I'm on windows 10. I built my PC last november, never had any issue with it. I left my place for 2 days (I turned the PC off before leaving, it was working normally for that entire day).
When I came back today, the first abnormality I noticed was that the Ethernet icon on the "enter password" menu had a white circle next to it. when I logged in, there was no ethernet or wifi icon on the tool bar, and I couldn't find how to get it back. It then appeared out of nowhere, and after I used the computer a bit, the screen flashed for half a second, and the icon disappeared again!
I then noticed that neither Chrome nor network & sharing center works when clicked on. Clicking on chrome gives me the loading circle and then nothing ever happens. Opening task manager actually shows all the chromes that are opened, but I don't see them! Clicking on network sharing center actually freezes the control panel window.
My internet works well, I can use edge to surf or go on steam.
What's going on? Is there a virus? Bit Defender hasn't detected anything as of now. If it is a virus, any idea what it is? I haven't downloaded anything that's not from a reputable source, let alone torrents or other sketchy stuffs.
When I came back today, the first abnormality I noticed was that the Ethernet icon on the "enter password" menu had a white circle next to it. when I logged in, there was no ethernet or wifi icon on the tool bar, and I couldn't find how to get it back. It then appeared out of nowhere, and after I used the computer a bit, the screen flashed for half a second, and the icon disappeared again!
I then noticed that neither Chrome nor network & sharing center works when clicked on. Clicking on chrome gives me the loading circle and then nothing ever happens. Opening task manager actually shows all the chromes that are opened, but I don't see them! Clicking on network sharing center actually freezes the control panel window.
My internet works well, I can use edge to surf or go on steam.
What's going on? Is there a virus? Bit Defender hasn't detected anything as of now. If it is a virus, any idea what it is? I haven't downloaded anything that's not from a reputable source, let alone torrents or other sketchy stuffs.
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