I'm about to do a recovery

[HCMikey 248]

I wanted to ask the communitiy if they got any or know any programs that backup well so i don't have to reinstall steam and spend hours changing all my files and shit, and I don't want to do a system image. The reason behind this is because I cannot play any videos on chrome, firefox , IE, or netflix. I cannot play any gifs, and HTML 5 on youtube and other applications don't work. All my plugins for every browser seem to crash at the sight of a video loading. I said fuck it, let's start fresh.

 

Josh, WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU MAN?

[Clamps 4783]

When did this start. That doesn't sound like something you need to reformat for.

[skitt 1307]

clean install. microsoft account saves backgrounds :o :o :o :o :o :o :o

 

if u have 2nd hdd, just back up whole thing. storage is so cheap now.

[HCMikey 248]

When did this start. That doesn't sound like something you need to reformat for.

 

This started on wednesday and for some weird reason every time I want to use netflix, youtube, or open a gif, it tells me either shockwave flash player may be busy or silverlight plugin may be busy. I did a system restore and restored it to this monday but it still keeps happening on all my browsers. I ran all browsers in safe mode so that no extensions or plugins were running and even that didn't work. I tried incognito mode as well so that no plugins were loaded. I reinstalled silverlight and all adobe products to see if that did anything, but nothing. At this point I am frustrated. I am completely confused on what it could possibly be, it's probably the first issue I've had with a computer that I couldn't fix.

 

 

 

 

clean install. microsoft account saves backgrounds                           

 

if u have 2nd hdd, just back up whole thing. storage is so cheap now.

Yea I got a 2 terabyte hard drive I plan to back it up on if I can't fix this problem.

[Clamps 4783]

Spyware scans?

[Mimic 3307]

I'm going to assume you've tried reinstalling your browsers and you've checked to see if there's any malicious addons or plugins installed. I'd try running some scans for malware before doing a fresh install.

 

https://www.malwarebytes.org

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/combofix/

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/

 

Make sure you don't install the active scanner for Malwarebytes as you probably don't need it, also don't activate the free trial.

[Clamps 4783]

I"m going to assume you've tried reinstalling your browsers and you've checked to see if there's any malicious addons or plugins installed. I'd try running some scans for malware before doing a fresh install.

 

https://www.malwarebytes.org

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/combofix/

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/

 

Make sure you don't install the active scanner for Malwarebytes as you probably don't need it, also don't activate the free trial.

See..this mothafucka right here gets it..

[HCMikey 248]

Ok, now I am officially spooked. I get computers, I program, I understand how computers do things and when they do it, but can someone please explain to me how I woke up and now all of a sudden everything fucking works again. Is this some sort of thanksgiving gift? I checked my computer for any updates it ran overnight or any changes it made and nothing. I was about to follow mimics suggestion this morning and then bam, videos and netflix and gifs start working again.

[ElectronicDrug 7496]

Just blame your ISP

[HCMikey 248]

Just blame your ISP

why do you say that?

[ElectronicDrug 7496]

I'm just kidding. Couldn't tell ya

[centran 4457]

You got infected and your virus protection did a half ass job but then the definitions updated and if cleaned it properly.

[Clamps 4783]

You got infected and your virus protection did a half ass job but then the definitions updated and if cleaned it properly.