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Trojan virus threat 'removed or restored'
I recently downloaded a file from a malicious website by mistake. It had a trojan virus with the name as following :-
Trojan.win32.Zapchast
My windows defender detected the threat and then quarantined ...
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Instance of Windowsformapp repeatedly creates an executable in the temp folder called "Velo.exe" in Windows 10
Since yesterday, I have noticed that through Windows Form an application called Velo.exe creates many subfolders (2-3 per minute, see photo) in the Temp folder with the same file called Velo.exe ...
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Can TrueCrypt like software protect my external HDD from virus in svhost.exe modify my files on it?
A 'shurtcut to (1).lnk' virus infected 50 000 of my html files on an external HDD. If I will encrypt data on it, will it protect them from trojan process being run on behalf svhost.exe?
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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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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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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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How can I get rid of 'Windows Instant Scanner'
I've been given a friend's PC to fix because he thinks it has a virus. However the virus appears to be the software that's telling him that Windows has got a virus. This piece of malware called '...
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How to assert if I'm infected and how to remove [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What to do if my computer is infected by a virus or a malware?
Hi all,
My computer is acting funny lately, some symtoms:
clicking things feels different. Normally I could ...
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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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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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How to deal with a trojan infection? [duplicate]
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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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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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