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Norton Security Blocking Trojan.Gen.SMH (github.exe)
I've been using GitHub Windows App for several months and now Norton Security is blocking it because it's assuming it's a trojan (Trojan.Gen.SMH to be exact). I removed it from the quarantine but I ...
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Router logs show constant unknown port mapping (forwarding)?
Do I have a virus or trojan? Should I be worried? What’s going on here? I’m currently running Debian, and there are records like this for every day since these first records showed up. I ...
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"svchost.exe (LocalServiceAndNoImpersonation)" - Is this a virus/trojan?
Looking at the screenshot you can find that there are two svchost.exe.
One is svchost.exe (NetworkService) and other is svchost.exe (LocalServiceAndNoImpersonation)
svchost.exe (...
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How can I safely do a complete hard disk drive wipe and Windows 7 reinstall due to a virus? [duplicate]
I have a Dell inspiron 1545 running Windows 7 professional and I have recently fallen victim to a Trojan virus that has somehow managed to surpass AVG, ZoneAlarm and Malwarebytes too!
I have tried ...
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Trojan au_.exe - how to get rid of it [duplicate]
I installed the popular software 'Synthesia' from its official website. It is a program for piano transcriptions. It has always been safe.
I decided to uninstall it and as soon as I uninstalled it, a ...
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How do I delete files that are locked when no other app can delete them?
So I found out that I had a Trojan on my external hard drive. My anti-virus app killed it, but it has created a bunch of random files on my computer which cannot be deleted. These are image files. ...
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Can i get virus/trojan from cracked software when my windows is installed with avg 2015 [closed]
One of my colleages says that he is free from virus/trojan from cracked softwares as long as the PC has AVG 2015 free edition installed.
Is it correct?
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Virus Asking To Format External Hard Drive [closed]
I have an external harddrive. Whenever I put its USB into the USB port of my laptop, it asks me to format my hard drive. I think this is because of some sort of virus. Can someone please help me to ...
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Unable to surf with Ease due Certificate Requirement or virus
I am trying to surf the internet but for any link which I type or enter, I get the following message :
This Connection is Untrusted
You have asked Firefox to connect securely to accounts.google.com, ...
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Infected, back-doored Windows 7, is it safe to keep it using after Kaspersky Anti-Virus clean up? [duplicate]
So I got this computer from my cousin. As far as I can tell, it has LOTS of back-doors, trojans etc. installed. You can see the installed programs as below w/ lots of activeX:
I fear these backdoors ...
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Windows XP bug, or Virus? Text moves from "All or part of file name" field to the "A word or phrase in the file" field
This would be too big a bug to not be on Google, one would think.
Repeatable problem. (click) Start -> (click) Search -> (click) Pictures, Music, or Video -> (check) Pictures and Photos -> (type text:...
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How to prevent ICE CYBER virus - Avira has allowed reinfection [duplicate]
The ICE CYBER virus is particularly nasty. I thought it snuck in while Avira Free Antivir was off, and then became active later. Being more carefull for the two days after removing it with a ...
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Task manager won't start after nasty virus
Had a nasty virus. Got a trojan through a patch to a game I have played a lot (world of tanks).
The trojan was named Win32: Patched-ZX. Which opened up for several rootkit(according to AV) and 3 worms ...
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I get all the time a message "contained a virus and was deleted" whenever I try to download a file
I have some virus on my system. when ever I try to download a file (no matter which one) I get a message: "file contained a virus and was deleted". I looked over the internet and saw that some say to ...
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What does: "The procedure entry point StiCreateInstanceA could not be located in the dynamic link library STI.dll" mean?
I keep getting this message on start up: "The procedure entry point StiCreateInstanceA could not be located in the dynamic link library STI.dll" (only on one of my user accounts on my computer). That ...
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