Malware includes computer viruses, worms, trojan horses, spyware, dishonest adware, scareware, crimeware, most rootkits, and other malicious and unwanted software or programs.
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Do I need both COMODO Firewall and Avast Antivirus or just COMODO Firewall is enough? [closed]
As a title : Do I need both COMODO Firewall and Avast Antivirus or just COMODO Firewall is enough ?
Why do I ask this question ? Because I've realized that COMODO Firewall can catch malware too but ...
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Why is my computer unusually slow? [closed]
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Computer is infected by a virus or a malware, what do I do now?
The problem is that one day when I was browsing using chrome suddenly it became slow. I thought there ...
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How to restore Windows Firewall after some malware deleted its service?
Yesterday I visited some web site, and apparently got infected via some Flash exploit. Microsoft Security essentials immediately kicked in, and displayed a warning about four items:
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How did I get infected with “System Check”? [closed]
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Computer is infected by a virus or a malware, what do I do now?
I've been infected with the "System Check" scareware not once, but twice -- after a reformat. It's now ...
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Windows 7 asks administrator for administrator privilege
I seem to get a malware and when I try to delete it, it says I must be administrator to delete it(I do not know the English version since I am not using an English version).
But the problem is I do ...
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Removing malware between users [closed]
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Computer is infected by a virus or a malware, what do I do now?
When logging onto my computer which is infected with a vicious malware / virus that has disabled my user ...
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Security essentials not starting [closed]
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Computer is infected by a virus or a malware, what do I do now?
When I attempt to navigate to a site using IE I am always redirected to a seemingly random internet site. ...
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How do I clean up virus induced hidden files and disabled everything?
I'm working on a Windows XP computer that had the unfortunate experience of being infected by mal-ware that pretty much disabled everything. I was able to clean the computer using a combination of ...
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I keep having to System Restore
Sorry the question title isn't very helpful.
Anyway, every so often (week or so, irregular intervals) my computer just stops working properly. I get a program claiming to be something like "Win7 ...
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Why am I always redirected to ad websites?
I am always getting redirected to some page that shows ads, on several webpages (Microsoft, Linkedin, Yahoo). However, Facebook and Gmail are working fine. I deleted all cookies, but I am facing the ...
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How to prevent Win 7 Antivirus 2012 virus?
So my dad's laptop got, for the second time, got some "Win 7 Antivirus 2012" virus, one of those that keeps popping up a fake antivirus window, etc. It was even popping up in safe mode. The laptop ...
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Detect Java in chrome
A vBulletin site I manage has been infected by some malware, it tries to run a java applet. Is there a way I can get chrome to show me where in the source the applet is coming from so I can remove it?
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Is “Cleversoft PC Tuneup Maestro” malware?
I found a desktop icon for something called PC TuneUp Maestro on my parents' laptop. Googling it yields pages upon pages of freeware download sites, but I couldn't find anything legitimately ...
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Is it possible to set up a service/application like Jotti's malware scan?
I would like to scan files that are under 500/100MB. Sadly, Jotti only scans files up to 25mb. Is it possible to set up a service like that at home?
The only way I know to run so many anti-virus ...
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Malware “System Fix” icon is still showing up [closed]
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What to do if my computer is infected by a virus or a malware?
My PC was recently infected by System Fix Malware/Spyware which has been removed by steps mentioned listed ...
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Something is changing the OSX default shell to tcsh
On one of the mac machines I'm somewhat responsible for (Snow Leopard), something periodically changes the default login shell from bash to tcsh.
This seems like it's probably suspicious, but not ...
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Is it possible to store arbitrary data in an image file?
Is it possible to store arbitrary data such as documents or a program in the form of an image file, such as a PNG image? My concern is that someone could encode data for use by malware into an image ...
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Firefox Hijacked
Despite running the latest Service packed versions of Windows 8 with UAC, Windows defender, Microsoft Security Essentials along with Firefox 6 + updates, my computer became infected with a Trojan ...
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Windows XP Domain Machines Log Off Randomly
I am getting a family of computer that randomly log users off during the day. After the logoff, the user name box shows administrator no matter who was formerly logged on.
I believe it is malware ...
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How do I remotely fix a malware-infected Windows XP PC?
Someone I know has got their Windows XP PC infected with malware.
Are there any tools I can use to disinfect the PC remotely? It would have to be a boot CD because XP is completely hosed.
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Processes named scvhost.exe is showing up in my task manager(never seen before),may be it slows down my pc,what to do?
As I am seeing many svchost.exe processes in my task manager from many days,and sometimes it slows down my pc or gets hanged,I have installed SVC host viewer,SVC Host process analyzer and Process ...
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Windows XP drives not opening
I had a PC which operating system was Windows XP , I reinstalled the Windows , formatting just the C drive , and had my new version of XP installed there , but when it was installed and I tried to ...
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Is dual-booting more secure than having a single operating system installed?
I need some advice. I've recently become wary about using one computer for everything I do, from a security perspective. I have antimalware installed, but I also download and run a lot of stuff I find ...
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Removing Fake MSN Messenger
Recently a relative of mine decided that, when I told him to "not to click on anything anyone sends to you", it did not apply to MSN contacts of people he had never known IRL but who showed a lot of ...
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Microsoft Security Essentials flagging Google Chrome as malware [closed]
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Google Chrome detected as PWS:Win32/Zbot by MSE
Since friday, Microsoft Security Essentials began falsely identifying Google Chrome as a piece of malware ...
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Verifying that open source software hasn't been tampered with
I'm about to download some OSS software, and I would like to ensure (with a reasonable degree of certainty) that it hasn't been tampered with to insert malware. Specifically, it's a password manager ...
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File permissions are being changed, possible Malware
I have a laptop that displays the login screen and then will sit at a blank screen. C+A+D still works, so I checked the running processes. I noticed that explorer was not running, so I attempted to ...
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Is there still need for codecs in Windows 7?
Aren't modern OS already packaged with the basic and most used codecs? Is there any reason to install a codec pack on a Windows 7?
What are those reasons? Where can someone look for safe codec packs? ...
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How to kill IE 9 process with malware prompt?
Occasionally I'll stumble upon a website that pops up one of those annoying dialogs. [Using IE 9 with block popups (medium) configured]
As long as the dialog is open I can't navigate away from the ...
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How can I safely open a suspicious email?
Suppose I receive an email that I highly suspect is some form of spam but I'm not 100% sure. Suppose also that I'm using form of webmail (like Gmail) with good spam filters, but this message made it ...
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Can malware/intrusion attempt via browser, attack other computers on same local network? (Windows) (no shares setup)? [closed]
Can malware, if running within a plug-in or elsewhere within the browser, or if downloaded and executed, or within a site that attempts intrusion, attack other machines on the local network, even if ...
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How to avoid catching a virus on my pen drive when plugging it into a lot of computers? [closed]
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Virus protection for flash drives
We know there is a lot of malware and viruses that stay on pen drives and attack the data or even the host machine data. To spread ...
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Why is my Administrator name always changing to “zeus”?
On Windows 7, my Administrator account is changing the name from time to time to "zeus" and the password also is being reset.
I've installed and cleaned my PC with a few malware removers (Ad-Aware, ...
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How do I remove a malware/virus from my computer? [closed]
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What to do if my computer is infected by a virus or a malware?
I am prevented from opening CCleaner. I didn't install any antivirus in my PC, either.
How do i fix my ...
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Any information about the AsyncMapLite Trojan?
I recently noticed "something" hijacking Google search results (on Firefox!) and so I decided to run a scan by Malwarebytes.
Sure enough, it found a Trojan.Agent with the following information:
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List of ways a malware can proxy the web traffic
I am currently infected by a malware that sometimes redirect the internet traffic to another web page. I have run malwarebytes and ms security essentials and was able to clean most of them. However ...
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How to scan and remove MBR viruses?
Once I read that the Windows 7 installation disc could clean an infected MBR. I also found an article that suggested one tool to scan the MBR for viruses. And I also read that one MBR virus could ...
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How do I tell if there are unwanted remote guests on my computer? [closed]
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What to do if my computer is infected by a virus or a malware?
Why do I always find the strangest programs and the strangest text files all the time? All kinds of weird ...
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Impossible new virus [closed]
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What to do if my computer is infected by a virus or a malware?
I have been hit by an absolutely impossible new virus. Only in the past 3 months or so the internet has ...
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How do I get rid of adsense.previewmediastation.com hijacking?
When I do a google search in IE8 all links are redirected to adsense.previewmediastation.com.
My antivirus software (Norton) is not picking anything up. How do I get rid of this?
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“Access denied” to C:\Documents and Settings after removing malware?
My Windows 7 PC became infected with the so-called "Malware Protection designed to protect" trojan while I was at work the other day.
I managed to kill the process so that the malware is no longer ...
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Virus - The version of this file is not compatible with the version of windows you're running
I'm cleaning up a Windows 7 computer that was infected with malware. I pulled the HD out, hooked it up to my machine with a USB adapter and then scanned it with MalwareBytes which found (2) ...
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Is spywarehelpcenter.com a reliable resource for malware removal?
I am looking for a good resource for removing a spyware program Security Shield. I know that many resources claiming to offer help are actually just proponents of additional spyware.
The article I ...
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Linux keylogger without root or sudo! Is it real?
Somebody on Youtube claims to have a keylogger on Ubuntu that was neither executed nor installed as root. The link below shows a demo of it working.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1fZAZTwyPQ
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Security Center won't start after a malware attack
Today, I got a virus/malware on my computer. I first scan with my antivirus/malwarebytes/superantispyware to clean it. I ended up cleaning all of it. No more ads pop up.
However, my security center ...
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Strange localization problem
I spent several months in a foreign country (Ukraine). Now, many websites that I visit (at least the ones that support it) default to Russian. I'm worried that I might have some type of malware on ...
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Computer will not boot up under any mode
It started yesterday when my computer randomly shut down (very quickly).
I had not installed anything, and the computer didn't overheat, I was just watching videos.
When I started it back up, it was ...
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All program groups in Windows XP show “Empty” after malware infection
I'm trying to repair a Dell laptop running Windows XP SP3 that was infected with a variation of fairly typical malware that makes a user think a virus was detected and prompts them to go purchase a ...
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Why shouldn't we open an image in an email?
Most email clients do not display an image by default in the content of an email.
But I don't understand this yet. How can displaying image job attack the computer?
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Missing Start Menu programs on Windows XP SP3
I just removed a piece of malware that hides the entire C: drive on my Windows XP SP3 machine.
After cleaning it and running unhide.exe from Bleeping Computer, I noticed all the programs in the Start ...
