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<blockquote data-quote="shmu26" data-source="post: 615157" data-attributes="member: 37647">Hey, that 800+ threats is just to scare you and wow you into buying their product. It is likely that not even a single one of those &quot;threats&quot; is true malware. Quite likely adware, and PUPs, but not the real thing. Most modern malware is not like the old pranks that hackers used to play on us. Nowadays, malware usually leaves your system running, so that the attackers can:1 exort money from you by means of various threats2 use your computer in a botnet, to spam the rest of the world3 steal the login credentials to your banking sitePeople here gave you lots of things to try. And there is always the sad possibility that your hard disk is dying. This causes all sorts of errors. Remember that hard disks are mortal. If you can, back up your personal data to a different media before it is too late. There are various bootable CDs that can help you do this.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="shmu26, post: 615157, member: 37647"] Hey, that 800+ threats is just to scare you and wow you into buying their product. It is likely that not even a single one of those "threats" is true malware. Quite likely adware, and PUPs, but not the real thing. Most modern malware is not like the old pranks that hackers used to play on us. Nowadays, malware usually leaves your system running, so that the attackers can: 1 exort money from you by means of various threats 2 use your computer in a botnet, to spam the rest of the world 3 steal the login credentials to your banking site People here gave you lots of things to try. And there is always the sad possibility that your hard disk is dying. This causes all sorts of errors. Remember that hard disks are mortal. If you can, back up your personal data to a different media before it is too late. There are various bootable CDs that can help you do this. [/QUOTE]

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