Last week, one of our customers brought to our service an old IBM ThinkPad T41 laptop, that won’t start (turn on). As the customer said, the above problem occurred with no obvious reason (e.g. after drop, liquid throw, etc.). In such cases, the problem usually is a power supply issue
AdvanceElite is an adware software (add-on or extension) that gets installed in popular Web browsers, such as Internet Explorer, Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, without the user’s permission and modifies the browser settings in order to perform browsing redirects into advertisements and earn money from their publishers.
Adsupplyads.com Ads get in your computer after the installation of a malicious software on it. The “Adsupplyads” adware may install additional plugins (toolbars, extensions or add-ons) inside the Web browser in order to present unwanted advertisements to the computer's user. Adware programs like this, may contain malware (malicious software)
An ISO image file, commonly named ‘disc image’, can contain all the contents of an optical disk. The ISO image file has the extension ‘.iso’ following its name and you can use it (open, explore) as you use the traditional physical disc: How to Mount (Open & Explore) ISO image files.
Astromenda Search is a browser hijacker and when installed on a computer, it changes the default homepage and search settings to “http://astromenda.com ” in popular Web browsers, such as Internet Explorer, Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, without the user’s permission.
If you format your storage device (hard disk, memory card, flash disk, etc.), then all the data that was stored on it are lost, but in fact your data still remains inside the storage device, but they are invisible and inaccessible. The same thing happens if you delete any folder or file on your computer. […]
AnyProtect is an online backup service that claims to take a secure backup of your computer into online servers. AnyProtect is a rogue software because it is bundled as a part of other free software installation programs and when it is installed on a computer, it displays fake messages to make the user buy the software […]
Worm: VBS/Jenxcus is a very nasty worm because upon infects your computer gives access to cybercriminals, drops malicious files on your hard drive and deletes every folder (or file) that you access and leaves back their shortcut. Worm: VBS/Jenxcus spreads itself via removable drives or over the network and after infection compromise the computer security by […]
Gogpile search is a browser hijacker program which, when installed, it changes the default homepage and search settings to “http://dogpile.com” in popular Web browsers, such as Internet Explorer, Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, without the user’s permission. In fact, Gogpile Web Search modifies the browser settings in order to perform browsing redirects into advertisements and […]
In a customer’s computer, the following error appeared during “Send/Receive Progress” in Outlook 2013 “Sending reported error (0x8004010F) : ‘Outlook data file cannot be accessed.’” The above error may occur if the Outlook profile is corrupted or after transferring the Outlook .PST file to another location on your disk or to another computer.