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• Suspicious call from Microsoft

  Original title: I got a call from Mocrosoft someone has loaded a malicious hacking on my computer software. This communication really comes from Microsoft.

  I received a call from Microsoft that someone charged with software piracy on my computer.
  This call is really Microsoft?

  Calls unrequested telephone of this nature are almost always a common scam. Do not let them give any info, do not give access to your PC, not give them all the money and do not go to all the websites that they suggest. One moment.

  Please see:

  http://www.Microsoft.com/en-GB/security/online-privacy/avoid-phone-scams.aspx

  Microsoft issues never not solicited for phone calls of support or security.

  These types of callers can use completely fictitious names or bogusly claim to be of real companies other than Microsoft as well.

• my Media Player from microsoft says this (symaddln) when I try to run it and stops. What do I need?

  Remember - this is a public forum so never post private information such as numbers of mail or telephone! my media player microsoft says this (symaddln) when I try to run it and stops.

  Ideas:

  • You have problems with programs
  • Error messages
  • Recent changes to your computer
  • What you have already tried to solve the problem
  Hello
   
  What security software is installed?
   
  This "symaddln" occurs especially if you had Norton installed anti-virus software.
   
  I suggest you follow the steps below and check if the problem persists.
   
  Step 1:
   
  (A) I would say you temporarily disable your security software (if you are using Norton) and check if the problem persists.
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/disable-antivirus-software
   
  Note: Antivirus software can help protect your computer against viruses and other security threats.  In most cases, you should not disable your antivirus software. If you need to disable temporarily to install other software, you must reactivate as soon as you are finished. If you are connected to the Internet or a network, while your antivirus software is disabled, your computer is vulnerable to attacks.
   
  (B) If you already have Norton Security software before and uninstalled later, there would be traces of which would result in the computer does not normally. I suggest that you use their uninstall/removal tool to uninstall Norton Security software traces.
   
  http://www.Symantec.com/Norton/support/kb/web_view.jsp?wv_type=public_web&docURL=20080710133834EN
   
  Step 2:
   
  If this does not help, I would say you put your computer in a clean boot State and check if the problem persists. This could be the result of a conflict of software of third party causing the problem to occur.
   
  Note: Be sure to follow step 7 to start your computer in normal mode.
  
  Aziz Nadeem - Microsoft Support

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• Cannot install x 86 kb2729450. Cannot find the installation on the microsoft Web site. Unable to get any help from Microsoft, if it is valid. I have window xp OS

  I have Windows xp OS.  Installation is underway for about a week. Don't know if the installation is a valid installation of Microsoft.  Ran a virus/malware scan etc. and negative.

  Hi John,.

  Thanks for posting in the Microsoft Community.

  I understand that you can not install kb2729450.

  Before you start the troubleshooting steps, I need the information required.

  1. you receive an error message?

  2 are you able to install other updates to windows correctly?

  3 did you changes to the computer?

  Method 1:

  I suggest you perform the clean boot and check.

  Place the computer in a clean boot state, then check if it helps. You can start Windows by using a minimal set of drivers and startup programs. This type of boot is known as a "clean boot". A clean boot helps eliminate software conflicts.

  How to configure Windows XP to start in a "clean boot" State

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/310353

  Note: After completing the steps in the clean boot troubleshooting, follow the section How to configure Windows to use a Normal startup state of the link to return the computer to a Normal startupmode.

  After the clean boot used to resolve the problem, you can follow these steps to configure Windows XP to start normally.

  (a) click Start, run.

  (b) type msconfigand click OK.

  (c) the System Configuration Utility dialog box appears.

  (d) click the general tab, click Normal startup - load all services and device drivers and then click OK.

  (e) when you are prompted, click restart to restart the computer.

  Method 2:

  I suggest you of for windows update issues, visit the link.

  Solve common installation issues in Windows Update, Microsoft Update and Windows Server Update Services

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/906602

  Cannot install Windows updates

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/555461

  You cannot install some programs or updates

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/822798

  Method 3:

  Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 on Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP

  http://www.Microsoft.com/en-US/Download/details.aspx?ID=35692

  See also:

  MS12-074: Description of the update of security for .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003: 13 November 2012

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/2729450

• How to check that an e-mail message is REALLY from Microsoft?

  How to check that an e-mail message is REALLY from Microsoft? I received a message from Microsoft [* address email is removed from the privacy *] and I don't know if it's really from Microsoft. This happens a lot – I use Outlook, and he sometimes sends junk e-mail messages when a company adds the characters 'e-mail.' in front of their field.

  ... EMAIL valid COMES FROM: Microsoft [* address email is removed from the privacy *]

  Laughing out loud

• Is it possible to get a Certificate from Microsoft or official recognition from Microsoft for my software?

  Hi all, I'm Lee. It's nice to meet all of you here.

  I have a question that I actually have to ask here since I can't really find an answer Google search or in this forum.

  Here's the situation, my business has intensive software that is developed with Microsoft Visual Studio and coded with Visual Basic.NET. He works alongside the databases from Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio as well. All this time, that this software is published and provided to clients, we do not have a recognition of Microsoft or certification on this software.

  So here's the question: is it possible to ask for an official certification or recognition from Microsoft for this software?

  I have this software recognized by Microsoft to create a recognition wider and easier for potential customers to my business. Although my company offers, and sell this software for many years already, it seems to us that we have this software officially recognized by Microsoft in order to obtain the trust of potential customers.

  So far, I discovered this inscription as an application developer is as close as one but y at - he developed a guide to get there?

  Thanks for anyone who can guide me from here.

  Thank you

  Lee

  This issue is beyond the scope of this site (for consumers) and to be sure, you get the best (and fastest) reply, we have to ask either on Technet (for IT Pro) or MSDN (for developers)
  http://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/home s/fr-U.S./Accueil
  http://social.msdn.Microsoft.com/Forum
  
  
  If you give us a link to the new thread we can point to some resources it

• How can I view the details of the full header of a suspicious email in Windows Mail?

  To report a suspicious email for immediate action, I need to be able to send the email full header details. Any help is appreciated! Terry

  Happy to help you.  You can also use Message | Forward as attachment to send the entire message intact and which are able to analyze.

  Steve

• Received suspicious E-mail claiming to come from Microsoft, asking to sign a contract. Is this really from Microsoft?

  Original title: Email

  Hi, I got an email saying it's from microsoft and it said that it should sign a contract with in a few days, or they will be takeing out of our computer is this really form microsoft?

  Hello

  It seems to be another scam.

  Please read this Microsoft for information about these types of scams.

  "Scams by email or web: how to protect yourself.

  http://www.Microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/phishing-scams.aspx

  Scams can contain the following:

  • Alarmist messages and threats of closure of the account.

  • Promises of money for little or no effort.

  • Treats as its too good to be true.

  • Requests to make a donation to a charity after a disaster that has been in the news.

  • Bad grammar and spelling.

  How to report a scam

  You can use Microsoft tools to report an alleged scam.

  • Internet Explorer. While you are on a suspicious site, click on the gear icon, then tap on Security. Then click on Report Unsafe website and use the web page that is displayed to inform the Web site.

  • Hotmail. If you receive a suspicious email message that asks for personal information, click on the checkbox next to the message in your Hotmail Inbox. Click on mark as , then point to Phishing scam.

  • Microsoft Office Outlook. Attach the suspicious email message to a new e-mail message and send it to * address email is removed from the privacy *. To find out how to join an e-mail message to an e-mail message, see attach a file or other item to an e-mail message.

  See you soon.

• I just got an email from "Microsoft Office Mail" indicating that I won 450 k $ pounds worth of some Microsoft - Compac lottery. Where to send a copy of this to the people of Microsoft?

  Copy of the email I received
   
  Microsoft & Compaq Lottery Incorporation
  Microsoft campus
  Thames Valley Park
  Reading
  Berkshire
  RG6 1WG
  United Kingdom
   
  We would like to congratulate you once again on this note, for being part of our winners selected this year. This promotion is designed to encourage the active users of the Internet Microsoft Windows. Therefore, we believe with your winning Prize, you will continue to be active and patronage to the Incorporation of Microsoft & Compaq.
  I would like to announce formally that you succeed the requirements, regulatory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report Test conducted for all the winners online.
  A winning cheque will be issued in your name by the Microsoft & Compaq Lottery Incorporation Board, you have therefore won the entire sum of 450,000.00 {four hundred and fifty thousand great books} sterling and also a certificate of prize claim will be sent along side your winnings cheque. You are to make contact with your designated agent who must have to guide you through the process to facilitate the release of your prize.
  To submit your request, please contact your foreign transfer Manager:
  Mr President. James Fox.
  Microsoft & Compaq Lottery Incorporation
  E-MAIL: * e-mail address is removed from the privacy *.
   
  VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM.
  (1) your contact address.
  (2) your Tel/Fax numbers.
  (3) your nationality/country.
  (4) your first name.
  (5) and the age of the profession.
  (6) how you feel as a winner?
  Microsoft and Compaq Windows Lottery Incorporation has discovered a large number of double claims due to winners informing their victory of close relatives and third parties and also sharing their pin codes. As a result, these friends try to claim the lottery on behalf of the real winners. Microsoft and Compaq Windows Lottery Incorporation took a decision from Headquarters that any double claim discovered by the Lottery Board will result in the cancellation of this particular victory, making a loss for the double claim and the real winner, as it took the real winner is the informer to the double claim on the lottery. So it is hereby strongly advised once more to keep your winnings strictly confidential until you claim your prize.
  Congratulations
  INCORPORATION OF MICROSOFT AND COMPAQ

  This is clearly not true. Or, at least, it is not an official letter from Microsoft. There are some red in this Email as; flags "the Internet Microsoft Windows users', which makes no sense. I would ignore this message and block, the one who sent it.

• I received an email from microsoft application information name, password, e-mail address and if I don't answer inside two weeks I'll lose my account. Is this real or a scam?

  For these last two days I've received a message on my email that says I have two weeks to put my name, email and password in the form and verify who I am or I'll lose my hotmail account. It telling me it has to do with security, and I was among those who are chosen. It's true, I ignored the premiera but today I had another, first said he would cut in 24 hours, now its two weeks.

  You will never receive an e-mail from Microsoft asking you personal information such as your password.  It is a scam.

• I received a suspicious email in my MSN account. Is this a real e-mail from MSN?

  original title: is this recent valid email?

  A DGTFX Virus has been detected in your folders from Hotmail/Msn.com. Your email account must be upgraded to our new version of 2012 DGTFX secure antivirus to prevent damage to our web mail log and your important files. Click the response tab, fill in the columns below and send back to us or to your e-mail account will be completed to avoid spreadof the virus.

  E-mail:
  User name:
  Password:
  Confirm password:
  Note that your password will be encrypted with keys RSA 1024 bits for the security of your password.
  All Homail/MSN user must answer now!

  Failure to do this will immediately make your address of Webmail deactivated from our database.

  Thank you for your cooperation.
  Warning code: ID67565434
  Support for MSN account.
  Copyright © 2012

  original title: is this recent valid email?

  A DGTFX Virus has been detected in your folders from Hotmail/Msn.com. Your email account must be upgraded to our new version of 2012 DGTFX secure antivirus to prevent damage to our web mail log and your important files. Click the response tab, fill in the columns below and send back to us or to your e-mail account will be completed to avoid spreadof the virus.

  E-mail:

  User name:

  Password:

  Confirm password:

  Note that your password will be encrypted with keys RSA 1024 bits for the security of your password.

  All Homail/MSN user must answer now!

  Failure to do this will immediately make your address of Webmail deactivated from our database.

  Thank you for your cooperation.

  Warning code: ID67565434

  Support for MSN account.
  Copyright © 2012

  It's a scam! Do not answer and give out your personal information.

• This C:\Windows\System32\RpcRtRemote.dll file is from Microsoft?

  Members of the community of dear Microsoft,

  I am slot as Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit Service Pack 3.  6.1.7601 OS version (Win 7 RTM).

  This file does: C:\Windows\System32\RpcRtRemote.dll, come from Microsoft?

  The file 'RpcRtRemote.dll' is continually popping up as a "bad Image" to start Windows.  After checking the updates from Microsoft, I ran Microsoft Security Essentials, and nothing has been reported, quarantined or deleted.  I manually check all the different types of updates available, twice a day (morning and evening), by using the Windows Update Application.  If NO update is available, I download and install it immediately.

  Now, Windows is not yet put into operation, and I get the famous 'blue screen '.  The information reads, in part: "technical information: * STOP 0x0000007B (0x80786B50, 0xC00000034, 0x00000000 0x00000000).  I can't sent the "blue screen" or "System Recovery Options" Windows.

  With my laptop older, I have studied many download sites "*.dll" allowing users to download replacement files "*.dll", but I do not trust all of them... at all.  The RpcRtRemote.dll file is listed in some of these sites, but I will not access them for reasons that I have with the ability to download malicious software.  Should I delete this file? or it's a critical Windows system file?

  
  Can you, or someone, please confirm this for me? or can someone help me please what to do in response to the above mentioned "0x0000007B" error code?

  I ran two of ' Microsoft Windows approved commercial scanner, check disk (chkdsk), and System File Check (sfc).  Both commercial scanners do not detect or return what whether negative... at least, that I can tell.

  You the time and attention to this matter would be greatly appreciated.
  Thank you, Daniel.

  Hi Daniel,.

  Welcome to the Microsoft community. I see that you are getting the blue screen on the Windows 7 computer. I'll help you with this problem.

  You have only one SP 1 for Windows 7 and for Win XP SP 3. Please confirm which operating system is installed?

  The latest version of windows is Windows 8 and Windows 7 RTM is not in use anymore. Veuileez clarify.

  I suggest you to refer to this article and check if that helps.

  Resolution in Windows 7 stop errors (blue screen): http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Resolving-stop-blue-screen-errors-in-Windows-7

  Important: System Restore will return all system files not as documents, email, music, etc., to a previous state. These files of types are completely affected by the restoration of the system. If it was your intention with this tool to recover a deleted file to non-system, try using a file instead of system restore recovery program.

  Warning check disk.

  Important: While performing the check disk on the hard disk, if bad sectors are, check the drive will try to repair this sector. All the data available in this area may be lost.

  I hope this helps.

• Suspicious emails from me to my Contacts

  Recently, two of my contacts said that they have received the suspicious email me.

  We have an e-mail address of * address email is removed from the privacy *, but watch my name.  The second, to another contact, shows my name and a date sent June-, 1969.  I ran Microsoft Essentials scan and Scanner security of Microsoft and no virus, spyware or malware was found.

  I or my contacts should I do something else?  Thank you

  Hello

  Which is called Spoofing and its pretty easy for a spammer to make.
  Of course it makes it look like you or the other person who sent the
  Messaging. Someone intercepted a mail and it may not have been
  You causing him. Account of a friend could have been consulted
  or even someone could have sent an email on your part for
  someone else who has been compromised. Your friend can access to the
  headers and block the real senders, although these will be changed
  often.

  How to read the message headers
  http://www.emailaddressmanager.com/tips/header.html

  What Email Headers can tell you about the origin of Spam
  http://email.about.com/cs/spamgeneral/a/spam_headers.htm

  E-mail spoofing
  http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mail_spoofing

  E-mail spoofing and Phishing
  http://www.mailsbroadcast.com/email.broadcast.FAQ/46.email.spoofing.htm

  Understanding E-mail Spoofing
  http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/email-spoofing.html

  Fraudulent emails (false)
  http://pages.eBay.com/education/spooftutorial/

  Google search - email Spoofing
  http://www.Google.com/search?hl=en&EI=FB1nS9DiNo7CsQPNhKGdAw&SA=X&Oi=spell&resnum=0&CT=result&CD=1&ved=0CAgQBSgA&q=email+spoofing&spell=1

  I hope this helps.

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• Weekly report of family security in Arabic and secuiry e-mail from Microsoft answer is Arabic... How to change ENG?

  Weekly report of family security in Arabic and secuiry e-mail from Microsoft answer is Arabic... How to change ENG?

  Jim,

  We have updated your language setting. The emails you receive from the safety of the family should now be in English.

  Thank you

  Daniel

• Receive emails from Microsoft stating that I am infected with the DGTFX virus and I want to give them my personal information.

  "DGTFX virus" scam?

  I get emails from Microsoft saying that I have the Virus DGTFX and must give them my name, address, city, I was born to, country where I live.  Doesn't Microsoft already have this information, and is this another scam?

  Hello, Anna.

  The messages are not true service providers. They are designed to encourage users to deliver their email account login information to cybercriminals scams phishing.

  http://www.NYU.edu/its/news/archives/2009/08/dgtfx_webmail_phishing_scam.html

  Avoid scams that use the Microsoft name fraudulently

  http://www.Microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/msName.aspx

  Phishing: Frequently asked questions

  http://www.Microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/Phishing-FAQ.aspx

  I hope this helps!