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MERGED QUESTION Question from tenukpcgame : "Again??How to block it?"

How long have you had your laptop? Your HDD might be Knockin' on Heaven's Door. You'll want to start backing up your data to a cloud service or to another HDD.

It was either defective or perhaps power surges have damaged it. You should be able to get a new one if it is still under warranty.

Try using OpenDNS, as they have built in malware protection. Try fully deleting your browsers and reinstalling them. Are you performing full scans with "scan for rootkits" enabled in MalwareBytes? Are you using the latest version of MalwareBytes (3.1.2)?

https://fast.com/ Run a speed test here to see if you are getting your 50Mbps from your ISP The speed you get from your ISP is unrelated to your LAN speed. The only thing that would bottle neck your ISP speed would be if your router could only support anything less that 50Mbps

There should be a way to add the file extensions as an exception. But of course, this could open you up to attacks. https://blog.avira.com/exceptions-avira-antivirus-3-steps/

Run a full scan with Malwarebytes and make sure "scan for rootkits" is enabled. You might have to uninstall Chrome. Maybe try using Firefox. Switch your DNS servers to OpenDNS 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220 OpenDNS can "kill" the connection of the ransomware.

I suggest Windows Defender if you are using Windows 8 or 10 and Security Essentials for Windows 7. Why? Antivirus software is increasingly becoming targets themselves for attacks. Microsoft follows better security practices. Use Malwarebytes once in a while to scan. Use an adblocker like uBlock...

Malwarebytes is safe. Remove Trend Micro and use Windows Defender. Trend Micro is full of vulnerabilities. https://www.malwarebytes.com/mwb-download/

Try downloading this https://www.malwarebytes.com/mwb-download/ make sure "scan for rootkits" is on. Run a threat scan or if you have the time, a full scan. Apparently Trend Micro might be full of bugs according to this, granted this article is a few months old, but it highlights some of the...

What version of Windows are you using? You might want to use Security Essentials on Windows 7 which is pretty good now according to AVTest and Defender on 8.1 and up. Why? Well, apparently third party anti-virus can make your browser less secure, anti-virus themselves are becoming targets for...

If it's not too much of a hassle, you should do a clean install of your PC. Make sure you change all of your passwords to your emails and banking. Make sure that you always have up to date anti-virus installed. Reset your modem and router. They most likely got in from an email attachment or if...

Most email services should have a page in the security settings that will let you see the IP address and location of who tried to login regardless of whether it was successful or not. And on a side note, it's generally not a good idea to use your full name here.

https://www.malwarebytes.com/mwb-download/ Make sure "scan for rootkits" is enabled in the options and do a full scan.