Sorry for posting in this "resolved" thread, but first step has been taken for installing virus in RAM. Java-based Web attack installs...
Sorry to hear that you have to reformat. Why didn't Ubuntu work ? Did not boot or something else ?
Ok. Please mark your thread as 'Resolved'. It is considered courteous to post a reply if you have been able to resolve your problem, or...
Hmm. Never ever seen such a tight tolerance :D
BobbyScot, sorry for the goof up. I think its time to go for my eye testing again :D. Even then, the site from where you downloaded the app is...
www.spywareblaster.com is not the official site for SpyBot. What you have downloaded & installed is most probably a malware. The official site is...
Nope. I unticked the boxes & nothing else was installed.
Stopped using Spybot ages ago. Found that Malwarebytes was a better scanner.
No. Windows & Linux LibreOffice are different beasts. Though it runs on both the platforms, the executables are different.
A cd version of Mint doesn't have the apps/codecs installed as there is not enough space. Download DVD version for everything.
Great. Now wait for somebody to look at those logs & advise you further.
You have to post those logs in the Malware and Virus Removal section under a new thread describing your problem so that an expert can have a look...
So you don't have an anti virus & no patches. Windows Defender definitions would be old & it won't be able to detect anything. Read this...
CCleaner is a good cleaner. Just use it to clean the junk & don't use Registry option at all.
Most probably a malware. What AV solution are you running & did you check the authenticity of the file ?
Registry cleaning sometimes can create more problem than it seems to solve. It could be his problem too.
Are you running the Cleaner part or the Registry part ?
No. There isn't.
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If both the drives are of the same capacity, I would create a RAID 1. That way everything would be protected.
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