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Archives for February 2011

What is this???
I was checking my hotmail account and didn't go into anything dodgy but suddenly I started getting messages popping up saying I had a virus and trojan and needed software. I instantly started running AVG malware but im guessing it was the virus that closed it down as it stopped after 1 minute and disappeared from my…
FAO aliEnRIK. Combofix Log after rootkit cleaned, thankyou for looking.
Following a recent rootkit virus here follows my logfile from combofix. Thankyou for your time. :o I hope this wont be too difficult. Its deleting files at the moment :o I hope it looks worse than it is :eek: Now re-booting... This does take a while....
Recovering deleted Essay on a mac - help!
PLease cn anybody give me some advice, I think I have accidentaly deleted my essay from my mac, I can't find it anywhere (which isn't helped by the fact that i can't remember what I called it) is there a way to recover deleted pages and/or .doc files?
Deleting facebook account?
I have found the link to deactivate this account. Will this delete it completely?
Kindle or Tablet
Hi I'm bit puzzled and after advice!! I really want an e reader and originally thought a kindle was the way forward but I'm now thinking I would like to be able to go online too as well as being able to read books. Can anyone help me in my decision! Looking at:* Kindle * Ipad * HTC Flyer * Samsung Tab Anyones experiences…
edible printing
hi everyone, can anyone tell me what make printers you can get to print off edible prints,i dont think you can use any printer any help would be much appreciated thanks:)
Replacement USB ports for a Emachines e525
Anybody know where I can get hold of 2 replacement usb ports for an emachines e525 laptop. Both of them are damaged and I can't seem to get replacements Thanks guys
some one using my email address
Hiya, someome is sending me and everyone on my address book emails with my own email address. The emails are for things like viagra. Can anyone tell me how to bolck/stop them.
Is this legit
This url came up: (was a url, i had xxd out the http but now have removed it all) says protection-open. com/?id=06abQDQ0 and the screen is doing a lot of flashing saying 5 viruses found and security is affected by a virus. Is this legit anti-virus stuff or itself a virus trying to trick me? would do a screenshot but not…
downloading office 2010 when 2007 installed
My DD has office 2007 and is upgrading to 2010 via a download product. Does she need to remove 2007 first? If so how does she protect the contents of outlook 2007. She has many contacts and emails she needs to keep and is worried if she deletes office 2007 she'll lose the lot. I have only ever downloaded office onto a…
Virus doing my head in help plz!!
After struggling with that system tools virus today I installed avast it keeps coming up with this Im getting so fed up now can someone help please? Thanks :D
Windows 7 Windows Logo Key Intermittently Stuck
Has anyone experienced the problem where the Windows Logo Key is intermittently stuck rendering your keyboard at its mercy? I have not been able to find much about this on the internet so wondered if anyone here has any suggestions. I will be trying:1. Using a spare keyboard 2. Using the on-screen keyboard 3. Trying to…
No sound from PC (WIN XP)
Carrying on from my other thread, i have had to download the Audio driver for the PC. Its a Realtek audiio driver, and it seems to be the same as i had before. But i have no sound . Now when i got the PC there was no sound either, so i had to take it back, and the guys said they had to adjust a sound/volume control, as was…
New Items Appeared on my Startup list
The following two items have appeared on my Startup list and I'm wondering what they are and how they got there: Startup Item - itceace - rundll32.exe "C\Windows\itceace.dll", Startup Startup Item - ahovatepinukon - rundll32.exe "C\Windows\ahovatepinukon.dll", Startup I unticked the pair of them when I shut my laptop down…
Can't watch films off external hard drive on my LG tv...
Does anyone else have this problem? We splashed out on a 50" LG tv that has USB socket amongst other ports so we could watch films we had downloaded by plugging in our external hard drive. It doesn't work - it only recognises music and images that are on the hard drive :( It works on our tecnica tv upstairs (i.e. it plays…
Got rid of System Tool but now can't connect to the internet. Any ideas?
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3078890 Following on from this thread where I went through the motions of removing the system tool from my laptop I now cannot connect to the internet via my usb dongle. It works perfectly mine on any other computer but not on the one that had the virus. Can anyone help? I've…
Internet slow on desktop but laptop ok - Hijackthis log
I have a Dell desktop running Vista Ultimate SP2, in the past week I've noticed my internet speed has dropped considerably, I'm now only getting around 2.2Mbps, yesterday it was 0.7Mbps. My other half has a Dell laptop and he is getting our usual 6Mbps. We are both connected to the same router via wireless, the desktop is…
Synchronise pictures and notepad information wirelessly (iphone 3).
Erm.. Need some help here. My friend needs to synchronic or download his pictures and notepad information wirelessly. He has told me he can do this via wire but not wirelessly. Can you help?
playing movie through hdmi question
When i connect Laptop and play dvd through hdmi onto tv i cant get rid of the time bar on the bottom of media player, and it shows on the tv. Usually when i play dvd on Laptop this bar dissapears after a few seconds. Anyone know what i'm doing wrong?
Facebook question - information?
Hi My partner and I have split up, though living in the same house for next 3 months. I want to change my facebook status, not set it to single just remover the "! in a relationship with ..." bit and not have anything in there. However, I don't want it all over my wall on FB, can't be doing with all that, not ready for all…

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