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  1. 1WaffleIron

    [SOLVED] Windows Security Essential found some trojans..

    Hi everyone, I recently recovered my W7 computer to what I thought was a safe backup because I had made some driver and setting changes I wanted to roll back. After recovering I ran Malwarebytes and nothing came up. Then I did a scan with Windows Security Essentials and it picked up a couple of...
  2. 1WaffleIron

    [SOLVED] Possible Boot sector virus? Winload.exe wont load. Windows Defender found Persistence!rfn

    Hi all, Last night a friend I thought I could trust when it comes to this stuff, shared a cracked program with me, telling me that it was safe. I scanned it with Malwarebytes Pro and it came back fine. I stupidly downloaded it and immediately realized the installer was doing something shady...