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Obfuscator.XT encrypted my Outlook.pst
A trojan named Obfuscator.XT encrypted my Outlook.pst file (Outlook 2003) to a file named locked-Outlook.pst.oldv in the same directory.
What can I do to decrypt the file?
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Can Windows Essentials Remove the JS/Alescurf.C Virus from a Windows PC?
A colleague just visited a site which had been hacked by the JS/Alescurf.C trojan virus, which infects HTML via embedded JavaScript.
Windows PC's are infected by visiting the site.
If my colleague ...
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how remove Win32/Sirefef.DT Trojan on windows 7
today i downloaded a file and open it...
i had eset smart security in my windows 7 ultimate and it did n't recognize that file as a virus(latest update of eset)
sometimes eset found some dll files in ...
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When I delete files in Windows 7 they are not immediately deleted, do I have malware?
When installing software and in explorer.exe files don't show up as deleted! However, when I try and delete them again (with shift-delete), explorer says that "this file has already been deleted". ...
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Periodically, the text 'busted!' is typed in to my computer. Is this a virus, trojan, annoyance device? [closed]
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Computer is infected by a virus or a malware, what do I do now?
Happens randomly, most noticeable when I have the cursor focused on a text box/field. HijackThis, ...
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How to configure ClamAV (Immunet 3.0) to detect a virus?
I downloaded Immunet 3.0 for Windows 7, 64 Bit, and installed it as default. I started to scan a file which is the DarkComet trojan server, but ClamAV tells me that the file is clean.
How do I ...
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Security Essentials constantly finding Ransom.P trojan in Google Chrome cache
On my Windows 7 PC, Microsoft Security Essentials constantly finds the Ransom.P trojan in Google Chrome's cache. For example, in the file:
C:\Users\Denis\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User ...
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Windows Security essentials detected trojan in Hp Factory.wim [closed]
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Computer is infected by a virus or a malware, what do I do now?
Security essential detected trojan:wind32/Anomaly.gen!A in containerfile: ...
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I accidentally opened a trojan on windows XP. How to proceed?
I don't really need to remove it. It's ok if it just doesn't open anymore. Is there a program to remove all unwanted autoruns from registry ?
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Win 7 firewall won't turn on, nor the McAfee firewall. Hit by “Win 7 Anti-virus 2012” trojan. Removed, but a downed firewall is a lasting legacy
I caught the Trojan right away, I think, but both my McAfee & Win 7 (x64) firewalls are not able to be engaged/turned on now. MS Error Code 0x80070424 when attempting to turn on Win 7 firewall. No ...
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Url resolver problems - domains to wrong ip address
I have serious troubles with browsing :S
I have a new network with Cisco Linksys E1200 and a TP-LINK wireless adapter. My operation system is windows 7 ultimate 64bit. Nah my problem is, that when I ...
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How do I scan a USB 3G modem for malware without reinfecting the PC?
My mother's Windows XP system recently got infected with the SHeur trojan (SHeur4.ese). I was able to download and install Malwarebytes Anti-Malware in line with the advice here, but the modem was ...
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Google Chrome detected as PWS:Win32/Zbot by MSE
Microsoft Security Essentials detected Google Chrome as a Password Stealer:
PWS:Win32/Zbot
Category: Password Stealer
Description: This program is dangerous and captures user passwords.
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My home page always changes to smartwebsearch.net – is it a Trojan? [closed]
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What to do if my computer is infected by a virus or a malware?
Every time I change the Home page in Firefox or IE it returns back to http://www.smartwebsearch.net ?
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Trojans detected - formatting required?
Microsoft Live Essentials detected the following items today:
Exploit: Java/CVE-2010-0840.HH VirTool:
Win32/VBInject.gen!HO
TrojanDownloader: Java/OpenConnection.OU
It's since cleaned ...
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Virus from manufacturer's website? [closed]
What is the appropriate course of action if you believe a manufacturer's driver contains a trojan or virus, beyond just contacting them?
Details
After my computer-savvy girlfriend got her first ...
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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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Internet Browsers Seem Disabled After Removing Trojans
My apologies if this is the wrong place. I've been looking for a solution to this problem and it seems that this is a website that gives a lot of great technical advice.
This morning I noticed that ...
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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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Is “Relevant Knowledge” spyware?
I am an advanced user, using Windows 7 with Avast! antivirus running.
Today I started browsing and faced some weird popup. Upon investigation I found that "Relevant Knowledge" was running in my ...
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Detection and removal of Trojan.Spyeye.AA [closed]
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What to do if my computer is infected by a virus or a malware?
I've found myself stuck with a keylogger that my firewall keeps reporting on startup/shutdown as ...
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What does PA & GV stand for in Java/CVE-2008-5353.PA and Java/CVE-2009-3867.GV exploits?
What does PA & GV stand for in Java/CVE-2008-5353.PA and Java/CVE-2009-3867.GV exploits? Is there a reference chart for these cryptic acronyms?
I was doing some research, and I spotted ...
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How to safely rescue data from a trojan infected system?
Thanks to my little brother, we got a nice selection of trojans on our home PC, one of which is W32/Murofet.A, a file infector that has spread across a good number of .exes already.
Since it isn't the ...
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Intermittent hardware problems - CD/DVD, Audio
Equipment:
HP Pavilion DV2745se running Windows Vista 32-bit. Factory hardware (no new components or expansion devices). Laptop is 2+ years old. I use Kaspersky Internet Security suite as a virus ...
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How to assert if I'm infected and how to remove [closed]
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What to do if my computer is infected by a virus or a malware?
Hi all,
My computer is acting funny lately, some symtoms:
clicking things feels different. Normally I ...
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Win32/Agent.QTP removal methods
i always get this message whenever i boot up my computer (using Eset Smart Security).
boot up has been really slow as of late!
how i do i remove this trojan?
many thanks in advance
04/03/2011 ...
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Recently “exposed” to Clicksor [closed]
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Virus…? Tons of people talking. Not sure where else to ask.
Previous information concerning my issue can be found here:
Virus...? Tons of people talking. Not ...
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How I analyzed svchost high CPU utilization problem [closed]
My machine was attacked by a trojan that manifested itself as a service in the netsvcs svchost process. This process can be identified using Process Explorer as 'svchost -k netsvcs'.
The symptoms I ...
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How to remove persistent Lethic/B trojan - Windows XP? [closed]
Possible Duplicates:
Conficker.Exe Removal
What to do if my computer is infected by a virus or a malware?
Free AV that came with my Windows XP computer expired and I was a bit tardy in ...
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Suggestions for cleaning up the mess after removing the “system tool” virus? [closed]
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What to do if my computer is infected by a virus or a malware?
Hi! Last night I got infected with the "System Tool" virus. For those who don't know it disallows the user ...
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Browser displays 'Apache is functioning normally' when I enter 'http://you/' in the location bar
I am on a Mac and when I enter http://you/ in the location bar, it displays 'Apache is functioning normally' no matter which browser (Safari, Firefox, Chrome) I am using.
Is this normal? Or could it ...
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MBR/Boot sector wiping virus/trojan?
I've had a machine come back to me multiple times now with the MBR/boot sector trashed. It crashes while trying to load the MBR/boot sector without a warning. Basically just gives a black screen ...
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Leftovers of a trojan cause popups saying “crss.exe” cannot be found
I am helping out a coworker with Winodws XP 32-bit, and took off a Trojan using Malwarebytes, Spy-bot Search and Destroy, and Trojan remover with total annihilation of the Trojan. I also had to find ...
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How to recover c:\windows\drivers\*.sys files
I have been infected by rootkit.win32.agent.biiu.
I boot up with 'Last Known Good Configuration' and do a full scan with Kaspersky. It catches many c:\windows\drivers\?.sys and either deleted or ...
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Post-compromise security scan; anything else?
My girlfriend checked her Gmail yesterday morning, and then found, later on in the day, that it would no longer accept her password. She also found that this happened to her Hotmail and Yahoo! ...
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How did my computer get compromised?
How is it possible that my up to date install of Windows 7 with UAC enabled and Microsoft Security Essentials running became compromised, seemingly in a website drive-by?
I've run ostensibly the same ...
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What triggers a Trojan file to be executed after it gets downloaded to your machine?
I posted a question earlier about some Trojans (they seem to be Java-related) that were found and deleted from my machine by a recent scan.
But what I don't know is whether these Trojans ever ...
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What should I do AFTER finding out that some Trojans were found and deleted on my computer?
I ran a full virus/spyware scan on my computer last night for the first time in a while and it found and deleted three items that have only been registered on the Malware Protection Directory since ...
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Can you really get a trojan in an image file and if so how will it be executed?
I've just digitized a couple of LPs and needed some cover art. My scanner isn't big enough to scan the album so I searched for and downloaded the images off the net.
When I did so Avast reported that ...
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I've ran clamwin's virus check on my computer, and there are multiple viruses and trojans found and identified. Now what? [closed]
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What to do if my computer is infected by a virus or a malware?
Do I just delete the ones detected? Is there some add-on to Clamwin I can use? Or some protocol I should ...
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Unknown item in my startup (sshnas21.dll)
I just noticed that I have an unknown item in my Startup in msconfig
the command is
rundll32.exe C:\Windows\system32\sshnas21.dll,GetMainWnd
what is this?
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Download Virus/Malware Purposefully
Where can I download a virus, work, trojan, etc. for analysis? Yes, I'm actually hunting for malware, rather than keeping it at bay and hiding behind antivirus software and firewalls. I plan to ...
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How to deal with a trojan infection? [closed]
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Computer is infected by a virus or a malware, what do I do now?
I was browsing some websites and somehow obtained a trojan through some sort of silent download. Google ...
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Detecting damage done by virus
This morning after I went to college, a virus infected my PC without any user interaction at my end. When I came home my computer was completely frozen and infected with lots of trojans. I have not ...
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Google Chrome Launches Internet Explorer on Windows 7 64-bit
I recently had a nasty trojan on my box have one problem that has persisted after getting rid of it using Microsoft Security Essentials. Launching the chrome.exe executable results in iexplore.exe ...
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windows xp drivers with strange names - googling them up results in nothing
does it mean they are malware?
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Malicious Software
I had a program created for me recently and didn't really think about it being executable posing a threat since I pretty much trust the source but not completely. I then thought about the fact that a ...
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Software with Malicious Intent binded to executable?
I had some software created for me by a coder overseas. I got a little paranoid since the software is executable. I started wondering if they could possibly have binded a key logger to the application ...
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How did what appears to be a virus get on my computer? (explanation of situation enclosed)
My system is Windows XP SP3, updated with the latest patches.
The PC is connected to a Cisco 877 ADSL router, which does NAT from the internal network to its single static public IP address. There ...
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Getting rid of a trojan in svchostlexe
My antivirus keeps notifying me of a trojan. Svchost.exe keeps creating some 'drivers' (.sys files in the drivers directory under system32 of my Windows XP installation) each of which is marked as ...
