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  1. Thread: How do I find a task I believe is related to coinminer malware? by PlatypusKnight
    Forum: AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security
    Replies 15 Views 6,282

    You guys are the best. Indeed signtool.exe was...

    You guys are the best.
    Indeed signtool.exe was unrelated to the malware.
    I still don't know what those tasks are.
    Signtool.exe was related to HP Comm Recovery - HP Support Community - 6598136...
  2. Thread: How do I find a task I believe is related to coinminer malware? by PlatypusKnight
    Forum: AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security
    Replies 15 Views 6,282

    Thank you dencal. So here's the thing. ...

    Thank you dencal.
    So here's the thing. Signtool.exe is only available for about 2 seconds during boot. It is in the temp directory. And then it disappears. Can't find it afterwards.
  3. Thread: How do I find a task I believe is related to coinminer malware? by PlatypusKnight
    Forum: AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security
    Replies 15 Views 6,282

    Bump

    Bump
  4. Thread: Odd desire to Slow PC down by PlatypusKnight
    Forum: Performance & Maintenance
    Replies 26 Views 4,160

    Hear, hear Rich.

    Hear, hear Rich.
  5. Thread: How do I find a task I believe is related to coinminer malware? by PlatypusKnight
    Forum: AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security
    Replies 15 Views 6,282

    Thanks lx07. I searched Autoruns previously. ...

    Thanks lx07. I searched Autoruns previously.
    Was part of my malware remediation process.

    Uploaded all suspicious entries to VirusTotal.

    There is nothing I can identify in autoruns that...
  6. Thread: Laptop really slow by PlatypusKnight
    Forum: Performance & Maintenance
    Replies 23 Views 8,899

    I cannot help pin down what is wrong with this...

    I cannot help pin down what is wrong with this machine, but I have worked on a similar machine in the past. (FYI I don't know OP, just have worked on this model machine before). After about 2 years...
  7. Replies 3 Views 1,462

    This should solve your issues: Windows 10...

    This should solve your issues:

    Windows 10 Recovery Tools - Bootable Rescue Disk - Windows 10 Forums

    You should keep at least two copies of this around. Whenever a machine goes bad, you'll...
  8. Thread: How do I find a task I believe is related to coinminer malware? by PlatypusKnight
    Forum: AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security
    Replies 15 Views 6,282

    How do I find a task I believe is related to coinminer malware?

    I am having an odd problem that I think may be related to malware.

    A few days ago Windows Defender stopped working. I also use Comodo AV. Comodo AV was disabled from the system tray but it was...
  9. Replies 2 Views 2,937

    Hardware Newbie needs First Build advice. Please critique my build.

    I'll make the same well worn declarations and disclaimers that everyone makes when they make this post.

    ;)

    I've been around computers for decades, but I know more about software than I am...
  10. Thread: Building (or buying) a rig to push 4 monitors by PlatypusKnight
    Forum: PC Custom Builds and Overclocking
    Replies 9 Views 2,229

    Never mind. I realized that the seller is...

    Never mind. I realized that the seller is mistaken and it's not the GTX 970.
  11. Thread: Building (or buying) a rig to push 4 monitors by PlatypusKnight
    Forum: PC Custom Builds and Overclocking
    Replies 9 Views 2,229

    Anything specifically wrong with this purchase? ...

    Anything specifically wrong with this purchase?

    Two GeForce GTX on Ebay
  12. Thread: Building (or buying) a rig to push 4 monitors by PlatypusKnight
    Forum: PC Custom Builds and Overclocking
    Replies 9 Views 2,229

    No issues with this whatsoever. That's fair. ...

    No issues with this whatsoever. That's fair.

    What I don't want to do is buy a rig that will need a new $400 graphics card next year, or something where I can't pull out the innards and replace...
  13. Thread: Building (or buying) a rig to push 4 monitors by PlatypusKnight
    Forum: PC Custom Builds and Overclocking
    Replies 9 Views 2,229

    What I want to buy now is a Broadwell or Skylake...

    What I want to buy now is a Broadwell or Skylake i7 rig with 8-16GB RAM and enough graphical oomph (graphics card?) to run 4 monitors 24-27 inch.
  14. Thread: Building (or buying) a rig to push 4 monitors by PlatypusKnight
    Forum: PC Custom Builds and Overclocking
    Replies 9 Views 2,229

    Hi Declan, Thanks for your input. No. ...

    Hi Declan,

    Thanks for your input.



    No. Does not include this. The Kabylake upgrade I figure I'll do two years from now.

    $600 is for the rig plus two monitors.
  15. Thread: Building (or buying) a rig to push 4 monitors by PlatypusKnight
    Forum: PC Custom Builds and Overclocking
    Replies 9 Views 2,229

    This should probably have been started in the...

    This should probably have been started in the General Thread.
  16. Thread: Building (or buying) a rig to push 4 monitors by PlatypusKnight
    Forum: PC Custom Builds and Overclocking
    Replies 9 Views 2,229

    Building (or buying) a rig to push 4 monitors

    Hi all, I am somewhere between a noob and ...

    Ok, no. Let’s not start that way. I’ve been around computers for a very long time, but I like to keep things simple. I never need the...
  17. Thread: Batch Append Mp3 Tags by PlatypusKnight
    Forum: Software and Apps
    Replies 14 Views 7,166

    Jimbo's method will work. Another alternative.

    Jimbo's method will work. Another alternative.
  18. Thread: Batch Append Mp3 Tags by PlatypusKnight
    Forum: Software and Apps
    Replies 14 Views 7,166

    You guys are the bees bleeping knees! Thank...

    You guys are the bees bleeping knees!

    Thank you so much!

    Exclamation!

    :party::dinesh::thumbsup:
  19. Thread: Batch Append Mp3 Tags by PlatypusKnight
    Forum: Software and Apps
    Replies 14 Views 7,166

    You got it Slarty That's exactly what I want...

    You got it Slarty

    That's exactly what I want to do. Given how long mp3 tagging has been around, I'm surprised that this isn't a common function, or that more people haven't requested it. Haven't...
  20. Thread: Batch Append Mp3 Tags by PlatypusKnight
    Forum: Software and Apps
    Replies 14 Views 7,166

    Thanks for this suggestion guys. When I try...

    Thanks for this suggestion guys.

    When I try mp3tag it doesn't append the tag. What I leave in the genre field is < keep > ; Pop

    Using the examples above again, what I get is:

    Song 1 - <...
  21. Thread: Batch Append Mp3 Tags by PlatypusKnight
    Forum: Software and Apps
    Replies 14 Views 7,166

    Batch Append Mp3 Tags

    Does anyone know of any software, or hack, or any other way that will allow me to batch append mp3 metadata tags to about 1000 mp3 files.

    There are 1000 songs, different titles, different artists,...
  22. Thread: Reset S.M.A.R.T. status by PlatypusKnight
    Forum: Drivers and Hardware
    Replies 3 Views 6,204

    Well played sir. Well played.

    Well played sir.

    Well played.
  23. Thread: Partitions Thwarting Install on HP Laptop by PlatypusKnight
    Forum: Installation and Upgrade
    Replies 10 Views 4,589

    This is why I come here. Fantastic sir. All my...

    This is why I come here. Fantastic sir. All my recs to you.
    This is brilliant software.

    Solved a whole bunch of issues, one go.



    I never like the boot stuff to be on the same partition...
  24. Thread: Partitions Thwarting Install on HP Laptop by PlatypusKnight
    Forum: Installation and Upgrade
    Replies 10 Views 4,589

    Hey cerebereus, When I say keep, what I meant...

    Hey cerebereus,

    When I say keep, what I meant is I only want there to be 3 partitions. I know some of these partitions were created by HP's update software.

    I don't think I'm going to be...
  25. Thread: Partitions Thwarting Install on HP Laptop by PlatypusKnight
    Forum: Installation and Upgrade
    Replies 10 Views 4,589

    Thanks for the suggestion Fafhrd. But I do want...

    Thanks for the suggestion Fafhrd. But I do want to keep some data, that's why I said tactical nuke. Want to nuke selected partitions not all of them.
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