I have a Microsoft LifeCam HD sitting atop my monitor. Today, completely out of the blue, its light came on — I was simply browsing the web (in Chrome) when it happened. After about 5 minutes the webcam turned off. Naturally, I immediately suspected my ex-wife (when in doubt, I always suspect her), but she … Read more
I have recently started using Ubuntu. I am wondering about the point of installing antivirus programs on Ubuntu. On SuperUser, I found the opinion that it only detects “windows viruses” and removes them. Is there a point in installing antivirus if I don’t have any other OS? As far as I know, there are no … Read more
I am running Windows 10 on a fairly recent laptop. I’m using Avast (free version) as antivirus and before the update, Windows Defender was turned off as it should be in case a third party antivirus is installed. Yesterday I received a notification of an available update for the OS. I ran the update on … Read more
When performing some testing, I noticed that after installing Avast and checking in both my “Run” registry key and my “Startup” folder that a startup entry wasn’t present in either location. Taking this into account, in which location do the majority of anti-virus programs locate themselves so that they will automatically start at OS boot … Read more
I’m downloading an AVI file via a torrent, but my anti-virus detects something. Is it possible that the AVI file contains a virus? It is quite weird since the torrent has many positive reviews. Answer TL;DR An .avi file is a video, and therefore is not executable, so the operating system can/will not run the … Read more
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You can hide any file inside of another file just by typing: type sol.exe > container.txt:sol.exe and to run the file hidden file just use: start c:\hide\container.txt:sol.exe But the crazy part about this is it doesn’t increase the size of the file (so it’s totally hidden). And if you delete the file with the hidden … Read more
Why does anti-virus software not completely delete the viruses, malware, etc., but instead quarantine them? Is it not better to completely get rid of them? Why? And how can I manually remove them? Answer Viruses and malwares are not dangerous if not executed. A file in quarantine cannot be executed by the user and the … Read more
What should I do if my Windows computer seems to be infected with a virus or malware? What are the symptoms of an infection? What should I do after noticing an infection? What can I do to get rid of it? how to prevent from infection by malware? This question comes up frequently, and the … Read more
