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Hi all, I was at a customers site today, and had a real interesting one. He had a browser hijacker/Malware/Virus that had been detected by Avast (or one of the three of four other AV softwares that he had installed and uninstalled in the past weeks). It was presenting annoying …

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my desktop has that same "danger spyware" background and i can get rid of it! i've tried the display icon thingy in control panel but the delete tab is not an option! please help me!!!!!! i can;t even rite click on my desktop!

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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 …

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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 …

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Hi everyone, My computer got hacked into and sent all my Gmail to my mentor and his company. I feel like an idiate. I got my nephew to help me for the problems I had on my side but I've been trying to get my mentor to delete my files …

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i downloaded this game called zwinky but now i want to unistall it because i dont want to get a virus. The only problem is that i dont know how to uninstall zwinky... please help!!

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[QUOTE=corduroy] I've followed Symantec's removal instructions ([url]http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/backdoor.colfusion.html[/url]) but there are always at least 5 dlls which Norton (or the other apps I've tried) cannot remove. Also, I always get winsock.scr and dxsetu.exe errors at startup, followed by "Exception EInOut Error in module dxsetu.exe at 000056F2 I/O error 32". ope1C3.exe and …

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Hi I once hosted a website, using wordpress framework but after a month, my webstsite hacked and after digging on my website there is so much scripts added to the file (i did not remember exactly how the scripts, but it was so longgg script). I deleted all that scripts, …

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Hello . I have a problem , my laptop ASUS n50vn been compromised . For a good few months, I'm trying to deal with it but none of my treatments do not work . I decided to ask for help . I discovered this at the beginning of this year, …

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I believe I got a trojan virus that has caused some damage to my computer which will no longer connect to the internet. I read several threads on here and these are the steps I have already taken: 1)I downloaded and ran Marlwarebytes and AVG. (I think it found the …

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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 …

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Ever wondered why the bad guys continue throwing malware in your direction? The obvious answer is the correct one: because they make money from doing it. On Thanksgiving Day, as all others across the year it would seem, they can be thankful for the high profit to be raked in …

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When I make a call, the light in the top of my phone has flicker. why that happened ? Is someone spy me?

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You may be wondering what a superfecta actually is, and the answer is: the most dangerous and serious threat to business. To clarify, the superfecta as defined by secure cloud hosting outfit FireHost is a group of four attack vectors that comprises of Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF), Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), …

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So, today is '[World Paper Free Day](http://www.aiim.org/events/paper-free-day)' apparently and I'm not sure whether it's appropriate to buy a card in the circumstances. Joking aside, what I am sure of is that such Hallmark days do provide an opportunity for press releases to be thrown in my general direction. And so …

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Okay, so here's the problem: I have an HP dv6000 series/ model dv6910us laptop. I hadn't used the notbook in about 2 weeks because I was moving to college so it was in my car for a day. When I decided to boot it up everything worked fine...except the internet. …

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Hi, my Dell Laptop won't respond and I don't know why. It worked fine this morning and then I left it on for about an hour and when I came back it was just unresponsive. Even CTRL, ALT, Delete didn't do anything, so I had to turn it off at …

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I've been having a ton of problems since my boyfriend clicked on an email he thought was authentic from an ebay fraud. Web pages have been slow to not responsive, I kept getting errors about remote server refusing connections, the lan service kept showing proxy server settings and when I …

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Hey guys. So my dad and brother are on the same internet as me, as I am home from college for the summer. The only problem I have is that when I load a game, my ping is EXTREMELY high. As in unplayable high. My brother and dad don't have …

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Hi I use Firefox as my browser and whenever I enter a search on the "search the web" box I'm diverted momentarily to [url]www.goonsearch.com[/url] then to [url]www.plusnetwork.com[/url] I have tried to eradicate the virus using many tools without success. I have completed all 8 steps in the sticky and included …

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Hello - I am working on my son's Asus laptop running win-7. Booting into user mode, it's not running well at all - extremely slow to boot, Chrome runs very slowly - nothing runs well. In safe mode, it's not half bad. When I got this from him last week, …

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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 …

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I also found out that he has something that can bypass my internet password so that he can use my internet (not being internet savvy, I haven't a clue what that means - if he can just use the internet or he can see what I've been doing and my …

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For a few weeks, my browser (Chrome) will open itself up, and then continue opening up a new window every 3-5 minutes. These are blank windows, not even an "about: blank" in the URL window. Not new tabs--new Chrome windows. So I have to shut them down one by one, …

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I have had this laptop for about 6 months - I got it from work and I think it is about two years old. It will work perfectly fine for days and then start freezing. If I am in outlook for example, it locks, the screen fades color and I …

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I am about at my wits end with this laptop. For no apparent reason and nothing setting it off, Internet explorer, as well as other browsers in the past keep opening themselves up, refresing and eventually rendering it unusable. I have ran Malwarebytes, Mcaffee antivirus, all sorts of other programs …

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Hello, I'm carlo and I have been experiencing this problem for about a week now. The windows defender is not functioning and the win explorer keeps on closing. here is my hijackthis file: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4 Scan saved at 3:04:04 AM, on 9/14/2013 Platform: Unknown Windows (WinNT …

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At the start of the year, [DaniWeb reported](https://www.daniweb.com/internet-marketing/social-media-and-communities/news/470719/snapchat-plays-blame-game-after-hack) how Snapchat, the self-destruct photo messaging service, had been hacked and information regarding 4.5 million users had been stolen. Fast forward to now, and Snapchat is again in the mire: nude images have started to appear on 4chan which have been stolen …

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This has been going on for a while, every time i open up a web page or a program the help window pops up, I close it and then click on the page that I want to see and the window pops up again, it doesn't let me type because …

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Hi All, I have a problem with my pc. Since about a week or so (I didn't download anything that day and I didn't do anythin unusual) everytime I turn on my pc the first screen that appears is AMI American Megatrends and I have to options, I can choose …

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I´m having some trouble with my web browsers, both internet explorer and firefox. After around ten minutes or so of use, whatever browser I am using keeps opening itself again and again and won´t stop. The pages open to the homepage. I´ve run adaware and spybot and norton, and they´ve …

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Hey all, i have a lil problem i created for myself. i recieved an email from some1 that used my sisters name .but it wasent from her..it had a different senders email address...problem is, it had a link...I was outside and the sun was very bright i didnt really chek …

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Some time ago (about 2 years maybe) I read in IT-newspaper about scandal of Comodo giving virus-safe-certificate to a virus. Now, that may or may not be a NSA virus (or any other, really). Another way from my friends, I've heard that Comodo is pretty hardcore when it comes to …

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Reports started circulating yesterday that Gmail had been hacked, with some 5 million logins at risk. This follows the publication, on Tuesday, of a plain text list of Gmail usernames and passwords on a Russian Bitcoin forum. Within 24 hours the 'hack hysteria' had taken hold and people were being …

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Some interesting [research](http://www.proofpoint.com/threatinsight/posts/phishing-in-europe.php) from security outfit Proofpoint was published this morning which reveals that unsolicited email heading towards users in the UK is three times more likely to contain malicious URLs than that destined for users in the United States, or Germany, or France for that matter. It's not, as …

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I want to ask about ESET Nod32 antivirus and its efficiency. I have just got its reseller who is selling it at $37/ 3 users license. Should I buy it or I should prefer AVG or McAfee.

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So, a bunch of US financial institutes have been hacked. Nothing new there, if we are being brutally honest. The newsworthyness in this particular case comes courtesy of one of those organisations apparently being none other than JP Morgan Chase. USA Today reported yesterday that a federal law enforcement official …

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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 …

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I'm just a regular computer users and often use my computer office for personal purposes such as checking my funds in online bank. I want to know how to if my computer is being tapped or not.

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My email address, business logo and picture have been hijacked. I have been getting emails from my own email address with my business logo attached offering me a job. Most recently I recieved an email from a meetup group with my email address from a group that I am not …

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SuperValu has confirmed that is has, indeed, suffered a data breach. The supermarket company [stated](http://www.supervalu.com/security.html) that what it calls a "criminal intrusion into the portion of its computer network that processes payment card transactions for some of its retail food stores, including some of its associated stand-alone liquor stores" may …

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Keep getting this interrupting intermittently but when doing so is very persistent. Have tried ALL suggested methods (Google articles, Adwcleaner, Junk Rem, oval Tool, AVGMalware*bytes*, delete adnxs cookie etc.) and it seems to disappear although the tools don't say they have found anything untoward. I think it is something to …

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Hi guys, I've got a laptop that seems to be heavily infected with an adware/malware Every time I click, an ad pops up and when I open some websites, an ad is at the top of the webpage that is seperated to the website I am on. It has slowed …

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Hello, I downloaded and installed MiPony from Download.com (CNET) and obviously didn't uncheck this program WSE Rocket that was included. It has taken over Chrome and Firefox. I tried to uninstall it from Control Panel and received a message saying: You don't have sufficient access to uninstall WSE Rocket. Please …

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It seems like forever, but actually it was only the end of last year that we were [writing about CryptoLocker](http://www.daniweb.com/hardware-and-software/microsoft-windows/viruses-spyware-and-other-nasties/news/470427/cryptolocker-250k-infections-in-100-days-nets-300000-or-does-it) which had pretty much redefined the ransomware landscape. Now this particular threat market is morphing again with the discovery of onion crypto ransomware. Also known as Critroni, and CTB-Locker for …

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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 …

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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 …

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