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So, I'm not really sure what this is, but every 5-ish minutes or so, a small dialogue box (or so it looks like) pops up in the upper left of my screen, and flashes away, lasting about less than half a second.  It causes me to tab out of games that im in sometimes too.  I had a virus not just a week ago (lets not ask why), and i ran a full  scan with MWB and went through the most recently changed files to check myself. I also uninstalled 1-2 programs that were installed and everything else went back to normal but this.  Startup apps are all normal, and I have no clue what this is?

 

Help...ty

 

Edit...Its not porn, fuckin pervs ;)

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4 minutes ago, GauntletV2 said:

So, I'm not really sure what this is, but every 5-ish minutes or so, a small dialogue box (or so it looks like) pops up in the upper left of my screen, and flashes away, lasting about less than half a second.  It causes me to tab out of games that im in sometimes too.  I had a virus not just a week ago (lets not ask why), and i ran a full  scan with MWB and went through the most recently changed files to check myself. I also uninstalled 1-2 programs that were installed and everything else went back to normal but this.  Startup apps are all normal, and I have no clue what this is?

 

Help...ty

did you get a virus from a porn site or something - the lets not ask why really gives it away

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statistically porn doesnt give as many viruses anymore unless you're downloading actually 

11 minutes ago, SCHISCHKA said:

without asking im gona assume porn.

 

12 minutes ago, gtx1060=value said:

did you get a virus from a porn site or something - the lets not ask why really gives it away

 

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Just now, Megah3rtz said:

statistically porn doesnt give as many viruses anymore unless you're downloading actually 

 

 

i wouldnt mind seeing some stats if you have them available. Im pretty certain most malware is spread through dodgy tv streaming sites that ask you to install a plugin to watch the video

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1 minute ago, Megah3rtz said:

statistically porn doesnt give as many viruses anymore unless you're downloading actually 

 

 

maybe he did download - for the OP: Just buy norton or mcaffee - they generally cleanse your system if you run a full system scan

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5 minutes ago, SCHISCHKA said:

i wouldnt mind seeing some stats if you have them available. Im pretty certain most malware is spread through dodgy tv streaming sites that ask you to install a plugin to watch the video

don't remember where but the reason was more people have anti virus in the backround compared to 10yrs ago, aswell as adblockers 

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32 minutes ago, LeapFrogMasterRace said:

MWB detects only malware/spyware you will also want to run an Anti-Virus such as ESET (paid) or Avast (free) windows defender isn't that good. 

ty, and its not porn, tried to download a game....within the bounds of the law, and it downloaded a .bat

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