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How I analyzed svchost high CPU utilization problem [closed]
My machine was attacked by a trojan that manifested itself as a service in the netsvcs svchost process. This process can be identified using Process Explorer as 'svchost -k netsvcs'.
The symptoms I ...
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How to remove persistent Lethic/B trojan - Windows XP? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicates:
Conficker.Exe Removal
What to do if my computer is infected by a virus or a malware?
Free AV that came with my Windows XP computer expired and I was a bit tardy in updating....
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Browser displays 'Apache is functioning normally' when I enter 'http://you/' in the location bar
I am on a Mac and when I enter http://you/ in the location bar, it displays 'Apache is functioning normally' no matter which browser (Safari, Firefox, Chrome) I am using.
Is this normal? Or could it ...
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MBR/Boot sector wiping virus/trojan?
I've had a machine come back to me multiple times now with the MBR/boot sector trashed. It crashes while trying to load the MBR/boot sector without a warning. Basically just gives a black screen ...
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Post-compromise security scan; anything else?
My girlfriend checked her Gmail yesterday morning, and then found, later on in the day, that it would no longer accept her password. She also found that this happened to her Hotmail and Yahoo! ...
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Unknown item in my startup (sshnas21.dll)
I just noticed that I have an unknown item in my Startup in msconfig
the command is
rundll32.exe C:\Windows\system32\sshnas21.dll,GetMainWnd
what is this?
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Download Virus/Malware Purposefully
Where can I download a virus, work, trojan, etc. for analysis? Yes, I'm actually hunting for malware, rather than keeping it at bay and hiding behind antivirus software and firewalls. I plan to ...
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How to deal with a trojan infection? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Computer is infected by a virus or a malware, what do I do now?
I was browsing some websites and somehow obtained a trojan through some sort of silent download. Google Chrome ...
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Detecting damage done by virus
This morning after I went to college, a virus infected my PC without any user interaction at my end. When I came home my computer was completely frozen and infected with lots of trojans. I have not ...
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How can I determine if a file or executable has a keylogger included with it?
I had a program created for me recently and didn't really think about it being executable posing a threat since I pretty much trust the source, but not completely.
I then thought about the fact that ...
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Software with Malicious Intent binded to executable?
I had some software created for me by a coder overseas. I'm a little suspicious since the software is executable. I started thinking about the possibility that they could have binded a key logger to ...
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How did what appears to be a virus get on my computer? (explanation of situation enclosed)
My system is Windows XP SP3, updated with the latest patches.
The PC is connected to a Cisco 877 ADSL router, which does NAT from the internal network to its single static public IP address. There ...
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How do I find information about a particular trojan? "W32/Smalltroj.XVGT", as reported by Norman
I tried checking the Norman antivirus page, Virus-descriptions, but sadly it seems Norman has intentionally obfuscated their search results (I tried clicking on W, and it seems they just list viruses ...
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What are the top reasons Macs are much less likely to get viruses/worms/trojans?
I ask in seriousness. Please do not post answers like, "because Windows sucks!"
Why do Macs pretty much never get viruses/worms/trojans, in comparison to Windows? Is one reason the rwx permission ...
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Trojan horse "Generic.15.apnz" impossible to get rid of?
I have a trojan horse infection that lives in memory and seems to be impossible to get rid of. I've tried a few antivirus products (Norton, Windows Essentials and AVG Free) all to no avail and I've ...
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