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Exclamation  03-31-2011, 01:49 PM
When I turned on my computer yesterday Relevant knowledge crashed three times and then the my documents folder opened. I had no start bar, no icons and no wallpaper. I also got a pop up at random that looked similar to this:

[ sfdsfd______(x) ]
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|====2======|
|====[Ok]====|
|______________|

I have had to reinstall windows but I would still like to know specifically what happened. The operating system is windows 7 ultimate.

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03-31-2011, 02:34 PM
I think it was a virus or some kind of malware :/
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03-31-2011, 05:01 PM
Yeah, it was definitely some kind of malware. To prevent that kind of stuff in the future, you could try getting a good script blocker or something for your web browser to use on sites you don't trust, but make sure you have a decent anti virus as well.
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03-31-2011, 05:24 PM (This post was last modified: 03-31-2011, 05:24 PM by Final light.)
It got passed avast pretty easily. Any recommendations for a script blocker?

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04-01-2011, 09:44 PM
If you're using Fire Fox, NoScript will do the trick.
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