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Solution to Svchost.exe not found Problem

This is a problem that happened to one of our viewers. His system got infected with a virus but his Anti Virus cleaned it successfully. But what was strange is that during the next startup his system showed an error message “C:\recycled\SVCHOST.exe not found”.
I came to know that this problem is mostly caused when scanned [...]

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Steps to Clean Infected Computer

So let me guess you have infected your system and tried many solutions to clean it. There are many ways to clean the system and of course the final step is to Format the PC which no one of us wants to do.

After receiving a problem from a user, I think I should discuss what [...]

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Not Able to Remove Virus Even After Format?

Strange but true, there are times when we decide to get rid of some virus or a worm by reformatting the system but even after formatting the PC we are shocked to see the virus back in our computers. This is what happened to my friend who formatted the PC just to get it cleaned [...]

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Steps to Remove regsvr.exe Virus

There are so many types of computer viruses in this world that removing them and finding a specific solution for each of them is a big ask. One such virus that screwed me is regsvr.exe classified as a W32.Imaut worm.
It has become a daily routine that when I plug my pen drive in my college [...]

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Upload Suspicious Files to ThreatExpert

My Antivirus (Symantec) and I are good at finding any virus or any suspicious file and removing it successfully. I am able to remove any virus from the system or a pen drive without any tool and have been doing it for a long time now but there are several files that we feel suspicious [...]

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Remove Sujin.com.np from Internet Explorer title bar

We often see that our title bar of the Internet Explorer shows Sujin.com.np written over it. Whether we refresh it or replace the homepage it doesn’t go. Actually the problem is caused due to a virus named VirusRemoval.vbs
This virus does some alterations in the registry that makes the Internet Explorer to show sujin.com.np on the [...]

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Steps to Write Protect your USB Pen Drive

It was yesterday when I got some data transferred in my pen drive at my College that made me think that I need to Write Protect my pen drive. I just put the drive in a system for about 10 seconds and there were about 7 different types of viruses in my Pen Drive (really [...]

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Remove Happy Birthday virus easily

The Happy Birthday virus is picking up great deal of popularity and is spreading a lot faster as compared to other virus. This virus mostly spreads through E-mails and flash drives like pen drives.

Following are the problems that this virus causes:
1.    Disables registry editor, folder options and command prompt.
2.    Shows a tool tip near the [...]

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Solution to remove Write Protection from USB Pen Drive

This seems to be the problem of most of us these days and some of our readers who wanted to know the methods how they can remove the Write Protected error from their USB drives like Pen Drives and memory cards.

What is Write Protected error and why it happens?
In the Write Protected error, we can’t [...]

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Fix the problem of Show hidden files and folders getting reset

This is a common problem these days that the option of “Show hidden files and folders” always gets reset each time when we set it to show the hidden files. This is sure a case of infected system either with Trojan or virus.

Possibly the system is infected by a virus named “amvo.exe”. So let’s remove [...]

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Steps to remove Virus Alert that comes on system tray

There are several different types of viruses and malwares getting produced day by day. One such virus produces a label “Virus Alert” on the system tray besides the clock which keeps blinking. When we click on it then some site gets opened that displays virus and spyware remover software.

If these things has happened to you [...]

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Beware of Spyware behind Obama Sex Video e-mail

Even if you are interested in reading about politics over internet then also you should not believe everything that you come across on the net. The latest news spreading over internet through E-mails is about the democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

There is a malicious spam e-mail spreading that claims to have a sex video of [...]

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