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Dr.Web, a Russian-based antivirus maker, has announced it found a method of unlocking files encrypted by the KeRanger Mac ransomware which appeared last weekend. If you haven't been keeping up with the news, here's a short recap. Last Sunday, US-based security firm Palo Alto Networks announced it detected the first fully-functional Mac ransomware. A hacker managed to breach the website of the Transmission project, a BitTorrent client and replaced the legitimate Mac client with one contaminated with KeRanger. It was later discovered that only around 6,500 users downloaded the infected client. This came to light in the past days, but not before it caused anxiet…
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Although on the whole I love W10, the past few days havereally tried my patience. I have 4 pcs allrunning W10 and linked using my router and a homegroup. However, every timethere is a major update to W10, such as there has been over the past few days,as each machine updates itself it knocks out the functionality of the homegroup.The homegroup always appears to be there but the other PCs can’t see it and itcan’t see the others. When this happens, if I disconnect the recently updated PC from the homegroupthen try joining it again, but nothing gets better – the other PCs are stillinvisible and it is invisible to the other PCs. This happens to each PC as it gets updated. T…
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Hi Guys, Okay I have an ongoing issue with my laptop (I will update on that soon - for some daft reason my works firewall blocks me on this website after I've posted so I can't update thread, but will do at home). I can read on phone though. Anyway, my problem here is I can get into my laptop via the C:\prompt, however I can't for the life of me copy folders and subfolders onto a 128gb usb drive I have. I really need someone to type it out as exactly it should be. For example the file I am trying to copy is on my d:, most notably the folder below:- d:\pictures & videos\ In the above folder I then have loads of sub folders i.e. family, holidays etc…
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v708/starbuck50/screen-shot-2016-03-07-at-07-08-15_zpsvjytpudb.jpg KeRanger not only demands $400 in Bitcoin, but also attempts to encrypt files backed up by Apple's Time Machine. A new strain of ransomware which strikes OS X devices has been discovered by researchers. The ransomware, dubbed KeRanger, was discovered on the legitimate website of open-source BitTorrent client project Transmission, Palo Alto Networks said in a blog post on Sunday. Ransomware is a virulent type of malware which is on the rise. Often spread through phishing campaigns and malicious files, ransomware focuses on infecting compromised or vulnerable m…
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I have been facing this issue for 15-20 days. My Firefox crashed a lot and it becomes too slow. How can I solve this problem?
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For last 3 days I cannot get Youtube to work properly. The screen is just black and then starts to work partially but in functionally useless. Is anyone else experiencing this? Ray
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Seasons greetings I know the general consensus is NOT TO use duplicate finders but I do have an external hd which I know contains thousands of duplicate photos. I would be happy to try a recommended dupe finder if one could be found. Bob PS I have managed to install win10 I was not going to bother after all the poxy problems with( sp1:mad:)
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v708/starbuck50/looking-over-the-shoulder-of-a-man-typing-on-a-keyboard-in-the-dark-640x0_zpsfqtch6z7.jpg Cerber, the latest ransomware threat, doesn’t just encrypt all of your files: it also tells you about it, out loud, and repeatedly. It’s like something out of a 90s hacker movie, except this isn’t fake: your files really are all gone until you pay up. “Attention! Attention! Attention!” is what infected computers will say to their users, using the text-to-speech engine built into Windows. “Your documents, photos, databases, and other files have been encrypted!” Cerber is the latest in a long line of similar attacks, but is uni…
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Hi all I've been away a while but back and seeking advice again! I just bought a nearly new HP 'Envy 3 in one' from a local little guy shop not a biggie like PC World so I got all my set up and training for free instead of £100-250 as quoted by PC World who seemed to want to sell me everything in sight rather than what I needed The guy in local shop was very helpful but what worries me is he was very opposed to me having AVG Free 2 015 as he says all Free AV's are never free as one day they will send you a virus so you need to buy their paid version in the end. TBH I think that notion is outrageous! In the end to keep him sweet I agreed to stick with the free A…
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Hi All, New here, hoping someone can assist. Seems my external HD pack up, the blue light keeps flashing and I can't power on, laptop ain't reading it. IT's an old Freecom unit (250gb if I remember right), a PATA unit, anyone aware if I can use it on one of those quick reader things, I've tried searching online (Amazon) but it keeps taking me to a SATA reader, but did seem to indicate that I could buy another cable to enable to work with a PATA Drive. Hope I've explained that okay, not very good at this PC tech stuff. Any other info needed, let me know. TIA FD
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The title says it all really. I have 'restored' to a previous 'OK' registry but it seems to be persisting. There sometimes seems to be something occupying the processor and it ignores clicking of the mouse on a button. jim
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I am looking for YouTube Video Down loader App. I searched a lot on Play Store but couldn't manage. Any suggestion?
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v708/starbuck50/windows-built-in-pdf-reader-exposes-edge-browser-to-hacking-501265-2_zps6zwknfij.png WinRT PDF, the default PDF reader for Windows 10, leaves Edge users vulnerable to a new series of attacks that are incredibly similar to how Flash, Java, and Acrobat have exposed Web users in the past few years. The Windows Runtime (WinRT) PDF Renderer library, or just WinRT PDF, is a powerful component built into recent Windows OS versions that allows developers to easily integrate a PDF viewing feature inside their apps. The library is used for many apps distributed via the Windows Store, the default Reader App included in Windo…
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v708/starbuck50/screen-shot-2016-03-02-at-11-33-02_zpsge3ncuzs.jpg If you have a Visa credit card, be careful not to fall for a new ransomware phishing campaign which offers you benefits and rewards, researchers say. A new and unusual phishing campaign has caught the eye of Symantec. The scheme relates to credit cards -- but attempts to lure consumers to download ransomware instead of handing over their financial details. While fraudulent credit-card based spam is nothing new, the introduction of ransomware into the mix is a new avenue cyberattackers are using to try and force people out of their hard-earned cash to keep their …
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Just slapped this thing into my case and threw it all together. I keep getting an amber blinking LED from the status LED, which according to table 40. System Status LED, it means it's non-fatal alarm – system is likely to fail, and one of the following is true. -Critical voltage threshold crossed -VRD hot asserted -Minimum number of fans to cool the system are not present or have failed -In a non-sparing and non-mirroring mode, if the threshold of ten correctable errors is crossed within the window. Can someone help me figure out how to find out the problem and to fix it? If I need to elaborate more, I can. Specs: [RAM]: 32GB (8x4GB) HYS72T512420EFA-3S-C2 PC2-5300F [CP…
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