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 | [URL="http://www.intego.com"]Intego[/URL] [URL="http://www.intego.com/news/hellrts-backdoor-can-allow-malicious-remote-users-to-control-macs.asp"]announced[/URL] today that there is an actual virus threat to the invincible [URL="http://www.apple.com"]Mac[/URL]: HellRTS.D Backdoor. Yep, that's right, a Mac virus just waiting to take control of your iThis and iThat. It would have been funnier if the virus had a better name, but hey, virus writers aren't necessarily … |
| | hello, i've had this problem for over a week now, and i tried numerous fixes (virus scan, delete temp folder, reset router and modem...) but i can't seem to fix it, help me! so about a week ago, for some reason my internet stopped working, it's quite weird. for every …  |
| | Whenever I connect the internet directly to my computer, something kicks in, turning my taskbar into the old Windows color and knocking out my Windows Audio. This only happened today, as far as I know; I have been using our router ever since the internet came. I hope somebody walks … |
 | Using newly registered domains with a very short lifespan to host malware websites is so last year. It would appear that these days such things are far more likely to be hosted on much older compromised web sites instead. Could this be down to a decline in domain tasting? The … |
| | Hi all, I'm using my neighbors computers in hopes someone can help me fix my own ... not sure why or how it's happened, but my computer has been completely taken over I think. I've never seen one so aggressive. I'm unable to connect to the internet, and several programs … |
| | I use firefox and haven't used IE since I got my computer and downloaded Firefox on to it. Lately IE has been randomly opening multiple windows with multiple tabs in them. I've run Malwarebytes twice and it hasn't come up with anything and I even put my computer in safe … |
| | i'm new to this kind of community.. so i don't know what to do.. i've been trying for months now. i'm having the same problem.. sometimes.. my taskbar changes to classic then you cannot connect to the internet and the sound is disabled. if i restart it.. it goes back … |
| | Think about an antivirus software with an 1-pc license. After installation , while the user tries to upgrade it, the software recognizes that the pc rying to upgrade the antivirus is the one that bought the license so that the software when installed on another pc with the same serial … |
 | Hey folks. We're working on some DaniWeb T-shirts and we'd like your input. The design of the shirts is as follows. Black T-shirt with a random funny saying on the front and the <DANIWEB> logo on the back (white ink). We're looking for some quotes. Think funny, geek, tech, hacker, …  |
| | I did find another thread on this topic, but it didn't fully fit my issue. I would appreciate any help in resolving this issue, which is as follows: I have McAfee Virus Plus and I suddenly began to get notifications from the program that there was no virus protection. When … |
 | Guys i'm using Microsoft Security Essentials as my Anti-virus software in Windows 7.It worked properly.But now from 2-3 days,when i log-in to windows it shows,my computer is unprotected and run a scan.But i have scheduled my scan on every sunday.Not daily.So i did a quick scan and then it's ok.But … |
| | my internet explorer randomly pops up often with inapporiate websites and sometimes blank. i recently downloaded a file and since after that my IE pops up randomly and often! is this a virus? please help me! :( i also ran a scan with malware anti malware software and it showed …  |
| | [ATTACH=right]21447[/ATTACH]Penetration testing by the US Department of Homeland Security which involved dropping USB thumb drives and various data discs around the car parks of government agency buildings has revealed a not-so-shocking truth: just like most folk, government workers allow curiosity to trump security when faced with the opportunity to have … |
| | hi i have the latest internet explorer and sometimes even when im not using the internet at all random adds come up but there is no window i have found out it is the internet explorer but i dont know how to stop it perminantly when i close the process …  |
| | Earlier today I downloaded a game recording client from wegame.com and macromedia flash 8. After both were done my computer froze up so i had to reset. Everything seemed fine so i started working on macromedia. In the middle of me working on it the monitor turned black and said … |
| | Hi basically what happens this computer is when i turn it on, it loads to the windows 7 loading page (when the colours come togeather) and then it just randomly turns off. No hardware or software changes have been made and its not a virus because ive already scanned. so … |
| | a software written in python to change the extension of all existing exe files on a system to a randomly generated integer would prevent a conventional virus as knowing the file is an executable and hence from infecting it. i know there are easy ways of getting around this. so …  |
| | It's one of the more bizarre questions I have been asked during my twenty year involvement in the computer security business. Yet here I am, pondering whether something being called the Shrek virus could have enabled tens of thousands of butt ugly lonely people to bypass the attractiveness filtering of … |
| | Hello this is my first time posting in something like this so I hope I'm doing it right. I have tried everything to fix my computer. I did have a virus and thought I got rid of it. Now malwarebytes or super antispyware doesnt detect one. Although my taskbar is … |
| | So I wrote a little remote control client/server based app to turn off my roomates torrent client at night (to avoid having to go into his room). I could have done this with remote software such as teamviewer or VNC but I don't need all the functionality that they provide … |
| | I've seen earlier posts for this problem, but the solutions don't apply to me, and the earlier posts are a couple of years old. I was hit on 6/5/11 with malware from a legitimate website that I had accessed just the day before with no problems. Malwarebytes (MBAM) identified the … |
 | I'm requesting assistance. We are running WinXP, SP3. We appear to have what Stinger found in two files as the Fakealert!fakealert-REP virus (it then deleted those two files). The obvious symptom, for the last couple days, is this: We were running McAfee Antivirus Plus, and currently something *makes it freeze* … |
| | I have spend over 10 hours trying to find a solution using the internet. I have had McAfee virus removal team working on it for two days and they could not remove the virus in the thread. I ran Malwarebytes and DDS this did not remove the problem, can you … |
| | I am studying viruses and trying to figure out how the FLEX module works for C++. I have taken classes before on regular languages, context free, etc. Is FLEX dealing with regular languages or regular expressions, and also what is the difference exactly? Could you give an example of how …  |
| | So I am taking a class in Viruses and Defense against Viruses. As such there entails much x86 programming. I do know how to program in x86 and the calling conventions and so forth. But that is only because I learned it from my instructor. However, I am not sure … |
| | Hello All, Hopefully somebody can help me with this problem that I have been having since August. In August my mouse-pad stopped working on my Dell Inspiron that I have only had for three years. To be specific the left pad. I sent it to Dell and tehy fixed it …  |
| | My computer out of nowhere gives me a message telling me my hard drive is corrupt and I need to restart my pc. I ignored it of course, after I ignored it some unknown Windows 7 recovery program started running various scans on my pc which I knew weren't legit. … |
| | Hello, I think I've acquired a virus(es) in the past few days. Some of the symptoms: - Programs missing in the Start > All Programs. I can still open them if I go into the C: drive and look for them. - Some of the icons on my desktop disappeared. …  |
 | Hi, I don't have much time left when I think my computer got infected and I'm afraid of turning off my computer now... I was online for some time until I got a shutdown coundown box that will shutdown my computer automaically after 1 minute but I managed to stop … |
| | I have two friends whose computers run like paint drying! And their internet connects are dodgy. They are both cursed with Windows 7 On my XP computer I have Prevex 3.05.220 Teamviewer 177152237 Is it possible for me to copy (which files of?) Prevex and Teamviewer onto a thumb drive …  |
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