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My windows defender is not updated since 5 April. Please suggest remedy. <Moved from Windows | Original title:Windows Defender > Continue reading...

Ok so here's my problem, lately I've been encountering a file called "Important.exe" file in my C: Drive. When I ran it, the command prompt appeared for a brief amount of time (milliseconds). I'm suspecting it's a virus since my Anti-virus software (Avast) asked to send it to the team to test it. It also gave me the chance to delete it through Avast however that didn't work. So instead I opened my C: Drive, and deleted it manually with the hopes of getting rid of it, but to my surprise that did not work. Whenever I restart the computer the file again reappears. I have been downloading hacks such as Cheat Engine and others which work perfectly for the games I use so I…

I received a Windows Defender popup to clean my computer or my system might crash. I use McAfee which turned off my windows defender, so why am I getting this? I checked Microsoft website for alerts received from windows defender and the alert type I am getting "Critical" is not listed as one they send. the website lists, "Severe", but not "critical". The pop up also does not have other things that the Microsoft website says it should have. Do I assume this is a bogus pop up and do nothing, or do I hit "clean my computer" and hope I am not installing a virus on my computer And if I do, will it work anyway being that I have McAfee? I did run a qu…

I have Windows 7- Microsoft Security Essentials says I have to turn on real-time protection. When I click to turn on, message says time out period expired. So how do I turn it on? Windows defender says real time protection is on. Thanks <Original title:carolt> Continue reading...

What if anything do we need to do to protect our home networks from this threat Continue reading...

Somehow I have picked up this conduit thing and it interferes with everything I do on my computer ..even on the windows page....HELP!! Continue reading...

I have several Mint Mate installations - in virtual partitions and on USB flash drives. They all have the same themes (skins). On some, I can change the pointer size by moving the slider (see picture). On others the slider is greyed out and I have to stay with the small default pointer. What could possibly be the cause that the exact same systems (same .iso) behave differently. Continue reading...

Hi, Im new here, so its my first post :) I made an ascii text generator today http://talkera.org.cp-in-1.webhostbo...scii/ascii.php what do you think? Continue reading...

Hi, Just wanted to introduce myself as a reasonably competent Mint user of some 4 years who used to use another UK forum. A notorious troll there who had been banned several times but allowed back in by the new owners, has made me decide to try pastures new! I usually use Mint 13 Mate but have just tried LMDE 201403 on my laptop and must say how good it looks, not that I'm awfully experienced with Debian. The desktop just looks like the traditional Mint desktop. The things you do whilst waiting for Clem to release the latest LTS! Some may know me as JD or DD. Continue reading...

hello dear linux-experts ive installed osmosis on suselinux version 13.1 Code: linux-70ce:/home/martin # LANG=en_US.UTF-8 wget http://bretth.dev.openstreetmap.org/osmosis-build/osmosis-latest.tgz --2014-04-12 22:09:52-- http://bretth.dev.openstreetmap.org/osmosis-build/osmosis-latest.tgz Resolving bretth.dev.openstreetmap.org (bretth.dev.openstreetmap.org)... 128.40.168.103 Connecting to bretth.dev.openstreetmap.org (bretth.dev.openstreetmap.org)|128.40.168.103|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 9079737 (8.7M) [application/x-gzip] Saving to: �osmosis-latest.tgz� 100%[==============================================…

Good day dear ppl today i have a question - regarding gis-technoligy opensuse 13.1 i try to do some gis-works with a large file: france-latest.osm.bz2 which i gathered from here: http://download.geofabrik.de/europe.html what do i do with that file france-latest.osm.bz2 Code: bzcat france-latest.osm.bz2 what is aimed? i want to extract all things that belong to the POI restaurant which is long lat name adress etc - etx. i have the following things up and running: package perl-XML-Twig and run xml_split with a command available on openSUSE to split xml files named xml_split (it is part of the package perl-XML-Twig) Now we try to run the followin…

The success of Amazon's Kindle line and the Fire TV may just have them finaly building a smartphone — and if rumors are true, it will have a 3D-style screen. According to the Wall Street Journal, folks have been briefed by Amazon about the upcoming smartphone. They're calling it part of a larger move to get into the hardware side of the business. Supposedly developers in Seattle — where Amazon is based — and San Francisco have had demos of versions of this new Amazon phone, which is reportedly to be announced by the end of June. One of the things to set this apart from the field of other phones is the screen. Sources tell the WSJ that the phone will display a sort of 3…

Kolibree, the world’s first connected electric toothbrush, is now live for pre-orders on Kickstarter. Funds raised from Kickstarter supporters will be used to manufacture and distribute Kolibree’s connected toothbrush, starting with a limited rollout in June and wide distribution worldwide starting in the U.S. and Europe in late Q3/early Q4 2014. We got a chance to see it in person Thursday night. Continue reading...

I've told you what I want out of OS X 10.10. Now it's your turn. The feature list for OS X 10.10 Syrah has already been decided. I don't have any special insight to what it has, but I know what I'd like it to have — I made the case for a flatter interface, borrowing from iOS 7, and many of you agreed with me. But you have lots of other great ideas, judging from the many responses I got from Twitter. Here's a sample Plain voice interaction Siri is at the top of the list of wants. It's something that a lot of us depend on we use our iPhones and iPads, why should our Mac experience be any different? Apple understands when it makes sense to blur the line between…

Steve Jobs introduced the original iPad in 2010 by making the case that, in order for a new product category to exist between the smartphone and the laptop it had to be significantly better at certain important things than a smartphone or a laptop. A decade of Tablet PC ruins smote across the market space had made that clear enough. The iPad, case made, went on to achieve phenomenal success. Now, in 2014, the mobile market has grown and various companies are attempting the segment it with even more product categories, including: Wearables, including smartwatches, below smartphones. Phablets between phones and tablets, and, Hybrid... laplets? between tablets and lapt…

Gameloft has released a new trailer and some new screenshots for their upcoming game The Amazing Spider-Man 2, coming next week. Spider-Man 2 was originally announced last month as an open world experience that would let you sling webs, crawl on walls, and fight villains in true Spider-Man style. The game will take you through 8 detailed, open areas of Manhattan, including Times Square and Central Park, where you'll swing between buildings and fight enemies using combo-based combat. Gameloft says that the story of Spider-Man 2 is deeper, and features six boss fights and expanded side missions. There will also be a number of social events such as fights in Mysterio's Ar…

hi. I hear that Microsoft going to stop supporting Windows XP my question is ,if some body going still to use XP in the feature as normaal OS or on a Virtual machine or virtual box of Oracle what for problems I wil meet? thanks johan Continue reading...

Hello, I have recently bought 4 identical computers for the office with 4 windows 7 licenses. I would like to have the same programs installed and was wondering which was the fastest way to do this. Surfing on the web I found some information and thought about two possibilities: -install/unistall everything on one computer and then make a system image and restore it to the other units. If this is possible, what happens with the windows licenses? -create the same system partition on all computers and install all programs on one computer's partition and then make an image of this partition to be restored on the others. Is this possible? Do you have any sug…

I have 3 computers linked on MSHOME network. 2 use XP. I have just added an 8.1 computer. When I access the internet on my XP computer it comes up with the message: Web page requested is offline. To view click connect. Sometimes it also asks if I want a connection to the 8.1 computer (by refering to the name I have given to this new computer). I can connect via the XP computer by answering the questions; but what have I done wrong to cause this new problem? Continue reading...

Hi, I want to have a connection that I can still use a shared network printer but I don't want the computer to be able to access the Internet. Is there a possible way to set up a LAN that doesn't have access to the internet? I still want the other computers and Devices to be able to connect to the internet though. Continue reading...

How do I go about updating VIA drivers in the xp I have been trying for a year to find them and went to hp and they were no help Threads merged. Duplicate deleted. Continue reading...

I am using the college proxy server and am unable to access the windows store or any of the windows 8 apps. How can i configure my system to access them. Is there any alternative way to update windows 8 to 8.1 apart from windows store?? Continue reading...

why is the system folder empty(local disk :C>windows>system)......i was just tinkering and i noticed this strange problem :/ .......my os win 8 help will be appreciated :) Continue reading...

Original Title: windows 8 blank screen and reboot and select proper device etc have to reset every 2 days I have an asus k55a and every 2 days it freezes and I have a blank screen or with a message on it saying reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key. I have to press f9 and power on and go through the reset procedure. however 2 days later the same problem occurs. appreciate any ideas that will solve this problem. Continue reading...

My dell photo 966 printer has not been scanning anything since installed to my new windows 8 PC. It scanned and printed fine on my old Windows XP PC. The printer only prints half of the image i would like to print also. Thanks, Moya Continue reading...