Taken literally as the "opposite" of a computer virus, an anti-virus software is used to prevent, detect, and remove any potential threats to a computer system.
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Virus File For Testing AV Software
I remember running across a few threads that mentioned a file you could download that mimicked the behavior of a true virus. Obviously it is completely harmless and is only used to check the ...
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MBR viruses: Is that really possible? What do I have to do to prevent?
I'm going through a real mystery right now.
My friend has a Sony Vaio VPCEG notebook and recently it keeps showing the following message:
S.M.A.R.T Hard Drive detects Error.
Please consider ...
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How to scan and detect spying software
I have a friend who caught his landlord in his apartment using his laptop (he moved out afterward). The next time he tried to log in, his password was changed. I fixed the password problem but I got ...
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Does a antivirus scan the RAM for virus detection? [duplicate]
Does a antivirus scan the RAM for virus detection?I am using a Mcafee, i don't know whether it's relevant, or maybe every virus works the same mechanism?
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Is it safe to load antivirus services after other system services?
Avast! antivirus let me choose whether to load its services before or after other system services.
I noticed that by unchecking that box (and letting avast load first) the system boot hangs and it ...
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How to view the valid period of McAfee antivirus software?
For those that are using McAfee antivirus software; On my computer, there should be a place to view the validity of my user period, is there a way to see it?
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Does Outlook.Com scan compressed attachments (or ANY attachments)? [migrated]
My wife has Hotmail and asked me if a ZIP attachment is safe to download. I didn't know, actually, even though I felt 99% sure it was scanned automatically. However, I still don't know the official ...
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Burning a BitDefender rescue CD with definitions pre-installed?
I need to scan a system that may have been infected. I thought of using BitDefender's rescue CD, but I can't connect the system to the internet.
Is it possible to burn a BitDefender live CD with ...
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How report virus/malicious emails [closed]
Every now and then I get an obviously malicious mail with zipped attachments like .com or .exe (My Server doesn't detect the viruses neither)
Those are most likely virus or trojans but my Antivirus ...
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What happens if you install an antivirus program with another already installed? [duplicate]
Antivirus software always warns that any other antivirus currently installed should be uninstalled to avoid serious problems. From what I understand, one program may see another AV as a potential ...
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Completely remove Windows Defender from my laptop? [duplicate]
Unfortunately, it seems as if Windows Defender is causing severe problems with my Windows 7 x64 laptop. I would like to uninstall it completely - not just disable it, but get rid of it from my system. ...
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Questions about malware
I have a couple questions about malware and exploits that I hope someone could answer to help me better understand those topics.
First: I know of two dominant ways to spread malware. The malware ...
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Dual boot Windows 7 / 8 is one Antivirus software enough?
I have a dual boot setup with Windows 7 and Windows 8. In Windows 7 I have Antivirus / Internet security Software from Symantec. Is it enough if I scan the Windows 8 partition lets say once a week or ...
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Installed new Antivirus Software now Computer is extremely slow! Can I fix that?
Yesterday I installed a new Antivirus as my old licence was not valid anymore. I chose the free Avast. Now the pc is extrem slow. It takes about 8 min to start (before with Kaspersky it took 2 min). ...
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Linux and safe Web browsing [closed]
Is it possible for a Linux system to get infected from Web browsing to a site with malicious code, malware, or trojan?
I run Fedora Core 18 (KDE), Firefox 20.0 for Linux and Konquerer 4.10.1.
I ...
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How Could I Get rid of 843921.exe worm? [duplicate]
This Is Really Urgent And Important. I have all my data in my External HDD which got Virus in it!
All folders became Shortcuts!
When I Try Accessing them It Throws "The item 843921.exe that this ...
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Antivirus for my virtual machine [duplicate]
I have a home computer with Windows 7 64-bit Pro installed. For nearly all of what I do, this setup works great, but I have some web applications which won't work. I've experimented and discovered ...
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Logging everything a program does
I am creating a virtual machine that is equipped to test fishy .exe files. Is there such a program that allows you to see exactly what files a .exe is creating or things such as processes it is ...
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How long should I wait for a virus to be removed before attempting to shut the process down and try again? [closed]
After a 7 hour scan of over 200GB of backed up information on my external hard drive MSE found a single virus Win32/cmdow.A within a rar installer of an open source expansion of a game .. and it has ...
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Why does a certain program need .NET Framework and SQL Server?
My question is not intended to provoke a deep discussion, I'm just looking for peace-of-mind.
I'd like to download and play this simple game:
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Web browser in virtual machine spawns error on host machine
I'm running Ubuntu 12.10 in VmWare Player, and my host machine is running Windows 7 x64. I was browsing the Web from within the virtual machine, and somehow the site I was visiting tried to infect my ...
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Force Vipre to Block Spyware based on Name
I've noticed that Vipre is horrible at catching any spyware, IE toolbars. In terms of forcing it to recognize toolbars and the like as viruses (in the depth that Hitman does), is there anything I can ...
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Hitman Pro scan results [closed]
I installed Hitman Pro (trial version) a while ago on the recommendation of someone on either this forum or the MalwareBytes forum when I was trying to remove the globasearch virus from my computer. I ...
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What does an AVG “False alarm” message mean?
My question is about the category of AVG alerts which contain the text "False alarm", such as the one that appears in this old forum thread: ...
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Uninstalling a trojan [duplicate]
I was downloading a piece of software (A zip cracker since I lost a password), however once downloaded it didn't seem to do much and I suspected it was malicious. After having scanned it on virus ...
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Erratic cursor behavior. Auto scrolls in browsers, slow to respond and moves erratically
My computer is not unusable yet, but its getting there. Inside browser cursor moves in an erratic way. The cursor scroll icon has changed its usual appearance, and it seems to move sometimes on its ...
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Securely transferring files to new computer
I currently have a really old computer with tons of viruses on it and I have bought a new one recently to replace it. The problem is I still have some files on my old computer that I need but I'm ...
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Folders changed to Aplication .exe on usb drive or memory card
I'd a virus in my USB drive that converted all my folders to .exe files. After going through lot of search online, I installed AVG antivirus and scanned my USB. It detected all the virus and ...
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Registry key for virus protection
Does anyone know if Action/Security Center uses a registry key (or file) to determine whether or not to notify the user that no virus protection is installed? I'm not trying to turn off ...
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Can I delete this Kaspersky Temp File safely?
Kaspersky files are taking a lot of space and so I went online and found out how to delete Kaspersky temp files. However I couldn't find any files ending in .tmp (yes, I have show hidden folders on) ...
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Why does Windows (Vista) “AppData” get so large? [closed]
My buddy's windows had a virus ("ransomware") that we could remove while in the process I also removed ½ GB in "AppData" to get rid of the virus which succeeded. Now I wonder how we appearantly can ...
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Antivirus in Virtual machines to scan host machine
I have a host Win 7 system, with a virtual machine running Win XP installed on the host. I have an antivirus installed on the host and also on the virtual machine. Now, my host machine has to deal ...
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Repaired MBR from WinXP, now Fedora won't boot
I have a machine on which I installed windows XP and then installed Fedora 18.
Everything worked fine when booted Fedora first time.
But when I booted XP my antivirus software prompted me with a ...
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Do I need a virus program in a virtual environment? [closed]
I have a Mac OSX running Parallels desktop with Windows 7. Do I need an anti-virus program? And what free program would be the best if I do? It is also shared on the network.
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Which OS to select? [closed]
I'm software developer. But also I'm man of wide interest range such as photography, music, video editing ..
Why I tell all of this?
It all makes difference when you select right OS for yourself. ...
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presario powers up but screen never lights up
I have a Compaq laptop Presario CQ61.
The unit powers up but the screen doesn't light up. I downloaded a Kaspersky update, rebooted and the screen had a small check mark in the upper left corner. I ...
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What is the reason behind windows 7 going very slow and Kaspersky not detecting a single virus?
I have ubuntu 10.04 and Windows 7 installed on my laptop. The windows 7 was working well for a few years and suddenly it started giving problem and became unbearably slow. i suspected virus and ...
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Chrome Downloads Virus Scan Failed
Chrome just recently updated (Version 24.0.1312.57) and I can't download files no more. I think the latter is the result of the former.
Internet Explorer (8) has no problems.
OS: Windows XP SP 3.
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computer simulates attack and freezes websites
My Dads computer keeps simulating attacks (beeping) and then freezes on certain websites but also random new sites we go to. It used to work just fine on those sites but all of a sudden started to ...
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how to fix external HDD become 1.0KB shortcut
When i open my external hdd, all i can see is just 1.0kb shortcut that is the same name as my external hdd and when i click it i would redirect me all my files. even my flashdrive is experiencing the ...
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Fin scan detected
I have been using the same computer with the same isp and firewall for quite some time now. However since the past 2 days I kepp getting atleast one alert log telling me that a fin scan is underway. ...
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fake connection success on os X 10.8
I am working on a MacBook running 10.8.2, and when I make a connection to port 80 to a server that doesn't respond (because of network issues, typically), something on the machine causes the connect ...
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Why is Kaspersky avp.exe making tons of HTTP requests?
I'm working in Visual Studio and debugging an Azure cloud project with Fiddler running so I can debug HTTP requests, and I noticed gobs and gobs of HTTP requests being generated by avp.exe. That's ...
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Sophos Antivirus for Mac - Update preference disabled in Mac OSX Lion
I use Sophos Antivirus on my Mac (running Lion 10.7.5) and I am not able to change Update Settings as it is greyed out. I clicked on the Lock icon on the bottom portion, entered my password ...
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How to copy Kaspersky 2013 virus definitions update to another computer?
I have 5 computers and installed the same anti-virus (Kaspersky Internet Security 2013) on all of them. Now I want to update the anti-virus on the computers. Since my bandwidth and time are limited, I ...
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Why do scan results of hacked/hacker applications always indicate infection? [closed]
Whenever I scan a patch, keygen or a hacked application (using an online scanner service which scans with 20+ different antivirus software) the results always say that the file is infected. Do hackers ...
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I can't open/ping any antivirus sites
I have a problem with a virus in windows 7, I don't know what kind of virus is infected my OS, I installed kasersky antivirus, and clear all detected viruses. After that I can't open any antivirus ...
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Removal of Svchost.exe virus
My computer has blue screened on and off over the past week or so and a system restore had fixed this up until yesterday.
Yesterday I noticed that Norton Antivirus kept sending a notification that ...
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How can I prevent avira antivirus for specific files?
When my computer starts and in 30 minutes intervals after the start, Avira antivirus alerts me of these files as a virus but they are not. I created these files.
How can I prevent Avira antivirus ...
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Lightweight non-intrusive virus/malware protection for Windows Vista? [closed]
I don't know much about Windows, but my girlfriend has a windows Vista laptop and it seems to get frequently bogged down by the McAfee virus/malware protection she has installed and it becomes almost ...
