Posts Tagged ‘Anti Virus’
With all of the conficker hype lately, I have been freaking out that I may not be protected. How would I know if I have it? I have been using AVG free (I know it’s not the best) and it has been doing daily scans and updates. I have not really noticed any bugs/problems with my computer either. I can access all the anti virus sites that supposedly would be disabled if I was infected. However, for some reason I can’t access microsoft.com. I was wondering if it is just crowded or if somehow I am infected and the worm is stopping me from going there. I don’t know for sure if I have the microsoft patch…is there any way to tell? Does it seem like I am infected or protected or what? Please help.
Whenever i go to any microsoft site it says “network timeout”…is this bad? please help…don’t just refer me to a microsoft link
Check your anti-virus and run a scan ASAP. The virus is known to go through social networks such as Facebook and sites like we are on right here. It has attacked 10 million computers as of now.
I know that most of you keep up with your anti virus and updates. I am not intending to scare any one, but read this online.
Don’t open email attatchments with VBS, SHS, or PIF. Never open attachments with double file extensions such as NAME. BMP. EXE or NAME.TXT.VBS. You can read the information at CNET and clicking on antivirus software. It was on the news tonight with information on how to check for it. The report says to never accept attachments from strangers in online chat systems such as IRC, ICQ or AOL instant messanger.
I hope this information helps some of you casual computer users. I know the tech savvy people know all about this, but most of us just go online for fun.
Sorry…I said CNet, but on the local news tonight. It was CNet I went to to check for information on virus protection. I am not a computer wizard, and hope that someone who knows more can give more knowledgable information than an old geezer like me knows. I am just a casual computer user for fun and enjoyment and just want to make other casual users aware.
Don’t click on suggested websites here, but check it out yourself.
Great suggestions, Isotope! Thanks!
By the way, I suspect that my computer is infected with trojan virus, what should I do? Let me elaborate, Wikipedia sent me a message for editing the articles with lack of information or just bull crap but I did not even edit a single of it! In addition, I know that I’m able to scan the files before downloading it but how do I do it? Mine is Mac OS X. Does Sophos Anti-Virus works? Please Help!!!
Hi guys, I’m currently having the “USB Device not Recognized” problem. Basically I hear the window sound as if a USB was detected/unplugged and it totally throws off my keyboard and touchpad (sluggish response, buttons on keyboard aren’t being pressed, very slow).
After long days of researching I have only got closer, and still without a solution.
more info about the USB device not recognized: http://smokeys.wordpress.com/2008/05/31/windows-vista-usb-device-detection-problems-how-to-fix/
Seems as if the infcache.1 file is corrupt, however after I deleted it, my problems remain and remain to annoy. I’ve also tried unplugging my laptop’s battery and plugging it back in. The solution works, but is temporarily, the USB detected noise of hell alarms me that my nightmare is not over.
ATM, I can’t afford to buy an external hard drive (I’m a college student) but intend to when I have the money so I can reformat my computer back to factory stage.
I have been missing my nights of sleep trying to fix this problem, and living with this handicap as I fight my way through homework (typing up essays are hell, designing on programs are colder than winter) and finals… my last and final option and theory is that it’s a virus or trojan of some sort and I can’t seem to find the appropriate anti-virus program to fix it.
I have used avast for a long time, fixed a trojan/virus that nearly rendered my home computer useless over the summer. I was hoping this would be a solution to my laptop but I guess not, the lovely boot scan is not capable with vista 64 bit and doing the normal scan still doesn’t fix the issue.
My computer specs below:
Processor: Intel® Core™2 T9400 2.53GHz (6MB Cache, 1066MHz FSB)
Operating System: Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium (64-bit Edition) with Service Pack 1
Memory: 4GB« Dual Channel DDR3 SO-DIMM at 1066MHz – 2 x 2048MB
System Drive: Single Drive Configuration – 160GB 7,200RPM (8MB Cache) w/ Free Fall Protection
Thank you for taking the time to read my rant!
As my computer was running abnormally I called HP customer care. The agent advised me to run the virus scan in the safe mode. More than once I tried running the Kaspersky Virus scan, but my computer shuts down after some time without any warning. Sometime it shuts down after 20% of the scan or sometime after 80%.
What might you think is the problem and how could I resolve it?
I have Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal, but I was wondering if it would mess anything up if I use the free scans that are on a few trusted AV sites.
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The original video is open to members and visitors at seo.mhvt.net with a resolution of 900 x 675 pixels. TOKYO (machouse) – Yesterday, we introduced the hacked website of an European organization called enr. An organized cyber criminal group hacked this website and installed a number of spam webpages to redirect Internet users to malicious websites. As we reported before, one of the final destinations is the fake scan website hosted through the domain of win-x-defender.com. We knew that wasn’t not the only destination. It’s just that redirection stopped working soon after we detected the fake scan website. So we couldn’t confirm other possible destinations.
When I run C:/Windows/explorer.exe in task manager, everything comes back to normal but it only lasts a few seconds and everything disappears again. The reappearing and disappearing keeps going on in a cycle after I ran explorer.exe . I barely manage to start a scan for viruses and it is currently at 97% completed scan with a Kaspersky anti virus that was updated today.At this point I don’t think it is a virus. Any ideas on how to fix this?
In processes tab on task manager I noticed that there are several processes which are repeated twice like avp.exe , rundll32.exe, sidebar.exe, sprtcmd.exe, sttray.exe, taskeng.exe(there are three of these). Are these processes supposed to be repeated?
Antivirus just finished scanning and it detect no viruses. I am running a rootkit scan now.
I restarted the laptop and used a different user account and noticed that this doesn’t happen except on the original account.
Finally fixed it. Dell technician failed me this time. I used system restore in the boot menu by pressing f8 and choosing the repair options and that fixed the problem. I am still not sure what triggered this.
Ok i will add more details give a few minutes.
I went through the whole process again so I could write what I did.
I pressed the F8 button constantly as soon as I turned on the computer. If your computer is on just press ans hold the button to turn on your computor until it turns off then turn it back on and press F8 button until you get the Advanced boot options menu. After that chose “Repair your computer”.(your computer will seem to restart again here.Just let it load.)Next choose “U.S. keyboard layout” which was already selected and click next.Then choose your usual user name from the drop down menu and your password as you usually would when you turn on your computer.The next step is to choose “System Restore” which says it will restore your computer to an earlier point in time. (this won’t delete anything you already had on your computer by the way). Then chose a date on the options before you started to have the problem. Your computer will restart again and it should be back to normal.Become my fan if this works for you.