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  1. W

    Question Accidently ran a .SCR and found malware, is there any more around?

    Hi, I accidently ran a .SCR sent to me via an artstation message. After a about 2 weeks my Steam was compromised and i was aware of my mistake after my items were sold on steam marketplace. Changed my passwords and Malwarebytes picked up a few of the viruses and removed them. Just wondering if...
  2. 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...
  3. G

    Question Does making the "AppData" folder visible ruin my computer ?

    Hi, I was installing a couple of emulators yesterday (xemu and flycast), and I store my emulators in AppData, in an Emulators folder. Anyway, flycast wasn’t showing AppData as a selectable directory for ROMs, so I made AppData visible in the file settings. This was fine initially, but when I...
  4. S

    Question HDD is making my whole laptop unresponsive.

    I recently bought 5TB Western Digital, brand new, no issues, installation went smoothly, mainly used to store movies and TV show, since I have no internet on board (I'm a sailor). I wanted to take some classic old movies from a colleague and once he returned it to me, my HDD was useless. It...
  5. P

    Question Chrome Browser Hijack? Virus? Any advice?

    Hello, So today I went on Google chrome, and I first of all noticed that my profile on chrome was completely signed out. I was able to sign back in, however my chrome background picture had disappeared. There was nothing on the home menu apart from my bookmarks and favourites. I checked on the...
    • PCisverygood
    • Thread
    • browser browser hijack browser hijacker Chrome Google hack Hijack internet virus windows windows 10
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Apps and Software
  6. R

    Question I'm having several issues with my PC

    Having issues with my PC 😢 I can't seem to pinpoint what the issue is. Sometimes my PC runs perfectly normal then it throws a fit out of nowhere! Please see some points below... Issues Freezing, mouse dragging slow, almost feeling heavy to pull across the screen Black screen flashes. The...
    • RedzoneDj
    • Thread
    • bsod crash Error freezing issues Malware problem virus
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Systems
  7. Z

    Question Rkill ending a process (Question about possible malware)

    Hey, guys! I hope you are all doing well! I usually try to run anti malware programs every 10 days or so on my computer (being paranoid after my last infection) So, I usually use (in this order, on the entire system): Rkill ADWCleaner Malwarebytes (detect rootkits enabled) Avast None of the...
  8. O

    Question Malicious software and hardware in mouse?

    Hello I assume a mouse like Logitech G302 can hold some data? Since it autoruns software / driver, when you connect it. 1. Can you transfer malicious software to a mouse like Logitech G302, and then use it to infect a computer with malicious software? 2. Can you scan a mouse like Logitech...
  9. mrtech9

    Question I think I got RAT somewhere.

    It all began a month ago when suddently my instagram account started following random people even though I have a two step verification, so there was no chance of somebody was getting into my account from another device. I just changed password and well, it stopped happening. Few days forward I...
  10. H

    Question Need help permanently removing explorer.exe (WR64.SYS) virus ?

    So everytime I open up my pc my CPU is running at 100% usage and it goes back down to just a few percent whenever I open up task manager (so a virus that hides itself is what that is surely). The process causing this is Explorer.exe and I've found that if I can go go to the details of that...
    • Hantr
    • Thread
    • CPU Usage 100% Explorer.exe virus wr64.sys
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows 10
  11. S

    [SOLVED] Thrown to desktop when system clock reaches 0 AM

    Hello! Im getting thrown to desktop while gaming, or using an app, exactly as the clock reaches 0 AM. It is not crashing or anything, just acts like i alt-tabbed out of everything automatically. My old PCs used to do this all the time for as long as i can remember, this one's running fresh...
  12. B

    Question Can't install Windows 10 because of virus?

    Help installing Windows 10 on laptop Hi everyone, A few days ago I caught a virus that created some automatic tasks trough task scheduler. I also downloaded a few program like Malwarebytes, HitmanPro and got rid of it. I wanted to make sure so I went and downloaded ISO of Windows and created a...
  13. TheFlash1300

    Question Security with absolute certainty ?

    I have very important files on my laptop , and I want to keep them safe from viruses and ransomware that can encrypt them and steal them from me. I have several back-ups, but I'm still paranoid. My question, is how to have absolute certainty that my laptop definitely doesn't have viruses? As...
    • TheFlash1300
    • Thread
    • computer Cyber Security Internet Security laptop malicious software Malware microsoft windows PowerShell ransomware security software virus windows windows 10
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Antivirus / Security / Privacy
  14. O

    Question Laptop with pre-installed malicious software, firmware or hardware?

    Dear all I have turned off Network adapters in Device Manager The laptop is not connected to a network 1. Can a laptop manufacturer install hardware, software or firmware, that could connect to the wifi, cellular without showing that the laptop has internet? And then use this “hidden”...
  15. O

    Question Kingston USB drive with pre-installed malicious software, firmware or hardware?

    Hello everyone I have bought several brand new in-package Kingston USB drives I have turned off Network adapters in Device Manager The computer is not connected to a network 1. Has there been any instances, stories etc., where a Kingston USB drive turned on /activated and used the network...
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    Question Urban VPN Considered Threat according to TotalAV

    So I do a full scan with TotalAV. I go to look at quarantine and found that UrbanVPN is considered a threat. I google if UrbanVPN is safe and I couldn't find a single website saying it's not unsafe. Everybody is saying it's safe. So my question is if it's not a threat, then why did TotalAV put...
  17. Megalow

    [SOLVED] Frequent crashes even after formatting and in Safe Mode, no overheating, no faulty HDD

    So, here's the case: My PC has been crashing (blue screen, gathering info and restarting) quite frequently lately, normally on moderate stressful actions like browsing and gaming (things that haven't shown any problems before). The most common issue was the "100% Disk Usage", I disabled a lot...
    • Megalow
    • Thread
    • 100 % usage 100 disk usage Crash and reboot crash and restart crash cycle hdd hdd 100% tech support virus
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Systems
  18. Enflict

    [SOLVED] CPU and GPU Clocked

    Hello. I recently built this new PC back in late December. I have been just fine with my speeds until I scanned a virus a couple of days ago, I removed it. I then installed Malwarebytes and did a FULL scan and it found nothing. My CPU and GPU Clock Speeds have been maxing out, my I9-11900k at...
  19. rgabor

    [SOLVED] SecurityHealthService blocked

    Hi! I recently got a virus that messed up my windows security service. I managed to remove the virus but services.msc still says that the service is blocked, and I cannot access windows defender. What can I do to re-enable the service? I'm using Windows 10 Home. View...
    • rgabor
    • Thread
    • blocked virus virus & threat protection windows
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows 10
  20. Croperinho

    Question Is my disk broken by a virus and I have to change it or its fixeable?

    Any weeks ago my nephew come home for vacations and used my PC to play some videogames, he installed many programs and after he left my PC, it stopped working and the disk missed his format. Now every time I turn on my PC I have to format the disk and reinstall windows because every time I...
  21. 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...
  22. PrisonMoose

    Question For the first 5-10 minutes, my applications fail to respond (VIDEO)

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixVUZtVQTMw I just keep getting prompted to "End process". This has only been a problem for about the past 3 weeks now. Its annoying. No idea if its a virus or what, but I'm pretty good at being cautious and secure.
    • PrisonMoose
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    • application not responding end process freezing Malware virus windows 11
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows 10
  23. malancinas

    [SOLVED] Virus / Keylogger pls help lol

    So this has occurred a few times over the last few weeks. Only happens sometimes but does happen and I cant find it with malwarebytes. When it happened just ten minutes ago i instantly did a malwarebytes scan and a few minutes in my PC crashed :// So what happens is when i (not always) past...
  24. J

    Question Stutters and FPS drops and lags in games

    So initially every game was running fine Apex legends and valorant both but then suddenly one day PC starting lagging and I checked and find it was bcoz of GPU throttling so opened it and check and thermal paste was try so I just replace it and even replaced thermal pads as old ones were dirty...
    • Jaspreet_816
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    • apex legends apex legends fps cooling csgo fps FPS Drops games gpu graphics card lags Stutters stutters in every game Thermal Compound Thermal Paste virus windows
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: PC Gaming
  25. Tommy Sawyer

    [SOLVED] I believe I may have a virus

    I was trying to remove Citrix today from my computer (desktop), and first used the Citrix Receiver desktop clean-up utility, then that didn't' work, so I used the Microsoft Install and Uninstall tool at...
  26. porcopine

    [SOLVED] How do I deal with EFDC ransomware virus ?

    Hi! so i have been attacked by a ransomware due to my stupidity and luckily the encryption lock was only on my drive D, although after reformatting drive D I've seen some files called EXT_GT4.dds.efdc, EXT_Banner.dds.efdc etc. (yes efdc is a virus attack that encrypted my D drive). Even after...
  27. 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...
  28. Malancinasn

    [SOLVED] Second hand laptop locked to a company domain

    I purchased this laptop two days ago abs the seller was quite dodgy with the interaction. I have deleted windows and restarted. When on the account page on fresh start the domain is set to a company which isn’t allowing me to create an account - I have to use offline account to use the laptop...
    • Malancinasn
    • Thread
    • bios reset second hand laptop virus windows windows reset
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Systems
  29. S

    [SOLVED] Website redirects - Generally harmless?

    Hi all, Sorry if this question doesn't fit here but I'd like to ask. I clicked on a website link and it redirected me to sites which on a virustotal check did not give obvious red flags and were generally "safe." The original website seemed to have been moved to another and I don't know if it...
  30. MoigenEugen

    [SOLVED] How do i access the data from my RAID Drives, which where in an array (High-Water Allocation Method RAID 0)?

    Hey guys, I would like to acess my data, but cant acess the drives. My situation: I set up my RAID 0 with high-water allocation method with 5 drives, 2x2TB and 3x1TB It was all just a normal PC with an unraid Boot Stick. I filled it up with 3,3TB of important files, windows backups etc. but I’m...
    • MoigenEugen
    • Thread
    • moqs nas server storage unRaid virus
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Storage
  31. T

    [SOLVED] Blocked traffic to svchost.exe

    A few weeks ago i got hit by a really nasty virus, but since i didn't have anything important on the laptop, i decided to install a fresh copy of Windows 10 from a USB. I deleted all partitions and formatted my drives, after installing, I updated my router's firmware and reset it, also changed...
    • Tashogeorgiev
    • Thread
    • blocked internet network svchost Traffic virus windows 10
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Networking
  32. 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...
  33. G

    [SOLVED] CMD pops up randomly ?

    A couple of days ago I installed a patch for Photoshop and right after that I am facing this problem. This cmd window pops up at startup and after that it randomly pops up and disappears. This is really annoying. I have tried everything, Malwarebytes, Rkill, running tronscipt, hitman pro. The...
  34. K

    Question A laptop HD with viruses in external cradle - can I safely scan and recover Word docs to a desktop?

    I have a laptop HD from a Windows 8.1 laptop that I suspect has viruses.... ...and of course I didn't back-up some Word docs before my laptop died. I have an external cradle and leads to connect it to an old (non-internet, Windows XP) desktop and view the HD on. Could I use the anti-virus on...
  35. T

    [SOLVED] Computer virus is active, but can't find it.

    Recently my computer got infected with a virus, which encrypted all my files with a .zzla extension and demanded a payment to get them back. Since all my valuable data was backed up, i decided that i would just reset windows entirely and it would kill the virus. I reset it from the settings...
  36. I

    Question C drive SSD keeps filling up (tried a clean windows 10 install no luck)

    Around a week ago I downloaded a malware which either broke my SSD or it just making my SSD shows inaccurate storage space. Thing is I have tried a clean install windows 10 yesterday creating a bootable usb from my gaming laptop. I deleted all partitions of my C ssd drive and formatted it...
    • Ing17
    • Thread
    • c drive Malware ssd storage virus windows 10
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Storage
  37. 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...
  38. I

    [SOLVED] C drive (SSD) keeps filling automatically (virus infected) done everything including resetting Windows 10

    Long story short, I downloaded a virus exe yesterday (all my fault). Ever since my SSD (C drive) had been filling itself automatically. Like 2 GB in 40 mins time or 100 mb every 10 mins. Tried everything including Anti virus check, malwarebyte, adwcleaner, ccleaner even restarting windows 10...
    • Ing17
    • Thread
    • c drive storage virus windows10
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Storage
  39. N

    [SOLVED] Randomly Appearing Startup file TVMON?

    hi my guys, anyone know what this TVMON file is? I read up that's a part of Canons files but I have never installed Canon or any photo based/printer based software prior - on top of that it seemingly appears and disappears in my task manager start up tab and cannot find it anywhere on my PC or...
  40. S

    [SOLVED] Weird pixel with shadow on the screen

    I tought its dead pixel but then I tried to take screenshot and it still appeared on the screenshot. I got this months ago on different position on the screen, I tought that I have virus or something, can someone help me please I dont know what it is
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