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Viruses
aardvaak
Posts: 5,836 Forumite
in Techie Stuff
Why do horrid little people create and the distribute viruses?
What do they get out of it?
What do they get out of it?
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Bank details, personal information, enjoyment in others misery.. The list goes on...0
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GlasgowTech wrote: »Bank details, personal information, enjoyment in others misery.. The list goes on...
Should these prats be caught and strung up somewhere?0 -
Should these prats be caught and strung up somewhere?
Well, it's very hard to decipher where a virus originates from and who by... To be honest its just one of those things that comes with being a computer owner. As long as you protect your machine sufficiently there should be nothing to worry about. Always back up as well, just in case anything does go wrong, that way you will always have a copy of your files and programs.0 -
GlasgowTech wrote: »Well, it's very hard to decipher where a virus originates from and who by... To be honest its just one of those things that comes with being a computer owner. As long as you protect your machine sufficiently there should be nothing to worry about. Always back up as well, just in case anything does go wrong, that way you will always have a copy of your files and programs.
But what has happenned on another computor is now I can not open AVG to do a scan and on rebooting it wont load and is it is attempting startup repairs.
Where do I go from here?0 -
So can you get onto your desktop? if so, can you open your internet browser and access webpages?0
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GlasgowTech wrote: »So can you get onto your desktop? if so, can you open your internet browser and access webpages?
No it just says attempting startup repairs on reboot and nothing gets repaired0 -
No it just says attempting startup repairs on reboot and nothing gets repaired
OK - So when you boot the machine, does it give you an uption to select normal boot sequence or does it automatically go into repair.. If so when in the repair system, you should be able to click 'Cancel'???0 -
Right - I have now got the computor to reboot and done a system restore
then a screen comes up saying to run Antivirus security pro (which we did'nt download but obviously have in some pratish link) when I say no don't scan and try and get out I get a blanc screen and have to reboot.0 -
Are you able to work around it or minimize? To try and access your own AV software or internet browseR?0
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