Questions tagged [virus]
A software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer.
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How to stop spyware/adware popups? [duplicate]
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What to do if my computer is infected by a virus or a malware?
I think my brother got a case of adware on his Windows XP PC, since he gets occasional pop-ups out of nowhere (...
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Why don't more Computer Viruses simply flash the Bios with malicious software [closed]
Most Viruses can be removed by simply wiping the harddrive and reinstalling windows.
So why don't more viruses create a payload and flash it to the BIOS chip? That way the can just redownload the ...
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Have I really downloaded a virus or is my AV software overreacting?
I have had the download and installation of Glassfish OpenESB stopped/interrupted three times now by F-Secure Anti-Virus.
The virus it has found is "gen:heur.minggy".
I haven't found much online for ...
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Is it safe to view virus content on linux?
My email virus software quarantined several virus files. Is it safe to view them with 'cat' or other similar commands? Also can I safely open them with editors like nano?
Thanks
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Files hidden on USB hard disk because of virus, how to clean?
I have 1 GB hard drive with files hidden on it due to a virus. All of its contents were gone after a virus got in when I gave the drive to someone else. After research found that it was a virus may be....
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I get weird notification of software update in Firefox
Which ever site I visit I get this notification in Firefox
FireFox prevented this site(sitename.com) from asking you to install software on your computer.
And then I get a red bar below it which ...
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Something deleted java.exe, how to find what it was?
On Windows 7 Pro SP1, the files java.exe, javaw.exe and so on are being automatically deleted by something, how can I find out what it is?
When I uninstall and re-install java I see these files being ...
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Infected, back-doored Windows 7, is it safe to keep it using after Kaspersky Anti-Virus clean up? [duplicate]
So I got this computer from my cousin. As far as I can tell, it has LOTS of back-doors, trojans etc. installed. You can see the installed programs as below w/ lots of activeX:
I fear these backdoors ...
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Is Hulu hacked? Or is it my Mac browser?
Do you know why I'm directed to a url on piratenpartij.nl when I try to play Jon Stewart on Hulu.com?
I can't figure out if my Mac has a virus, or if it's something on my Chrome browser, or if there'...
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Virus / Malware: Explorer window with strange user logged into Hotmail [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What to do if my computer is infected by a virus or a malware?
I was looking into a PC, the user of which had complained that he couldn't connect to the internet and that the ...
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Virus Effected to my pendrive
I am using scandisk 8 GB pendrive. I am a programmer so I put my project details and my projects in that pendrive, by using folders. Now the problem is that my folders are becomig hidden, when I am ...
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IP Address Spoofed? How To Fix
So, today I got banned from the 4 overflows because my IP address was hitting the site like 5,000 times an hour. Right now I am using a different IP to access the site.
My question is, is there a ...
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Chrome keeps opening up tanksw.com
Every now and then chrome opens up http://tanksw.com/piano-tiles/
I'm wonder what is responsible for this?
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Many Personal Files turned into .micro files
Yesterday, I shut down my computer and went to sleep. I woke up today, went to school, came back and now when I turn it on, it shows this .TXT file. Many of my files have turned into .micro files, and ...
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Can you get a virus from viewing Google images?
My browser is Google chrome. When I use Chrome and I look at google images, I can do three things
I can scroll down the page and look at images, or
I can click on an image on the page and a black box ...
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Can Chrome extensions install other?
Is it real, that current installed in browser Chrome extensions can install other?
Or all extensions from Google Store are safe, and cant contain viruses?
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Batch file infection command explanation
I do know that commands below is used to infect executable files. But I don't know how they work exactly. Can somebody explain this to me?
@echo off
Dir %Homedrive% /s /b > DirPath
For /f %%Y In ...
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Strange text on Internet Explorer's title bar
I have an XP machine in which my Internet Explorer's title bar says "Lord rahul cool."
Example: if you open google.com, IE's title bar says 'Google - LORD RAHUL COOL' earlier it was like 'Google - ...
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How does the Ahnrpta.exe virus infect a machine
My games and multimedia PC has twice now been infected with a virus that loads an executable called Ahnrpta.exe. This is with me being the only user and literally not downloading anything and not ...
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Windows Virus & Threat Protection is not working
Recently I format my laptop and reinstall windows 10 pro.
Initially the windows defender was working well. but later when I opened the Windows Security I noticed that the 'Virus and Threat Protection' ...
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Trojan au_.exe - how to get rid of it [duplicate]
I installed the popular software 'Synthesia' from its official website. It is a program for piano transcriptions. It has always been safe.
I decided to uninstall it and as soon as I uninstalled it, a ...
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Is it possible to find the origin of a virus?
Is there any method with which you can determine the origin for a given piece of malware in Windows?
One of my PCs was recently infected with the PWS:Win32/Zbot.gen!AP password stealing trojan. Is ...
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Can a virus travel with an image having normal extension? [closed]
Just because of curiosity,
Is it possible to have virus or any malware in images with normal extension?
Thanks
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Are anti-virus applications able to find oligomorphic virus?
Today I was reading a technical papper and dicovered that some virus have funny particularity, they are mutable (their MD5 can change automatically from time to time). This virus are called ...
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How can I overwrite the hosts file in Windows 7?
I can't overwrite my hosts file in Windows 7.
I open Notepad as an administrator and open the hosts file (C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc) as an administrator.
96.44.181.245 www.Google.com
has been ...
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How can I safely close this window and forever avoid seeing similar pop-ups from Mackeeper Zeobit's malware and spyware?
The attached image shows a window that just popped up and the only button available is the OK button. I could Force quit Safari, but I've got several sites open right now and don't want to try and ...
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Is my system compromised? I got message about ntoskrnl.exe
I am not sure this question belongs her or not but let me try.
When I get to office this morning One of my colligues had a problem with his laptop and told me he had trouble restarting it and when he ...
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Are executables favorite slaves of viruses?
Often viruses are attached to an .exe file.
Are executables main target of viruses so as to cause maximum (rather faster) harm on the destination side?
Are there any other formats of files or any ...
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Gmail prevents attaching "virus" file
I am trying to send an email from gmail to another email account owned by me, but when I try to attach a file that Google identifies as a virus (it is a false positive) it says "Virus Detected!" and ...
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Console Window Randomly Pops Up
So I am having a fairly interesting problem here. Just recently I started having a console window pop up on my desktop, flash for a fraction of a second, then vanish. I can't seem to figure out where ...
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Can such a virus brick a PC?
Consider a virus that has access to everything (boot sector, files, everything in the PC), but cannot physically damage equipment (EG: Overheat), and the virus is executed in a PC initially with the ...
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How do I stop this active malware alerted by Avast?
I am not knowledgeable on how to find adware/malware beyond scanning for it with whatever protection software I have. I avoid suspicious websites and often get popups from Avast if a page is infected ...
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Can Sophisticated Malware, Spyware and Viruses Read Files?
I've recently began encrypting my personal files using veracrypt. I've got my resume, which, obviously contains personal information (name, address, phone number etc.) A little bit of reading here, ...
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My home IP (supposedly) was involved in a DDoS attack
There did not seem to be any SO community dedicated to computer security, so I'll ask here...
As the title implies, my home IP (supposedly) was involved in a DDoS attack.
I got a phone call from a ...
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How can I permanently remove a seemingly stealthy ad-ware installer?
For the past one month, there seems to have a stealth installer lingering in my computer that will automatically install malicious plugins to all my browsers. I'm not sure what installer is that and I ...
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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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Security Essentials not installing and I suspect my machine is infected with malware
My mouse seems to be automatically right-clicking every few seconds, and sometimes constantly. My cursor will abruptly become an hourglass for a moment every once in a while, as well. It happens in ...
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Some program itself starts and stops in a fraction of seconds.. whats that
Some program itself starts and stops in a fraction of seconds..
Yes and it happens so quickly that i am never able to see the name or even the icon of the program..
it is visible only in the taskbar,...
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What algorithms are used in signature and heuristic virus detection? [closed]
I'm trying to write a paper on virus detection techniques. I've downloaded many journals, papers and used many websites. I have found overview definition for both of these terms but I would like to go ...
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Is this code supposed to be injected into every single page I browse on Chrome?
A week ago I noticed the following CSS/Javascript being injected into all pages I browse. Supposedly its from Avast, but I don't have a plugin from Avast. There is no information available anywhere ...
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Hard Disk Comes Up Empty?
Last night I went to go play one of my favorite games, Minecraft, when I got an error that just read jibberish. I clicked "OK" and the same box came up, again, and again, and if I tried to close it, ...
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Repair Windows 7 without the disk
Is it possible to repair Windows 7 without the disk?
This PC hasn't been scanned for a while. Last time the PC was on, it was scanned using Avast Free Antivirus. It detected some corrupt zip files, ...
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XP Antivirus Pro malware removal
I had to remove this malware from a friends computer, and they've infected themselves again. It's been a while since I last removed it, so can't remember the name of the program that was successful ...
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Suspicious Executable - Samsung Magician
I'm hoping someone may be able to give me some input on an executable I found running every time I boot up my PC. I use the Samsung Magician software which runs on startup, but it wasn't until today I ...
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can infect virus from usb in safe mode (windows 7)?
After searching, I know that there're virus run in safe mode. My question is : in safe mode (windows 7), are there virus can infect computer from usb? Of course, I do not run any file in usb, I just ...
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Unable to end/remove a process I think is a keylogger
I have a suspicion that the process "OSRSS", shown below, is some sort of virus, although I believe it is more specifically a keylogger.
When I check its file location, it directs me to "C:\WINDOWS\...
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Can a virus/malware spread through windows live id shared settings?
I replaced a harddisk in a computer that was previously filled with viruses and malware and reinstalled windows 10 from scratch. When the owner set up their windows live account some settings like ...
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Strange "SA ... checker" attributes being added to body tag
Not sure if this is a good place to ask this question, but here goes. I am a web developer, and lately I have noticed a strange attribute being added to the <body> tag of every web page I open. ...
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I cannot uninstall deal4me program
When I try it doesnt do anything. I have tried various online walkthroughs as well as malware bytes and avast anti virus, in safe mode and normal. I still have not been able to get rid of it, are ...
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The site's security certificate is signed using a weak signature algorithm! can't access any HTTPS's site
I'm getting this error on any HTTPS page and can't even login here in SuperUser.com if I use chrome.
You attempted to reach www.facebook.com, but the server presented a
certificate signed using a ...