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 | I have an interesting browser hijacker that randomly redirects me whenever I click a search link, and recently even if I paste a direct url into the address bar it will redirect. I've been away from this field for a bit and am a little rusty, but I have ran … |
| | I am a newbie to fixinc PC problems just know the basics restoring, troupleshooting. I use zonealarm free antivirus firewall and avast free they were working before upset with windows. Files on desktop and startup disappeared. Did not know where to look for them this problem is a challenge for …  |
 | I have the utmost respect for Daniweb's policy of not condoning the piracy of software. Hear me out before you censor, please. However, these are your forums, your call, I'll respect the way you want to run things here. I honestly feel [this person's post](http://www.daniweb.com/hardware-and-software/threads/447835/pirated-xp-software) has been misunderstood. Something weird …  |
| | Samsung Laptop (SF210) was put to sleep last night when it was on lower battery. Plugged it into the wall today to use the laptop it popped up saying screen wasn't shut down properly- I selected proceed with normal windows log in (something like that) then it loads the logo … |
| | :$ I really hope someone can help me. My webpages (when they load at all) load extremely slowly and I'm downloading at just under 2 Kb a second. Something has shut down my McAfee for Small business and when I contacted tech support for the computer (my brother is homeschooled) … |
| | 1/ 21/ 13 what is better then AVG free anti virus? 2012 AVG free was great- 2013 has a new program and is terrible in many ways- needing constant updates and then when it says it needs another update the new update will not load- I downloaded a "free" or … |
| | My Mcafee subscription runs out in 6 days and they're offering a renew for 60 bux a year. its not about the money but i had some infections last year despite having uptodate definitions so i'm not sure its the best one out there. other options? kaspersky? Norton? or should … |
| | Hello everybody! Recently I had some propblems with my laptop, everytime it started a screen from American Megatrends appeared. After doing some research, I just pressed f2 and the laptop started. However, yesterday pressing f2 didn't work anymore, the computer seems to not react to the keyboard anymore. The only … |
| | does anyone know how i can fix the pianoman virus on my computer and get my office documents back  |
| | I seem to have accidentally downloaded something from a fake pop up andit then downloaded a fake virus protection program that wont let me fix the problem because whenever i try to do anything (even system restore) it says that a file is infected and that it cannot run. I … |
| | **My Acer Laptop keeps on turning itself off improperly.. without an unknown reason** It is about 5 months At first we thought *it is caused by some virus*.. so we have it **reformatted**. New OS.. No files Still it SHUTS DOWN IMPROPERLY. So, we asked somebody to open it.. Then …  |
| | Why is it people who have never used Linux are so sure it is not any good? The impression I get from most of the people I run into running Windows Server is that they are experts on how Linux does not have the same capabilities as Windows. They seem …  |
| | Computer Has been acting funky. Sluggish. MSE will not update. So I ran MBA-M and it found some nasties. I then decided to come and get some help. Using safe mode to run the required test. I am having a hard time posting on this site. So I may post … |
| | Oh I hope someone can help...my daughter has a toshiba satellite C655 laptop. She got a virus last Month so I reset windows 7. I set a password on the bios. When I try and get on at all it auto goes to password bios screen. I put in bio … |
| | guys as the topic says i formatted my windows and installed a new one but the virus isnt gone and it keeps coming back? |
| | I am running Windows XP on an e-machine. My internet connection is through an ethneret cable, the issue is that if I boot up the computer with the internet on, it runs for about two minutes and then it freezes/does not allow programs to run. If the internet is not …  |
| | Hello,guys i havent been able to access anti virus websites.I need your help please |
| | I have a new issue I have 2 pc's that i have gotten in the last few days that all of a sudden won't web browse. one is a windows XP sp3 the other is a Win 7 pro sp1 in both cases they can connect to the network and … |
| | Hello, I've clicked by mistake on a suspicious link send by a spam mail. The mail was something about information about bed bugs, This was the link: *** malware link deleted *** After clicking on it, the web address was changed to this one *** malware link deleted *** and … |
| | Hello, Today, seemingly at random, my laptop seems to be running quite slow. I haven't changed anything lately. To be more specific, my laptop seems to be lagging and has intermittent "pauses". Also when I watch a youtube video or try to skype there seems to be a stutter or … |
 | This is too slow now. I tried editing the registry, reducing the number of startup programs,cleaning the registry, defragmentating, clearing cache. my AV is norton 360 and works well. besides the slow issue, it freezes for a short peroid of time specially when browsing the net. help  |
 | Network security vendor [Stonesoft](http://www.stonesoft.com/en/) predicts that the top infosec threats to watch out for in 2013 will include unseen and unknown targeted cyber-attacks, espionage and hacktivism. Jarno Limnell, director of cyber-security at Stonesoft, reckons that in 2013 the security of the digital world will become an even more pressing issue, … |
| | my acer comes on under the welcome sign theres a clock appeared saying 2 mins, then after 2 mins it turns itself off |
| | Explorer is running in the background and I can't stop it. This has been going on for a week or so. Explorer sometimes runs as two processes simultaneously, one under "New User" and one under "System". I use Firefox 99.9% of the time. Any advice will be much appreciated. Below … |
| | Dear Experts, my website was hacked yesterday and when i retrieve my website it will give Ã, ¢â etc these character in my each and every page and post. Kindly tell me step by step process to remove these characters. I am new here sor plz kindly tell me step …  |
| | I've been having problems with my computer. First images, or the arrow to get to them, weren't clickable in websites such as babycenter.com [Babycenter.com/slideshow-baby-size?slideNumber=36](http://www.babycenter.com/slideshow-baby-size?slideNumber=36) . Then the other images on websites such as walmart.com became unclickable [walmart.com/ip/Samsung-32-Class-LED-720p-60Hz-HDTV-3.7-ultra-slim-UN32EH4003/21081426](http://www.walmart.com/ip/Samsung-32-Class-LED-720p-60Hz-HDTV-3.7-ultra-slim-UN32EH4003/21081426) . Now websites either aren't coming up at all and either showing Internet … |
| | Microsoft has released YAIESA, or Yet Another Internet Explorer Security Advisory if you prefer. This time, [SA2757760](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/advisory/2757760) warns about a new zero-day out there in the wild which impacts all users of Internet Explorer 9 and earlier versions. It's the usual case of targeted attacks being spotted which could lead … |
| | I do not know if this is a place to ask this question, but as I have know idea what I am doing I am going to go ahead and ask. I am having a problem with my internet browser and my screen shimmering. The shimmering just started today but … |
| | My laptop is infected and I have tried everything I know to clean it. I now need your help to interpret the attached Hyjackthis report. My normal anti-virus/Firewall is ESET NOD32. I have run the following, in Safe mode: * NOD32 Virus checker * Adaware * Spybot S&D * Karpersky …  |
| | Hello, I have the Green Dot Money Pak virus and I cannot enter into safe mode. When I click F8 and choose any of the safe mode options, my computer loads into Windows. Can anyone help? |
| | I am new to computers so bare with me. I am taking a computer class in college, so I am slowing understanding everything. I skimmed through some of the articles so if this is a repeat I am sorry, and if I am violating any terms, sorry! I just purchased …  |
| | Hello, Today I was working on my home Pc. As I work my 2nd job from home. I was working away and clicked some random news site and all of a sudden Mcfee says they have blocked a trojan, and then get a little box pops up wanting me to …  |
 | Hi All. I developed software and use a software activation security company. The problem is, every time somebody tries my software, they get false positive virus alerts from different Anti Virus companies. During my last experience with Avira, it took me nearly 6 months of telephone calls to get them … |
| | When I open google Chrome, my home page, google.com and also a fake search engine called search.babylon also appears. I googled what search.babylon was and it seems like a pretty common malware/virus that infects certain browsers,chrome in my case. Anyhow, I'm not sure how to fix this as my McAfee … |
| | Having a problem with IE9 after deleting sweet time IM addon I keep getting IE launching, I've run AVG scan and the appropriate MS Malicious spyware removal tool but each show no infection. I've run Hijack this, see attached log: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4 Scan saved at 20:20:37, … |
| | The results of a new security survey, which asked some 6,000 people across Europe questions about cybercrime, would appear to suggest that nearly everyone (88% of respondents in fact) is some kind of online victim. Have things really got this bad, or is it just another case of the security … |
| | Hi everyone, Im newbie...I have comp problem...Pls kindly help me... T_T I dont know what happened... usually I can install new font ... **Local Disk (C)_Windows_Font** ... and open the WINDOWS EXPLORER to view the font that I already installed or copy paste the font to this folder... Then suddenly …  |
| | hI selected areas of text are made to look like hypertext on lots of web pages. you hovver over them and it's malware that has highlighted the text and will take you to another page selling iphones etc, called DropdownDeals. mbam, atf, avg, and malicious tool have no results. Any … |
| | hello, desktop .ini has taken control of some of my folders and files. also, turned on pc and it said it couldn't load neccasary files and went into a scan. it seemed fake but nothing ever happened. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4 Scan saved at 10:50:23 AM, on 11/5/2012 … |
| | Hi Family ! I have an Acer Aspire 5315-2940, Windows Vista, 32 bit. I had a virus/trogan and I believe I got rid of it using Super Anti Spyware, Spybot, and even Malwarebytes. I went to run Malwarebytes one last time to make sure the computer was clean and the … |
| | Hi, Recently, I have found some websites in my history which I never visited, might this caused by a kind of virus, actually the sites are so embarrassing and bad. No one used my computer. the websites are: bearwww.com & silverdaddies.com I think, and there were around twinty pages visited … |
| | Hi Fellows, I am facing issue while opening some programs due to bugs in the registry, keep on getting the error message **"This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the Set Associations control panel"** while opening few .exe files, …  |
| | We had a customer bring in a PC infected with a rootkit, MBR virus, and a myriad of malware. After cleaning the drive, we found the data was totally inaccessible. Windows XP and Windows 7 both reported the drive type as RAW (drive was originally NTFS-Windows XP Home). Using a …  |
| | Please help! all my files are gone. i was using my laptop then closed it then i came back and nothing was there!!!!ive tried restoring my pc but that didnt work, i tried looking in the recycle bin... not there! and they arent hidden either! it can tbe a virus …  |
| | Need help with Windows XP infected with virus. Redirection virus occured, IE runs in the backgroud without even starting it. Extremely slow when using internet explorer. |
| | Earlier this year Jonathan Evans, the Director General of MI5 (the UK Security Service), warned that cyber attacks against UK plc were as much of a security challenge as terrorism as far as Britain was concerned. He claimed that UK businesses were being targeted at an 'astonishing' rate driven by … |
| | Now semi mobil and my computer give me a new horizon for life. In last 4 months my facebook,gmail and yahoo are being hacked by the same guy! Today I got a message from Facebook telling me that "Andy" had been at it again via a Madrid server. I only … |
| | Gary McKinnon, an unassuming 46 year old Londoner who suffers from Asperger's syndrome and depression, is an unlikely man to be making headlines the world over once again. Indeed, across the last decade McKinnon has almost seemed to be a permanent fixture in news media feeds online and off, a … |
| | I consider myself a decently computer savvy guy for my age, however, this has me completely stumped. so if any of you can tell me weather or not re-installing windows (or any other solution you could think of) would be likely to help, because as much as It would be … |
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