Homer Thompson Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 13 hours ago, Stu said: Need to send my laptop back to have one of the hard drives replaced as seemingly there is a fault (although I've not noticed any issues other than a Windows prompt). What's the best way to back-up the two hard drives to ensure I can copy everything back on once I get the laptop back? I have a 500GB external hard drive so was planning to use that to copy stuff too. In the past I've used Seagate's Disc Wizard to make images of hard drives which can be mounted - handy for transferring stuff to a new PC. However, when I use the "clone disc" option it wants to delete all of the partitions on the external hard drive - not much use as I have stuff on it and if it asks me to do that for the second hard drive it'll surely wipe the back up for the first one! Help/advice/insults appreciated Its probably going to be easier manually copying over folders you want to keep, to be honest. You might also want to look at some online options. I've used Carbonite in the past and its really easy to use but its not free. 12 hours ago, jimmy boo said: Mates laptop has frozen and it's showing a scam message to allegedly phone Microsoft. It's headed......RDN/Trojan.worm!055BCCAC9FEC Infection. What would be the easiest idiot proof way of getting rid? If you cant restore, google the error and you'll find a removal tool. Just make sure you download it from a reputable site though 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy boo Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 If you cant restore, google the error and you'll find a removal tool. Just make sure you download it from a reputable site though Wouldn't system restore still leave the bad stuff in there? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Thompson Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 2 minutes ago, jimmy boo said: Wouldn't system restore still leave the bad stuff in there? No, as long as you restore to a point before the "bad stuff" was installed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy boo Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 No, as long as you restore to a point before the "bad stuff" was installed. Cheers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Got a pair of Skull Candy Hesh headphones recently, they have a replaceable cable, I had a pair in the past and they had a microphone (may have been Hesh 2 now I think of it) Can i just buy one of these cables with a mic and use it as so? I presume yes. If so anyone know where I can pick one up in Glasgow? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locheedfcno1 Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 I can't access my emails on my kindle. Pop up saying enter new password. I've not changed my password for years. Plus I can access my email k s from my iPhone. Anyone have any ideas please? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locheedfcno1 Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 I can't access my emails on my kindle. Pop up saying enter new password. I've not changed my password for years. Plus I can access my email k s from my iPhone. Anyone have any ideas please? Scrap that. Just deleted email account and put.in details again and its working. Not sure what happened 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YER SISTERS YER MAW Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Looking for some help on how to go about blocking ads on my android phone. It's running Marshmallow 6.0. I got a new phone on Friday so I've been downloading new apps onto it from the Google store. Yesterday I downloaded a few apps and since then I'm getting nuisance ads opening up full screen size. Everytime I open up an app there's an ad. During games an ad will appear. It's now even appearing when I turn my phone on in the home screen. I've tried deleting the apps I downloaded yesterday but the ads still remain. Also tried a couple of ad blockers (Adfree & Adblock plus) but they didn't block the ads I'm getting so I've deleted them. Any suggestions? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YER SISTERS YER MAW Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 (edited) Now when I switch my phone on my web browser(Chrome) automatically opens up with this address iltutep.website/ZjBiNDZIY210YmM10WRIM2UxM but the screen is blank. I'm now beginning to think it's a virus. Switched phone on and off, again same thing, browser opens up, except with a different web address this time androidtraffic.ru/in/link_all/ , again the screen is blank. WTF is going on? Edit-Now getting directed to porn at error.reporo.com Edited October 23, 2016 by YER SISTERS YER MAW 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YER SISTERS YER MAW Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Downloaded Malwarebytes Anti-Malware app and done a full scan but it found no malware. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint dave Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Just reset it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YER SISTERS YER MAW Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 50 minutes ago, saint dave said: Just reset it Yeah, might have to do that. Pain in the arse having to start from scratch again but I'm running out of options.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
54_and_counting Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 if you think any of the apps you got from playstore caused it fire off a complaint to google, tell them whats going on incase its a rogue app, tell them you need to put your phone back into a shop, cost of repairs etc etc, might get a couple of quid play store credit etc off them as for the virus, try an app called CM Security, it has a part you can scan your files and it scans everything including sd card, might find the problem lies in that, i did this recently and found 3 trojans on my phone how the f**k they got thee i'll never know 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davi3j Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 (edited) 29 minutes ago, YER SISTERS YER MAW said: Yeah, might have to do that. Pain in the arse having to start from scratch again but I'm running out of options.. Go through your installed apps and uninstall anything you dont recognise. If its a system file then you will get a warning so just leave those ones. Edited October 23, 2016 by vip3r 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YER SISTERS YER MAW Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 if you think any of the apps you got from playstore caused it fire off a complaint to google, tell them whats going on incase its a rogue app, tell them you need to put your phone back into a shop, cost of repairs etc etc, might get a couple of quid play store credit etc off them as for the virus, try an app called CM Security, it has a part you can scan your files and it scans everything including sd card, might find the problem lies in that, i did this recently and found 3 trojans on my phone how the f**k they got thee i'll never know It must be associated with one of the apps I downloaded yesterday. I've deleted them all but the ads still keep popping up. Also getting my browser opening itself up with different websites but my browser is blocking access. Used an app called stubborn trojan killer and it found nothing. Adblock plus seems to be the most recommended for unroofed phones. I've downloaded the app but you need to change the proxy settings manually on your WiFi. I've tried to follow the steps how to do that. There's an advanced settings box it ask you to tick but the settings box is not there on my phone. I've posted on their forum for help so waiting for a response. I'll give that CM Security a try in the meantime. Cheers! Go through your installed apps and uninstall anything you dont recognise. If its a system file then you will get a warning so just leave those ones. Had a look but apart from the preloaded apps that came with the phone, nothing looks suspicious. Its got to have came from an app I downloaded yesterday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davi3j Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 1 hour ago, YER SISTERS YER MAW said: It must be associated with one of the apps I downloaded yesterday. I've deleted them all but the ads still keep popping up. Also getting my browser opening itself up with different websites but my browser is blocking access. Used an app called stubborn trojan killer and it found nothing. Adblock plus seems to be the most recommended for unroofed phones. I've downloaded the app but you need to change the proxy settings manually on your WiFi. I've tried to follow the steps how to do that. There's an advanced settings box it ask you to tick but the settings box is not there on my phone. I've posted on their forum for help so waiting for a response. I'll give that CM Security a try in the meantime. Cheers! Had a look but apart from the preloaded apps that came with the phone, nothing looks suspicious. Its got to have came from an app I downloaded yesterday. ok, next thing to do would be to install an app called NoRoot Firewall, it will tell you what apps are asking for internet access, you can set it to deny all internet access, then allow each app as and when they try to go online. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YER SISTERS YER MAW Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 (edited) 39 minutes ago, vip3r said: ok, next thing to do would be to install an app called NoRoot Firewall, it will tell you what apps are asking for internet access, you can set it to deny all internet access, then allow each app as and when they try to go online. I just done a factory reset a couple of minutes ago, so hopefully they are gone. I tried all sorts of Ad blockers, internet security apps, Malware detectors and they never got to the root of the problem, so gave up and decided to reset. The pop-up ads were to download apps on the Google play store, games, Amazon etc. I'm just going to download one app a day from the playstore, that way I'll know which app was the culprit if the ads start again. Thanks for the help! Edited October 23, 2016 by YER SISTERS YER MAW 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YER SISTERS YER MAW Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 (edited) I think this is probably been the root of my problems on the Google Play; http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/android-malware-discovered-google-play-store-1553341 I accidently clicked on one of the pop-up ads and I got the message saying my battery had been damaged by overheating, then it directed me to download an app to fix it before a timer ran down. That's mentioned in that article. Edited October 23, 2016 by YER SISTERS YER MAW 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YER SISTERS YER MAW Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Does a factory reset on a phone delete all the contacts on your sim card.? All the contact numbers I had have vanished for some reason. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 14 minutes ago, YER SISTERS YER MAW said: Does a factory reset on a phone delete all the contacts on your sim card.? All the contact numbers I had have vanished for some reason. HTH Spoiler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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