Security - November 2007

how do i get rid of them i have two things for this mess and stil i got them. do you get them from playing games on line? it appears that is what i have done lately and this is first time since 95 this has happened?

2007-11-22 15:45:26 · 5 answers · asked by Tsunami 7

Win XP Pro system and i've already got Active Virus Shield by Kapersky installed and regularly updated. What other products should i install for total protection? In terms of malware, firewall, phishing etc.... Suggest me a product or a combo please. I would be using the comp for Net Banking and a lot of other sensitive information.

2007-11-22 15:29:19 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

iam using symantec anti virus software. the scan history shows several scanning process going on. i was told to unload service so that whatever process is going on, it will stop.but the reply i got was scanning going on so cannot unload service.
so i tried to uninstall the software and install it again. but there was some error and then from the add or remove program the software disappeared. but its still in the program files list.
what to do.please help me. my system performance is tooooooooooo slow. i know there are viruses in the system.my task manager has been disabled.
please help me.
iam not so well versed with all these
thank you

2007-11-22 14:23:42 · 7 answers · asked by malli 1

i have downloaded and installed Ad-awre 2007 few months ago . i want to remove it through add-remove of window but can not do so, it show internal error 2738 during installation

2007-11-22 14:12:04 · 6 answers · asked by sgr_hussain 1

I get several e-mails about offers for sex and methods to extend my sex unit: these are coming into the inbox. I suspect these were propigated through a practical joker friend or accuantance of mine and the continuation of this onslaught from cookies accessing my computer..

2007-11-22 13:40:13 · 4 answers · asked by facility333 1

I am useing windows xp and i am constantly getting interupted by this microst error report allways wanting to report something.
What a pain.
I will pick the best answer and thankyou in advance

2007-11-22 12:12:35 · 1 answers · asked by doc_holliday1863 7

Thanks :)

2007-11-22 10:10:33 · 8 answers · asked by Josh2002 1

i pretty much as a virus on my computer. probably from porn site thatpopedup when i was searching something completely different- ugh. so now i have the Kaspersky internet security thing but i don't think it's helping. Do i have to do Reboot my computer?
will it work for Sure?

2007-11-22 10:07:52 · 5 answers · asked by edgeworth<3 4

k i have a virus that i got from opening a picture thing that someone sent to me through msn messenger. And now when i sign on it sends to my contacts. how do i get rid of it.. plz help. thx!

2007-11-22 09:59:53 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

urgent please helpppp =( thank-you

2007-11-22 09:59:40 · 3 answers · asked by Mariah 4

I need to buy a new AntiVirus but I cannot decide what to get. Can anyone tell me about their experiences with Kaspersky and Norton AV? Thanks in advance.

2007-11-22 09:47:44 · 18 answers · asked by Efta_Potiria 2

So, okay, I've got a question, how can I find out, if somebody hack into my system, or is using my system... or something else. Why I ask is, b/c my computer is a little weird lately. Sometimes I have problems with my booting script, then my license from windows is not okay, so I can't update stuff from windows. Then my Quicktime player license has now decided to not be legal. So, what the heck is going on? Or is it just VISTA? Should I install XP???

2007-11-22 08:39:08 · 2 answers · asked by Nik 2

That's going my last question. I am planning to get certified MCSA and get a job as Windows System Administrator. Is my age an issue for that type of job? Should I also get my feets wet using linux? Thanks guys.

2007-11-22 08:29:13 · 3 answers · asked by Roland 1

I installed the Yahoo/Norton antivirus and when I try to activate it all it does is open another webpage and does nothing else, no errors or anything just sits idle blank. Any ideas?

2007-11-22 06:46:13 · 2 answers · asked by Dale H 1

When I try to install AVG Antivirus 7.5 Free (build 503 10/19/2007) on my machine I get the following error:


Local machine: installation failed
Initialization:
Error: Checking of state of the item file avgqt.dat (D:\) failed.
The parameter is incorrect. (87) %PATH% = "D:\avgqt.dat"

I've tried multiple installs including in safe mode and I keep getting the same error. The install file is not corrupt, I checked.
I had AVG Antivirus 7.5 on my machine before and it worked great, but about a month ago my system crashed and I had to reimage. No luck since. I'm running XP Professional. If anyone could help I'd appreciate it.

2007-11-22 06:31:06 · 4 answers · asked by Marissa1982 3

2007-11-22 06:29:41 · 3 answers · asked by don s 1

The Trend Micro website offers no help. I have gone in and removed the program a million times but, it's still there. I get a message saying something about the "paths being verified"???
How can I manually go into my computer and take it out??
Thanks to anyone who can help!!!!!!!!!! I don't wanna have to call Geek Squad!

2007-11-22 06:20:42 · 2 answers · asked by Diablakitty 1

i began to delete mcafee from my pc..and towards the end i had to stop and leave the house so i stopped the program erase phase and came back to it...now when i try to delete mcafee from my pc there is only two pieces left that didnt get deleted from the pc and when i try to delete those last two pieces a message pops up saying that it was unable to finish deleting the rest of mcafee..how do i get rid of it?

2007-11-22 05:51:18 · 4 answers · asked by b.moretee24 2

My sister suspects that hers got hacked, but we're not sure.

2007-11-22 05:36:25 · 5 answers · asked by stringbeans 2

I have a windows XP with four users on the computer.

I clicked my profile this morning only to find that all my files on my account were gone! All the cookies, all my information, everything just looked like it had been restarted.

Strangely enough, all the programs I have downloaded were still there. The other three accounts, moreover, have not been touched -- they look the exact same and they still have all their files.

Do you have any idea what happened? Did someone hack my account? More importantly, is there any way to retrieve these files?

Thank you so, so much for your help. I am really really stressed out about this because I have had this computer for 5 years now and have never backed anything up (now I see the utter stupidity in that), and I have so many files that are really important that are now just gone!

Please help, and thank you so much in advance for your time!

2007-11-22 04:15:12 · 6 answers · asked by para p 1

Norton Spyware fails to detect 'snoop'.
It is not listed as a program on the PC.
It appears to be running permanently.
It is not a 'read only' file
I think it came unasked with a 'Karens Directory Printout' program downloaded some time ago.
.How can I delete it?

2007-11-22 02:37:16 · 7 answers · asked by ? 1

I've tried AVG...a lot of people say it isn't that great at picking up viruses, trojans, etc. I've tried Avast! antivirus...a lot of people rail on that one as not being very good, either (though it uses a lot less system resources). I have a 90 day trial of Norton Internet Security that has free updates, which came with the software on my computer. I know that Norton is a system resources hog. What do other people use to keep their computer safe from viruses, trojans, etc. for secure online banking and such?

2007-11-22 02:32:51 · 10 answers · asked by sls.spec 4

I installed McAfee on my computer about two weeks ago, and it seems like every scan I've done has resulted in error messages pertaining to the scan itself, and after I click the "fix" button, I get a popup box that says one or more problems can't be fix. I just finished a scan a few minutes ago and got this message:

Real-time scanning is disabled.
Spyware and potentially unwanted program scanning is disabled.
IM scanning is disabled.
Script scanning is disabled (with a link to ignore this option)
Buffer overflow protection is disabled (also with an "ignore" option).

You can see from my past couple of questions that I've been having a lot of problems the past few weeks with spyware, and I'm still trying to figure out the best program(s) to get everything off of my computer. Am I correct in assuming that these problems with McAfee might be making it harder for me to get all the spyware off? If so, do I need to re-install McAfee and start over from square one?

2007-11-21 22:40:34 · 5 answers · asked by Pastor Chad from JesusFreak.com 6

2007-11-21 21:46:06 · 3 answers · asked by matthew L d 1

This recent data loss is appalling. I can't believe that a young low level worker had access to the entire UK population database and was able to download the data unencrypted and send it in the mail. I believe that companies such as EDS, Cap Gemini and Capita bid for these contracts. I have also heard that they are not implemented proper Microsoft levels of security having reduced the "walled gardens" and gone for a flat data structure. They have also embraced remote virtual desktop technology and outsourced much of their work using a leverage model to reduce costs and increase profits.

Are these cost cutting short cuts responsible for a situation where personal and national security has been massively breached?

2007-11-21 21:34:07 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have these important questions which I always contemplate in my mind after noticing that peoples has got all my yahoo contact details.

-How can others get my yahoo password without sharing pc's?
-Can someone access my pc from remote without my knowledge?
-What is riskware/malware?

Of course,I remember one day that I clicked one link which was sent to my messenger from my friend which I later found that it was a virus.This virus sent the same link to all contact lists in my yahoo messenger and I am suspecting that this might be the link which allowed others to get my password.

I hope you will give me detailed information on this.

2007-11-21 21:28:10 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Any free ones as good as Norton and McAfee?

2007-11-21 16:08:25 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have tryed everything.I was downloading on limewire I knew better but did it anyway.I downloaded a virus.It will not let me stay on line for longer than 2 minutes.It is a winsock problem.I have scaned my computer with about everything you can think of.I even downloaded Winsockex fix.It is not working.Please someone help me.I have been working on this now for 3 days.I do not have my windows disk.I can not just start over.Can someone tell me what files i need to look for or how i can maby find the virus.I did a surch for any new files in my computer for the day i got the virus.I am at a loss.

2007-11-21 14:39:28 · 4 answers · asked by david h 1

my students and i were working on the computer room of our school. suddenly a student called my attention because they found pornographic pictures (naked wowen exposing you know what) in a folder on the desktop of his PC. Later, we found out that it was copied by a student from a shared folder on a computer that is a member of the network domain. When we confronted the person, he denied it. I already cut the pictures to prevent other students from seeing it. (since it was a school computer laboratory) I saved a copy for evidence.

Now, the accused person is saying that it is planted. We want to persecute him for his sin. He had placed us (teachers) in a sensitive and dangerous situation, as well as our school.



Since he is denying he downloaded the file, im asking if there is a way to trace and know the computer that downloaded a file based from the downloaded file.? please help us....we need your help....

2007-11-21 13:40:44 · 8 answers · asked by a1gx 1

I've downloaded several different programs off the internet, and I have to regist and pay for them to get the program to remove the virus...
Is there any program I can download for free, that will totally remove the viruses?

2007-11-21 12:47:13 · 7 answers · asked by Marsha 1