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Paul in Houston TX wrote: Mark Twain wrote: I'm not getting tired of Kapersky but I don't understand why it isn't working. I did screw up at first with the copy/paste but I corrected that when you reminded me to use Imgbrun. I deleted all the Kapersky files and emptied the trash as per your instructions and used a new CD-RW to create the Kapersky Rescue CD and I verified the CD as well so it should be OK. In passing, I did a malwarebytes scan last night which found 55 threats! I had never seen those before and I do regular scans. So I quarantined and deleted them, and then ran malwarebytes again which came up clean. http://i68.tinypic.com/166ep21.jpg http://i63.tinypic.com/168j5ee.jpg Could this be part of the problem and maybe the reason why my F8 no longer functions? I'll try your other link and let you know the results. Thanks, Robert Possible virus that kills Kaspersky. Not while you're booting the Kaspersky Linux Rescue CD. It's supposed to do an offline scan. I tested the current (Dec.2017) Kaspersky offline disc, and I did see the "corrupt database" message, which an update would not fix. So the "bases" folder on the CD seems to be a problem. I rolled back my CD to Mar.2017 (I have a half dozen old KAV ISO images), and that one worked OK for me. However, Robert found doing the same thing, he was still getting the "Corrupt" message. Which shouldn't happen, because he did delete the C:\Kaspersky... folder before booting the CD. Paul It seems that the 2013 version of KAV is the newest and they do not update hardware drivers. KAV will not recognize the network adaptors in this 2017 comp with both and Intel and Killer Gbit adaptors. Downloaded the stand alone updater and installer. Will mess with it over the next few days if I have time. I have 3 KAV iso's, 2013, 2016, and new Dec 20, 2017. All are the same and updated db's tonight with no problem using the 2012 wireless laptop. Found HijRMS.ag rootkit but I think it may be a false alarm. |
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Mark Twain wrote:
I was just reading another story on MSN and the music came up again, it starts with 'if you ever ,....' while I was reading it. I thought I had cleared this up by deleting those threat files. So I ran malwarebytes again and it came up clean, so why am I still getting these unwanted pop-up music/ads or whatever they are when all I did was click on a story to read? It also not consistent because I have the story opened now and I don't hear it. I should be able to open any story on any site without having this problem. Thoughts/suggestions? Robert There is an addon which makes it so only elements you click on, can play their content. This was a capability that used to be in the browser code, but got removed. An outside developer kept it going as a separate piece of code. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...ement/reviews/ But with Firefox Quantum (57 or later), only the newer style of AddOns work, and that means anything useful no longer works. I tested MSN.com here, and I got a sound-activated item while scrolling the main body text on that page. It seems to play once and stops. If I were to reload the msn.com page, it will play it's little crap sound a second time. It's not the same advertisement you're getting (because I'm in Canada and they send me to msn.ca). And for the company paying money to do this, I can't even make out what they're selling. I hear some "jingle music" indicating an advertisement, but the human voice is indistinct. Making the advert a waste of money for someone. So while you noticed "if you ever", I can't even make that much out. Paul |
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Maybe this is the new 'norm' that we have
to put up with since they seem to put ads etc everywhere now, even in emails which I find particularly rude and offensive. I still think it's odd that my Microsoft 4000 doesn't function with the F keys but the no-name keyboard does? Robert |
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Mark Twain wrote:
Maybe this is the new 'norm' that we have to put up with since they seem to put ads etc everywhere now, even in emails which I find particularly rude and offensive. I still think it's odd that my Microsoft 4000 doesn't function with the F keys but the no-name keyboard does? Robert I think it's odd too, but I don't have any hardware ideas to contribute to fix it. I don't know why the output of that keyboard doesn't work. There are supposed to be defacto standards for this. And it does also raise the question, that if the 4000 doesn't work, if you drove to the computer store and bought another keyboard, what are the odds that one would work any better ? I can't even begin to guess what the 8500 expects for a keyboard. You can run keyboards in parallel. If you did find a keyboard with operational F keys, you could use that keyboard only for the F key function, then use your more comfortable 4000 for the rest of your keyboard input. You can use two or more mice and two or more keyboards at the same time on a computer. I've even used an Apple ADB keyboard on my PC, by using a Griffen ADB to USB adapter, so a whole lot of stuff will work, and work in parallel. Only the "CD eject" key doesn't work on the Apple keyboard. Paul |
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Well unless something else crops up and
hopefully wont,.. Thanks for all your help, Robert |
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This is what happened..
The space bar on my keyboard was getting pretty noisy and I saw this video where you could resolve it putting on some lithium grease and I just happen to have some. So I removed the surrounding keys but instead of just prying it up (they said not to remove it) it popped off! I did grease it but when I put it back on it was very stiff. However, (trying to make this short) I have other keyboards I saved and so pulled the last one out and although the number keys on the right don't work (I spilled some coffee there) the rest does and guess what? My F8 key functions ! So it was a faulty keyboard. I thought you'd like to know,.. everything else seems OK although it still irks me why some stories on Fox News etc. take forever to load, and can't stand pop-ups and ad's that you have to watch before your story comes up but I digress. Robert |
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Mark Twain wrote:
I thought you'd like to know,.. everything else seems OK although it still irks me why some stories on Fox News etc. take forever to load, and can't stand pop-ups and ad's that you have to watch before your story comes up but I digress. Robert I've been seeing some weird stuff in Windows 10 lately, where google.com is very slow to load. Now Microsoft wouldn't slow that down would they ? We live in a weird weird world, that's for sure. Every day, it's a new curve ball. My P4 system just started acting up, and that's my current project, is trying to root cause the thing. It keeps saying "overclocking failed", but the weirdest part, is the time clock keeps resetting to 1970... and that just shouldn't happen (the CMOS battery is brand new). On an overclock failure, the clock should not be affected. Well, at least I have a hobby :-/ Paul |
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exactly,... computers were suppose to make
things easier. I'll soon be doing my monthly back-ups for both computers and bookmarks as well. Robert |
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