Security - August 2007

I have had 2 mother boards cook in 24 hours and the only common link between the 2 computers is the hard drive. If the virus is in the hard drive when it was taken out of the computer and put in the second one could it do the same damage? Both computers are the same make, model, and year. When the first one"quit" (would not even power up at all), we took the hard drive out and put into another computer. It worked for 24 hours then the same thing happened. Push the button and nothing..no power going thropugh it all. The chip on the mother board of both computers is melted. We did some trouble shooting as far as the power cords,outlets, and things of that nature and all is in working order. The only thing anyone can think of is the hard drive ha a virus. HELP ME Please!!!

2007-08-21 12:21:49 · 14 answers · asked by jill s 1

Is there a way? Please HELP!

2007-08-21 10:41:37 · 5 answers · asked by Alice !n Wunderpants 2

on my laptop i got this update think for my security and it kept bugging me so i said fine..update. after i clicked everything dissapeared except my desktop background i cant even right click. everytime i start it up it goes to an empty desktop. no items no bar at the bottom. i tried looking for explorer.ex in the taskbar but it wasnt there. any help?? thanks!!

2007-08-21 09:29:30 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

on my laptop i got this udate think for my security and it kept bugging me so i said fine..update. after i clicked everything dissapeared except my desktop background i cant even right click. everytime i start it up it goes to an empty desktop. no items no bar at the bottom. i tried looking for explorer.ex in the taskbar but it wasnt there. any help?? thanks!!

2007-08-21 09:29:08 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a Window's Vista Laptop. and I had did a virus scan on it and found the Win32.HLLW.Gavir.ini virus. I can't remove it. Is there a removal tool for this virus? Any help would be appreciated.

2007-08-21 09:23:00 · 5 answers · asked by Elizabeth 2

OK, I've learned my lesson and I won't do it again. But, here's what happened when I tried to download a song. First time: After it downloaded, I moved it to my Apple library and clicked on it. Very stupid, because it was too short to be the song and was not the song. I deleted it and then tried to "empty the trash" and the song wasn't even in the trash bin. Suspicious? Then I tried to download the song from another source. It looked like it was downloading just fine. But, when it completed downloading, it just vanished. ??? I'm not usually this stupid. Is there anything I can do at this point to protect against viruses or spyware? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.

2007-08-21 06:15:41 · 18 answers · asked by newbie 1

My friend was given a pc and the prvious owner had password on and forgot to tell her she has the password hint and has tried different comberntions and no luck I have also tried what can she do.

2007-08-21 04:14:03 · 4 answers · asked by poppybaby2005 2

My brother-in-law mistakenly downloaded this virus software from http://www.virusprotectpro.com/. There is an icon in my quick launch that flashes and says "system has detected a number of active spyware applications that may impact the performance of your computer. Click the icon to get rid of unwanted spyware by downloading an up to date anti-spyware solution".

1. When I went to remove the program it does not exist!

2. The website does not provide un-install.

3. I tried to use System Restore and it will not allow me to restore!

4. Help!!!

2007-08-21 03:46:03 · 11 answers · asked by Mike Jones 1

IF I go to court for my speeding ticket, is it true that if the officer that gave me the ticket doesn't show up my case gets tossed out? And I don't have to pay the fine?

2007-08-21 02:55:16 · 4 answers · asked by m d 5

2007-08-21 01:17:28 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-21 00:32:46 · 4 answers · asked by Greg81 1

So I have several virus protection programs.

-Windows Defender
-Ad - Aware
-Ad - Watch
-Norton
-Webroot Spy Sweeper
-PC Tools Spyware Doctor.
-PC Doc Pro

What I don't understand is that the first 6 programs tell me that there is nothing wrong with my computer but when I run PC Doc Pro it tells me that their is like 516 wrong with my computer.
Basically I want to know if PC Doc Pro just wants to suck your money (because you have to buy the program if you want to remove all the virus/junk) or is what their telling me true?

Or is their anything anyone would suggest doing? Taking it somewhere or whiping the hard drive?

2007-08-21 00:21:09 · 5 answers · asked by ScarletBloodDoll 5

I have a virus/spyware/adware/trojan somewhere, and as I've been trying to look for it to fix it I obviously head over to "safe mode," the screen shows no icons. My arrow still works (actually, the last time I tried it, it froze completely after a while), but there is nothing to click on and I end up having to just restart again in normal mode.
Does anyone know how to fix my "safe mode" so I can go in and look for the virus? This is really starting to frustrate me. A lot. Thanks.

2007-08-20 17:02:11 · 2 answers · asked by fnord_2005 2

2007-08-20 16:57:01 · 2 answers · asked by (: 2

I don't want a free one - they're crap. AVG ends important kernel processes, Avast! is just crap - so I'd like to know the best anti-virus for me to buy. Any help, please?

Thank you.

2007-08-20 16:15:03 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have super Adblocker and Avast! Professional turned on and somehow internet explorer popups keep getting through. Its not porn popups just some random ones.

2007-08-20 14:05:40 · 5 answers · asked by Sanh L 2

I was wondering if any one of you know what the highest security i can get to store my data, like i have truecrypt, but is the anything higher and more secure, and you know how there is like 100 byts of security, and like AES is like 265 byts of security or somtn close, is there any higher that i could use to secure files to the max?

2007-08-20 13:38:52 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I get them randomly(and a lot) and I am 90% they don't come from the websites visit. I think I have some program generating them...if that makes any sense? Any way, I don't think a pop up blocker is the solution, I think I have to find what ever is causing this and delete/uninstall it. Can any body help me get rid of this?

Oh and I keep getting pop-ups from this so called "spyware" program, I'll update later with their name when they annoy me again. I also never had these problem until I got onto my colleges server last friday...

2007-08-20 12:21:57 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

hey do you guys know a site where i can get a good free proxy server?

2007-08-20 12:20:36 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-20 12:18:13 · 4 answers · asked by burning brightly 7

I've tried everything to get rid of this virus, including doing a system restore various different times as well as looking for instructions using smit fraud fix, smitRem, hijack this, etc.

http://www.pchell.com/support/smitfraud.shtml

After I do all of this and restart my computer in normal mode the popups for the anti-software services are gone but I can't access my control panel or right click on properties so something is still not right. When I try to do many things I keep getting this message: "This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator." Please help! I don't know what to do I've looked and followed virtually every procedure I could find online and nothing seems to work. Thank you so much!

2007-08-20 12:06:55 · 7 answers · asked by arabytara 1

can someone hack into my computer if I am using there wireless internet..Like can they get into my back account and find out all that information that I have imputted.

2007-08-20 12:00:43 · 5 answers · asked by lilcaligirl 3

2007-08-20 09:47:18 · 5 answers · asked by Chris S 1

As I unlocked my computer this afternoon, I was shocked to see 20 Internet Explorer windows open, plus several spyware warnings and program install requests. I tried to close everything, but it was hopeless, so I just turned the computer off. After it rebooted and I attempted to log back into my name, it said my log-in was corrupted and that I'd have to use a temporary one. I did this, but all of the same spyware problems were present on the temporary log-in as well. I used a Spyware removal program to search for problems, but it didn't really seem to work. Then, I went through my Installed Programs list and uninstalled any I thought contained spyware. After all this, my pop-ups have stopped, and I haven't tried to log-in under my old, permanent name, but I'm really worried that I won't be able to. All of my documents AND my iTunes are on that thing!! Does anyone have any solutions to my terrible, terrible problem??

2007-08-20 09:38:37 · 8 answers · asked by B² 2

2007-08-20 09:37:52 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-20 07:11:34 · 6 answers · asked by LINDA B 1

my school blocked like facebook and myspace and everything, so i cant get on. i need proxies!!

2007-08-20 07:10:31 · 14 answers · asked by sayrah88 2

I have a pop up on my desk top...a box that is labeled "security alert" with 3 notices.
#1 Information on this site cannot be viewedby others.Hoever there is a problem with the sites security certificate.
#2 the sec cert. is from a trusted certifying authority and has expired or is not yet valid.
#3 do you want to proceed?
Yes....No....view certificate.
When viewed it says Yahoo has not renewed! How can I stop this ?

2007-08-20 05:57:29 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

meebo.com

2007-08-20 05:25:10 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

for example i will create a virus today, are they going to know it? This is just an example.

2007-08-20 04:09:54 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous