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Ghost and hidden partitions

When I bought my Dell laptop 4.5 years ago, I bought it with the smallest HD available, figuring I could always upgrade it in the future. I was thinking of finally doing that now (since I don't have room to install Diablo III). I long ago upgraded the RAM, and kept the original sticks just in...
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- May 15, 2012
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Hit by rogue anti-virus trojan - help needed

I'll look into that, thanks for the tip.
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- Post #16
- Feb 17, 2010
- Forum: Computer Building
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Hit by rogue anti-virus trojan - help needed

I was using Firefox 3.6. I suspect the page I accessed used a Flash exploit to infect me with nothing more than an inadvertant mouseover (no actual click on anything). Edited to add: Here's an interesting development. My Chrome browser has stopped working since getting this last bug. Looks...
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- Post #14
- Feb 16, 2010
- Forum: Computer Building
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Hit by rogue anti-virus trojan - help needed

Well, it appears MalwareBytes was able to remove it this time without any problems (unlike the first one I got). I've also reported the search result to Google (though they don't exactly make it easy). I'll have to check reviews of Microsoft Security Essentials. My company's IT swears by...
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- Post #12
- Feb 16, 2010
- Forum: Computer Building
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Hit by rogue anti-virus trojan - help needed

mechBgon, Thanks for your previous help. I took many of your suggestions, in particular doing most of my work using a guest account, and using Run As when needed. Unfortunately, I got hit AGAIN on my same laptop by another rogue anti-virus app, WHILE using the guest account. I really don't...
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- Post #8
- Feb 15, 2010
- Forum: Computer Building
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Hit by rogue anti-virus trojan - help needed

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- Post #7
- Feb 15, 2010
- Forum: Computer Building
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Hit by rogue anti-virus trojan - help needed

I'll check that out, mech, thanks! I ended up reimaging the laptop this morning (the system still froze up from the HD locking down, which kept sfc from completing) and spending the entire day (and evening) updating the OS, reinstalling software, drivers, etc. I can't say I really lost...
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- Post #6
- Jan 10, 2010
- Forum: Computer Building
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Hit by rogue anti-virus trojan - help needed

Thanks, tcsenter, I'll try that. although the KB article you linked is for Vista/7, I found the related article for XP Pro, and it seems to be pretty much identical.
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- Post #4
- Jan 9, 2010
- Forum: Computer Building
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Hit by rogue anti-virus trojan - help needed

So today I suddenly started getting pop-ups on my laptop in Firefox, despite having pop-up blocking, AdBlockPlus, AVG, etc. (I suspect they were coming either from engadget.com, would surprise the hell out of me that they'd be the source, but the ad pop-ups did stop after closing their page -...
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- Jan 9, 2010
- Replies: 17
- Forum: Computer Building
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Sad when your laptop is more powerful

My current (built in 2003, I think) rig consists of: P4C (coppermine) 2.4 Ghz Abit IC7-G mobo (replaced NB fan countless times, eventually went passive when they discontinued the part) 2GB RAM (never could get it to run right with 4GB, but that may have been a mobo issue) XP Pro ATI...
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- Feb 13, 2009
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Laptops
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Antec Performance II SX1040BII

So here's the rig I intend to build soon. Core 2 Duo E7400 CPU Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3L mobo MSI 4850 OC 512MB graphics (already purchased) G.Skill HK 2x2GB DDR2 PC 800 RAM Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU cooler Corsair CMPSU-520HX modular 80-Plus PSU (picking up at Fry's today, $20 less...
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- Feb 13, 2009
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Dead ASUS mobo

My GF's Core2 Duo PC is dead. The system gets power, but there is no POST whatsoever. Drives start up but do not process anything, screen is blank, fans spin, etc. At first, I thought the CPU was burned out (based on previous experience with these symptoms, it was my first assumption), but...
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- Feb 2, 2009
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Motherboards
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Downgrade from 0ffice 2007 trial

My GF's laptop came with probably the worst piece of bloatware ever - Microsoft Office 2007 Trial edition. The trial ended, of course, so she pulled out her full version of 2003 and tried to install it on her laptop. Even after uninstalling 2007, running the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility...
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- Sep 1, 2008
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Windows
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Restoral images

So, I've had to replace yet another HD and reinstall Windows. I'm tired of the installation process, even when using slipstreamed WinXP CD. My Dell laptop and my GF's Gateway laptop have built-in restoral partitions for reimaging the main partition when Windows gets corrupted. Even my...
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- Aug 1, 2008
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Attention System Builders

Just a quick clarification, the issue was not that the boards don't support full 16x Crossfire, but that they can't support even 8x/8x crossfire because they lack a second full-sized PCI-E slot for a second video card at all. Just wanted to be sure nobody is confused and think they can still...
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- Post #64
- Jul 31, 2008
- Forum: Computer Building

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