One of our readers was troubled by the error message that comes up reading “Disk Defragmentation has detected that chkdsk is schedule to run on the volume: (c:).
Please run chkdsk /f.”
The problem occurs when trying to defragment the hard disk and on even trying this command in the safe mode, it doesn’t help.
The virus was reported by one of our readers and surprisingly this virus spreads under the names of songs.exe, khatarnak.exe and pictures.exe apart from others.
Steps to remove this virus:
1. Turn off the System Restore.
2. Boot in the Safe mode.
3. Go to Add/Remove Programs and remove any programs referencing “W32/SillyFDC,” “Worm.IM.Sohanad” or “Khatarnak.exe (if any)
4. Run [...]
If you happen to boot into Safe Mode or if your F8 key is not working then this is how you can make Windows to boot directly into the Safe Mode without the need to press the F8 key.
Safe Mode is a great feature in Windows using which we can solve most of the problems [...]
Yesterday I was called up by one of my friends who had by mistake changed the monitor resolution to a value that his computer monitor cannot support.
Due to this he was unable to see anything on the screen and his monitor was giving a message “Out of Range”. This problem can be easily solved as [...]
If you have a disabled Safe Mode because of some virus activity or just want to enable or disable it for some added security then here are the steps to do so.
One of our readers was troubled by the disabled safe mode due to some virus activity, if it is the same case with you, [...]
If you are facing this problem that whenever you restart your computer, the date and time gets disturbed and resets itself automatically, then here is the solution to solve the problem.
This was the problem of one of our readers, who was also facing the same problem.
Causes of the problem:
The problem is caused by either any [...]
The problem was asked by one of our readers who wanted to fix the problem that whenever he wanted to restore the system with Windows XP System Restore, it does nothing when he click Next after selecting the desired date.
What happens when System Restore is not working?
System Restore is a great tool by default in [...]
One of our readers wanted to know the method to remove DriveGuard.exe virus which is also known by the names FlashGuard.exe and DriveMonitor.exe. So here goes the solution that is bit different from the other virus removal methods.
What DriveGuard.exe does?
• Adds itself to startup and the task manager.
• Adds a registry key for making changes [...]
MsRun32.exe is a Trojan/Backdoor and should be removed immediately from the system. The problem was faced by one of our readers who wanted to know the solution.
The virus MsRun32.exe is also related to W32.Imaut.CO which spreads easily with the removable drives. So without wasting any time let us remove the infection.
Steps:
1. Temporarily disable the System [...]
Win32:Rootkit-gen[Rtk], another Virus, another addition in the list and another solution to remove it. Faced by some of our readers, this was an irritating problem that their PC was infected by this virus.
Symptoms of the problem:
• Win32:Rootkit-gen[Rtk] virus infection notice.
• Resides in ur0.com file which happens to be a virus itself.
• Also resides in System [...]
Microsoft has started bugging the users of non genuine copies of Windows. If you are also running a non genuine or pirated copy of Windows then there is a full chance of you getting this notification one day or the other.
The problem was reported by one of our viewers that when she updated her copy [...]
There was a virus named Vamsoft.exe that infected my system yesterday and made me to rethink from where I got this. I have been removing the viruses for a good time now and this one was just another in the list.
Symptoms of vamsoft.exe virus:
Vamsoft.exe is classified as a Malware and it was it’s activities that [...]
