Malware

Malware? On my previous thread https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/im-having-a-few-problems-not-sure-if-i-should-make-a-new-thread-for-each-one.3615133/ I shared some problems I had with my CPU Fx-8350 And I was told that the symptoms were Indicators of malware. 1 YouTube video started...

I think I have a virus because like my time is showing this View: https://imgur.com/a/exz5tpk and my game is lagging and I am not sure what to do Anti Virus aint picking it up

So.i.bought a new.ssd which is teamgroup ssd 256 nvme m.2 , put windows.10 on.it and all good , i installed somegames on.it , i played ans.everything good , after while on desktop , pc suddenly work slow , i opened task manager , i.noticed 90 95% cpu usage , antimalware service executable taking...

Hey guys, I must admit I haven't really been doing much research on the subject, and haven't exactly traced it back to Valorant. But I just need an expert opinion. My friend notified me recently that he did a malware scan and had a bunch of backdoors, trojans and bitcoin miners on his computer...

Recently I looked into my Task Manager to find two applications called "YourPhone.exe" and some program named "腾讯手游助手" I know its a virus or something so I don't want to touch the two programs at all. What exactly are these things and how do I remove them? I don't want to fiddle with it at all...

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...

For some reason when I open chrome, it opens into a "new tab" but it won't let me alt tab into it or click from the taskbar to open it, I have tried uninstalling chrome and using Microsoft Edge's new chromium browser, it was working perfect for a good two or so days, but now it's doing the same...

I did some research on the web about IOBit software and from what I've heard, it's considered malware and will mess up your system. Is this true at all? I've used Advanced SystemCare, DriverBooster, Uninstaller, and Software Updater and have had no issues with it at all.

So I recently installed a program from a dodgy site and found that a new program called qemu machine control was running on task manager. I realised that this was a malware and removed it by going to regedit and ctrl + f finding and deleting all of its files. I then realised that this didnt do...

Hi I had a problem that i couldnt update my windows or use microsoft store because of some error so i found a fix on youtube. i imported clean wuauserv in regedit and then created windows update service in cmd. after that when i restart the pc wuauserv registry is deleted and windows update...

My computer has been really really slow and at times I cannot control it at all, cannot CTRL + ALT + DEL, move mouse (it actually disappears), or type. At times I get the error - the sign in process couldn't display security and sign in options. I got McAfee and ran scans, it found no viruses...

So today i was playing Mount and Blade: Bannerlord, Tablut (boardgame) to be exact. Its from Steam (my brother has the account too) and original. While I was playing my mouse dragged and then clicked the ''Forfeit'' button, then accepted the warning. I tried to prevent it by dragging my mouse to...

I suspected about some virus and checked it with BullGuard security. It found this file I went to the path and opened .dat as a text file and it had random letters in it, nothing intelligible. Is it wrong to open this folder or what kind of Trojan is it, i couldnt find much info about it on the...

As the title says, my PC suddenly restarts without any arror showing up during the Windows 10 boot (when the balls are swinging). I can boot into safe mode though, and i've tried several things such as the following: Disabling automatic restart on sysdm.cpl Trying out the startup repair tool...

A few days ago I downloaded the ClipGrab software to download songs and videos from YouTube. This is an open source software. I must point out that this is one of the simplest and most fun programs to use. I consulted a friend who specializes in data security and after running a test on the...

Hi legends.. my first experiance in BIOS bootable software to much slow in windows 7 OS installation else hiren boot.. i try both pendrive & CD.. its very very dead slow.. its take long time to next step... what can i do?? solution please legends.. System Configuration Intel i3 2GB Ram 500GB HDD

Hello community Last month i tried to download Mario 64 , but sadly it turned out to be some dangerous virus , i had read every forum and watched every video and downloaded every antivirus or antimalware for this problem but nothing helped me . I tried to delete the virus files manually with...

So i got this wierd keyboard hack that i first thought was just my keyboard acting up but it started typing real words after i should my pc down my hard drive was trashed and i could not boot up anymore i was wondering if anyone else had this virus and are my files and my passwords safe thank you.

The computer is lagging ( Slow by 25%). I replaced everything; RAM, Graphics card, Processor, Processor Fan, Hard disk, SMPS. Even Reformatted it several times, ran mem test 86, Intel Processor Diagnostics etc.. scanned for viruses and malware using premium Softwares. Stopped the unwanted...

I've been having issues with my laptop recently, and I received a BSOD with this code. How can I tell if it is a malware attack (possibly on my network), or if it's a simple driver issue? Every scan tool I've used shows 0 viruses (Malwarebytes, Norton, Kaspersky, F-Secure). A copy of the...

Hello Tom's hardware. Recently, I've arrived at a frustrating issue, that is mostly likely malware, and I cannot get rid of it for the life of me. I've done multitudes of anti malware scans, (malwerebytes, adwcleaner,cc cleaner, etc).. to no avail. It seemed to work before and , found a...

Hello all, I have spent the best part of a week attempting to sort out my current computer problem, but have had limited success and now am reaching out to you for help. As of 1 week ago my computer has been having issues with my CPU randomly, on idle, with an unchanged voltage, skyrocket in...

I always assume the worst of any website outside the mainstream that has video content. Sites like couchtuner and others have lots of ads, but is playing the video itself safe? Or can clicking play pose a risk by itself?

hi , two days ago I got a virus named mail.ru or something like that . I´ve run malwarebytes and adwcleaner ,spyboy and ccleaner . virus was cleaned with success , at least all this softwares didin´t find anything more after the cleaning . but I was a bit paranoic so I reeinstalled windows ...

so i was play league of legends yesterday and i was putting a notebook under the laptop to lift it but it got pushed in a little and blocked the fans long story short : it overheated shutdown clicking the power button wouldnt do anything its just dead but the power LED would light up with...

Hello ladies, gentlemen, and other. So, about two days ago I spent a lengthy amount of time with a guy from Microsoft fixing my Windows Updates program. It was just gone, basically. Since it wouldn't update at all and I couldn't download anything from the Windows 10 store. (Found this out...

Hey Guys, Thanks in advance for any helpful info! I'm fairly new to IT and even more so with windows pc's, if any of this seems like stuff I should just go and learn I completely understand but thought I would see if you knowledgeable people could throw your 2cts in. So I have the task of...

Hi! I have a question. It's possible to a malware be transferred by Ram or Gpu or BIOS to another HDD?, for ex: I change my HDD to other HDD without both connected at the same time, remove the first "possibly infected HDD" and shutdown, then add the new HDD, a malware can be transferred by BIOS...

In the last few days my PC is totally unusable, I got some kind of virus on my PC which deleted my Antivirus, disabled Windows Defender, disabled Windows update, every time when I turn on my computer it probably starts to mine bitcoin because my GPU is much louder and it's usage is over 50%. I...

Recently with McAfee antivirus since 20/03/19 I have noticed thousands of incoming blocked connections and I have no clue whether to be concerned. I mean, the firewall is working but what has triggered these connections. Also, I have run a full scan with McAfee and Malwarebytes and no threats...

Hi, On 3/19 I started getting emails from mailer-daemon@googlemail.com saying "Message not delivered. There was a problem delivering your message to <<Personal information removed by moderator>>. See the technical details below. Account disabled." There was an attachment ForwardedMessage.eml...

Out of curiosity I've done a netstat on my pc, and I think that I've found something odd... Here are the results of the ESTABLISHED adresses... 40.67.248.104:https ESTABLISHED wq-in-f108:imaps ESTABLISHED ham02s12-in-f46:https ESTABLISHED a-0001:https...

Motherboard: Asus m5a97 Evo r2.0 CPU: Amd Fx-8350 4.0ghz GPU: Gtx 1060 6gb Rams: 2x 8gb Gskill 1600mhz ddr3 PSU: Aerocool p7 850w 80+ Platinum A week ago my computer started restarting after bios when i get to the desktop. Sometimes it was 10 seconds after i see my desktop sometimes it was...

I have randomly been getting this problem where my computer is restarting right when I start any game, disabling me from playing any games. I know it isn't my PSU, or overheating. One of the times my computer reset, it sent a report that it was a win32trojan virus... so I am guessing that's what...

Getting slow FPS with my current rig, i5 4670K at stock speeds 16GB DDR3 ram GTX 1070 8GB 256GB Samsung SSD 2K 144HZ Gsync monitor Looking into Ryzen platform. I just want to be able to run blackout at above 120FPS stable at 2K 144HZ Current rig dips to 55FPS in certain situations. Highest...

Hi everyone, I was having some issues with sound on my computer – there was sound, but it was tinny, flat, etc. This issue had been around for a little while, but normally I could just flick my headphones a bit to the left or right and it would work correctly. However, this morning, the sound...

So I just built a computer with : Ryzen 5 2600 XFX rx 580 8gb 8gb ddr4 2666 RAM 120 gb ssd 1 tb hard drive and a standard gigabyte motherboard I was wondering if this is enough to run VR on something such as an oculus rift touch and not have stuttering? If not what will I need to upgrade...

So my computer has been BSODing a lot lately, and while I get different errors, they all seem to have the common problem of a device driver not being updated. However, even after checking each one manually, I found nothing... until I checked my processor tab. I'd been getting intelppm.sys...

I was thinking about building a mini setup. but was afraid of cooling issues or perhaps other issues people have with this? What are the pro and cons? Keep in mind I want to put some quite larger hardware into one of these too like a GTX 1080 or greater.

Hi there! I got a 7700k @ 5.1 Ghz 1.4V with a H115i and Noiseblocker fans using an Aquaero 5Lt. Would it be worth upgrading to a H150 Pro? I heard the pump got upgraded aswell as the bigger radiator. My temperatures currently reach 70-73° and I am aiming to get a few degrees less with this...