In a Windows 7 (fresh installation on a customer’s notebook computer) a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) error appeared during Windows Updates. The error seems to be caused by the “Igdpmd64.sys” file.
Boot problems can be caused by several reasons, like power supply interruption, a damaged data cable, damaged boot device , wrong boot device order, virus attacks or after installing a new operating system. This tutorial will show you how to run and use the Windows “Startup Repair” (Repair Your Computer) option to fix these problems.
DirectX (by Microsoft) is a collection of application programming interfaces (API) for handling multimedia tasks in modern computers, especially on game programming and video. The name of these APIs starts with the word “Direct” such as Direct3D, DirectDraw, DirectSound, etc. DirectXs are required in most modern computer games for their proper operation.
In Windows 7 & Windows 8 operating systems, the “Quick Launch” toolbar is missing by default from the Taskbar. This tutorial will show you the way to display (add) the “Quick Launch” toolbar on your taskbar on these operating systems.
“DiVapton – Pup.Optional.Divapton.A” is a “Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP)” that may contain and install malicious programs on your computer, like adware, toolbars or viruses. “DiVapton” extension is identified by Malwarebyte Antimalware utility as a “Potentially Unwanted Program” (PUP) with the following name: “Pup.Optional.Divapton.A”.
Sometimes, when your computer is infected with a malware program (virus, trojan, rootkit, etc.), you face problems with critical Windows services, like Windows Firewall, Windows Update or other services which have been compromised or corrupted by the harmful program. In such cases, you must repair or restore these services to their default state.
“Minibar” & “Apps Hat” are unwanted browser extensions which are installed on common Internet browsers. “Minibar” & “Apps Hat” extensions are identified by Malwarebyte Antimalware utility as “Potentially Unwanted Programs” (PUP) with the following names: “Pup.Optional.Minibar.A” & “Pup.Optional.Somoto.A”.
Cryptolocker (also known as “Troj/Ransom-ACP”, “Trojan.Ransomcrypt.F”) is a Ransomware software that when it infects your computer, it encrypts all the files in it. The bad news with this virus is that, once it infects your computer, your critical files are encrypted with strong encryption and it is practically impossible to decrypt them.
Google Chrome suddenly doesn't open any web pages, neither the Chrome settings page (chrome://settings/), extensions page (chrome://extensions/) or any other page/setting under Chrome menu. All other browsers (e.g. Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, etc.) work perfectly. This is probably due to a malware/virus that corrupts Google Chrome settings and compromises its preferences file.
As “Administrative shares” are defined all the default network shares that can be accessed remotely only from network administrators. The Admin shares are hidden and they are disabled by default in a Windows 7 based computers in order to prevent unauthorized users to access or modify them through a network environment.