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Trojan

Forum discussion tagged with Trojan.
  1. R

    Question Should I be concerned about these files in startup?

    Hey all, I just discovered these 2 files with no icon, named 0 and ee8adea1-5cff-4cbc-ac8e-616162927479 with startup enabled? Should I be concerned? As you can see in the image, the "open file location" option is also not clickable... Windows Virus scan showed nothing, but idk how reliable...
  2. F

    Question Trojan:Win32/Casdet!rfn crashes Windows Defender and is undeletable ?

    Hi, so I torrented a file containing Adobe Master Collection from one of our teachers in a university. Installed only InDesign to test the program. After a few days I started to feel that my PC is slower than usual. After looking at Task Manager, I saw that my disk, and sometimes CPU consumption...
  3. T

    Question Is it time to get an antivirus for my android phone?

    I've read different opinions if Android phones need anti virus. Now I have a problem with a hacker that keeps sending me emails or texts that look like they will cause problems. Sometimes there is no way to delete them and I think I clicked on one of them by mistake. Which type of antivirus...
  4. ace2b

    Question I think I have been hacked in some apparent way (program:win32/uwamson.a!ml)

    Windows has seen an unwanted app and it's named program:win32/uwamson.a!ml, I do not know how to get rid of this, I can not locate the file it came from and it seems to be messing with my computer. The only option that windows provides is "allow on device" which I do not want to do. I don't...
  5. T

    Question Suspicious Program Taking Screen Shots or also/acting as a Keylogger Pops up Top Left of Screen

    Hey everyone.... I installed a suspicious program; long story short, I now see this window open and close about every 1-2 minutes, on an ongoing and consistent basis, and I believe it is taking screen shots or also/acting as a keylogger. I scanned with two anti-virus programs and found nothing...
  6. _dawn_chorus_

    Question Trojan infection and using Windows Defender. Am I infected or not?

    I plugged an old hard drive into my main system that I had scanned on another system with Windows Defender. I scanned again on the main system and it gave me a severe level threat for a trojan in an .iso file. I have windows set not to autorun external devices and I never opened the drive in...
  7. Luger1945

    Question My pc got hacked what should I do?

    Someone from russia hacked my pc on the 12 September Right after I downloaded a sketchy file. He managed to gain access to my Gmail, Steam and Epic Games accounts. I got his IP address and I am not sure if that’s a VPN or not. Anyway Malwarebytes is blocking all connections from his IP to my pc...
  8. ItzNotAydin

    [SOLVED] Virus that cant be deleted.

    Hello, I have recently found a virus on my PC and just needed some help figuring out everything. I have reset my PC back to factory multiple times. I have been using Windows 11 since launch as I wanted to see how to performed at the time, it wasn't great as it failed to detect more than 1...
  9. Jclau77

    [SOLVED] Laptop utilizing 100% of my disk all the time, any reasons behind this? (Possible Trojan...)

    Hey guys, I've recently noticed that one of my friend's computer is having some sort of issue... It has to do with her disk space constantly utilizing 100% for some strange reason. I've been going over all of the running processes on Task Manager and I noticed that her laptop is using 100% of...
  10. Cuzinbob45

    [SOLVED] Adware keeps on coming back

    Hi everyone, So recently, I have noticed a certain adware (Adware.SpecialSearchOffer) that keeps on reappearing after I delete it. I am using malwarebytes pro to detect and get rid of it. After every time I delete it, it gets detected by malwarebytes again after a few hours after I shut down my...
  11. Mads Haugaard

    [SOLVED] Removing Malware Registry Keys safely?

    Hi everyone. I've recently been unlucky with a program and have gotten some malware on my pc, which I assume causes a windows booting issue I've been having. Currently, Malwarebytes has detected 11 Trojans in Registry Keys, and last time (many years ago) when I was removing registry key...
  12. JustGarryA.

    [SOLVED] Can a virus leak without scanning

    Hello,my friend give me one external disk and me plug in this in my computer ( Dont scan yet ).Im use Avast free.If this external disk have a any malware can infected my computer?I'm talking about scanning before.Can malicious files leak into my computer before I scan, or can Avast block...
  13. S

    [SOLVED] I just did a full scan and got this!!

    I did a full deep scan with avg, at the end it said it only found one infected file/virus etc and it said: html evil cursor-b [trj] it was in quarantine and i have deleted it now, i checked the file location and it said it was from brave, which is a browser i used a long time ago, my...
  14. P

    Question Normal Windows Behavior? Or a Trojan/Virus?

    I am hoping you can give me guidance and advice. I am running Windows 10 and only have Windows Defender. Recently Windows Defender found some threats, which it said it took care of. The threats were: Trojan:Win32/Vigorf.A Trojan:Win32/Skeeyah.A!MTB Trojan:Win32/Occamy.AA...
  15. louietien

    [SOLVED] Is Vanguard Safe?

    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...
  16. 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...
  17. J

    [SOLVED] So My Mouse Did Intelligent Moves By Its Own While Im Playing Game.

    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...
  18. J

    [SOLVED] Trojan Virus

    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...
  19. 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...
  20. Y

    [SOLVED] Cannot kill process for my browsers even after uninstalling

    So, I've been having this odd problem where I cannot browse in any browser at all. Every time I try to connect to a website, it keeps loading but never actually loads. It happened to me on Chrome first, then on Edge, and then on Internet Explorer. I am currently using a browser called BlueSky...
  21. suarezstar

    Question StartupCheckLibrary.dll Trojan?

    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...
  22. Thundurh

    [SOLVED] Computer Automatically restarting

    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...
  23. S

    Question Memory load, how much is too much?

    How much %percentage of RAM usage considered too much and necessary to upgrade? 70%? I have 16gb Vengence 3000 (4x4) and my RAM usage can get up to 70% when I play a game and have a browser open with many tabs. I would prefer to be able to switch back and forth without having to close the...
  24. S

    [SOLVED] Motherboard turning on but other components are not

    I have a problem with my first pc that I just build. So when I turn my power supply on I get lights on my mother board but when I press the power button none of the other components turn on Here is a list of my components https://pcpartpicker.com/list/
  25. U

    [SOLVED] Upgrade R9 270X to RX580 on FX8320? Is it worth it?

    Dear experts, I would like to upgrade my PC a bit and hope that you can help me. Meanwhile I suffer from missing graphic details. I am playing titles like CoH2, Civ6, XCOM2 or ESO. Average FPS in CoH2 with MAX details is below 30 FPS. ESO is not playable with FULL details. I am bound to 1080p...
  26. D

    SSD clone won't boot.

    Hello, I have recently gotten a new HP SSD S700 2.5" 500gd drive and tried to install it to into my laptop. I cloned the original drive by deleting some of my games to lower the content then changing the partition size to 400gb using Free Partition Manager. I then cloned the drive using EaseUS...
  27. E

    Ryzen 5 2600 won't boot, and cpu led glows

    Hey there! I was using the pc, but had bit of a thermal issues, my cpu went up to 85*, then I closed the game, let it cool, went into bios, turned off the cpu boost (locked the core to 34x and the voltage to 1.2), and set the ram timings to 14-14-14 something with the mobo preset B450 Tomahawk...
  28. zyclonenuz

    gigabyte Z370M D3H RAM/Memory support list?

    ok so I'm planning on making a couple of upgrades on my PC and I wont make the same mistake again last year. (didn't do research before getting parts. just went out and buy stuff.) so I was checking my motherboard support page and I stumbled upon this "RAM/Memory support list" I didn't know...
  29. T

    [SOLVED] amd ryzen 7 2700x or 1700

    Okay so recently I've been thinking of upgrading my cpu since my Ryzen 3 1200 is bottle necking my gtx 1060 super bad. Originally, I was going to wait until black Friday and buy the 2700x while it was on sale. However, I saw that the 1700 is 110$ off right now on Amazon and I'm wondering if I...
  30. J

    Asus z370 prime compatability with i7 9700k?

    I have a Intel Core i7 9700k lga 1151 processor but most motherboards i look with compatability say 8th generation? Whats a compatable board for my processor?
  31. D

    Can i run GTA 5?

    Can i run gta 5? My specs are: Cpu: Intel core i3-7130U (dual core) 2.70 ghz Memory: 8gb GPU: nvidia MX150
  32. E

    How to reset bios password of toshiba tecra r850

    Plz help to reset bios password
  33. G

    How to move apps from iphone to otg

    How to transfer game apps from iphone to otg
  34. A

    I can't connect to youtube (privacy error)

    Hey, I have a problem with opening youtube (only youtube so far), i got privacy error when opening youtube (I use chrome) the error says "NET::ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID" , I've tried several solution like opening in incognito, tried different ISP, and installing the certificate, but none of...
  35. D

    What are the differences between these cards?

    What is the difference between EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti FTW3 ELITE GAMING RED 11G-P4-6796-K5 and EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti FTW3 GAMING, 11G-P4-6696-KR ?
  36. N

    I have a problem with my MB / CPU (recognition problem)

    Okay so i have an asus rog z370-H motherboard and an i7-8700k . I have bent my cpu socket pins so i sent it to a repair , after it returned and all looked good my CPU is still doesn't work with this motherboard . I tested my cpu and everything was fine so i sent it for a check again. So here is...
  37. MrMario

    Hook Up Multiple Inputs to One Amp

    This is a new audio set-up for my desktop, first time with bookshelf speakers/amp combo. Speakers: JBL Arena 130's Amp: Dayton Audio APA150 Main Audio Source: Desktop PC Right now I have my amp plugged in via a 3.5mm to RCA cable to my PC (motherboard). Both speakers are plugged in via banana...
  38. A

    256gb ssd full with 70gb of files?

    I have a 256gb samsung 850 evo and I have around 40 mb of space left yes mb is the correct value. Upon checking my files to make some space I realized im only using around 70gb with my old windows versions and new one. I also checked hidden files and there's nothing there. Please help!
  39. R

    M.2 SSD only showing when CSM disabled in bios (HELP PLEASE)

    Hi, ASUS Maximus X Hero is my mobo, I've recently installed windows 10 on my new M.2 SSD Samsung 970 Pro 512GB , installed it in UEFI mode in bios. I have two M.2 SSD's the other is Samsung 960 Evo 250GB , yet for some reason, I only see the Samsung Evo one in the boot options in bios, How is...
  40. R

    My laptop updated and now it's stuck on a screen that says choose your keyboard layout, I'm frustrated I can't get

    My laptop updated and now it's stuck on a screen that says choose your keyboard layout, I'm frustrated I can't get anywhere please help me.