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MY DELL A HAS TERRIBLE VIRUS, WONT LET ME DO ANYTHING, CANT GO ONLINE TO DOWNLOAD VIRUS AND MALWARE REMOVAL. IF ANYONE CAN HELP IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED, THANK YOU

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I posted this in another section, but I think it went in the wrong section, because I didn't get any answers. A week or so ago, my Firefox browser's back button stopped working. I couldn't figure out how to fix it, so I uninstalled Firefox and tried to reinstall it, …

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Hello! Since 3 days ago I have had this problem of ANY internet browser that is the default browser opening up on its own on my laptop. However, It opens so fast I can't use the computer anymore. As soon as I log in to my computer, there are already …

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I am trying to understand the different types of protection that a computer needs. This is what I have learned: -You cannot have multiple anti-virus software on your computer, because they will interfere with each other -You need to stack up other anti-malware software, the more the better -You can …

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Hi! I've just realised a weird behaviour regarding Windows Defender in my laptop. Whenever I open (run) it, either by prompting to run a scan or just to open the GUI, it always closes itself immediately (even before it finishes scanning my computer if I open it to scan my …

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My pc has been infected by a very harmfull virus , this virus close and restart windows explorer repeatedly in very short time , I cant use the computer, Please help me about the name of this virus and how can I remove it. Thanks in advance

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September 18, 2012 **GenericPUP.z!oa(keygen.exe) in > CyberLink.PowerDVD.Ultra.v11.0.2024.Multilingual.Incl.Keymaker-CORE** (RE: McAfee This software is not a virus or a Trojan. It is detected as a "potentially unwanted program" (PUP). PUPs are any piece of software that a reasonably security- or privacy-minded computer user may want to be informed of and, in some …

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Once again my school laptop has failed me. I downloaded UltraSurf and tried to run it at my house, where it connected 100%. I came to school, the place I was always going to use it, and it could never go past 99.9% connection. I realised it wasn't working, so …

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Over the last few hours of the day GoDaddy's (and GoDaddy managed) websites have been [on the fritz](http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2012/09/10/godaddy-has-glitches-anonymous-claims-responsibility/) as webmasters and visitors alike are unable to access millions of websites held within GoDaddy's datacenters in an apparent Denial of Service [(DDOS)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack) attack. GoDaddy is currently scrambling to restore service to …

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I do not know why this is happening! This is a new lap top, I use firefox, and the IE keeps opening a new window. I use windows 7. SCREECH!

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I have an odd problem with a Java-based Internet program that I would like to use on a regular basis on my Windows XP computer. I have not done Java programming, so I would be interested to know if anyone has ideas about what might be happening. The program runs …

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If the news that the Yahoo! Contributor Network user-generated content site has been breached and more than 450,000 usernames and passwords compromised as a result wasn't bad enough, look behind yesterdays headlines and the situation is revealed to be much, much worse. If you were one of those folk who …

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One of the Internet's biggest online dating sites, eHarmony, has confirmed that security has been breached and member passwords compromised. eHarmony spokesperson Becky Teraoka says that "a small fraction of our user base has been affected" although I am led to understand that the 'small fraction' in question is actually …

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Greetings... I am a new member to DaniWeb. My Wife's system began its current symptoms about a week ago 08-10-2012. First sporadically, then seemed to escalate exponentially until 08-12-2012 when she could no longer: 1. double-click on her icons in... (we must right-click and choose OPEN) a. the START menu …

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Could anyone help me please. I have had internet connection issues for years now. I was originally with orange broadband and had a livebox which would work fine at first and then the connection would become more and more intermittent and then would not work at all. Orange sent several …

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So I've done some searching and I've found very little helpful information about this subject. My desktop is a HP and I'm using the Windows 7 OS. Doesn't matter what I'm doing rather it be on a web page making a post or just on a new text document, whenever …

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Please have a look at tis image,, one unknown LG Brands logo is commming in here [Click Here](.flickr.com/photos/49986400@N04/7822248574/in/photostream) how to remove this I cant open these disk.

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Hi Everyone, I would really appreciate some help on this. I'm a web project manager - and the machine mgmt gave me has pretty much given up completely. It only works in Safe Mode - luckily Safe Mode with networking so I am able to get online. I have backed …

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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 …

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mysql error 2003 can't connect to mysql server on 10.31.158.157 (10061) what to do please help me thankyou in advance

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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 …

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please i came across the term telnet and i will like to know what it is and what it is and it function

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i wanna know what is the best antivirus softwre in now a days? share your thoughts !!

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need help removing a virus called "windows secure kit 2012" on my laptop windows 7... im not too good at this but am familiar getting around the PC and follow directions well :)....i have done this before in the past...i have microsoft security essentials. it found and removed some items …

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i just came across the wireshark and i learnt you can use it to read information in network packets and i will like to know whether the information is going to be in words.

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How can I get rid of this? I've been told it is a virus! When I enter Yahoo.com it redirects me to icslleida.cat; note that this only happens on Google Chrome, when I use Internet Explorer it works just fine. Any ideas?

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So i noticed this program while cleaning up my netbook last night, wrongly thinking it my be nessesary for my book i tried to open it. it brought up for on a second something called pagerage silentinstaller.exe. I shut down in the middle of it and once i restarted i …

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The FBI took claims by new hacking group The WikiBoat that it was going to bring down the likes of Apple and Tesco last Friday at 4pm so seriously that it sent email warnings to those targeted. It's now Sunday morning, and the threatened DDoS attacks do not appear to …

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Hi guys! I'm new to the forum and I was reading some threads and seems like a very useful community here. I am a graduate student and recently my computer has been very "laggy" and when I go to Windows Task Manager I see that CPU Usage is fluctuating from …

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An investigation by UKFast has revealed that it is possible to build a super-cracker computer for around the same price as your average low-spec budget desktop PC. Yet unlike your average budget PC, it is claimed that this cybercrime dream machine is capable of processing billions of password combinations per …

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I've been plagued by multiple viruses for a few weeks reinstalling themselves, slow internet speed, and intermittant audio ads played through Windows Explorer while I am connected to the internet. Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.62.0.1300 www.malwarebytes.org Database version: v2012.08.05.07 Windows 7 Service Pack 1 x64 NTFS Internet Explorer 9.0.8112.16421 no :: NO-PC …

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I am using Windows XP-SP-2 w/Mozilla Firefox updated browser and my computer does not allow me to complete a download of any antivirus programs so have not been protected for over a year now. Am a caregiver for my 97 year old aunt every day so have not had much …

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I'm trying to resolve a problem when I start up my PC. However, the GMER application closes before completing the scan. I'm not sure if, it's due to a virus or not but half the time I start my computer it and all the programs are launched then it appears …

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A friend told me that hackers can only hack with telnet if you have telnet server enabled. Is it so or are there are means of hacking with telnet?

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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 …

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Hello, My Google Chrome browser has been redirected to"Search.Babylon.com". Ever since I downloaded Internet Download Manager from Download.com, this redirection began. Using CCleaner, I uninstalled Internet Download Manager and two Babylon entries, however Chrome is still redirected to Babylon. In the Chrome settings, Google is my default browser, but this …

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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 …

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The head of the UK MI5 intelligence agency, Jonathan Evans, has this week warned that the [London 2012 Olympic Games](http://www.london2012.com/) "present an attractive target for our enemies and they will be at the centre of the world's attention in a month or so". But most of the concern, and indeed …

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As a three times winner of the IT Security Journalist of the Year award in the UK, I am used to writing about all kinds of scams. Whilst most of them try and weasel their way into the bank accounts of the victim through purely online means, increasingly the bad …

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Hi, I'm running Windows 7.64, with an English language systeem. I use Chinese and Japanase input. But suddenly Korean appears as the language when I log in to the system when awakening from sleep, and it's unremovable from the language bar. All the other languages can be "Removed", but Korean …

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Acronis responds to DaniWeb questions regarding a leak of customer data which, [as we exclusively reported over the weekend](http://www.daniweb.com/hardware-and-software/microsoft-windows/viruses-spyware-and-other-nasties/news/427455/breaking-acronis-blames-technical-issue-for-customer-data-leak), resulted in some information being indexed by search engines and accessible to anyone on the Internet. ![dweb-acronis2](/attachments/small/0/dweb-acronis2.jpg "align-right") Although the leak itself was identified by Acronis on Friday 29th June, the …

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Here are my two pages I am using to edit. One is the HTML form and the next is the code to insert the changes. I have looked overthis code for a few hours and have not seen anything wrong. I hope it is not something super simple or I …

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Following on from the news earlier this month that [LinkedIn had suffered a major security breach](http://www.daniweb.com/internet-marketing/social-media-and-web-communities/news/425019/linkedin-confirms-six-million-password-hack-check-if-yours-is-one-of-them) involving the compromise of at least six million user passwords, and then dating site [eHarmony apparently falling victim to the same password hacking compromise](http://www.daniweb.com/hardware-and-software/microsoft-windows/viruses-spyware-and-other-nasties/news/425118/dating-disaster-eharmony-confirms-passwords-exposed-by-linkedin-hacker), the latest to be hit would appear to be the …

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Using Nero 8 Ultra Edition ... Everytime I DVD burn, with 5 seconds left during a dvd I get the below error message .... the program worked fine for about 6 burns ... I downloaded and installed "vcredist_x86 runtime" from ms ... also asked for / received / downloaded a …

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i have kaspersky 2012 loADED IN my computer. but still i am not able to get rid of infected virus in my administrator account. all the icons appear alike and a click on any one of the icon goes to music library. i do not have internet connection of my …

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Recently we have all become somewhat over-exposed to the leaking of customer data courtesy of inadequate security allowing hackers to gain access to databases. The [LinkedIn LeakedOut leak](http://www.daniweb.com/internet-marketing/social-media-and-communities/news/425019/linkedin-confirms-six-million-password-hack-check-if-yours-is-one-of-them) and [eHarmony dating data disaster](http://www.daniweb.com/hardware-and-software/microsoft-windows/viruses-spyware-and-other-nasties/news/425118/dating-disaster-eharmony-confirms-passwords-exposed-by-linkedin-hacker#post1817377) are good examples of the genre. However, let's not forget that sometimes no hackers are required to …

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my administrator account is infected with virus. whenever i click on my computer icon it goes to music library and all the icons appears alike on the desktop. pl help.

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Hi All, I have downloaded some DVD recording software yesterday. This morning as soon as I switched the power on at the mains (plug) my PC started up automatically, without me pushing the 'on' button..? Once it had started the first screen that appeared was 'American Megatrends'? I have not …

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Hi everyone and thanks in advance for your help! To begin I did have McAfee but deleted it and I am now using Avast. I fell victim to the idea that something free can’t be as good as something that you pay for. However, I have only had Avast on …

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