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Can you post the MBAM log file, it should furnish some clues. The Steam error is probably down to a .dll? replaced by a cracked version from the Skidrow malware/patch, reinstalling Steam should fix that. The Synergy synwinhk.dll problem is also likely to be related to the patching, probably...

Hi, Mike. Resource Monitor's Disk tab should help pin down the process, I usually fire it up from TaskMan's Performance tab or via Run: ResMon.

The W10 download/install updates from previous Windows Updates are usually responsible for that. The easiest solution is probably GWX Control Panel, download.

Nice find ^^ It's actually Woody *Leonhard*'s article on a petition by Susan Bradley MVP: https://www.change.org/p/satya-nadella-microsoft-what-computer-users-want-changed-in-windows-10 #2 needs extending to all supported Windows versions, details on updates have been sorely lacking for the...

UEFI and BIOS would have slightly different early routines; each Windows version is slightly different: a couple of links about XP and a layout of the Vista (should be very similar to W7) boot load order here: http://www.carrona.org/boottrbl.html I've not seen anything for W8>10 yet.

AgentRansack.

STOP 0x0000007A: KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR (http://carrona.org/bsodindx.html#0x0000007A) Usual causes: Memory, Paging file corruption, File system, Hard drive, Cabling, Virus infection, Improperly seated cards, BIOS, Bad motherboard, Missing Service Pack. I think the bold entries need attention...

The Intel processor comparison http://www.intel.com/consumer/products/processors/compare-processors.htm might be of some use.

It reads like you've burned the ISO onto a CD, you need to burn an image to CD. http://www.calibancomputer.com/computer-tutorials.htm#burning

Using Task Manager to kill the browser when you get hit by this is a better defense than any A/V program at the moment - don't click anything on the popups, not even on the 'x'. Better still, using Firefox with the NoScript addon will block the majority of attempts without you seeing anything...

From the original Symantec post: I've seen a few users giving these symptoms over the last week or so. If users would just learn to use TaskMan to kill the browser when these things try to embed themselves, that or use FX with NoScript.

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyServer = http=127.0.0.1:18810" < this is redirecting your Internet access. If you can boot to Safe Mode with networking, remove the proxy server in IE > Tools > Internet options > Connections > LAN settings and you may...

I hope the Vertex 3 is an improvement on the OCZ Agility 2's, they've been having a high return rate according to the latest component returns data from a French e-tailer: http://www.behardware.com/articles/831-7/components-returns-rates.html

One time the system DID spontaneously shut down when I put a USB memory stick in one of the rear ports, which would further blame the actual USB system hardware, I guess." That could suggest there's a bad connection/short in that port that's causing it.

The stack_text is full of USB references so it looks like the problem is somewhere along the USB route. Is this a laptop or desktop? What USB devices are connected?