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Why can I get a virus or trojan from visiting a website?
I have seen these a lot lately. You click the link, and instant trojan. No need to download or anything.
How is this possible? Is there a way I can scan the links before visiting to make sure I won'...
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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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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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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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Impossible new virus [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What to do if my computer is infected by a virus or a malware?
I have been hit by an absolutely impossible new virus. Only in the past 3 months or so the internet has become ...
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