FLARG
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So I'm having what seems to be a very common problem with Windows 7.
I encounterd a trojan/malware/spyware/fake antispyware awhile back. Don't know how long ago, could even have been over a year ago. Microsoft security essentials removed it. From then on I didn't notice anything wrong.
Then one day I noticed my gadgets were missing. Tried adding them back, they came up completely blank. I did my research on how to fix this issue by going all across the net for answers. The only thing that worked was turning the feature off, resetting the computer, and turning the feature on again. The Calender and Weather Gadget are now the only ones that refuse to show me no more than their base image. No date. No degrees.
However I didn't figure out how to get that far until halfway through entirely different and more stressing problem.Someone mentioned this problem occurred because of a problem with Windows update. Someone else, however, mentioned it was because of a hidden malware invasion.
So I popped up my Malwarebytes, updated it and scanned everything. Turned out that, not only did I have malware, I also had a trojan. No idea how long that was in there, but I removed it all and restarted the computer. Now this is where my mind started to hurt a LOT. Once everything was loaded up, Windows security starts popping up and saying "Internet security prevented one or more certain files from being open" I looked into it and it was only my updaters for some of my software. This keeps happening for all sorts of things from running downloads to accessing system files. I try going through anything and everything, attempting to fix this problem with no idea how it even happened. Once giving up, i resort to coming back to the net for answers. I found the "so-called" answer and it appears that I have come to total STOP with progression.
Now apparently for this incessant yellow security warning to be resolved, I'm supposed to open my internet explorer 9's internet options and move a scaleable bar in the security tab...OH WAIT ITS NOT FRIGGEN THERE!!!!! By some horror this bar that goes up and down is not just unselectable, its gone like it was never there to begin with!! Now the "solution" tells me to open Custom settings and change a few things in there. Does nothing to help my problem whatsoever. I'm now looking for another way around this. I see another thread telling me my UAC was probably tampered with. I recalled changing it before a long time ago. So now when I go to change it the Ok button does NOTHING!!! It's supposed to close the window. DOESN'T!! I click cancel and open it again and it's BACK to where it was again and not where I was told to put it. I look for answer YET again. Click start and type in search function regedit, or perhaps something else like UAC? Well guess what? All that pops up are tiny white page icons next to things like Programs, Documents, and Files. Nothing even remotely relevant to an actual system setting, file or proper folder.
None of the solutions that I have found here or anywhere else for that matter have actually done any progress in fixing my computer. I don't know if I am experiencing a unique problem similar to that of others, or If the virus in question that plagued you all has been modified to do far more damage to counter any counter I attempt to make.
So Tell me, oh great, wise, and all-knowing techies of Windows... Is the answer to my solution one that I can take in my own hands, or must I take my computer in to get wiped?
I encounterd a trojan/malware/spyware/fake antispyware awhile back. Don't know how long ago, could even have been over a year ago. Microsoft security essentials removed it. From then on I didn't notice anything wrong.
Then one day I noticed my gadgets were missing. Tried adding them back, they came up completely blank. I did my research on how to fix this issue by going all across the net for answers. The only thing that worked was turning the feature off, resetting the computer, and turning the feature on again. The Calender and Weather Gadget are now the only ones that refuse to show me no more than their base image. No date. No degrees.
However I didn't figure out how to get that far until halfway through entirely different and more stressing problem.Someone mentioned this problem occurred because of a problem with Windows update. Someone else, however, mentioned it was because of a hidden malware invasion.
So I popped up my Malwarebytes, updated it and scanned everything. Turned out that, not only did I have malware, I also had a trojan. No idea how long that was in there, but I removed it all and restarted the computer. Now this is where my mind started to hurt a LOT. Once everything was loaded up, Windows security starts popping up and saying "Internet security prevented one or more certain files from being open" I looked into it and it was only my updaters for some of my software. This keeps happening for all sorts of things from running downloads to accessing system files. I try going through anything and everything, attempting to fix this problem with no idea how it even happened. Once giving up, i resort to coming back to the net for answers. I found the "so-called" answer and it appears that I have come to total STOP with progression.
Now apparently for this incessant yellow security warning to be resolved, I'm supposed to open my internet explorer 9's internet options and move a scaleable bar in the security tab...OH WAIT ITS NOT FRIGGEN THERE!!!!! By some horror this bar that goes up and down is not just unselectable, its gone like it was never there to begin with!! Now the "solution" tells me to open Custom settings and change a few things in there. Does nothing to help my problem whatsoever. I'm now looking for another way around this. I see another thread telling me my UAC was probably tampered with. I recalled changing it before a long time ago. So now when I go to change it the Ok button does NOTHING!!! It's supposed to close the window. DOESN'T!! I click cancel and open it again and it's BACK to where it was again and not where I was told to put it. I look for answer YET again. Click start and type in search function regedit, or perhaps something else like UAC? Well guess what? All that pops up are tiny white page icons next to things like Programs, Documents, and Files. Nothing even remotely relevant to an actual system setting, file or proper folder.
None of the solutions that I have found here or anywhere else for that matter have actually done any progress in fixing my computer. I don't know if I am experiencing a unique problem similar to that of others, or If the virus in question that plagued you all has been modified to do far more damage to counter any counter I attempt to make.
So Tell me, oh great, wise, and all-knowing techies of Windows... Is the answer to my solution one that I can take in my own hands, or must I take my computer in to get wiped?
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