Okay, I have installed a program that gave me many, many PC viruses that can't be deleted, so should I run System Restore? Thanks.
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What should I do if my Windows computer seems to be infected with a virus or malware?  What are the symptoms of an infection? What should I do after noticing an infection? What can I do to get rid of it? how to prevent from infection by malware?   This question comes up frequently, and the suggested solutions are usually the same. This community wiki is an attempt to serve as the definitive, most comprehensive answer possible. Feel free to add your contributions via edits.
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I have certain old CD/DVD's which are not in good condition. I want to recover from them anything that can be recovered. in windows you had software like Isobuster and Cd Recovery which will let me do this. Can anyone suggest a native linux app?
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Is it possible for my Linux box to become infected with a malware?  I haven't heard of it happening to anyone I know, and I've heard quite a few times that it isn't possible. Is that true?  If so, what's up with Linux Anti-Virus (security) software?
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I'm quite new to Ubuntu and want to create a backup. I'm really not sure what files and folders to include so that if I restore my system it will be as it is now. I can't seem to find good details of this anywhere. Hopefully someone could help me with this. Is it possible to backup everything as it is now so in the event of a system restore I don't have to reinstall programs and settings?
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I have a laptop that came with Windows XP. I upgraded to Windows 7 when it came out, and am planning on selling the laptop. Unfortunately, I think the Windows 7 upgrade disc got accidentally thrown out when I was throwing some old software out.  I was planning on doing "Darik's Book and Nuke" to wipe everything, but then I would have no way to get Windows 7 back on it legally. Is there any way I can restore Windows 7 to a clean install, and then "wipe unused space" with a disk utility to protect my information?  I do have the Windows XP factory restore disc that came with the laptop, but it will obviously sell easier and probably for more with Windows 7 on it.  Any suggestions? Thank you.
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Here is the error message:  System Restore did not complete successfully. Your computer's system files and settings were not changed. Details: System Restore failed while restoring the directory from the restore point. Source: AppxStaging Destination: %ProgramFiles%\WindowsApps An unspecified error occurred during System Restore. (0x80070091)   What I've tried so far:  chkdsk /f /r C: (didn't work) tried running in safe mode the system restore (didn't work) tried with another system restore point (didn't work)
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I have a situation.  I got married 6 months ago and stored some very important pictures on my laptop which was running Linux. Later I formatted the whole hard drive, installed Windows and a hacked version of Mac (just to play around) and I have been using the laptop for last 8 months or so after that.  Is there any software that can recover the files for me? I am happy to pay money!
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My technophobe mother returned from a European trip to discover she'd erased all but 15 images from a nearly full 2GB card. As I am the computer guy in the family, she posted the card to me and asked that I make something magical happen.  The photos were taken with and deleted by a Nikon Coolpix. (I don't know the model.)  I am a Linux guy, but there is a Windows Vista box at my disposal.  What is my best strategy to try to recover something?
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Just been working on a new laptop today (Acer) and it was pre-installed with all sorts of crapware. Mostly games and "backup utilities" and McAfee. I had to manually uninstall about 30 apps via Vista's Programs and Features  So it got me wondering is there any way of mass uninstalling or queuing an app to be uninstalled? Through Vista/XP you need to wait for Install Shield or whatever to close before beginning to uninstall the next app. Took way more time than it should have.  Just another one of those Windows annoyances! Any help appreciated as I often need to do this when I come across a slow machine that's just been clogged with a bunch of useless apps
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I have run two virus scans and neither of them have found anything so far (Malware Bytes and Avira Rescue). During gaming I will get Windows popups saying that my system is low of memory and recommends closing the game. This can also happen while browsing. My computer seems to become sluggish a lot and will hang up often, such as when clicking a link from a messenger program to open in my browser.   I am unsure what is causing this. My memory usage on the processes tab doesn't add up to such a high percentage of my actual memory.    As a side note, is my Disk Usage supposed to spike up to 100% sometimes? Research seems to say so.
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Which programs installed by default in Ubuntu are generally regarded as safe to uninstall?  I'm mostly thinking of things like social networking, E-mail, you know. Bonus stuff.
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For example, de-fragmenting, disc cleanup, or stuff like that?
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I have a blank hard drive. I also have a Windows 7 system image backed up on an external hard drive. I don't have a system repair disk (SRD) and also don't have Windows 7 disk. I only have the recovery disks that came with my laptop. There is no option in the recovery disk to restore from a system image. So, I am forced to use the old stuff in the recovery disk.   I have few questions:    Can I restore my system from an image on a USB based HDD, without any SRD? Can I create an SRD in a windows 8 system for a windows 7 system? I know this might sound strange, but what if an SRD is just a collection of backup utilities? If no microsoft based answer is there, then is there any commercial software which can do this instead?   I don't even have access to an original Windows 7 disk right now. So, that option is ruled out too.
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Is there a way to monitor processes starting in the system before they start?  Example: On programs like ZoneAlarm or Antivirus programs, when you run a program it asks you if you allow running this program or not before it runs...
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I met the same problem of not being able to shrink the Windows OS partition C: as much as I plan to due to unmovable files.  Having learned from , I would like to "turn System Restore off and remove System Volume Information folders". So I was wondering where and how I can "turn System Restore off and remov System Volume Information folders"?  This is the only way I can find out to solve my problem. If you have other way please let me know.
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Can files be infected with malware and them running as soon as the disk their on is connected/when their opened(Im talking for files like mp4/mov/avi, pngs(images generally) and compressed zip,tar.gz and most of all text files files)  If so is there any reliable way to check if they are infected
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In Windows 7 you could create a system image that you restore later on in the Backup and Restore options:    However Backup and Restore options have changed in Windows 8. They look like this now:    Is it still possible to create a system image so that I can restore it later on or has this  feature been removed?