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Originally Posted by fsphotography
Thanks Sharkbite, found the problem it seems, for now. It appears i accidently installed something called PC APPS, don't recall doing it as i don't do apps.
Seems this bug/scam hitched a ride on something in that. Fingers crossed its gone for good and i don't have to keep restraining my self from punching the screen. I very much appreciate the help.
Frank.
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These things piggy back on many downloads. I'm very particular especially with zip files, they often have crap hidden, First thing I do is
ALWAYS run a full scan on anything I download, zip and exe files.
After extracting zip files I run another scan and often extract them into a clean directory for this exact purpose.
I also AVOID downloading anything from a third party, if software is free (or cheap) I'll always go to the genuine site for the software. If that can't be found wayback machine can often help.
There used to be a source of free software, Softpedia and I learnt a LONG time ago much of this supposed free stuff highly praised and recommended in computer magazines and other media was always full of malware and bugs. NEVER touch anything from them. There are other common places often used (for license free software) with the same issues.
If you have 7-Zip you can open the files and inspect them and if you know what you are doing you will often find nasty attachments even from supposed clean sources.
Sadly this is what the digital age and the internet have done for us, opened us up to more scams than we could ever have imagined.
Do NOT punch the screen, it could hurt your hand, even worse if the broken plastic cuts a tendon!
I once kicked my tower case and broke 3 toes, the computer didn't feel it. It had been suggested perhaps a hard boot may rectify my problem, maybe I should have had shoes on. In saying that my son did laugh his head off.