Recent content by MiloshDr

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    How do I get rid of a web hijacker when malwarebytes cant detect it

    Google redirects me to Yahoo, multiple google chrome process's are in task manager when nothing is open and I cannot end the tasks for some of them. Web browsers keep going unresponsive. I ran malwarebytes and it couldn't find anything. Well it did before, but then the next day I boot up my...
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    I need a small cheap laptop for college

    All I need it for is so I can do research (Going on the web), making excel graphs, power points, and word documents. Don't care too much about what its capable of doing, such as if the processing power or ram storage is high it isn't something I need. Just need to get the job done, no playing...
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    I need a cheap small laptop for college

    I already have a gaming computer so I am not looking for a fancy laptop that can play games or watch videos at high quality. The only thing I will be doing is typing code, doing notes with graphs, going on the web for research. I need this computer to run Microsoft word 2016, Excel, PowerPoint...
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    Got a Virus, what should I do

    Bing sent me to a fake download website which is now I am going back to google. It downloaded a bunch of crappy adware and probably some other malicious stuff. After that I tried to run a scan and all of a sudden my anti-virus got turned off. Then I went to system recovery and went back to the...
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    I keep getting a pop up, is this normal?

    http://imgur.com/PKveXq7 Here is the picture its asking if I want to proceed, and I have no clue what it is so I keep pressing no, and 10 mins later it pops back again. I never went to any sites and I'm more knowledgeable than the average compute user or security and virus safety but this I...
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    Am I safe from viruses?

    @Colif strangely Microsoft edge is quicker when I use it. Was chrome quicker for you? And is chrome more secure (as in can it defend from viruses or bad websites) better than edge?
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    Am I safe from viruses?

    @Colif Do you know any adblocks for Microsoft edge? Free ones
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    Am I safe from viruses?

    I recently went to a fake website because of Bing ads being displayed as the first results. Another reason why I like to use google, but bing rewards :( . When I went on the fake site it was a blank page for a split second with a changed URL of "tracker" something then redirected me to either a...
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    Did I go to a fake site?

    @photo I can't find any free adblockers for Microsoft edge. And another important thing to include when I clicked the link the URL changed to "tracker" something and redirected me to either the real site or a fake one *I don't want to go back to check*. I ran a mcafee quick scan and nothing...
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    Have anti-virus softwares become pointless?

    I read that modern day viruses have gotten so advanced that it can bypass the most sophisticated anti-virus software's, embed into the system and infect everything without you ever knowing it and that formatting or even reinstalling windows won't cut it if you plan on becoming virus free. Don't...
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    Did I go to a fake site?

    I typed in "League of legends" on Bing, and I clicked the first result which was marked as a Ad and the website had a URL like "leagueoflegends/F2P.com" The thing in that URL that scared me was the "F2P" I never seen that in the original. I ran a quick run security scan on McAfee and nothing...
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    Gaming laptop, does it matter what I plug in first?

    Does it matter if I plug the DC (Plug that goes into laptop) first then the plug that goes into the wall last? I heard rumour saying that the first wave of electricity passing through the adapter is not filtered as safe energy that your laptop can use, which is why you plug in the plug into...
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    Will any virus survive a system format

    By virus I mean worms, malware, anything that is bad basically no particular one. Or is it possible for a virus to embed in the system. How sophisticated can a virus be?
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    Is Norton Power Eraser a good anti virus

    It claims to get rid of viruses that are undetectable by most anti virus softwares. But strangly the regular Norton has a price, and why would they give out the power eraser for free? Is there something better at no cost?