...it wouldn't start windows. Whenever it was about 70% done loading windows (the version was 2000 NT) it would go to …

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hey i got windows vesta i rescenty got a virus name malwerebitys or something like that and i ended up haveing to format my comp and reinstal vesta before my comp was picking up wireless signals easly from all over enyway since i have formated and reinstalled it wont pick …

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Ok apparently i'm not the only one who has happening and i'm very new at this. can someone please help me out on this!! greatly appreciated!!!

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Hello I'm 99% sure I've got adware or malware running on my PC. I first noticed a problem when web pages took increasingly longer to load. The problem got worse when hyperlinks did not always link to the page they meant to e.g. Google search link would return Facebook or …

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Hi there, i am new to this website and i dont know if i posted this in the right place, but the machine i have is a dying machine and has the ultimate problem ( its corrupt or something) almost 2 years ago, I was getting like 4 different types …

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I have installed Windows 7 today after that I tried to install McAfee Anti Virus Enterprise Edition 8.5 Windows 7 prompted that this application has known compatibility problems with the application that you are trying to install. Considering this as problematic, I gave up and did not install the AntiVirus. …

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I have Desktop(installed XP Professional) with no internet connection.Which anti virus i installed i download it's updated virus database and update it.Peronally i use AVAST 4.8 HOME Edition.Yesterday i installed Avast then Malwarebyte's Anti-Malware and then Spyware Teminator then Threat Fire. When i scanned using Avast it found Malware win32 …

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Hello All, Last night I was infected with malware. Following this infection, a faux antivirus appeared; I was prevented from using the ctrl+alt+del function; I was unable to open any applications; I did not have browser based internet access (although temporarily my AIM client still worked); and my AVG was …

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Hi, So it seems like a lot of people are having this problem. Mine started a few days ago. I will get random pop ups from internet explorer, as well as the invisible audio-only ones. Also, the wave volume will frequently reset to zero. I would appreciate any help with …

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Hi, I was using MS Windows XP but my antivirus was expired and I forgot to update it. Last week when I was downloaing something< i got a virus which tries to read my saved passwords in browser/machine and it also effects most of the dll and exe files. Hence …

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Hi, it seems i am infected with something that opens internet explorer popups in the background without me being able to see them. The process is called iexplore.exe i think. I saw another thread with this problem and followed it. I have already scanned with superanti spyware and malwarebytes. The …

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since this morning i have been frequently encountering random pop-up IE ads, random IE clicking noises and sound-only, uncloseable ads. please help me out here. i have also performed a MBAM security check and saved the log.

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Hi, My laptop got infected with some virus, which trying to fetch the saved password from browser and other resources from my laptop. After it got infected, it affected a lot of exe and dll files. So many of the application I can't run now and even I can't connect …

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Hello, Think I have got some malware over the last couple of days I will be using IE and another one suddenly opens with a random site which can range from ask jevees to a site selling stuff. I have run maware and spy bot in safe mode and they …

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Back again with yet another problem. Friend stated her computer was acting quircky and had some pop ups. I ran MBA-M and it did come up with some issues. After deleting those I have not come up with any issues. But I am posting the logs so it can be …

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Hey all, I have finished 2 weeks of trying to rid my acer aspire 8930G laptop of a keylogger & fingerprint logger and thot all was well, but somethings told me there is still a problem. Despite running Norton Security Suite (which never stopped the trogan in the 1st place) …

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Hello, Earlier this morning, after a scheduled McAffee scan, I looked through my quarantine section and found the Autorun Generic!atr trojan on my K drive flash drive, a Cruzer micro. It had picked it up on the 20th, which was the first time I had inserted the drive into my …

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