Worm

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...

I'm not completely sure if this is even a virus or not, but there's an application on my PC named "Bywater.exe". I've tried to do research on it and there are no results. At first random ads/commercials would run in the background (I could only here audio) and sometimes a weird looking white...

Hello everyone, My new laptop (ASUS A555LF X409T i3 version) with windows 10 Home edition got infected with W32-Tapin Worm (Diagnosed by Avira) I believe that it got infected with W32-Tapin worm while I was copying data from my old laptop’s HDD – I had used the old laptop’s HDD (as an external...

Hello everyone, i got this 'shortcut virus' problem at my office.It started when they plug in to everyone PC's without scanning or checking before open it up.Now the virus has spread around my office. The question is, does anyone know how to remove it from PC?How to find it? Im glad if u guys...

Hi first post. If you perform your backups to a Write Once Read Many (WORM) drive would that prohibit Ransomware from propagating to your backups?

Hey there people. Sometime ago, my PC was infected with Ground.exe virus which made .exe(s) with a prefix of "g" . For example, if I ran Photoshop.exe, then it would create a gPhotoshop.exe in the same directory and make this .exe a system hidden file. Today, I un-hide all the system files and...

I was just working on my computer when my AV (Avira) popped up with: I investigated it, and I noticed those two files. I checked for other instances of it, but I didn't find anything. Also, I noticed that the autorun.inf in there was 57KB, but didn't really notice it. 15 seconds later, my AV...

Hey everyone, So, is their such a thing? It would be real handy to find a website that gives me details on the latest viruses, worms etc. Information ranging from when it appeared, how much damage it's caused, circulation and so forth. A few Google searches didn't help me other then top 10...

Hello tom'sHardware community, I am thinking about making a separate super-secure netbook/laptop for financial transactions (mostly just because I am a little paranoid, and also just for fun). So I came up with these question: Which operating system (Linux/Unix distributions, OS X, Win 8...

Hello guys! TL;DR: an USB pendrive infected me, now it creates shortcuts on usbs, also msconfig, regedit, system restore, and everything related is disabled. halp. 2 days ago, a friend of mine wanted to show me a video he was working on, so he proceeds to insert his USB pendrive, when i open...

Can I have both Avast and Malwarebytes installed at once? I read that they can work together. Like one is the real time Virus scanner and the other gets rid of the other stuff? Can you please explain?

Every time i install any game, this pop up message comes (in the screen shot). it shows that the file has been repaired but its actually not, i keep on getting this pop message while installing Resident Evil 5 (and was unable to install it).

There are some viruses in my Pc which keep coming back - Trojan:Win32/neurevt.ab Worm:Win32/dorkbot. TrojanClicker:win32/Gingplog.a VirTool:win32/INJECTOR.GEN!DD Trojan:Win32/Lethic.B and Lethic.I Trojan:Win32/anaki.a and many more And the keep coming back Aand the worst thing - it has...

We hear a lot about viruses and Trojans, but not much about worms. What exactly is a computer worm, what does it do and how can you protect yourself from one? Computer Worms: What They Are and How to Stop Them : Read more

That's no moon — it's TheMoon, a newly discovered, and easily preventable, worm that infects Linksys routers. Linksys Routers Targeted by Mysterious New Worm : Read more

Cryptolocker, which holds hard drives hostage, is now a worm – it can spread among computers without relying on humans. Cryptolocker Ransomware Evolves to Spread on Its Own : Read more

Hello, card error or possible worm caused the loss of a video of daughter. Not sure how to handle this.

Sir how do I get my video back now? Pictures are in tack. Lost a video of my daughter in a performance.

Recently my friend was infected with a skype worm that started to send links to everyone in his contact list which downloads a file if you click on it. This file causes your computer to become infected with the same skype worm. I stupidly clicked that link that my friend posted, but I...

Hello I'm a PC Technician/Software Developer for a company. Someone recently brought in a laptop that was infected like crazy with worms and rootkits. Now I'm not sure if the worm is still there, but every time any virus scanner reaches clb.dll in c:\windows\system32\ the computer locks up. Now...