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formariz

Just got my computer back today. Last week before the show while searching for information on a Snapper lawn mower and clicking on such site with it, Firefox browser immediately started opening hundreds of windows. Everything in browser got changed to Russian. Trojans bypassed virus programs and even after many scans virus programs were unable to delete it. Everything was quarantined with the exception of three items and upon reboot all malware and Trojans reestablished themselves back into computer. Never had anything like this happen before.

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wallfish

That sucks. It's kind of like loosing your wallet whereas it's not the end of the world but it's a real pain in the a--

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oldredrider

Dang Cas, you just can't catch a break. Hope you can get it straightened out.

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formariz

Time will tell now.$170.00 later it seems fine for now. Also installed new antivirus program, Bit defender which seems to have a good reputation and reviews. It actually detected another Trojan and cleaned it. That is after the $170.00.It seems that many of these Trojans reinstall themselves since they are in the root files.

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bc.gold
1 hour ago, formariz said:

Just got my computer back today. Last week before the show while searching for information on a Snapper lawn mower and clicking on such site with it, Firefox browser immediately started opening hundreds of windows. Everything in browser got changed to Russian. Trojans bypassed virus programs and even after many scans virus programs were unable to delete it. Everything was quarantined with the exception of three items and upon reboot all malware and Trojans reestablished themselves back into computer. Never had anything like this happen before.

 

May as well blame the Russians  for your computer hack, everyone else does.

 

 

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formariz
Just now, bcgold said:

May as well blame the Russians  for your computer hack, everyone else does.

 

Virus did change everything to Russian. Should have been a Portuguese virus and I would have been able to live with it.:lol:

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bc.gold
3 minutes ago, formariz said:

Virus did change everything to Russian. Should have been a Portuguese virus and I would have been able to live with it.:lol:

 

 

Pick one then your problems are over, https://distrowatch.com/

 

Rank Distribution HPD*
1 MX Linux 4645>
2 Manjaro 3218<
3 Mint 2047<
4 elementary 1524<
5 Ubuntu 1493>
6 Debian 1308>
7 Solus 1073>
8 Fedora 1039=
9 openSUSE 874>
10 Zorin 806>
11 deepin 767=
12 antiX 697>
13 ReactOS 627<
14 KDE neon 598<
15 CentOS 597=
16 Arch 577=
17 ArcoLinux 568>
18 PCLinuxOS 500>
19 Parrot 485>
20 Kali 481=
21 Lite 427<
22 Mageia 422>
23 Puppy 400>
24 Lubuntu 396=
25 Peppermint 392<
26 Pop!_OS 371>
27 FreeBSD 363=
28 Alpine 338>
29 SparkyLinux 336<
30 SmartOS 333>
31 Tails 333>
32 Slackware 330>
33 Ubuntu Kylin 314<
34 Xubuntu 312=
35 Ubuntu MATE 310=
36 Q4OS 295=
37 Archman 289=
38 Endless 274=
39 Kubuntu 271>
40 Red Hat 251=
41 Nitrux 250=
42 Kodachi 249=
43 Netrunner 248>
44 OpenMandriva 244>
45 Void 241<
46 Gentoo 239=
47 4MLinux 238=
48 Voyager 237=
49 GhostBSD 231=
50 ClearOS 223>
51 Ultimate 213=
52 TrueOS 209<
53 Android-x86 207=
54 ArchBang 201>
55 Bluestar 199<
56 KaOS 198>
57 Devuan 197=
58 Trident 196>
59 Septor 193>
60 Fatdog64 188<
61 ROSA 187=
62 Sabayon 187=
63 Bodhi 185=
64 DragonFly 185<
65 Condres 182>
66 Feren 179=
67 Slax 178<
68 Chakra 176=
69 Ubuntu Budgie 174=
70 KNOPPIX 172=
71 ArchLabs 167<
72 LXLE 167=
73 NixOS 165=
74 BackBox 164=
75 Ubuntu Studio 163=
76 NuTyX 162<
77 ExTiX 161=
78 MakuluLinux 160=
79 Emmabuntüs 159=
80 SwagArch 158=
81 Robolinux 156=
82 BlackArch 155=
83 Qubes 153=
84 Clonezilla 152=
85 OpenBSD 148=
86 Tiny Core 147>
87 NomadBSD 144>
88 Artix 140=
89 LibreELEC 140<
90 SteamOS 137=
91 Haiku 135=
92 Trisquel 135=
93 Oracle 134=
94 Vector 134=
95 AV Linux 133=
96 Calculate 130=
97 BunsenLabs 128=
98 Elive 127<
99 HardenedBSD 125=

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peter lena

used to have to get my puter tuned up, since getting NORTON 360 , and a malware counter site, THAT I REGULARLY USE , NO MORE ISSUES. you have to realize that everything today is open to get infected on line. you have to run your security and clean up anything that has found your site. i usually run it every wk to 10 days , my puter is much happier , don,t let the malware build up, stay after it , pete

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formariz
On 6/26/2019 at 7:36 AM, peter lena said:

used to have to get my puter tuned up, since getting NORTON 360 , and a malware counter site, THAT I REGULARLY USE , NO MORE ISSUES. you have to realize that everything today is open to get infected on line. you have to run your security and clean up anything that has found your site. i usually run it every wk to 10 days , my puter is much happier , don,t let the malware build up, stay after it , pete

I pretty much always did the same, however this time the virus was able to bypass all the safeguards I had. I was told by tech that it pretty much is the most devastating form of malware out there, and that it is sort of an evolving thing that knows how to defend itself and stay hidden with no sign until the opportunity presents itself to strike.

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nylyon

It's really important now a days to be sure that you have good backups too.  The worst kind of virus out there is ransomware where in the background it encrypts your files, then days / weeks / months later it decides it's time to get you to pay and pops up a message to pay them otherwise your files will remain encrypted and you'll not have access to them.  Keep good backups!

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bc.gold

How to log straight into win 10.

 

By default, Windows 10 displays a Logon Screen requesting that you enter a password before it will finish booting up into Windows, and it will display this screen even if you haven’t created a password for your user account.

Dealing with the Logon Screen can be an unnecessary annoyance if you know you are the only person that will ever have access to your computer.

Luckily, Microsoft made it fairly easy to configure Windows 10 to skip the Logon Screen and have the machine boot straight to the Desktop. Here’s how: 

Note: If your computer has more than one user account AND you aren’t the only person who uses this machine, you might want to carefully consider whether you really want to disable the Logon Screen.

If you decide that you indeed want to disable the Logon Screen, continue with step 1 below…

1 – Press the Windows+R key combination to open a “Run” box.

2 – Type (or copy and paste) netplwiz into the Run box, then press the Enter key. The “User Accounts” dialog box will open.

3 – Click on your user name to select it, then uncheck the box beside Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer.

4 – Click Apply. The “Automatically sign in” dialog box will open.

5 – If this account has a password assigned to it, type the password into both of the password fields. If the account doesn’t have a password, simply skip this step.

6 – Click OK, then click OK again.

Note: If your computer has more than one user account, you’ll need to repeat this procedure for each of the remaining users that wish to bypass the Logon Screen.

If none of the user accounts are set to require a password in order to boot into Windows, the system will automatically log into the account that was active when the machine was last shut down.

In that case if a different user wants to log into their account they’ll have to press the Windows+L key combination to exit the current account and log into theirs..

That’s all there is to it. After you have completed the steps listed above your computer will skip the Logon Screen and boot straight into Windows (shaving a bit off your PC’s boot time).

 

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nyquil junkie

I suffered from Microsoft poisoning for decades.  Linux Mint cured my disease.

 

I used to fix everyones computers, who know me.  All microsnot systems. 99% of them were software faults failures and issues. Now they call, I say "are you running windows? If so I can't help you.  I can wipe it clean and put Linux on it and cure your problems but thats it"

 

Nobody ever takes me up on my offer. Its like they enjoy pain and suffering.

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bc.gold
On 3/4/2021 at 11:43 AM, nyquil junkie said:

I suffered from Microsoft poisoning for decades.

 

How can the wealthiest company in the world remain as the biggest screw up.

 

Half hour Win 10 update this morning and now the OS no longer recognizes my Samsung camera. Probably more surprises waiting to be discovered.

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bc.gold
On 6/25/2019 at 6:06 PM, formariz said:

Just got my computer back today. Last week before the show while searching for information on a Snapper lawn mower and clicking on such site with it, Firefox browser immediately started opening hundreds of windows. Everything in browser got changed to Russian. Trojans bypassed virus programs and even after many scans virus programs were unable to delete it. Everything was quarantined with the exception of three items and upon reboot all malware and Trojans reestablished themselves back into computer. Never had anything like this happen before.

 

Terminate and stay resident virus, if it has not written itself to the boot sector removing the bios battery for a couple of seconds will get rid of the persistence, TSR probably injected itself onto your computer  from an infected web site.

 

Mature adult entertainment sites were popular target sites to inject malicious code.

 

Used to my favorite site, Astalavista.

 

What is Astalavista.box.sk? Astalavista.box.sk is one of the Web's most popular and primary destinations for hackers and security experts in the World since 1994 and is also known as the original search engine for hackers circa the 90's and continues to attract thousands of loyal and long-time visitors across the globe on a daily basis.

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8ntruck

 @bcgold - "pick one and your problems are over".  This is a list of what - anti-virus software, operating systems, viruses? 

 

My hands on working knowledge of operating systems ended with a 4140 IBM mainframe and Fortran IV.  I never had the need to learn about the working guts of the current PC's. 

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Handy Don
13 minutes ago, 8ntruck said:

and Fortran IV. 

Made some nice pocket change helping fellow students debug their Fortran programs while I was in college. I learned last year that an enhanced Fortran is still the language of choice for many atmospheric modeling programs (i.e. the things that forecast weather). Seems current versions of the language compile into extremely efficient code.

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bc.gold
2 hours ago, 8ntruck said:

 @bcgold - "pick one and your problems are over".  This is a list of what - anti-virus software, operating systems, viruses? 

 

My hands on working knowledge of operating systems ended with a 4140 IBM mainframe and Fortran IV.  I never had the need to learn about the working guts of the current PC's. 

 

How many dumb terminals were connected to the 4140.

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8ntruck
13 hours ago, bcgold said:

 

How many dumb terminals were connected to the 4140.

This was running the CADAM drafting system.  I think we had 3 or 4 video processors, each driving two work stations connected to the mainframe along with 3 or 4 dumb terminals.  Also had the standard printer, plotter, card reader, modem (a 9600 baud hot rod!), and tape deck. Our IBM rep. described the system as a dozen screens hooked up to a hand calculator.  The mainframe was pretty much maxed out on cpu cycles.

 

That list of yours - those are anti-virus software?

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bc.gold
3 hours ago, 8ntruck said:

That list of yours - those are anti-virus software?

 

It's a list of Linux variations built on the same kernel.

 

Appears that Asus the manufacture has employed Bitlocker, the boot sector is encrypted with a key stored on Bitlocker a Microsoft based cloud service. This encrypted key is preventing me from removing Win 10 then installing Linux.

 

The cure,replace the SSD.

 

Deploy and manage Bitlocker and FileVault in a single console. Real-Time Laptop Tracking. RemoteKill®. Mobile Device Management.

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bc.gold
4 hours ago, 8ntruck said:

This was running the CADAM drafting system.  I think we had 3 or 4 video processors, each driving two work stations connected to the mainframe along with 3 or 4 dumb terminals.  Also had the standard printer, plotter, card reader, modem (a 9600 baud hot rod!), and tape deck. Our IBM rep. described the system as a dozen screens hooked up to a hand calculator.  The mainframe was pretty much maxed out on cpu cycles.

 

That list of yours - those are anti-virus software?

 

When old computers were abundant a Linux operating system was developed to use the mother boards arranged in a cluster, this small cube cluster below probably out performed your old IBM mainframe.

 

Google for economics uses a cluster and not mainframe.

 

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