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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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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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When AV software puts files and various malicious "objects" in "quarantine", what exactly do they actually do?
I had malware on a computer, which Malwarebytes managed to remove. Or did it? It rather "put it in quarantine". And it's remained like that. I see no way to actually delete it.
This appears ...
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Is ExpressVPN trying to install malware on my PC?
I have been using ExpressVPN for a while. Today when I was trying to update it to the latest version (10.36.0.4), Kaspersky detected the following trojan:
HEUR:Trojan.Win64.Reincarnation.gen
Kaspersky'...
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Is AV scanning zip files with non-exe contains re-assuring/reliable?
I was wondering how safe is scanning a .zip file and depending on the AV report on what to do with it. So specifically:
If I have a .zip file and I run a scan using a good antivirus and does not ...
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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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How to start in SpyHunter 5 scan offline?
currently I collect good tools to remove malware in sad case of getting infected despite live-protection from AV.
Now I'm interested in SpyHunter 5. Despite being aware of program suspicious past I ...
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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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Malicious process detected on Powershell while working on my React Native project, what should I do?
My Rav Antivirus showed me this message while working on my React Native project. What does it mean and what should I do?? I was working on my college project and i'm not familiar with security and ...
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Get virus/threat information from microsoft via threat id [closed]
I don't know if this is the right place for a question like this but:
first, I have a virus report from windows defender with a threat id. For example this is the threat id of the eicar testfile: &...
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How do I figure out whether this is a bug or how do I debug what is trying to access my webcam?
Similar question, which has a different question (since my AV doesn't even know the process ID or similar): Antivirus warns about processes trying to access my webcam
I am using ESET Internet Security ...
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Keygen/crack/malware detected as virus only after unzipping
I'm wondering how come a keygen/crack are not detected as virus when it is inside a compressed folder. Only after the unzipping the antivirus detects it as a threat.
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CPU usage 100% till i open task manager in a 4 months old laptop
I have had an i5 10th Gen machine for 4 months, but I can now see that the CPU usage is 100% till I open Task Manager and as the Task Manager opens, the usage reduces drastically and even comes to as ...
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How can it be verified that ClamAV is detecting a particular malware?
I have ClamAV running and updating via Freshclam. How can it be determined if ClamAV's current signatures in daily.cvd are indeed detecting a particular malware item?
A very similar question was found ...
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Cryptic ClamAV results log file?
I installed ClamAV on LMDE4 and ran it using
sudo clamscan -ir ./ | grep FOUND >> /home/user/Desktop/clamscan_results.txt
The results file only contains the following:
Binary file /bin/ntfsfix ...
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