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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Excel suddenly gobbling memory, 500MB per cell edited?
Excel is suddenly very slow on my system. I've rebooted, and started a new file, and it's not made a difference. Each time I input some text into a cell and hit enter, there's a 2-3 second pause ...
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Chrome trying to download something?
Lately my Kaspersky antivirus has been showing weird notifications ahout blocking download attempts made from Chrome because it contains adware and such. Here's the log:
Event: Download denied
User: ...
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Compromised Network Assistance Needed with Diagnosing Cause
My devices lose connection to my home network consistently requiring me to either operate from my phone's data service or leaving my house to use the Library's internet.
I fear these as well as other ...
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Is this a Trojan? Random Windows 10 Microsoft Defender Antivirus sample submission message. What is this?
I have received a weird message from Windows (see picture). I would like to know what this exactly means.
I have only used the Edge browser (if it even has to do with it) maybe twice. Also sometimes ...
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ISP Notice Regarding Infected Computer and Potential Disconnection
Recently, my parents received an email supposedly from the ISP (Internet Service Provider) stating that their computer is infected and if they don't take steps to clean it, they may face disconnection ...
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How to get rid of Mkp ransomware?
In the past, I was infected by ransomware.
My system was fully changed and all the files except .exe files were renamed to something like blablabla.mkp and leaving a Motepad file on every folder ...
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Is this a virus? I found looking through Registry Editor
Does this look normal? Or are these files a virus?
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File Contents Replaced with 0xFF (and a few 0x7F)
I have a corrupted word document whose data I am trying to recover. It comes from a thumb drive suspected of having virus activity; this is not the only file that has been affected. Opened it up with ...
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Can viruses jump from a portable windows install to my main internal install?
I used Rufus to create a Windows 11 To Go -install on an external hard drive while Windows 10 remains on my main drive that is internally plugged in to my computer to dual boot between them.
Notably ...
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Unknown code added to XML file in Chrome browser
Can anybody explain to me the next issue please..
I have a XML file. When I open it (via ULR) in Edge it looks correct:
but when I open it (via URL) in Chrome, some unknown code is added at the end:
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Powershell.exe command keeps opening 2x during windows 10 Launching
powershell.exe -noexit -command Set-Location -literalPath '%V'
HOW do i delete this regkey??? its blocked for removal,
everytime i launch my windows 10 i get 2x a powershell.exe scipt opening this ...
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PC Refuses to boot up with 2nd internal hard drive
I have a 120GB SSD for my OS and a 1TB 3.5" HDD for extra space. One day, I woke up and started my computer. After I booted it up, it was extremely slow. I tried restarting and it did restart but ...
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Windows defender flags .vmdk files from VMWare as virus. False positive?
Since like half a year windows defender flags the .vmdk file from vm ware machines as virus.
It will say that it is infected with a form of "BlacoleRef". Strangly is that this doesn't happen ...
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How can I configure Windows Defender so that it doesn't prevent moving files it suspects to be a virus?
Windows Defender prevents moving files it suspects to be a virus:
Operation did not complete successfully because the file contains a virus.
How can I configure Windows Defender so that it doesn't ...
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windows update or search bar version reverts to older date a few minutes after windows loads [duplicate]
Windows 10 starts seemingly normally. While the OS is loading, on occasions where the pc loads slower, I can see what I believe is an update version in the search bar (next to the windows key - see ...
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How I can got recovery from virus attack please [duplicate]
How I can remove viruses from PC after they got access in to my pc through online installation and desktop remote control in which they encrypted my file and my password and phishing me through ...
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Defender repeats quarantine operation endlessly in OneDrive temp folder
I get these notifications endlessly, every few minutes, basically forever and I don't know what to do about them. The name changes a little, but the notifications just keep coming forever. Is this ...
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Stopping specific file types from being created [duplicate]
I got infected with the shortcut virus for the second time. In short, my question is: can I stop *.inf files from being created on a specific external drive(USB)? Maybe some drive settings or a ...
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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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7zip program infected with malwares and viruses [duplicate]
7zip program infected with malwares and viruses.
Virus Total scanned the installer as good with malicious and suspecious relations.
The 7-zip program
7-zip v22.01 - (may be infected)
From the Virus ...
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Does my computer have a virus?
Recently, I clicked on a link in another SE user profile (the link indicated it is personal blog/site). The link directed to some site full of porn ads. I did not clicked on anything beside the link ...
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Find/Remove suspected virus/malware on macbook air (mapi.sport80.com)
I've found a program running on a friend's Mac that is under the name "mapi.sport80.com" in screen time & it has been running consistently for 5 days straight, it looks to be accessing ...
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Is it possible to obtain the path of a blocked threat in Windows Defender?
Windows Defender notified about a threat that has been blocked, and it provides the type of "threat", but it won't show any information regarding the file, even if I allow the threat.
I have ...
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Can "__compat layer" halt viruses?
In Windows we can use set set __COMPAT LAYER=RunAsInvoker to stop applications from getting administrative privileges. So if I use this on a virus executable then will it stop the virus from affecting ...
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unkown account appeared on some files what is it? [duplicate]
So i just encounter this "unkown account" its on the newly created "sdhl.dat" file can someone explain me what it is? Should I be worried? never seen this type of file or account ...
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ANONYM USER whatis this ? i never saw this before
I was searching for some info on sdhl.dat and found this:
Hello
I have a .dat file on my PC and every time I try to delete it, it comes back after restarting the PC. After some search I found this &...
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Win32:trojan-gen virus exe installed
I ran fake exe as i thought it was another program. After deep scanning with AVG, it located a win32:trojan-gen exe, moved it to quarantine and deleted. After scaning again, shows no malware. I am ...
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Is “Archive.Test.Agent2-9953724-0” a virus or false positive?
I do a routine scan of my computer every day using ClamXAV. I took a look at the report and it said I had 89 infected items. The infection name is Archive.Test.Agent2-9953724-0. The name doesn't sound ...
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Process path does not exists
A VM of mine got infected with some crypto mining malware. I can kill it but it obviously restart at each boot. I tried finding the executable but I can't get my hands on it; the process path (from ...
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Trojan virus threat 'removed or restored'
I recently downloaded a file from a malicious website by mistake. It had a trojan virus with the name as following :-
Trojan.win32.Zapchast
My windows defender detected the threat and then quarantined ...
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Almost virus infected like battery draining in our laptop. Under healthy conditions
Someone please reach out to us.
A week ago we accidentally got so called ' sonbokli' virus. Thankfully it was detected by windows security and blocked. A day after our laptop battery started draining ...
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How to kill/terminate 360 process on Windows?
I wondering if it's possible to terminate 360 Total Security from command line on Windows.
I tried
pskill.exe QHSafeTray.exe
Unable to kill process
Access denied
Also tried taskkill /f /im QHSafeTray....
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What's the safest way to open a suspicious link?
Sometimes I get very suspicious messages or I see a random link somewhere I obviously don't click on them but I'm still curious what's on the site. So that makes me wonder what's the safest way to ...
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WHAT Can add To Scan Folder Have No Name
i Scan flash Disk using this .Bat file to Delete Viruss ets..
So WHAT Can I add To Scan Folder Have No Name ..see pic
@ECHO OFF
MODE CON:Cols=65 Lines=20
ECHO -!- UN HIDE -!-
ECHO.
ECHO &...
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I am getting a weird popup FONDUE.exe. The image is in the link. Should I be worried?
This was one of the only files not scanned because it was password protected
C:\ProgramData\Norton{DE658DFA-EF45-4457-907D-5DC71B6342C7}\profiles.dat=>1320.js
I ran SFC /scannow The error I found ...
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How do I ensure a laptop doesn't have any sort of bug or tracking device?
Someone recently gifted a laptop to a friend of mine. Without going into details, the friend is suspicious of malware / bug / tracking, but it is a very nice laptop and they would like to keep it.
How ...
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Is it safe to connect externally an infected internal HDD to another PC for data transfer?
If I remove the infected drive from its computer, and connect it to another computer using SATA-to-USB connector to transfer images and documents, is it safe? Since Windows is not booted on the ...
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Windows 10 PC periodically pops-up a command prompt window but it closes before I can see it
I've been struggling with this for some time now. Essentially, every 20-30 seconds a cmd window opens and immediately closes. I'm afraid my computer might be infected with something. I've tried using ...
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How to find data associated with windows defender processStart reference in windows10
Recently my windows defender warned me about a possibly malicious program it found on my pc. I have trouble interpreting the data windows defender serves me and I haven't found any microsoft ...
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RAMDrive volume inside FIle Manager
Since I managed to remove a driver installed from Internet which turned out to be a virus, there's a new volume inside my Windows 11 file explorer which is called "RAMDrive (Z:)".
However, ...
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Instance of Windowsformapp repeatedly creates an executable in the temp folder called "Velo.exe" in Windows 10
Since yesterday, I have noticed that through Windows Form an application called Velo.exe creates many subfolders (2-3 per minute, see photo) in the Temp folder with the same file called Velo.exe ...
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Command Prompt Refreshes all Programs
The command prompt randomly pops up blank and closes all web browsers, it can visually be seen when im playing a game in fullscreen mode. It happens once every few seconds or once every few minutes. ...
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Why is it difficult to delete Avast Antivirus? Is there a permission bug in windows?
I just uninstalled avast via its own uninstaller and I realized there is some empty folders and registry record that it left. I tried to delete them with normal methods but I could'nt. so I re-...
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How to find what is encrypting my files
I am subject to a ransom ware attack.
What is strange is it only appears to be my NAS hard drive files that are being encrypted (and ending with a .encrypt extension).
For example, if my understanding ...
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QDLA Remove and Decrypt
Good day, I have been hacked anonymously, that all my files was been renamed or encrypted by a ransomware STOP/DJVU. Is there someone out there can decrypt or solve this? Need Instruction. Thank you ...
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Can malware infect a router and spread to other devices connected to it?
Suppose my computer gets malware. I can deal with it by reinstalling the OS with an installation usb from a different pc but is it possible for the malware to infect the wifi router and then spread to ...
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Why do all antivirus flag all keygen, crack or hacks as a threat?
I've been using computer for 20 years and I've used many antivirus. And I have had many "cracking software" laying around on the various PCs that I have used. These include keygen, software ...
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How to remove virus in windows 7? [duplicate]
My pc have virus i seen one at download folder that named "files"
And Another virus that i seen in extranal storage like pendrive and sdcard it named "www.cricketscore"
or ...
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Shortcut Icon is overlapping with another icon
After I download something from the Internet (may have a virus), all of my shortcut file icons are overlapped by a weird icon. The icon looks like the icon of the file without any icon attached to it (...
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My PC has slowed down unexpectedly
I am worried that my PC might be infected with malware. I am getting a lot of notifications that taskhost and svchost tried accessing some specific folder but are blocked. I have also read that ...
