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Old 12-11-2011, 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Virtual Geezer View Post
While on TOTV on Friday I received a red screen and a warning for something I cannot remember. I just hit the back arrow and was back at TOTV and continued reading the posts with no problems. I then ran Malwarebytes on a full scan along with Microsoft Security Essentials and both reported no problems.

Now if you get this red screen there are a couple of things to do.

1. DO NOT CLICK ON THE ANYTHING WITHIN THE BODY OF THE WEB PAGE.

2. Use the back arrow on your browser to go back a screen and then close your browser and run Malwarebytes and Microsoft Security Essentials.

3. Another thing you can do if that screen pops up is to just power the computer off. The next time you reboot the computer it will ask you how you want to boot up and just use the normal mode and you should be okay. Run Malwarebytes and Microsoft Security Essentials for a complete scan. Your desktop icons may not be arranged the way you had them but they are all still there.

VG
I got the red screen also. At the time I was just looking at the New Post titles. Like you I got out and then got back in and did what I had done before and did not get the screen again.

All you said are good suggestions.

One question. Do you run the Malwarebytes quick scan or the full scan? I usually run the quick scan. I will probably run the full scan this afternoon when I am away from the PC.
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