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Computer Viruses
Computer viruses are harmful pieces of software which can reproduce themselves and automatically spread to other computers and networks. Questions about computer virus techniques and specific computer viruses belong here.
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Is it possible to get hacked if the hacker doesnt know any of your info?
First of all, the hacker has no reason to hack you unless some important files are on your computer, and we're talking about super-important sensitive government documents, not school projects.
And no, the hacker can't hack you if he doesn't have any of your information. The only way you can get hacked is when you get a rootkit/backdoor virus which gives the attacker control over your computer or if a hacker is messing around with random IP adresses and attacks yours.
get hold of a Bart pe disk, make it on a mate's PC if you don't have another. then once booted go to www.norton.com and finnd their free virus scanner. let it run, then Google the cures for the viruses.
get hold of a Bart pe disk, make it on a mate's PC if you don't have another. then once booted go to www.norton.com and finnd their free virus scanner. let it run, then Google the cures for the viruses.
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it can be tens of thousnads of dollars
What is psswcore error message?
This error message related to your HP Printer All-In-One , please uninstall the Printer software and then download the latest driver from HP for your Printer Specs and try to download the latest windows installer from the link below then try to reinstall the printer software.
If you still having issue run the system file checker:
sfc/scannow to correct any corrupt system files.
Can the WMSysPr9.prx file in Windows-XP contain malware?
Here is the result from virus total:
MD5: dc17dd0189b0c36d863b4dd0a036c10f
Date first seen: 2007-02-20 02:09:41 (UTC)
Date last seen: 2010-09-27 19:28:18 (UTC)
Detection ratio: 0/43
I think it is safe.
Sounds like the screen saver is coming on and messing things up for your game. Turn off the screen saver and see if that helps.
hi there... ijust had the same refog problem, but i have sussed it!!! open refog/kgb and in the top left go to tools.. uninstall,.. done...
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How do you report an Internet Attack?
A partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C).
www.ic3.gov/
How do you get rid of an internet file that pops up everytime you log on?
Check in Start -> Program Files -> Startup . Make sure that there is no internet file in there. If there is one, delete it or move it away from that folder.
If that does not solve the problem. Download Spybot Search and Destroy from safer-networking.org and run the search. Use this software to remove all the spyware that might have caused the problem.
If that still does not help then, go to Start -> Run... -> type in "msconfig" . Move to Startup tab and carefully scroll through the list. There should be one suspicious program that you don't know. Simply uncheck that box next to that program and next time you start your computer, it will not be loaded. Note: The final step should be carefully done or you might disable some features that you need.
MSconfig is the manual way of deleting cached internet files but it is risky so only disable one at a time and try it. Most likely you downloaded some form of adware, or spyware either by temporary internet files, active x, or just plain shareware, etc. their are some very good programs designed to prevent these startup windows from executing upon boot up like.
Microsoft anti spyware, which is a free beta on Microsoft's site.
Spybot search and destroy is a through software also
Hijack this, prevents the bad files from communicating with the host server
lavasofts ad aware, is a top notch program that also defends against spyware and unwanted ads
Also you could try cleaning out your temporary internet files via IE tools/ internet options/ temp internet files; clear files
Before cleaning your stysem make sure to set up a system restore point in case any important files are deleted like reg files or .dll files
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Go on startup programs and unchecked the invalid entry by the name of pop up coming. if it is still coming. it may be a spy ware/adware.to remove this pop up, scan your system to anti spyware.
Why icons move back to its position?
you might have the desktop settings so that your icons are gridded or fixed and they go back to their original positions instead of where you move them. to fix this, right-click on your screen and un-check "auto-arrange" and/or "align with grid".
What method will guarantee no virus for lifetime?
Disconnect from the INTERNET and never go on line again. Other than that there is no guaranteed method. The best you can do is to have good virus protection and keep it updated daily. Your protection is only as good as your last update. Do a Google search and read some articles on protecting your computer. You can also switch to a McIntosh computer. They a less venerable to virus threats.
How do you remove virus from ram?
RAM is cleaned when you power off your computer. Your virus is not on the RAM, it is on the hard disk and moves from there into RAM when you start up your computer. You need to remove the virus from the hard disk and then reboot it to clean the RAM.
How do you remove disk knight in usb?
Not big problem but just simply annoying. But is big problem once your pendrive can't open to read all the files inside. Is not going to help even if you format it. My usb pendrive was infected by Disk Knight several times. I had a laptop with avast antivirus installed. I plugin and it auto detect Disk knight as a virus and remove it immediately from my usb pendrive.
From my understanding, Avast is not a recommended anti-virus from Microsoft and the opposite, Disk knight is probably NOT consider as a virus under recommended anti-virus like panda, avg, Kaspersky, McAfee, etc..... Here is the list: http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/49500
So is simple, just install avast or remove it using any PC or laptop with another anti-virus (not necessary Avast). If you are going to backup your usb pendrive on your hard disk and format it, your pendrive is still infected with disk knight once you plugin.
Answerto remove it from usb drivedo not open your usb before you do this
open command prompt and type "{your usb drive letter}:" press enter
then type "attrib -r -a -s -h knight.exe" press enter
then type "del knight.exe" press enter
You randomly get this blue screen and it shuts down with this blue screen?
This was a problem I've had for quite a while. But, after catching up on my command prompt coding, I found the solution. Your disk of the hard drive is probably fragmented which will cause random bsods of random error codes. And, to make it worse, the bsod shuts down after a couple of seconds so you don't have time to copy the error. I will assume that you still can have access to your desktop with the exception that it shuts down randomly. Open your start menu. I hope you have Vista or Windows 7 because I forget how to do this in any of the other operating systems. Type "cmd" in the search box. At the top of the start menu, there should be a section that holds a program called cmd with an icon that is a black box with "C:\_" in it. Right click on this icon and click "run as administrator" in the menu that appears. A window with a black background and white text should appear. Now, type "chkdsk /r /f" and press enter. The command prompt will respond by giving a message saying about how chkdsk can't run. Ignore it. Just type y then press enter. It will respond with something like this operation will begin at next start up. Now, you restart your computer. When it restarts, your computer will boot, then go to a console-based OS looking screen (It's black with white letters). Let your computer sit for about an hour, or maybe a day depending on how badly messed up your hard drive was. chkdsk will probably fix your problem. It is a subroutine implanted into Microsoft OS that is designed to clean fragmented disks.
What is wrong when you turn your computer on it restart it self after the window has appeared?
I have that problem with my lap top as well. It usually means that you have a corrupted windows file, or missing file. When it attempts to load that file to get into windows, it chokes and resets. This can be caused by a virus (though unlikely), but can also happen if you delete files, or if (in my case), for example your computer crashes while installing an upgrade (like service pack 2). You should have a factory restore disk that should take care of the problem (unless you have HP cuz they suck like that), or possible full reinstall disks. Fully reinstalling will cause you to lose all of the things you had on it before, however, but a restore disk will not. Good luck, hope it helps.
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You know that the sad thing about life is there is always someone somewhere trying to ruin it for everyone else. These people who make these viruses, spywares and trojans aren't stupid people, actually they are quite smart but they have a burning desire to be jerks. You are right they are losers.
Is Avast Antivirus is Recommended Over Avg?
I've got new i5 Dell Laptop. I just started my career in online marketing. please guide which antivirus would be better for me.
A restore point in Windows XP/2000/98/95/Vista, is a back-up marker, created by the System Restore application, which save's data about the PC's settings, installed programs, and some user data. It is generally used when a change in the System (brought on by either installing a new program, getting a virus, or changing a setting, cause instability), then the restore point is called apon, and restore's the computer to the state it was in when the point was created.
A similar function is available in Mac OS X Leopard, called Time Machine, however it requires an external hardrive to function. It's advantages however are that it can restore any action (including the deletion of files) within it's range (it's range being dictated by the size of the External HDD) and also, it requires no user input whilst backing up, as the process is automatic.
OSD (On Screen Display) lockout. To resolve the issue you can hold the power button of the monitor until you get another message something similar to "OSD unlocked"....if the problem continues. Switch of the monitor and remove the power cable and connect it again.
I don't believe you can, you will need to contact your ISP.
A dynamic IP is an address that is assigned to you temporarily when you connect to the internet. For the duration of your stay it will remain the same (static) but when you disconnect and reconnect you will probably be given a different IP address. The address you had before will be given to someone else.
If you need a static IP you have to contact your ISP (Internet service provider) and ask them to asign you a static IP so you have an IP address permantly asigned to you which you can use very time you are connected.
You can not do it yourself because an IP address needs to be globally unique, you can't just pick one for yourself. It needs to be asigned to you.
For most users a static IP is undesirable. If you have a hole in your firewall and a dynamic iP then every time you disconnect and reconnect any hacker who found you on the first visit will find it much more difficult to find you again because your address will be different.
The only reason I know why you would need a static IP is if you want other users to be able to connect to your computer (ie Running a server.)
I believe you CAN DO IT , and its rather Simple use Dyndns get a Domain Name, it's all free. You can even then if you wanted to setup a Web server, but depending on who your ISP is they might block port 80 on Dynamic IP's so if your going to use Apache in the Http.conf file just change the first line that you see port 80 on, to another port such as anything above 4000 or so. Can also just setup Remote Desktop to Remote into your computer from where ever you are and access your files that way. Just make sure you use a super secure password and I mean mix it up, also if you can make it so that if you failed after 3 login's it locks the account for about 60min or so depends on what you want to set it to.
I do it this way with my web server and its works out rather nice I can run up to two Domain Names with DYNDNS and have two diff web servers running at the same time if your speed is good then it's really worth it. I know it saved me lots of times when I needed a file that was on my server at home just remote in copy to my laptop's desktop and get to work.
Peace out.
Is there a way for a company to know if its security measures are sufficient?
There are a lot of firms doing security testing (e.g. stress tests of your network and IT infrastructure, firewall and network penetration testing etc) - you may want to refer to a local yellow pages directory to find one-
What appears automatically based on tasks you perform?
Your computer's browsing history, internet logs, phone records, credit card transaction records, etc.
