Time virus?

[noikrit]

Has anyone heard of a virus which sets your clock back some years and when you go on any search station it recomends you dont proceed as you may be entering a non secure site / Aspire 47412 series with windows 7 pro and ESET 6.0 antivirus running Thanks in advance

[johng]

Check the motherboard battery.

[cyberfarang]

If the computer clock is wrong it will show websites as being a risk factor. This is not a virus but just the system`s way of saying, somethings not right here, because your computer is on a different time scale to the time online.

It`s could be the motherboard battery or more likely other problems associated with older computers, that in many cases replacing a motherboard battery won`t cure the problem.

I recommend installing an atomic clock utility that will override the motherboard battery and manually or automatically link and set the clock time synced with the United States atomic clock system, independent of the motherboard.

There are many versions to download, mostly free, which one depends on your version of windows. Type atomic clock for pc into Google search. Choose your atomic clock, download, install, sync the time that will set your clock to the correct time and forget it.

[KhunBENQ]

Check the motherboard battery.

No. 1 on the checklist.

Interrupt the boot process during the BIOS phase (method depends on motherboard).

Check the date/clock. If its wrong, set it manually and reboot without power off.

Then use the system and check the clock.

If it does not change while power is on: no virus (unlikely anyway).

Next session: power up. Clock wrong (maybe year 1980)?

-> exchange battery, most likely a "CR2032".

Edited November 18, 2015 by KhunBENQ