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Try downloading and running 'malwarebytes', I find it better than AGV for locating a bug once it's on the computer.
Computer virus...dammit
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Try downloading and running 'malwarebytes', I find it better than AGV for locating a bug once it's on the computer.
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Try this.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/937993
And only go to pr0n sites that you trust
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Try this.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/937993
And only go to pr0n sites that you trust
Thanks skc.
Turns out it was an add on for Firefox I installed a few days back. I would have thought they'd all be checked by Mozilla.
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Thanks skc.
Turns out it was an add on for Firefox I installed a few days back. I would have thought they'd all be checked by Mozilla.
So it's fixed ?
Worth downloading this -
http://www.revouninstaller.com/revo_uninstaller_free_download.html
Take the free one, I had a virus in Firefox recently , in the end I uninstalled it using Revo as it does the job better, reinstalled FF and all ok.
Eset is very good,
http://www.eset.com/us/online-scanner/
Takes a little while but very efficient,I use it on customers computers when all else fails.
When you are sure you are clean,and you have a bank account with NAB,they have a 6 month free antivirus available,it is only for NAB customers,bit hard to find,just login and go to security.
Its called Webroot SecureAnywhere,I find it a very confident antivirus with extra system tools for stopping of unwanted start up processes.
Uses very little resources and is right up there in antivirus detectors.
Seems to be no limits on downloads as we have 7 computers in the house and I have installed it also on customers systems.
http://www.eset.com/us/online-scanner/
Takes a little while but very efficient,I use it on customers computers when all else fails.
When you are sure you are clean,and you have a bank account with NAB,they have a 6 month free antivirus available,it is only for NAB customers,bit hard to find,just login and go to security.
Its called Webroot SecureAnywhere,I find it a very confident antivirus with extra system tools for stopping of unwanted start up processes.
Uses very little resources and is right up there in antivirus detectors.
Seems to be no limits on downloads as we have 7 computers in the house and I have installed it also on customers systems.
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I ignore all notices to update Firefox because every time I've done so, a problem has resulted immediately afterwards.Thanks skc.
Turns out it was an add on for Firefox I installed a few days back. I would have thought they'd all be checked by Mozilla.
Running Vipre antivirus, Malaware Bytes and Super Antispyware, and haven't had any problems for some years.
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Just use Chrome :
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Been running a Macbook Pro for some years, with no AV, and haven't had any problems.
I just got sick of Windows (xp). Having said that, Window 7 was nice to use.
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I don't want to turn this into a windows vs mac thread, but I am the same. I've been running an iMac without any AV software since 2009 with no problems. When I mentioned that on the Whirlpool forums, one poster admonished me for not having AV software installed. He said I was inconsiderate because should I get an email with a windows virus in it, even though it will not harm my Mac, because I don't have AV installed it will not be highlighted as containing a virus so should I forward the email on to a Windows user that user could become infected. There is some perverse logic to that, though I am completely unmoved by it.
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writing from my phone. laptop now not starting. desktop lpsu blown up. ayyyaya
Will it start in safe mode? if you can and have internet,use this.
http://www.eset.com/us/online-scanner/
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Desktop working again, but laptop is gone. Got the bsod, tried everything. Then I decided to open it up and in the process seem to have busted the on/off switch.
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A reasonable security measure is to NOT use teh administrator account in windows.
Set you personal account as a standard user.
You can always do s/w installs by running the program as an administrator - windows wuill ask you for the password fro the admin account.
Because you are a standard user it's a lot harder for a virus to install itself and make changes to windows.
I did this for one of my housemates a couple fo years back when he got infected by a very nasty virus. Took me 4 hours to finally remove it. Since changing him to a standard user he's not had another issue.
Set you personal account as a standard user.
You can always do s/w installs by running the program as an administrator - windows wuill ask you for the password fro the admin account.
Because you are a standard user it's a lot harder for a virus to install itself and make changes to windows.
I did this for one of my housemates a couple fo years back when he got infected by a very nasty virus. Took me 4 hours to finally remove it. Since changing him to a standard user he's not had another issue.
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I turned mine on tonight and it wouldn't go.
Absolutely nothing. Dead as a dodo.
Spare power cable, different power point, checked internal cable connections, nothing.
I have a spare PSU so I can test it with that tomorrow. For now though, I'm reduced to laptop.
Absolutely nothing. Dead as a dodo.
Spare power cable, different power point, checked internal cable connections, nothing.
I have a spare PSU so I can test it with that tomorrow. For now though, I'm reduced to laptop.
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This happened with my PC recently. It turned out the power cable had worked just loose enough to make a bad connection. But power surges can cook your PSU for sure, was there a burning smell.
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I hooked up a spare to the motherboard connections only and while there was power to the mobo (CPU fan started), this power supply immediately fried. It was the original that came with the PC.Definately sounds like power supply.
I then hooked up a second spare (from an older PC) and there was again power to the mobo and fortunately, this PSU didn't fry.
So it looks a new PSU for the PC, two in the bin and one back with the old PC odds and ends.
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I do this too. My mate runs the IS system for a health organisation across multiple sites & suggested this. computer shop guy was very impressed that a typical user does this! I wouldn't do anything else now. If you do nothing else today, do this.
Word of warning - if you do this when you first setup then change a standard account to Administrator you "lose" the first account. I googled and found this out after the fact..
