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  1. C

    A lot of processes/programs are getting terminated/closed immediately (Malware/Virus?)

    Hey, When I try to start (almost any) program, it immediately closes again. This is true for a lot of executables (e.g. teamspeak3, LeagueOfLegends), any .txt and even a lot of windows processes (like settings, regedit, systemrecovery etc.). They all immediately freeze for a second after...
  2. Isaac Hart

    Computer blue screen on shutdown, can't do any Windows updates

    Title. It's been a month, every shutdown causes a blue screen. As well as I can't install any Windows updates. They all get stuck on 0 percent and then error out.
  3. A

    Solved Possible remote control threat

    I have been receiving this strange error the past couple of days, that a file: "GL503GE_pre.sign" was unable to be copied. GL503GE is my laptop model, but I am not copying this file, I wasn't even able to find out any info about it. I don't know what is causing it, I scanned my PC using...
  4. Anthony Vain

    Solved Worried about Malware tanking performance (Laptop, Windows 10)

    We've had this laptop now for two years, and I've noticed during these last few months that the performance has somewhat tanked. Like earlier today I only had a browser opened, and when I went to file explorer it took a few seconds to open. To add to that, whenever i right click on file explorer...
  5. V

    Message that says "No" appearing on screen. Unable to move or interact

    I've been having some performance issues on my computer lately and I chalked it up to SteamVR being laggy after an update. Strange things have started happening though and I'm starting to think I have a virus. Just today I received a message on my desktop simply saying "No" in plain text inside...
  6. P

    Reboot loop help [Nothing working]

    Hello, whoever is reading this! Some time yesterday, my computer must have hit a bug because it went black and is stuck in a reboot cycle. I have tried using all the general fixes, but it always runs into a problem. So, I checked youtube, and have resorted to using the cmd to fix, but reseting...
  7. J

    Boot Sector Virus

    Hello, To start off, I know this is a virus without question and I am unable to get into windows or even install it via a bootable drive due to an error message popping up when I get to the copying files part. I've noticed that GRUB is installed on my PC suddenly and I've never installed...
  8. H

    amazon scam question

    amazon account locked scam help Amazon Locked scam question I recently accidentally clicked on a Amazon scam email that claimed that I was locked out of my account. Upon later inspection I realized that the message claimed to need my account info, and credit card info; but at the time i had...
  9. StayExcellent

    A lot of Issues suddenly came up...

    So about a day ago my pc started to get random crashes on programs like task manager, file explorer and just many other applications in general. It also freezes sometimes while typing (so far only noticed on discord and steam) but Task Manager says my components are doing fine and are not...
  10. ymcolah

    How do I change file sizes to Zero-Byte (or tiny) while keeping their names ?

    I had a virus infection lately. As a result a lot of files were renamed with the "Adame" extension. Also, the content of the files were changed making them unusable. Now what I'd like to do is keep the files with their current names and zero out (or make tiny) their size. Is there a way to do...
  11. Pedio

    I can't get rid of a virus

    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...
  12. Newbie263738

    Solved Did windows defender fail to protect me?

    So few minutes ago I downloaded zip file which had trojan in it. Windows defender told me about that. So i thought everything was ok, until suddenly my taskbar disappeared. So I restarted my computer. Now windows is win defender showing me this ( pic below). What does it mean and what should I...
  13. Okama

    Closed/Inactive Weird undetectable malware

    Okay so I'm quite a noob on this whole computer thing, so I don't know where to find the logs or even what specs my computer has. It's an RoG, so it's supposed to be quite resistant, with McAfee SafeSearch to protect my browser and Avast if needed. I have this weird thing happening since a week...
  14. dannyd3942

    Best antivirus+ antimalware software

    So I was researching virus protection software after messing up my PC and realized that for my laptop I would need antivirus software but also antimalware software, I'm leaning towards Bitdefender Antivirus Plus and Malwarebytes Has anyone ever used these and would they recommend them or would...
  15. D

    Closed/Inactive Windows cmd.exe transferring files on its own

    Hi All! I'm having some (potential) issues. I added AdBlocker Extension to chrome that ended up having a lot of bloatware on it and ultimately not doing what it was advertising. So I got rid of it and the other unwanted extensions it added by itself (including go.mail.ru, which took over not...
  16. T

    Solved Help with removing adware

    Yesterday, i found google chrome to be redirecting me to other webpages and spamming me with adverts, so i looked around and found that this is called adware. So i followed a few threads and installed malwarebytes which found an adware program along with some other stuff. So i removed them...
  17. T

    Solved Is my pc clean?

    I ran anti malwarebytes, zemana, junkware removal tool, adwcleaner, zhpcleaner,rogue killer and eset online scanner. Nothing was found, but i am still curious if there is anything left, since i've had a trojan svchost.exe virus that i removed instantly after i got it. Logs from FRST: Scan result...
  18. tobi19

    Solved Chrome popups, viruses etc.

    Ok, so this started like 1-2 days ago... All of a sudden I started getting all these popups viruses, ads. etc. For example, every time I search for something (doesn't matter what) the first 3 results are from this iq option page, or some other similar. I tried everything, reinstalling Chrome 2-3...
  19. F

    Solved 2017-03-11 - Back for more

    Hi all, About a week after my last visit I noticed a browser hijack. I opened a page and in just under a second the browser loaded a page claiming to be a Firefox update page, and it popped up a download window asking me to download a javascript file. It's been busy at work so I haven't had...
  20. G

    Solved Virus/malware or something else? Keyboard issue

    Laptop: Sony Vaio VPCEB2C5E running Windows 7 While visiting websites for a project (investment websites - didn't think there was anything dodgy) my laptop started performing strangely. Several of the keys stopped working - p, shift, odd numbers (1,3,5,7,9), and backspace. If I pressed them...