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[Oscaror]

This is what happens when you accidentally click download on a putlocker pop-up

Trojan viruses :confused: Pretty much the equivalent of computer cancer, if you catch it too late, you can't cure it.

Lesson learnt: DON'T LET SKETCHY PROGRAMS ONTO YOUR COMPUTER, EVER!

 

[tanklife3]

Been there done that:/ good luck

 

[RMS18]

Just had a issue a month ago when I was downloading a driver.. it was a bad one. Ended up just wiping and starting over with Windows 10 upgrade. It some how got past my symantec corporate edition!

 

[143MPCo]

Most if not ALL traditional Antivirus application will do little to nothing when it comes to stopping Malware!

 

[Oscaror]

Most if not ALL traditional Antivirus application will do little to nothing when it comes to stopping Malware!

hitman pro is no traditional antivirus software ;)
Windows defender found nothing, malwarebytes found 33 threats, and then hitman pro found 5 threats including a trojan virus that even a program as advanced as malwarebytes managed to miss.

 

[143MPCo]

Hitman has been known to miss rootkit code, check tdskiller, . rootkit is a collection of computer software, typically malicious, designed to enable access to a computer or areas of its software that would not otherwise be allowed (for example, to an unauthorized user) while at the same time masking its existence or the existence of other software.

 

[Oscaror]

Hitman has been known to miss rootkit code, check tdskiller, . rootkit is a collection of computer software, typically malicious, designed to enable access to a computer or areas of its software that would not otherwise be allowed (for example, to an unauthorized user) while at the same time masking its existence or the existence of other software.

You're making me worried :confused:

 

[143MPCo]

Bit9 and carbonblack block .exe and executable .dll from even running true intrusion control...
..most of the time once the malware is "installed" and attempted to be cleaned the damage has already been done, the true resolution is a full re-image.

 

[143MPCo]

You're making me worried :confused:

Did you have an update backup?

 

[Oscaror]

Bit9 and carbonblack block .exe and executable .dll from even running true intrusion control...
..most of the time once the malware is "installed" and attempted to be cleaned the damage has already been done, the true resolution is a full re-image.

malwarebytes says it though, I obviously can't tell how honest they're being, anyone can lie, but still.

 

[Oscaror]

Did you have an update backup?

no
I'm slightly technologically illiterate

 

[143MPCo]

free online scanners to test the validity of the reported results:

http://media.kaspersky.com/utilities/VirusUtilities/EN/tdsskiller.exe
https://download.sp.f-secure.com/tools/F-SecureOnlineScanner.exe
http://www.eset.com/us/online-scanner-popup/

 

[143MPCo]

no
I'm slightly technologically illiterate

external usb 3.0 HDD are cheep and good insurance, window and mac both have built in backup applications.

 

[Oscaror]

free online scanners to test the validity of the reported results:

http://media.kaspersky.com/utilities/VirusUtilities/EN/tdsskiller.exe
https://download.sp.f-secure.com/tools/F-SecureOnlineScanner.exe
http://www.eset.com/us/online-scanner-popup/

thank you, I'll do these.

 

[143MPCo]

ESET and TDS can and should be run in "safemode" with network access.

 

[Oscaror]

external usb 3.0 HDD are cheep and good insurance, window and mac both have built in backup applications.

thank you, when I have things on my computer important enough to back up I'll do that (the most expensive things I own are steam games and those are backed up on servers)

 

[143MPCo]

thank you, when I have things on my computer important enough to back up I'll do that (the most expensive things I own are steam games and those are backed up on servers)

it's not just for file and picture, the backups will also allow you to restore the PC without having to re-image it , cutting downtime in half or less.

 

[Oscaror]

it's not just for file and picture, the backups will also allow you to restore the PC without having to re-image it , cutting downtime in half or less.

How can I tell if I'm not accidentally putting viruses on the drives when I back them up, I know one of the viruses virus changed the UI of googles chrome, so I'm pretty sure they can hitchhike on other programs, right?

 

[Oscaror]

God these are like computer AEFW

 

[143MPCo]

How can I tell if I'm not accidentally putting viruses on the drives when I back them up, I know one of the viruses virus changed the UI of googles chrome, so I'm pretty sure they can hitchhike on other programs, right?

it's based on "time stand" so you can "restore" to a date and time before seeing the "installed" malware infection that's causing the issue.