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Subject: wonders of the year!
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digix2 11.12.13 - 07:01pm
My old pc has gone crazy since last two weeks. it has automatically changed the reading of data. it reads mega bites instead of mega byte. what could b the cause of this? help. * +
mok214 11.12.13 - 08:23pm
It sounds like somebody seized root on your PC. In other words, you have an evil virus that allowed somebody to own your computer. And guess what, formatting the hard drive will not help one bit. The good news is that many antivirus companies and Microsoft offer free malicious tool removal kits. * +
mok214 11.12.13 - 08:34pm
Of course that is assuming that nobody has access to your PC and that you surf the web and check email with your administrator account. And that your password is one of the top ten easily guessed passwords. If you have been playing around with computer management, you got what you deserved. * +
0.0 12.12.13 - 06:16am
you try an old restore? * +
metulj 12.12.13 - 03:55pm
@mok214
what exactly do you mean with
''And guess what, formatting the hard drive will not help one bit.'' ???
Formatting will ERASE everything from HDD, including viruses, ttrojans, worms, malware, spyware, rootkits...(smoke) * +
mok214 12.12.13 - 06:03pm
Not a a worm or root kit, they can hide in the BIOS flash memory where a hard disk drive format cannot touch. You are now the n00B of the Year. (winner) * +
mok214 12.12.13 - 06:13pm
Not to mention, a format cannot touch the root sector of your HDD, thus that is where the root kit derives its name. * +
newt182 12.12.13 - 06:47pm
A virus that affects the BIOS is very rare, and why did you mention it but not that anti virus will be useless if you have one? AV wont touch a BIOS. * +
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