Computer problems

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  1. JO'Co

    JO'Co Well-Known Member

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    My Norton Anti-Virus keeps informing me that it has blocked a "known attack" on my computer. When I look up the source of the attack, Norton tells me that the source of the attack is the hard drive of THIS computer! I'm attacking myself? Norton says the attack comes from "Explorer.exe" on my hard drive. What's going on?

    I also get "jumps" and "redirects" as I try to navigate the internet.
     
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  2. George Krebs

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    If you keep attacking yourself you'll go blind. 8) I know that's not much help...
     
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  3. Terry O'Keefe

    Terry O'Keefe Well-Known Member Administrator

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    Download AntiMalwareBytes and run it in safe mode and see what happens.
     
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  4. JO'Co

    JO'Co Well-Known Member

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    LOL! I'll try to keep my furry palms off my keyboard...
     
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  5. Tennessee Tom

    Tennessee Tom Well-Known Member Administrator

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    Two years with no attacks and no virus protection software of any kind... MAC
     
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    Jo'Co


    Whenever I have a problem I use Cnet.com I use their forums for help and also to use the free spyware/malware/protection. I have found this to work perfectly
     
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  7. Terry O'Keefe

    Terry O'Keefe Well-Known Member Administrator

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    Dork!! Where's the fun in that! :roll: :roll:
     
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  8. Tennessee Tom

    Tennessee Tom Well-Known Member Administrator

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    When I was a teenager, I got my fill of having to use protection. I found the fix to that and have been married to that fix for almost 28 years. I have found the fix to my computer protection issues and hope to have at least 28 years with that fix as well! 8)
     
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