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Slow puter that also freezes

Posted in wrong forum, sorry My bro's computer. Slow and freezes a lot on him. Did a Spybot S&D, had over 800 problems that we cleaned up. Did all scans. OTL notepad froze up so don't have a txt...

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Cant find the root problem

My wifes Dell w/XP Pro (SP3) is acting like its infected. Freezes, stalls, slow page refreshes, all the common symptoms. Inside Task Manager one Service Host grows and grows sucking up memory. Ive put...

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[Trojan] After doing a System Restore I keep getting this trogan

Over a week ago I did a complete system restore of my computer because it had become quite slow (It's 7 or so years old, never done a system restore on it). I did the system restore through the...

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[Trojan] Trojan / Malware

Earlier this afternoon, I opened a pdf file on my Energy Supplier's website using Foxit at which time Malwarebytes ( Pro ) indicated that it had detected and quarantined the following files. I was...

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[Rootkit] Looking for a possible problem

In re: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r28139118-someone-attempted-to-take-over-my-cell-phone I'm suspicious that something is going on, and I"m trying to cover all of my bases. I've gone down the list...

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Redirects

Hello All, I have been having problems with some redirects. I run Malwarebytes, it finds a couple things then deletes them. But the next day, it happens again. So, I ran ESET online scanner and it...

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[Malware] Malware Issue

I got an email that my computer was infected with something and my ISP notified me that the system was infected. I suspect it was done on the Kids' profile. I immediately ran MBAM and it seemed to have...

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How to remove Qvo6

Hello, i don't think i am infected but its still that annoying. I post my question here, because I'm not sure where else to put it. So i want to remove this toolbar that recently appeared on my PC. It...

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Microsoft security essentials problem

I got the FBI virus. I got as far as opening "My Documents", Regedit and started a restore. Couldn't find how to fix it. Took it to my local PC guy. He got rid of the virus. I am having a problem with...

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How to Remove Facebook Fake Survey 3?

Not sure how I got this as I don't have or use Facebook. Running Norton. Ran a scan and nothing but Tracking Cookies was found. Ran 2 online scans and nothing was found. Ran Norton Power Eraser and...

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[Spyware] InfoAtoms?

A few days ago, I was running a Malware Bytes scan and it popped up with PUP.InfoAtoms as Registry keys. It also seems to have installed some Firefox extension as well. But it's disabled and with no...

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[Virus] 100% cpu usage when browsing

I'm working on my buddies dads rig. Loading a web causes the cpu to spike 100%, sometimes for as long as ten seconds depending on the page, crippling the machine. Celeron 2.2G 1G RAM, XP sp3, IE8, I'm...

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[Malware] How can I remove fbi virus without hitman pro?

how can I get rid of the fbi virus on windows xp when hitman pro is already on the computer but expired? It won't even run it off of the flash drive I created. If I install windows 7 on this xp...

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Malware infection

There was lapse in antivirus software. Computer started running slowly and shutting down. Used the following from the FAQ TFC.exe Malwarebytes anti malware ADW Cleaner TOL.exe Security Check ESET...

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[Trojan] Laptop Infected with Audio Advertisements

PC Laptop became slow and overheats quickly. Windows Explorer stops working. Computer shuts down. Constant audio "popups" of random advertisements and strange audio commentary, one of them in French...

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[Adware] Win 7 laptop infected w/ backup ads, browser redirects,

Win 7 laptop infected w/ PUPs, backup ads (popups), browser redirects, etc. Yesterday I spent hours in control panel remove programs trying to remove all the unwanted programs. Some uninstallations...

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Need your help please

Downloaded a program from CNET download.com which "used" to be a reputable site and installed "Sweetpacks toolbar" on my computer and I declined everything the installer ask. B.S. Anyhow... the toolbar...

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i think im infected

my laptop has become slow, and sometimes at start up unresponsive like something is running at startup that shouldn't be, i participated in some online surveys the other day and it seems to of happened...

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Help. Several symptoms

(Sorry, not sure if I've got all of these events in order.) A little slow, but main symptoms: 1) Did Java update on Dec 16 -- when done, was doing weird things. One I can remember, taskbar strange:...

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[Virus] I have twunk_32 server + misc.

Ok, I was looking up the Samsung Push Service for my Note2, and this site galaxytabforum had something bad or i had a vulnerability. Java popups about installing different things came up. Then, when I...

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