Questions tagged [virus]
A software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer.
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The site's security certificate is signed using a weak signature algorithm! can't access any HTTPS's site
I'm getting this error on any HTTPS page and can't even login here in SuperUser.com if I use chrome.
You attempted to reach www.facebook.com, but the server presented a
certificate signed using a ...
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High RAM usage at startup, lowers immediately when virus scan is run
After I turn on my computer, my RAM does this
It hangs at 95+%, making my computer very slow.
is normal.
What's weird is that if I run a MSE virus scan, RAM frees up randomly.
The vertical drops ...
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Security Center won't start after a malware attack
Today, I got a virus/malware on my computer. I first scan with my antivirus/malwarebytes/superantispyware to clean it. I ended up cleaning all of it. No more ads pop up.
However, my security center ...
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Mysterious Clock - Windows XP
User showed me this clock on the screen today - its modal but fixed on top. Anti-virus revealed nothing - and no shifty programs or services to my eye are running.
Hopefully AV deep scan will reveal ...
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How can I regain administrative privileges after a virus infection?
Is there software that allows you to bypass administrator restrictions? The problem is a virus has restricted me from doing anything; I can't install anything because I don't have the administrator ...
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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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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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Windows - Kill All Non-Essential Running Processes [duplicate]
I'm trying to fight viruses on extremely badly-infected machines. These are Windows 8 machines running 10-20 processes that need to be forced to quit.
Unfortunately, because the viruses auto-execute ...
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How to remove "Ads by AdFreeApp" Malware in Google Chrome?
I have been looking all over the internet, to remove this Google Chrome based malware. I have encountered such malwares in the past, and I was able to remove it by disabling the extensions, delete ...
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Removing nav-links malware in Google Chrome on OS X?
I some how have been infected by the nav-links malware. It's a really annoying malware that shows up like a link on a text and when you click on it you are redirected to some advertised website like ...
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Unknown process named "wuowoo" running in Windows 7
Today I am reviewing the system's performance through Task Manager in Windows 7 and I noticed a process named wuowoo.exe. I googled it and checked in SuperUser site also but I can't find any ...
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What do I do after I open a virus in Windows 7? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What to do if my computer is infected by a virus or a malware?
My Mom, who uses Windows 7, thinks she may have opened a virus -- she double clicked normally and did not run as ...
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Virus - The version of this file is not compatible with the version of windows you're running
I'm cleaning up a Windows 7 computer that was infected with malware. I pulled the HD out, hooked it up to my machine with a USB adapter and then scanned it with MalwareBytes which found (2) Trojan....
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Tracking down Data Execution
I have some malware infecting one of our machines at home. It first showed up as winulty.exe. After investigating, I am of the opinion that winulty.exe itself is an uninfected file but is being ...
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How does protected view of word document protect my computer from virus?
How does protected view of word document protect my computer from virus?
Here MS Word 2013 claims:
I already open the document file, virus should attack my computer, but here it says protected view ...
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How can I safely remove an RSA 4096 ransom-ware virus?
My dad's computer got infected with an RSA 4096 ransom-ware virus. For those who don't know it is a virus that encrypts all the files on your PC using an RSA 4096 encryption key. Then you need to use ...
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How to remove write protection from USB stick [duplicate]
I have followed up the below process in cmd:
DISKPART> attributes disk clear readonly
Disk attributes cleared successfully.
Even if I do that it displays Read-only:yes:
DISKPART> attributes ...
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Am i infected with a malware or is it a graphic card issue?
This past month, i've been having many issues with malware, you can tell by looking at my profile, I'm so sick of it to the point where I'm really thinking to dump my windows, once and for all and go ...
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How to detect the application/process that's using the camera? [duplicate]
The light that near the camera on my laptop is lighting although I'm not using it. Seems it's a virus or an unknown application. How can I detect the application/process that's using the camera ?
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Puzzling apparition - RealPlayer rpchrome150browserrecordhelper.dll
I was trying to build and run an application I wrote a long time ago. It was not playing well with the new versions of the open source software it links to. At least two of the open source packages ...
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Will Windows viruses infect RAR or ZIP files?
I heard from some techie person that .rar and .zip files never get infected by viruses.
Is this true? If yes, then why such behavior?
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I can't access any antivirus site [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What to do if my computer is infected by a virus or a malware?
My system has got infected. I want to download and install an antivirus. I can't access any antivirus site. I ...
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Is jucheck.exe a virus?
I keep getting a message from Windows that a program jucheck.exe is trying to connect to the internet. The message shows the publisher of the program as 'Unknown'. Is it a Virus? How to remove this?
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After virus, Chrome & Internet Explorer won't connect to the internet, but Firefox works fine
I cannot connect to the internet with Chrome or Internet Explorer. Firefox works fine.
It seems it happens when I was infected by a "Trojan Horse Generic 17.BWIK", "Trojan Horse SHeur.UHL" and "...
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What is this German (?) virus and how can I get rid of it?
UPDATE
I've posted my solution below.
This thing popped up on the computer of one of my employees on Friday. I've spent most of the weekend scanning the computer with Avira AntiVir, Avira Boot ...
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Is it a virus on my PC?
Somehow sqlservr.exe launches cmd.exe (with very strange command line params) and ftp.exe processes on my PC, please see screenshots. I have already installed antivirus. What it could be, how to treat ...
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Does keeping Windows 7 updated make anti-virus software useless?
I was thinking, given that I regularly keep Windows 7 updated through Windows Update,
doesn't this make having any anti-virus software useless. I may well be a naive user,
but it seems to me that if ...
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Infected Computer Behavior Signs
I'm wondering if anything atypical of your computer can be a headsup for a virus/malware infection?
If all of a sudden my sound panel is acting funny, can it be a sign of a virus? If I suddenly can't ...
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Windows XP end of support [duplicate]
I recieved an email saying that Windows XP's support is ending.
I have a computer with Windows XP and I want to know what are the risks on this computer that this page (linked in the email) doesn't ...
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My computer is playing audio without any program open
This is the weirdest thing ever that has happened to my computer (running Windows 7).
I haven't installed anything lastly, except lavasoft adware antivirus
When my computer stats then audio starts ...
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some strange services in task manager and in msconfig/startup that I cannot close
I was trying to fix a friend's computer because it was really slow, it was working but after some 20 minutes it was starting go really slow or just freeze
and I've formatted the hard drive, installed ...
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Virus added .mbed File Extension
The files on my PC's 2 drives have been altered by a virus; all files on both drives now have an extra extension of ".mbed"
Here you have a screenshot to get my point:
So what is the shortcut way ...
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How to prevent Win 7 Antivirus 2012 virus?
So my dad's laptop got, for the second time, got some "Win 7 Antivirus 2012" virus, one of those that keeps popping up a fake antivirus window, etc. It was even popping up in safe mode. The laptop ...
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Someone hacked my pc, please help. (debug.log.sent)
Once every hour my computer sends out debug.log files. Example:
debug.log.110422_171810.sent 4/22/2011 10:13am
I don't know to whom these files are being sent, nor do I know what's in them. I do ...
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How do I kill a process that keeps respawning? [duplicate]
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Computer is infected by a virus or a malware, what do I do now?
I got infected by a virus. It looks like I removed it, but it somehow injected a few more processes (I can see ...
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Is it possible to get any virus with (javascript, flash, iframes) disabled?
I'm expert at computers so I dont fall for small tricks like phishing and such.
I just wanted to know if there is any way you could actually get infected without (iframes, javascript, flash) enabled ...
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Is Daemon Tools Safe?
I downloaded Daemon tools from the official site (the first one that comes up in google, its www.daemon-tools.cc/eng/downloads) and when I clicked the download link Norton said that the site I was ...
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Is it safe to run a potentially dangerous program (having possibly worm, virus, ...) on Virtual PC?
I'm not sure if it is safe, can someone provide more information on the matter?
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How does a virus load itself when you start your computer?
What i know is that most viruses use the registry/start up folder to add them to the start up list. Other may use an auto start windows service.
What about the rest, if the virus is not in the ...
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Mysterious folders and files with symbol names on Windows 7
I opened a thumbnail drive last evening and noticed that there were several files and folders with symbolic names (not alpha-numeric) added to it. The Date modified was also a curiosity. I have run ...
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Is it safe to connect a hard drive to my computer to image it if I know it contains a virus?
I was recently asked to help a friend fix a virus laden computer and I was wondering if it is possible for viruses infecting another computers hard drive could pose a possible risk if I connect that ...
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How do I permanently remove the MSR Privoxy?
So recently I got this "virus" from downloading something. This virus keeps on spamming ads and underlining text on a web page to cause you to click a link that will pop-up a new tab. It usually links ...
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Can mp3 file contain a virus? [duplicate]
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Can avi files contain a virus?
Can mp3 file contain an executable virus?
I mean .mp3 files only (not .mp3.exe , not an .exe renamed to .mp3 and smtg like that).
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Transfer files from infected computer [duplicate]
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Computer is infected by a virus or a malware, what do I do now?
I have a computer (Windows XP 32 bit) which is infected with viruses. I have tried pretty much everything (AVG, ...
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Why boot disk doesn't see my Windows partition?
I've got a computer with WinLocker blocker virus in it. This virus blocks user from using their computer by showing a banner with some text in it. I've got a manual on how to get rid of this virus, ...
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Firefox Google search redirect virus [duplicate]
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What to do if my computer is infected by a virus or a malware?
Can Anybody suggest me a tool or something else to solve 'Google search redirect virus' ?
i tried Malwarebytes' ...
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Something chewing on my HD in Windows 7
I just experienced something strange in Windows 7. I could hear how the harddrive was used at regular intervals of about one second. The same thing seemed to steal my CPU timeslice (from my own ...
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AntiVirus 2010 virus
Family members computer got the AntiVirus 2010 trojan. Had computer on for some time before noticing it so it got really corrupted. Only way to stop from copying itself was to scan HD as a secondary ...
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How to check for a false positive virus report?
Looks like I've been infected by a virus, namely NSIS:Downloader-BX [Drp],
in a file named DpiSca.exe, but...
I wasn't visiting any usual suspect sites (warez, pr0n etc) and nobody else was using my ...
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Virus or Windows Update?
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I am using windows 10 and as always I check the Services of my computer. Today reviewing if the Windows Update service was running I noticed the following service:
I thought it was one of ...
