[windows-virus] Forum Topics

After reading all the hype about the random ware virus I installed BufferZone Pro 64 bit. Worked o.K the first day but after booting today all my visual styles in windows 7 home premium disappeared ( aero glass etc) to make the opened windows really look poor. After uninstalling, everything …

Hey everyone. Ok, I just noticed that in my Add or Remove Programs window, theres a program called My Way Search Assistant........ obviously spyware or adware of some kind. I need to uninstall it but......... there is no button in the add or remove programs menu that allows me to …

I downloaded AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition on a computer that runs Windows 98 and uses a slow dial-up connection. When I went to install AVG an "Expired Download" box appeared, advising me to download the latest version. I ignored this and installed my AVG download 7.5.503. Everything went fine. But …

Good Day One of my pc has been infected by a Ransom:Win32/Crowti.gen!A virus and as a result all the files are are not accessible they appear as encrypted and the file extensions automatically default to .AAA whether be it a txt, ppt, xls, docx or pdf file. **Is there a …

hi, I was trying to download whatsapp for my pc and lots of rubbish came down instead. I have got rid of most of it but now every time I start IE searching.com comes up. Click on mu home page icon and ok. Also I've tried to uninstall all that …

Hi i just wanna know if there are way to **decrypt a files that is infected and decrypted by a virus / malware**? all of the files from one of the workstation are encryted as in totaly you cannot open the files.there is a noted in there saying that i …

i belive that my brother found a virus\spyware. i even formated the laptop and continues there :( my problem is: the help window is allways opening. i have problems using the laptop :( ca anyone help me?

A few days ago, I discovered that I have "**s7.addthis.com**" on my main computer, which I believe is a bad malware. I noticed some odd behaviour in my browser on some web sites. (I mainly use Pale Moon Version 25.3.1 x64). My computer is running Windows Pro SP1 x64. Of …

I fell pray to a nasty malware\trojan that cripped my computer, whereas when I logged onto Windows, whether it was a standard account or an administrator account, all I got was a blank screen, no icons, no desktop. To make matters worse, I was getting help on another forum; supposedly …

I have looked everywhere, I looked through regedit, I can't see anything on control panel, it's not on extensions, I have reset firefox, I recently ran a MalwareBytes scan and you think it would catch this, but I just can't figure it out. It's only on Mozilla it seems but …

Ok so here's the breakdown... * I have never installed Wajam * I never wanted Wajam * I'm not sure what keeps installing it, my guess so far is there is a background process running that I don't know about that keeps installing Wajam * One clue might be is …

There are some "funny" people in the class, playing best crackers/hackers in the world. I've got one enemy in the class (nothing serious, he's having problems with like 4 people or some). He might've used Skype resolver in order to be able to come after what my IP is, and …

Hi, Malware Bytes has stopped scanning. I had bought the full professional, and it stopped scanning files on request (from the pop-up menu when you right-click on files). I then realised it wouldn't update, and reinstalls have failed. The other virus software I use is simply Windows Defender. I'm running …

I have inadvertently aquired the above. Whenever is starts up I have managed to stop iyt using taskmanager and seemingly deleted it but it comes back again some hours later. Will restoring to an earlier version of W8 get rid of it or is it more complicated than that? Many …

Hi there, I have a big problem and I need help. Yesterday as I sat on my pc a strange program called Win 7 Antivirus Plus 2013 appeared. It says it's an antivirus and shows up the following message: "System hijack! System security threat was detected. Viruses and/or spyware may …

Actually there are lots of programs installed, and My pc is used by my family. I dont know which software are necessary. I think while installing some program, this ads banner were added... When I open google chrome, internet explorer, firefox, safari (any browser) The ads get pop up above …

It's an Acer Aspire 5610. Lovely machine. Until now, had it a few months no problems. Logged in today around 5pm, and it says "USB device malfunctioned".. the only usb device i had was my mouse, which i've been using since i bought it. So that struck me as odd. …

I am having issues with bookmarks directing to other webites. I can save bookmarks but when I click them later it goes to another website like http://www.adcash.com/script/pop_packcpm.php?k=5223ae7e0c776178106.541145&h=59ebbf60230047531bf2e60d5ae2390545fce553&id=0&ban=178106&r=136690&ref=h&data=&subid= I have windows 8 and am using Firefox which says it is up to date. How do I get rid of the virus? …

http://s27.postimg.org/b350970w3/whasd.png Something is connected to my Wi-Fi without my permission. I don't know what/who this is. How do I get rid of? Is it hacker/virus? I should be only one listed.

I have a PC with 2 drives. A SSD which has my OS installed and a traditional HDD which has all my files and most of my programs on it. My question is do I have to install my new anti-virus on the OS drive or can if funciton properly …

hello I was wondering if I could be helped. My moms computer has caught the sasser virus isass.exe an invalid parameter was passed by a function or something along those lines at start up of her computer she runs windows xp profesional. I tried booting it into safemode and i …

Hello Community, I was just wondering what this url is "https://fbcdn-photos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/hellocdn.html?v=1" for some reason on start-up my computer will open this url not all the time but occasionally. It doesn't do anything it just gives my a blank page, the HTTPS certificate is in affect so I don't thing it's …

I got a virus that turned off Microsoft Essentials and prevented me from starting it. I tried getting other programs to remove it but i believe that the virus also disabled Microsoft installer. My skype wont start properly along with other programs i use daily taking an extremely long time …

Hello all, can someone please help me, a year and a couple hundred Euro later still have my problem. Internet explorer keeps opening by itself - up to a hundred pages, all to the home page. I have had people look at re-formatted the harddrive several times and nothing. Have …

I started up my laptop the other day which is windows xp service pack 2, and when I logged in to windows this cmd.exe black screen thing came up for about a second - not enough time to read what it said?! Then about 3 minutes later the blue screen …

I got a notice from "Lifelock" that stated Adobe announced last month that some of its customers' usernames and passwords had been stolen. The company says it reset the stolen passwords and notified its customers. Adobe also says the stolen data included credit-card information for some of its customers. That …

I'm getting Recycler virus in every drive How to delete it or remove from my computer?

The problem started with getting redirected when we searched with Google. So we tried other search engines which worked for a little while but now it doesn't matter which search engine we use. If you go back to the original search after you are redirected a time or two you …

I am still having issues with Windows Update. Automatic Updates won't turn on and I've tried to turn it on both ways, through Windows Security Center and through Control Panel. I have run Fix It, AdwCleaner, Malwarebytes. When I run FIX IT I get this message: "We detected some problems …

I have just tried removing search.us.com from my computer both in chrome and firefox - using windows XP operating system I have tried the following programes which all say they can remove it Spyhunter Hitman Pro Malwarebytes with no success Has anyone a suggestion on how to get rid of …