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How to fix/investigate Windows Defender detecting malware in the VSS snapshots for Firefox cached files?
Update: Seems solved as of March 4.
I was able to remove the bypass (path exclusion in Defender) and perform backups without malware detection, even after re-accessing the site linked in the original ...
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Windows 10 CMD Command Prompt opens and closes for split second. Possible Malware?
Every now and then I get a random command window open and closes for a split second. I can't see what it is. But I'm assuming it is a scheduled thing. I just want to be safe. From the get scheduled ...
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Can guest access host clipboard despite sharing turned off?
Host: Win10
Guest: Linux
Software: VirtualBox
Clipboard information might not seem important, but it could very well contain a copied password or other useful data. On the host, clipboard history is ...
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I bought an open-box laptop. Should I reset Windows?
Some time ago I bought a cheap laptop, essentially a netbook, to ensure that if my main laptop stopped working, I would have a laptop to work on while my main laptop was being repaired.
The box for ...
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I can't use any of my antivirus, and none of it will load (or the websites) will load. help please [duplicate]
i cant go to an antivirus website, nor can i open malwarebytes because it says "The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000017). Click OK to close the application." im aware that ...
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"Windowns Setting": Result from Win 10 search bar
The question is whether the search bar result displaying an unlikely spelling error can be ignored or is a clue to the presence of something malicious.
It began with my need to know more about ...
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How is it possible to be infected by a Trojan without downloading anything suspicious?
After conducting a full scan on my Fujitsu Windows 10 laptop yesterday (Nov. 01, 2022), I got informed of this threat: Trojan:HTML/CryptoExtortBTC.A, with the detail "This program is dangerous ...
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Loss of control over my computer mouse
I've had this strange thing happen to me on 3 separate computers running Windows 10 now (on my work computer at a previous job, on my previous home computer, and now on my work computer at my current ...
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Automatic BIOS Update - No logs confirm legitimacy
As the title states. I rebooted my PC today and was greeted with a "BIOS is updating. Do not turn off or unplug from power."
I have an Asus Sabertooh Z170 mark 1. The only Asus utility I ...
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Are files without extension dangerous?
I recently run a test with Bitdefender and there were several encrypted files that it could not check.
All of them in were in APO.zip files which were contained in another Zip files.
Some of them were ...
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Windows 10: Can't get Rid of Malware Popups Notifications Spoofing Antivirus [duplicate]
I'm using Windows 10 Home, and I'm this popup, that keeps coming up at random times, at least hourly:
And, just a few minutes ago, this:
I have disabled all popups in Internet Options.
I ran ...
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Monitor keyboard access on the Windows lock screen
I don't do this very often, but every time I lock the screen in Windows [Win+L], the keyboard (and sometimes the mouse) stops responding and it goes straight into the password field and it starts ...
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My CPU is working on 100% until I open Task manager
I am here because I have a problem. My CPU is working at 100% (while I am idle) until I open Task Manager. When I open Task Manager it shows that my CPU is on 100% and after a half seconds it ...
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Windows OpenedFilesViewer. Strange unaccountable file handles
If using the nirsoft’s OpenedFilesViewer, which prints file handles. There are some “processes” with strange chinese characters that have a handle on inexistent files on C: drive. I haven’t paid much ...
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Clean install Windows 10 - is it dangerous downloading a fresh install to a flash drive on an infected PC?
I read this thread:
How can I remove malicious spyware, malware, adware, viruses, trojans or rootkits from my PC?
Excellent write ups and thank you to everyone who posted something I learned! I was ...
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