Computer Questions (formally Your Desktop)

Nope. I've tried that and any number of variations thereof. Time to give up, I think.

But if anyone knows anything about that Windows 7/Windows XP difference, it would be cool.

I also have a question. Is it possible for me to add a messageboard to my blog?
Tom

It's hosted by wordpress itself, isn't it?

Then I don't think they'd allow that, they just offer free blogs on their space.

You'd basically need a paid hosting space, Wordpress allows their template for free at wordpress.org

A message board is for free also PHPBB3 or Vanilla (the board that's used here on MainTitles) are some of the choices.

Wordpress works as a CMS (content management system), so you can use it also on your website.

I'd have to take a look at the administration panel to see if there can be a database dump (backup) and I know where to check it out.

thanks for the homework Pawel. I'm going to get ahold of Bregt and Erik and see if I can buy some space from them. This looks all possible to me.
Tom

The Wordpress check was easy for me, since I still have an old film review blog there, so it's easy to check out.

Help needed with a positive detection in Malwarebytes scan

I seem to be getting a repeated positive detection with the anti-malware software for "PUP.Optional.FrostwireTB.A". The location of the two occurrences seem to be the same:

HKLM/SOFTWARE/WOW6432NODE/MICROSOFT/INTERNET EXPLORER TOOLBAR/{...} where "..." is an alphanumeric sequence

I have removed it a couple of times but it seems to be recurring. I've just done another scan and removal in Safe Mode but haven't yet checked to see whether or not it is back yet - it's past 2am and I'll check tomorrow. The apparent recurrence suggests that the presence of this may be deeper and more difficult to remove.

There's a couple of things I'd like clarified in layman's terms that a Google search isn't really helping with.

1) Is this PUP.Optional.FrostwireTB.A something dangerous? I'm not sure what it actually is and I don't seem to notice anything unusual happening in IE or any other browser and Malwarebytes talks about it being a "non-malware detection"

2) If the scan tomorrow shows it as having re-appeared will I need to try a series of programs to dig deeper into my system to try to root it out? Related to this, should I check the box in Malwarebytes telling it to "scan for rootkits"?

Thanks for any peace-of-mind or help anyone can offer.

Thanks for the help Volker. My problem doesn't seem to be related to the Ask toolbar - I am usually quite good at opting out of the crap that is bundled with free programs - even legitimate software comes bundled with this rubbish.

I seem to have resolved the problem by removing the "infections" by scanning with Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware whilst in Safe Mode. I've also checked the box in the setting so that in future all PUPs will be treated as malware. I'll see how this goes.

I have another issue - this time with my son's mobile phone. It's a relatively old (18 months) Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 (I think) and a couple of days ago it stopped browsing via the home wifi. Using the mobile browser is fine but when he tries to use the wifi, the wifi turns on but now all browsers he tries shows up as "connection failed".

I've tried everything I can think of including re-logging into the wifi system, forgetting the home wifi and rescanning for it, etc. I've cleared out all the rubbish on his phone and scanned with Malwarebytes' mobile app but that hasn't shown up anything weird. He uses anti-virus app as well. So I don't think that it's any infection.

The home wifi network has no issues as everyone else seems to be having no problems. The only thing I can think of now - before going back to the store - is to see whether David's phone can connect to another wifi network; either a friends' home wifi network or a general open network (but there's no open networks about here). I'm thinking that this would tell me if there's an issue with connecting to wifi networks in general or whether the issue is specific to our home network.

My question is whether it is possible that David's phone's ability to connect to a wifi network may be kaput - regardless whether or not his phone is showing that he is connected? I have a feeling that he is connecting but that his phone is unable to see that a connection is there. I can't seem to find any utility to help me fathom if the phone's wifi is knackered or not.

Yes. The phone doesn't seem to want to update time and date or update the weather app. Access to Play Store and Samsung Apps Store doesn't work either. Or BBC News app, etc.

Nope. No-one anywhere seems to have anything more to offer as a solution. Looks like I have to go back to the shop with the phone. Thanks for asking Tom.

I am assuming the digital version is mp3 - use software to manually split file into separate tracks. Or rip the CD you made - would that separate the tracks? (Answering a question with another!)

Will give that a try and report back to you. Thanks for the tip and I hope it works.
Tom

That's indeed a handy little tool.