I heard Sunbelt is going to discontinue the ClearCloud service -- anyone know if/when that's going to happen?
David On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 6:53 AM, Jonathan <[email protected]> wrote: > I've run into a nice variant of this just this morning....the window is > titled, "Windows Vista Restore" and the caption at the top of the window > says, "PC Performance & Stability analysis report". It is telling me hat the > hard drive is failing and that private data is at risk. > > When I went into the root of C:. it only showed one file, named > bootsect.bak. After I chose to display all hidden and os files, > viola,everything in C: and on the desktop appeared. > > What a way to start a Thursday - at least it isn't Monday! > > JR > > On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Roger Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Try setting him up with ClearCloudDNS - might help prevent future >> infections. >> >> >> Roger Wright >> ___ >> >> "Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil." - J. Paul Getty >> >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 10:34 AM, John Aldrich >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Thanks... This particular user is unlucky enough to have teenagers who >> use >> > his computer. My guess is they are visiting infected/hostile/0wned sites >> and >> > that's how he's getting infected. Never really had a problem when he was >> > working here, so I'm suspecting it's some of his grandkids that are >> causing >> > the problem. >> > >> > As I have not yet seen the problem, I don't know if it's going to be >> easy or >> > difficult. Hopefully MBAM and Vipre won't have any problem with it. :D >> > >> > Thanks again! >> > >> > >> > >> > From: James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]] >> > Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 10:31 AM >> > To: NT System Admin Issues >> > Subject: Re: Fake antivirus >> > >> > May be time to invest in some UAT (user awareness training). Continual >> > re-infestation either means he is unlucky, or gung-ho in his browsing. >> > >> > I've had some fake AVs recently which were ridiculously easy to get rid >> of >> > (kill process, delete files, remove autorun entry). Others have been >> more >> > stealthy - such as killing targeted windows like Task Manager. Booting >> into >> > safe mode usually prevents these extra "features" from bothering you. >> > >> > But as with everything - a reimage may be the only way to be sure. >> > On 3 June 2011 15:26, John Aldrich <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > I'm going to go to a former co-worker's this afternoon to clean his >> system >> > (again) from another fake antivirus infestation. I've already got Vipre >> > Rescue and Malware Bytes on a memory stick. I've also got RKILL. I >> haven't >> > had to deal with any fake antivirus in a few weeks. Just wondering if >> they >> > have developed any new tricks recently that I should be aware of? >> > >> > Oh, this user had Vipre Home on his PC, and got infested anyway. Should >> I >> > submit samples to Sunbelt (assuming I can find where they're >> quarantined)??? >> > >> > Thanks! >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> > >> > --- >> > To manage subscriptions click here: >> > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> > or send an email to [email protected] >> > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put >> into >> > the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not >> able >> > rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke >> such >> > a question." >> > >> > IMPORTANT: The information in this email is CONFIDENTIAL. 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If these animals become in >> any >> > way docile, I will squirt them with water pistols until they become a >> bit >> > more temperamental. >> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> > >> > --- >> > To manage subscriptions click here: >> > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> > or send an email to [email protected] >> > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > >> > >> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> > >> > --- >> > To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> > or send an email to [email protected] >> > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > >> > >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> >> > > > -- > Jonathan, A+, MCSA, MCSE > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > -- David _____________________ *"We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. 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