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| | Hey all ! I have an Acer laptop with Vista on it. It had some viruses on it and also ZoneAlarm firewall. I "think" I got all the nasties off of it and I removed zonealarm. Now, everytime I bootup, the Windows firewall stays on for about 30 seconds and …  |
| | Hi I'm a bit of a noob and don't really know where to go from here. It seems I have a virus but my computer won't let me open any .exe files, or let me into control panel, my documents etc. All the thumbnails on the desktop are missing. I …  |
| | Hi, I need some help with this because it's driving my friends crazy. My Yahoo email account was hacked by this spammer and I can't get rid of the virus by using Kaspersky anti-virus, running the full scan. The trojan keeps using my email address to spam my friends with … |
| | Hi guys, I've been fighting this bug and could use some help. Windows XP SP3 and I've lost the desktop. Not just icons, etc. No desktop at all. I can run from Task Manager and this is my second machine so I can do most anything I need for the …  |
| | Ladies and Gents, I would appreciate your help solving a problem with an XP laptop I have been asked to clean up. It was riddled with Malware and Spyware including various fake scanners asking the user to upgrade to pro. I have been running malwarebytes and avg 2011 on it, … |
 | Can anyone help with possible whistler@mbr. I am an experienced it professional and no stranger to malware removal of all types, in fact I am generally quite expert in this field, but this one has me stumped.# I am running W7 ultimate Avast detected Whistler@mbr on my system however there … |
| | Hi everyone, hoping I can find someone that can help. Recently my computer's background changed to a blue screen with a message saying "Warning! Spyware detected." Since the computer wasn't used much I failed to update any antivirus software and let it lapse. Now I can't even get on the … |
| | I have somehow contracted the search engine redirect virus. I have tried various remedies I've found online and nothing has worked. Here's my HiJackThis log file. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 7:38:09 AM, on 2/9/2011 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT … |
| | My sister has a problem with her laptop: whenever a menu/folder is opened there is mad scrolling through all the entries which you can't stop. This is driving her crazy because you can't run anything effectively without restarting the computer several times. Adaware, spybot, macafee and a few other malware … |
| | my co-worker has infected your computer @ work...I have been able to get into the divice manager and find out that there is 5 viruses..when I turn on the comp, all I get is the wallpaper, no shortcuts, no tool bar @ the bottom...nothing. I tried to download another anti-virus … |
| | Any ideas on this one.....? I cleaned down a virus infected pc (Windows XP Media Centre Edition SP3 with IE8). All the scans are now clean but iexplore.exe runs as a process in task manager. It throws an error every few minutes saying Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and … |
| | Hi .. i am unable to install any anti virus or run avast as i dont know what is wrong with my system and this is irritating me neither i can open task manager as it says it has been disabled by admin nor can i run safe mode, please … |
| | Hi Folks; This is my first post. I attempted to search through some of the threads hoping to find the specific problems i see on my desktop (running on XP), to no avail. Hope you can help. Thanks Symptoms: Virus or Malware downloaded? 1. Have to type "explorer.exe" on Task/Manager/File/new … |
| | Hi, I have been able to help myself and friends with this forum before, but this time I cannot work it out just by reading previously written threads. My friend has a fake System Tool anti virus. It is preventing her from opening all files mentioned in the sticky: [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread134865.html[/url] … |
| | hi over the past week i every time i use the internet i just get redirected to random search engions/web pages i have tried a few things but nothink seems to work as it is still happening any help would be greatly appreciated thx also i am useing windows vista. |
| | Hi, My Internet Explorer opens for no reason and it's driving me crazy. I know what happened too. My girlfriend installed something from the Internet and then it started. She said that when she installed it nothing really installed so I am guessing it installed some malware. Its all ads … |
| | I think my girlfriends netbook has become infected with a rootkit virus thingy. I've tried several things the latest of which was reinstalling Windows XP. Unfortunately search results in Google still redirect to random shopping websites. Below the various log files as requested. Any help will be appreciated! mbam log: … |
| | My PC has windowxp/SP2 and I can no longer run cmd.exe using either of these: 1. Start\Run\cmd or Start\Run\cmd.exe or Start\Run\C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe These will get me this error: Windows cannot find 'cmd'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click the Start … |
| | Ive been given a friends laptop to look at and suspect it has a virus on it as it is incredibly slow and some applications dont load, google chrome wont launch, windows live mail launches but when you try to send an email the program crashes.. and the laptop itself … |
| | I am looking for an antivirus for Windows XP because I am tired of all that shit that tries to infect my PC. So far I looked into [url=http://www.deprice.com/kasperskyantiviruspersonal.htm]Kaspersky Anti Virus[/url] and [url=http://us.mcafee.com/root/package.asp?pkgid=100]McAfee VirusScan[/url]. Which one is better or should I pick something entirely different? |
 | I have Windows XP and am wondering what compatible combination I need for full protection. Bundled with my new XP PC came Norton Anti-Virus 2005, free 61 day subscription, so I'll stick with that for the minute. (I have also been given McAfee Internet Security Suite 2005 Version 7.0 by … |
| | My local server is sending me messages stating that I have many viruses. I run Norton regularly how can that be? I run the updates all the time. So which one is better AGV Antivirus or Norton? I appreciate your comments. Thanks a lot!:confused: |
 | If a U.S. government agency were to infect a PC with a virus, would it be possible to detect it with personal anti-virus software? If so, what's the best bet software wise? |
| | hello yestoday i think i might of downloaded a virus, ive uses this site before to remove viruses was very helpful. i cannot switch on my windows security centre and also have a unwanted virus program, which just appeared in my toolbar, and keeps popping up with error messages. i … |
| | Just moved and the cable/internet guy told me I have a nasty trojan called "deploy.akamaitechnologies"..... said he'd seen them before and they were very hard to get rid of, I've looked online and found many posts from people with this problem yet no concrete solutions, I need help taking if … |
| | Hi, Can any one please tell me which is the best anti virus whn the following two r compared: 1-Panda 2-Trend Micro Please give the reasons as well Thanks & Regards,  |
| | her pc has been acting real bad. i had her buy the norton antivirus. it has helped but, it keeps blocking attacks. i wonder if its too late. |
| | Hello all. Well.. Where to begin? just over a month ago a rougue anti-malware program named antimalware doctor began appearing on my computer. This troubled me for quite some time, and i tried many different things to get rid of it. However in the end i did a sytem restore … |
| | Hi Laptop caught a virus the other day so I have spent all day running virus scans but am now at a complete loss to why I still can't connect to the internet. I have tried pinging yahoo.com to test with no packets lost etc so there is an internet … |
| | Please see log below and let me know what I can "fix" - it seems like there's way too much stuff out there. PLEASE let me know as I'm a novice and afraid to remove the wrong thing and make matters worse. THANKS!! Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan … |
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