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Re: PC Virus/Malware/??

Postby ChristianBecker » Mon Sep 17, 2012 6:17 pm

Somewhat related, even though Con seems to use firefox:
http://www.h-online.com/security/news/i ... 09592.html

Means: Until MS has fixed it, you should at least temporarily use another browser, like Firefox, Chrome (or Lynx :P) or Safari.
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Re: PC Virus/Malware/??

Postby Conforumist » Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:03 pm

Yes Bouncy, it has been running fine since the fix. I also removed Java. Ad-Aware does not seem to be running ATM. Malwarebyte is still running with Norton though.
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Re: PC Virus/Malware/??

Postby Conforumist » Tue Sep 25, 2012 8:51 pm

The free trial for Malwarebytes is over on my PC. It looks like it still does free scans, but is not "activity" searching for threats. Are there any "paying" users here, or is the a way to have be actively running for free?
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Re: PC Virus/Malware/??

Postby Who's Wee Dug » Tue Sep 25, 2012 9:01 pm

It is free Con did you click the free trial pro one by mistake, here is a link to the free one.

http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebytes-A ... g=main;pop
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Re: PC Virus/Malware/??

Postby Conforumist » Wed Sep 26, 2012 1:13 am

Who's Wee Dug wrote:It is free Con did you click the free trial pro one by mistake, here is a link to the free one.

http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebytes-A ... g=main;pop


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Re: PC Virus/Malware/??

Postby Conforumist » Wed Sep 26, 2012 9:41 am

I installed but it does not seem to be actively protecting my system like the free trial was. Any suggestions?
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Re: PC Virus/Malware/??

Postby Who's Wee Dug » Wed Sep 26, 2012 11:46 am

Have you downloaded the latest updates for it and checked that norton is not blocking it.
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Re: PC Virus/Malware/??

Postby Jan Van Quirm » Wed Sep 26, 2012 2:25 pm

Norton is more fecking trouble than it's worth - even if it was on bargain basement sale price... :evil:
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Re: PC Virus/Malware/??

Postby Tonyblack » Wed Sep 26, 2012 2:37 pm

McAfee is bloody awful too. I've had it as a free sample on a couple of computers and gotten rid of it as soon as possible.

Don't you just hate those self-important programs that insist you stop whatever you are doing and pay attention to them? :lol:
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Re: PC Virus/Malware/??

Postby pip » Wed Sep 26, 2012 2:38 pm

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Re: PC Virus/Malware/??

Postby Tonyblack » Wed Sep 26, 2012 2:46 pm

:?: :?: :?:

Estadao.com.br - what's that then?
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Re: PC Virus/Malware/??

Postby pip » Wed Sep 26, 2012 2:57 pm

it's a picture of the pop up clip being one of those self importnat programs. Does the picture not show up for you
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Re: PC Virus/Malware/??

Postby Tonyblack » Wed Sep 26, 2012 2:58 pm

No, just a logo. :?
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Re: PC Virus/Malware/??

Postby pip » Wed Sep 26, 2012 2:59 pm

Shows up on my comp Thats weird .
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Re: PC Virus/Malware/??

Postby Tonyblack » Wed Sep 26, 2012 3:02 pm

pip wrote:Shows up on my comp Thats weird .

That's because it's in temporary files I should think. Some sites do this when you link a picture. Sometimes the picture you actually post is quite rude - without you knowing. ;)
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