Virus

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    Solved! Get Rid of Annoying Virus

    I was recently the lucky recipient of a wonderful virus. I let a family member use my laptop and the rest is history. I managed to stop the annoying pop ups but I still can't open avg. Zemana found a few and deleted them but now it keeps crashing. Rkill helped to stop a few processes. HitmanPro...
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    ryptoMiner, Trojan.AU, Lost Admin Access, New Admins

    The event took place on October 13, 2018. My laptop got infected by a cheat for a game downloaded by my classmate without my consent. After the infection, I lost my ability to: Administrator Rights Open TaskManager Open ControlPanel Everything except the browser and some applications...
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    Please translate this!

    ἓ⩼枎꧍❦뤸⫏䚘퇐 that is a virus I found on my computer I tried all possible ways to delete it but it doesn't work. its one of those virus' that say I need permission but I don't know how to "Get that permission". please translate it and tell me how to get rid of it.
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    Need Help! BGTX ransomware victim

    Hello, Today I've noticed that majority of all the files in the computer has been locked and its extension changed to BGTX. I understand that its a ransomware attack so I was wondering how to fix this and resolve this issue. I've googled BGTX malware/ransomware but I got hits on very sketchy...
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    Solved! Ransom.dat (Hermes) issue

    Found ransom.dat in my user folder and Hermes folder in %appdata% folders (also found it briefly running on Task Manager), what should I do? My antivirus sees it as no threat. Should I move it to the Recycle bin?
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    Possible Virus that I can't get rid of.

    I recently formatted my laptop and reinstalled Windows 8 because my system was displaying odd symptoms, such as high disk usage, lagging, and a strange pop up on Facebook. I did full scans on the laptop with Kaspersky AV, Malwarebytes, Superantispyware, HitmanPro, but I never received any bad...
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    Downloading sites offline shows links to porn sites in the code

    Not sure I'm posting this in the right section but I downloaded a friends site using ctrl +s and noticed that there were a whole lot of links to porn sites - his site is a law firm. I thought it was odd so I downloaded the site using wget and there were no links to external sites. So I...
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    can a virus from an infected computer transfer to a clean USB on its own?

    Hi, my computer has been infected with a malware that I can't seem to get rid of. I will probably end up doing a format of my harddrive, but before I do that I wanted to manually grab some files (mostly some docs and some videos, no executables). My question is, can a virus transfer itself to a...
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    Computer began running cmd.exe and running downloads on its own

    I was away from my PC for about 3 minutes, and when I came back to it items were opening and closing fast. It looked like a couple cmd prompt items ran and when I was it open Run i shut off the PC immediately. I started it back up and looked at the Run history and saw "SystemPropertiesAdvanced"...
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    windowsdefender club’s virus

    every day when i turn on the pc, a webpage in chrome pops up with this msg: This site can’t be reached windowsdefender.club’s server IP address could not be found. Search Google for windows defender club warning download ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED and this is the link of what is trying to open...
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    I've recently purchased a pc, only using tablets for the last 2 years. The new pc would not let me even get fully set up befo

    I have recently purchased a pc after using only tablets for a couple of years. The pc got me partway thru the setup then said I was infected with some kind of "porn" virus. Is it the pc....or could it be connected with my user name and why isn't it affecting my tablet...or is it and I'm...
  12. mangaman

    malwarebytes found exe.part file in temp folder

    So malwarebytes scanned my drive, but found an exe.part file in the temp folder of firefox. I quickly deleted it and did another scan with malwarebytes, avast and hitman pro. Nothing else came up. What is an exe.part file, and should I be concerned that malwarebytes found it? My system is...
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    Is this a virus ?

    http://I have never seen this before is this virus or not ?
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    I think i have a virus on my samsung tablet. Sometimes i get pop ups on the screen even if im not in any app.

    I dont know why on my screen appeas sometimes some pop ups even if im not in any app
  15. Fire099

    Malwarebytes and the virus

    I have Malwarebytes Premium (idk if that would help) and recently I have tried to download some trainers. Normally what happens is Malwarebytes deletes the file, and then I scan it then make it an exception. I do this because I know why the file is being detected as a virus/potential threat and...
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    Solved! Unable to remove Shortcut Virus

    Hello. I' gonna keep it short. I put a USB on my pc and I noticed some weird shortcuts (DCMI, Photo family etc) and I couldn't delete them. I figured out it could be a virus so I removed the USB. Later I restarted my pc and I got an error saying Windows Script Host Error something like ((loading...
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    Is there a way to know if a zip files contain virus?

    Hello, Its been a long time since im here, like 1 years ago? Have been taking a good care for my new pc since then thanks to you guys. So just like title said, is there a way? In case you are wondering what i want to download https://www.ziperto.com/pokemon-ultra-moon-update-1-2/ Im planning...
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    Virus on Galaxy s7

    I think i have a virus in my Galaxy s7. Or atleast i think it's a virus seeing as it wasn't there when i got the phone, i haven't updated the os since purchasing it, and it just appeared on my phone one day. When it first appeared, it forcefully turned on alert notifications for every single app...
  19. xghoststrike

    Is the virus still alive? what do I do.

    A couple of days ago I got a pretty nasty virus, I spent an entire day trying to get rid of it but wasn't able to, actually, after all my work it ending getting worse and causing more problems. I called quits and formatted my OS drive and reinstalled windows 10. After getting my normal software...
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    Random music and ads. Please help!

    Hi. I have this virus like problem that plays random music and ads constantly. It starts during the boot process, before the login screen. It is not detected by Malwarebytes or Kaspersky antivirus. I am running Windows 10.
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    Is this a virus or something?

    So pretty recently a new program has sprung up on my computer. I only new about it because avast stopped the process. I stupidly ignored this but its really annoying me now. Its name is taganekam.exe. I looked it up because why not. No results. Just some african country or something. Anyway, i...
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    Ragnarok Arena Pop Up is Wrecking Me, Please Help!

    Hey Everyone, Yesterday I started getting a strange self opening tab on my Chrome browser. It would begin to go to a random site then be redirected to theragnarokarena(dot)com. With a little research I learned that this can be pretty nasty. At first it was an annoying popup in Chrome, but within...
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    Solved! AMozilla Afirefox ? fake folders ?

    I found these files in AppData\Roaming there are so many files to list, im going to post screenshots for you to see https://imgur.com/a/V62kKeE are they legit mozilla files ? why can i not find anything on goolge about it
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    Discovering bitcoin miner virus

    What is the best program to dicover these viruses? I recenty had 4, discovered with Malwarebytes, I think that my PC is clean (scaned againg with Malwarebytes and Avast free, all clean) but when surfing I got small GPU usage spikes. Is that normal? Picture: https://imgur.com/a/7qg3B7B
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    Logged out from every account

    I restarted my laptop and found out that I was logged out from every account of mine in every app or website I was using. I am using 2015 MacBook Pro. I was logged out of Chrome, Safari, Facebook, icloud, Grammarly and what not? Please help me to know what has happened.
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    what causes the virus to rename a system file?

    what is the purpose for the virus to rename a system file in the computer and what are the solutions with tools and best practices to take when this problem has occured
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    Random programs opening on my computer

    When i'm on my computer at the corner of my eye i can see a program opening on my taskbar i was wondering what it was and i still dont know what it is but recently someone tried to log into my playstation account so i'm not sure if I've been keylogged or if i have a virus. i have 3 anti virus's...
  28. N

    Unknown programs in task manager getting BSOD possibly

    So I've been getting the BSOD for about 3 days now and it's one of two possibilities. GPU drivers. (already tried switching cards) Or these programs that i can't find out what they are CUS-gui CUS-mw CUS-mw-helper whenever I've deleted these programs i have not had a crash so i believe that it...
  29. M

    "I am sorry !!!!" and Trojan.Renamer

    Hello everyone. i have this issue which i think my computer is infected. my DFX Sound Enhancer's user interface has "i am sorry!!!" written on it. i've looked up about this and there's not much information about this. Here's link to the picture. https://imgur.com/YW1ave8 I found a suspicious...
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    Avast will warn me of Rayjump?

    Over the span of about 4 - 5 days, Avast has alerted me of a threat called rayjump trying to get into my computer. This has only happened twice so far. It will tell me it's been blocked, but as far as I know, I have not gone anywhere malicious and the only thing I've downloaded for the past...
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    Solution: How to stop utarget.ru virus.

    I was actually very worried when this virus started redirecting me to it's page so I started to look for guides to fix it, but, it just straight up closed the browser if you entered 90% of the guides sites. It turns out. the solution isn't as hectic one might think (at least, it wasn't for me)...
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    Undetectable virus on my computer?

    Hi Today while in discord I encountered an error where things started being typed in my chat section and entered, random digits, and started spamming the chat. Some of the links were to a final fantasy achievement, http://xivdb.com/achievement/2107/ultimatum , and other random characters at...
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    How to delete a virus i dont have permissions for

    I downloaded a peice of software yesterday, but with it came copious amounts of malware and trojans etc. I disabled my AV to get the application to run, but the application ran numerous viruses, adware etc. I deleted a file called Lithograph. But it kept coming back and now it says i dont have...
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    keyboard not working properly

    my keyboard suddenly stopped working properly a few days ago. Certain keys wont type in upper or lower case. Seems as the shift key isn't working properly either. I went to restore it to and earlier time and found out someone (Im thinking a virus) turned it off. hmmm so i couldn't use that. I'm...
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    Possible virus that automatically stop when task manager is open

    CPU usage spikes up immediately after i closed the task manager and vice versa Ran a quickscan with malwarebytes and found nothing, currently running a full system scan which while take long time right now I'm just wondering if anyone ever had a similar problem like this and maybe can be of help
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    A very strange virus on my computer. Please help

    I don't think I have ever seen something like this ever before. The basic issues start with the fact that my computer is slow as s##t. Now I have been meaning to do a factory reset on it for a while now but it may be too late. The second issue is that every two hours this virus opens a tab on...
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    Windows defender wont give me access to turn it off

    I've looked absolutely everywhere and cannot find answers. My windows defender, when I go to the Virus & threat protection tab that youd usually go to to access "turn off/on realtime protection" it doesnt let me access any of the settings with a message in red that states. "Your virus and threat...
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    Virus Who make shortcut

    How To Remove a virus from usb or pen drive who make shortcut of the files in usb and pen drive
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    Comm surrogate virus

    I’m getting 3 or 4 com surrogate tasks running in my task manager Ik it’s a virus I need to fix it right now plz help me
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    Laptop bug virus

    My laptop is having some kind of bug , it keeps selecting the first icon on desktop while i select other icons . Help me with
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    Possible virus lost all admin rights and internet

    Need help, I have a toshiba laptop I think I have some sort of virus as I have lost my administration access, my internet and my audio. So I cannot run any antivirus software from a usb or run any troubleshooting. Can anyone help?
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    Programs running multiple times in task manager

    Hi there, I have programs running multiples times, and next some of the program I see *32 ,so am not sure whether this is a malware or virus. This started 3 days ago and I have malwarebytes and superanti spyware, but still the issue exists, can I get solution for this please? thank you...
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    Solved! Virus took admin controls help pls

    Hi, I was trying to get fortnite cheats and i got like a billion viruses the only ones that are left prevent me from doing admin stuff i just want to factory reset my pc but it wont let me. I have tried net user administrator /active:yes in cmd run as admin but that didn't change i still cant...
  44. JP7PlaysMC

    Svchost.exe eating almost 50% of my CPU.

    Hello forum! After messing about with some downloads a weird thing started to happen with a particular svchost.exe, as in it started eating almost 50% of my CPU (I7 4790). When I open the task manager it has no name, so whilst other services say "Service Host [...]" this one doens't. It's also...
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    Really strange virus

    I recently got a virus that randomly opens 18+ ads on my browser, I tried scanning with Malwarebytes, it got instantly shut down, I tried Windows Defender, the real time protection kept closing itself, I tried the eset one time online scanner it closed my browser. I think it infected the...
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    Solved! Checking if external drive has virus

    Hey there. I just removed my old and dead laptop's hard drive, and I want to somehow make sure it doesn't contain a virus before I go through the content of it on my new PC. What is the best way to check if it has a virus or not without risking my new PC getting infected (in case it has one)...
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    Suspicious looking folder found in C:

    In the C: directory on my pc i found 3 folers: "0d3a5576777f6191d0781897924c" "3ba16a959c84eae44fc52ebe" and "933218b9005bdbb636748cb1". They all contain an install.exe file in them. Are they a virus? My antivirus does not not register them as a virus and I even tried hitman.
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    Yotube.com (Not youtube.com) Virus

    I accidentally misspelled you tube and was directed to a strange page. I checked on a safe computer and this url is different every time and seems to link to brokers, free item offers and other crap. How possible is it that i have been infected? Mod Edit for Language :no:
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    How To Mobile Factory Reset Without Any Lose Data our .....?

    Hello Guys Our Community Am Looking Experts Answer How to Mobile Reset With out Any Lose Data our Mobile already Hang No Any Option Is Working I think its virus So Plz My Moile model is Infinix Zero3 Commercial Spam link removed by Moderator.
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    Shortcut Virus on USB Flash Drives

    Hey there
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    Securitycheck.pdf False positive or virus?

    Hello Guys. I had noticed earlier today, that i might have had a virus, either way, i decided to just freshly install windows 10 as it has been a long time since i've last done so. However, after getting AV, Steam and drivers installed Avast popped up saying i had gotten a virus from a dokument...
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    I am afraid to boot my computer

    Okay, I'm kinda afraid to boot ny computer, since I might have ran a virus inside a game as a jar file. After I *possibly* got infected around 2-3 minutes passed and some of my fans started making strange noice. Like it was gonna explode. And my shutdown took forever (maybe it's because I ran...
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    RegAsm.exe Virus Help.

    Malware bytes keeps blocking a program that is trying to open a website Kissmecrew,chickenkiller.com. (Still doing it now) I'm quite sure deleting RegAsm.exe would fix it but is it a smart idea to delete RegAsm?
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    Virus from google link

    I was recently sent a google link and without thinking i presed it. I got to a google page that said you are being redirected to another site. Can i get a virus from just this redirect page or am i safe?
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    PC runs slow after ridding a virus

    Any idea's? PC is processing stuff slower after I got rid of a annoying regenerating virus.
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    Solved! adware problem o chrome

    so i whas downloading a game and without noticing the file i open it but it didnt do anyting then i go se the file and i noticed that it was only 1.20 mb so i deleted it and then i turned of the pc, and went to sleep. the next day i go to the pc and my chrome starts opening and opens tab with...
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    After 360 Security Virus Clean-up. Audio in laptop is gone.

    So A few days ago, I installed 360 security anti-virus and i scanned for viruses and cleaned it up so ever since the audio in my laptop is gone. Anybody can help please do? I checked Device Manager it says all drivers are installed and working and it also shows on my volume tab that volume is on...
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    Got a pretty annoying virus

    So I downloaded something off the wrong site and got a virus. Now I have a bunch of random stuff on my pc. One called Reidel.exe, another one called sicken.exe, and another one called online-guardian.exe and I'm pretty sure it gave me a svchost.exe virus as well. Any idea how to rid of these...
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    Antivirus uninstall and quarantine

    I want to uninstall my paid expired antivirus but I have one question? In my av quarantine file I have to many trojan virus in that . Then what happend to quarantine file if I uninstall my av. I think all virus will re enter in my PC. And also in exclude file I have my game files from...
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    Fake Youtube Replica?

    I was searching for YouTube videos, clicked something, and then ended up on something that wasn't youtube (I didn't check the link). When on the site, it nearly looked like a complete YouTube replica with the exact same logo style, but with a different name. It looked really fishy to me and I...