How Can I Remove a Malicious Website Notification From My Computer?
I've been getting alerts from my antivirus about a malicious website, memory-scanner.cc, trying to open in Internet Explorer. This has happened at least three times today, but I'm…
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Dealing with Unexpected PUP Reports from Malwarebytes
I noticed something strange happened while running a scan with Malwarebytes about an hour ago. It flagged ten instances of pup.optional.browserhack, which I promptly quarantined and deleted. Since…
Is Malwarebytes falsely flagging PUP.Optional.BrowserHijack detections?
I've just run a scan with Malwarebytes, and it flagged 12 detections related to PUP.Optional.BrowserHijack. Interestingly, other scanning tools like HitmanPro and Windows Defender didn't find anything suspicious;…
Help! My Browser's Search Engine Got Hijacked
I accidentally installed a file that's changed my search engine to a sketchy one called 'safety search.' It keeps overriding my settings, and I think my web browser…
Help! Powershell or CMD keeps popping up randomly on my PC
I'm having an issue where a program called "onechecker" keeps opening either Powershell or the CMD prompt on its own—usually about every hour or so. I've been using…