On Friday, December 11 a trojan horse got it’s way into my Windows. It all started with AVAST trowing these warnings: 11/12/2009 23:08:51 xxx 412 Sign of “Win32:Malware-gen” has been found in “C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\~TM1F1A.tmp” file. I told AVAST to delete ~TM1F1A.tmp, but avast apparently didn’t delete the file. Shortly after AVAST complained about a system file: 11/12/2009 23:10:08 xxx 412 Sign of “Win32:Cutwail-AD... 

Why does my computer just shut off without warning? Well, It’s having some major failure (soft or hardware) and reboots. You will need to figure out what error was involved. For that, you should tell you computer not to reboot, but to show you the error. Here is how: press Windows Key + Pause/Break Click the tab named ADVANCED Click the SETTINGS button in the Startup and Recovery section UN-check AUTOMATICALLY RESTART Now, next time... 

Help! My download won’t start? Is my ISP blocking torrent? Yes, that is quite possible. You are probably behind a NAT and maybe (on top) a firewall. Let’s find out: First, go get your internet IP number: Click on http://www.whatismyip.com/ and note (copy) the IP number it returns. (you’ll need it later). Now go to a dos box and enter IPCONFIG /ALL If the IP number of you network-adapter is the same as the one whatismyip... 

UPDATE: THE ISSUE IS RESOLVED / FIXED : updated version: 091203-1 Continue reading at the bottom of this post for info on the fix What was going on: The latest Avast virusdatabase update came with a serious bug. In version 091203-0 various files* are being marked as “Win32:Delf-MZG (Trj)”. These are all false positives and should be ignored. (* rumors say the affected files are written in Delphi ) Apart from falsely marking...