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Hi Everyone, I have a Mac desktop machine, and I am not very computer-savvy. I was browsing for news stories, when www dot fixpc99 dot com kind of took over my browser. It would not let me close the windows when I clicked on them. When I force-quit Safari and relaunched, the windows came...

And here's another one to add to the collection of reasons to use adblockers: http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/19/6537511/google-ad-network-exposed-millions-of-computers-to-malware Wouldn't it be great if those website owners, who claim to depend on ad revenue, would actually get together and...

Yesterday I assisted a friend clean up yet another infestation of malware / adware on her computer. Somehow--she has no idea how--within the space of a few minutes the following software installed itself on her computer: Conduit Search Bar (no idea where this came from) Internet Updater (via...

My dad seems to have gotten a doozy on his computer. Something called 24/7 PC Health or somesuch. I've tried getting it off with Malwarebytes but when it restarted windows went black with just a stupid little icon down in the corner for 24/7. I got it up in safemode now and am running...

For the last couple of days, whenever I visit the JREF site it triggers my Avast software to put up the following warning... Is JREF's site infected? This doesn't have anything to do with my computer, does it? Steve S

My GS3 periodically displays a message saying "you may have a virus" or "you may have 2 viruses". That perplexed me a bit. It then asks me to scan or cancel. If I try to scan, it takes me to the internet to "androidantivirus.com" or something of the sort (half of the URL was cut off when...

My laptop (HP, Windows 7, IE) has some type of malware or adware. My screen in always inundated with ads that aren't suppose to be there. Facebook has extra ads and even Wikipedia has ads. And everything is hyperlinked to ads. 'Educational Foundation' on the 'James Randi Education Foundation'...

Microsoft: One in 14 Downloads Is Malicious

Just the other day a piece of malware got past my up to date virus protection and completely disabled the computer by not allowing me to open executable files. It demanded that I buy a virus protection package. My son, who is a IT professional came around and fixed it by running an anti-malware...

My daughter was using my computer yesterday and somehow managed to download a hysterical piece of malware called "Windows Defence". It keeps hijacking my screen and telling me to register and buy... I can't find any way to get rid of this thing. I tried the suggestions at this website...

Defense tech article. El Pais article. The central ground computer system and apparently the onboard air monitoring system were infected with Trojans. Neither notified that the flaps were incorrectly placed causing the deaths of 154 passengers years ago. One of the comments says: Does...

I have been told by many computer literate people that hijackthis, a small program that will produce a dump of many config files and registry entries so as to allow a technically competent person to scan through them and identify problems, is probably the most powerful virus (or malware...

My Father-In-Law's computer seems to be infected with malware of some kind. I keep getting pop-ups appearing for a website called security-notifications . com and em.pc-on-internet . com Odd cookies are also appearing on the computer. I have run ad-aware and it found and deleted several...

I've just wasted the last three or four hours trying to fix a horrible adware problem, and I'm at my wits end. I'm using IE 6 and I'm so used to it I don't really want to switch, but this latest problem could finally convince me to change browsers. I keep getting pop-ups/browser hijacks...

I know that many on this forum use Wikipedia (myself included) frequently so the following may be of interest. There are other articles on this news also: Wikipedia Targeted by Malware Writers By Elizabeth Millard November 6, 2006 8:12AM...