Re: [MBZ] OT Malware Defense antiviral software
I used McAfee provided by my SP, but it is annoying since it seems to be doing always something ine the back, bringing whatever I am working on to a crawl. I now use Comodo Secutity (Firewall + Antivirus, Spy and Malware). It's simple, free and runs *in the background*. - Hans Neureiter, Houston, TX '82 300SD '02 RoadKing '72 T100 Daytona On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: I think I saw somewhere yesterday that Google was giving out McAfee free for some period to combat some issue with gmail. I might be wrong about the google aspect, but somebody was doing it. --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT Malware Defense antiviral software
Hello there, I have been using Avast for some time now. It was recommended from a friend who is pretty knowledgeable about computer. It is certainly not draining one's computer resources like McAfee. --PT, '81 300D Message: 17 Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:16:05 -0600 From: Hans Neureiter diese...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Malware Defense antiviral software Message-ID: f5f376201001150216r58634d11w30abb755bea6e...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I used McAfee provided by my SP, but it is annoying since it seems to be doing always something ine the back, bringing whatever I am working on to a crawl. I now use Comodo Secutity (Firewall + Antivirus, Spy and Malware). It's simple, free and runs *in the background*. - Hans Neureiter, Houston, TX '82 300SD '02 RoadKing '72 T100 Daytona On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: I think I saw somewhere yesterday that Google was giving out McAfee free for some period to combat some issue with gmail. I might be wrong about the google aspect, but somebody was doing it. --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT Malware Defense antiviral software
I've been very happy with it on 3 machines for 2 years. I have also mitigated to Open Office with very few issues. -- Pete - Original Message - From: P. Prud'homme pa...@yahoo.com To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 8:49:36 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Malware Defense antiviral software Hello there, I have been using Avast for some time now. It was recommended from a friend who is pretty knowledgeable about computer. It is certainly not draining one's computer resources like McAfee. --PT, '81 300D Message: 17 Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:16:05 -0600 From: Hans Neureiter diese...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Malware Defense antiviral software Message-ID: f5f376201001150216r58634d11w30abb755bea6e...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I used McAfee provided by my SP, but it is annoying since it seems to be doing always something ine the back, bringing whatever I am working on to a crawl. I now use Comodo Secutity (Firewall + Antivirus, Spy and Malware). It's simple, free and runs *in the background*. - Hans Neureiter, Houston, TX '82 300SD '02 RoadKing '72 T100 Daytona On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: I think I saw somewhere yesterday that Google was giving out McAfee free for some period to combat some issue with gmail. I might be wrong about the google aspect, but somebody was doing it. --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT Malware Defense antiviral software
Hans Neureiter wrote: I used McAfee provided by my SP, but it is annoying since it seems to be doing always something ine the back, bringing whatever I am working on to a crawl. I now use Comodo Secutity (Firewall + Antivirus, Spy and Malware). It's simple, free and runs *in the background*. - Hans Neureiter, Houston, TX '82 300SD '02 RoadKing '72 T100 Daytona On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: I think I saw somewhere yesterday that Google was giving out McAfee free for some period to combat some issue with gmail. I might be wrong about the google aspect, but somebody was doing it. --R Facebook is trying to save FACE. They have been sharing lots of stuff you don't want living on your computer! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT Malware Defense antiviral software
Chris N John wrote: Facebook is trying to save FACE. They have been sharing lots of stuff you don't want living on your computer! I read a column on their new 'privacy policies' the other day. Then I promised myself I'd never register for Facebook. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT Malware Defense antiviral software
Someone mentioned Spybot - I have used it for a while and it seemed to stop all spyware. When I went to Vista (BIG mistake) I lost it and when I saw the comment realized it was gone. When I did a search to re-download it I kept getting redirected to Spyware Doctor - a different product. One that must be purchased while Spybot is free,, but over over I was taken to Spyware Doctor - but I was persistent and often had to look at the small print to find it. Take are - LarryT 91 300D OilAnalysis Time? Looking for Weber Parts or Porsche Posters? www.youroil.net -- From: P. Prud'homme pa...@yahoo.com Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 8:49 AM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Malware Defense antiviral software Hello there, I have been using Avast for some time now. It was recommended from a friend who is pretty knowledgeable about computer. It is certainly not draining one's computer resources like McAfee. --PT, '81 300D Message: 17 Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:16:05 -0600 From: Hans Neureiter diese...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Malware Defense antiviral software Message-ID: f5f376201001150216r58634d11w30abb755bea6e...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I used McAfee provided by my SP, but it is annoying since it seems to be doing always something ine the back, bringing whatever I am working on to a crawl. I now use Comodo Secutity (Firewall + Antivirus, Spy and Malware). It's simple, free and runs *in the background*. - Hans Neureiter, Houston, TX '82 300SD '02 RoadKing '72 T100 Daytona On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: I think I saw somewhere yesterday that Google was giving out McAfee free for some period to combat some issue with gmail. I might be wrong about the google aspect, but somebody was doing it. --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT Malware Defense antiviral software
On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:22:40 -0500 Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote: Chris N John wrote: Facebook is trying to save FACE. They have been sharing lots of stuff you don't want living on your computer! I read a column on their new 'privacy policies' the other day. Then I promised myself I'd never register for Facebook. With the orientation of things at work and constant reminders of security, I make it a point to say away from social networking sites. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT Malware Defense antiviral software
I'd recommend Microsoft Security Essentials for anyone running a Windows system. While it *is* a Microsoft product, they have apparently gotten tired of all the laughing and snickering anytime they mention Windows Security and have managed to design a decent virus detector. Plus it's free. Plus there is the conspiracy theory that Anti-Virus companies are the largest developers of viruses to keep selling their product. I've taken to installing it on the couple of Windows boxes I'm forced to keep around. On a side note, if you are ever on any website that suddenly gives you a *web based* pop up telling you that you have a virus, if you click anywhere on that window, even on the NO, you just might. Those Malware Defense and Virus Defender pop ups *are* viruses. Best to bring up Task Manager and force kill the browser than to click on it and take any chances at all. Oh, and black list the website you were on when it popped up. If they are going to be pushing viruses, you don't need to visit their site. EdB On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 8:23 PM, andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.comwrote: I've been getting an onslaught of warnings recently about viruses that are supposedly infecting my Compaq laptop computer, with an offer to kill them with Malware Defense. Has anyone heard of this SW? Is it legit? I used to receive McAfee spam daily but that has ceased, and Malware is now hitting me every couple of minutes with their warnings and offers. Should I subscribe to the 50 percent off Malware offer, resubscribe to McAfee, or do something else, such as.??.. My computer IS acting strangely, and takes forever to load, so I would not be surprised if I have some sort of computerized STD. TIA, and Happy New Year to all! Andrew ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- I've come to your planet on a Class IV Intergalactic Doom Freighter. - Adrian Monk ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT Malware Defense antiviral software
I think I saw somewhere yesterday that Google was giving out McAfee free for some period to combat some issue with gmail. I might be wrong about the google aspect, but somebody was doing it. --R Ed Booher wrote: I'd recommend Microsoft Security Essentials for anyone running a Windows system. While it *is* a Microsoft product, they have apparently gotten tired of all the laughing and snickering anytime they mention Windows Security and have managed to design a decent virus detector. Plus it's free. Plus there is the conspiracy theory that Anti-Virus companies are the largest developers of viruses to keep selling their product. I've taken to installing it on the couple of Windows boxes I'm forced to keep around. On a side note, if you are ever on any website that suddenly gives you a *web based* pop up telling you that you have a virus, if you click anywhere on that window, even on the NO, you just might. Those Malware Defense and Virus Defender pop ups *are* viruses. Best to bring up Task Manager and force kill the browser than to click on it and take any chances at all. Oh, and black list the website you were on when it popped up. If they are going to be pushing viruses, you don't need to visit their site. EdB On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 8:23 PM, andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.comwrote: I've been getting an onslaught of warnings recently about viruses that are supposedly infecting my Compaq laptop computer, with an offer to kill them with Malware Defense. Has anyone heard of this SW? Is it legit? I used to receive McAfee spam daily but that has ceased, and Malware is now hitting me every couple of minutes with their warnings and offers. Should I subscribe to the 50 percent off Malware offer, resubscribe to McAfee, or do something else, such as.??.. My computer IS acting strangely, and takes forever to load, so I would not be surprised if I have some sort of computerized STD. TIA, and Happy New Year to all! Andrew ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT Malware Defense antiviral software
You only run in Safe Mode when cleaning the machine of Virus and Malware, etc. Once clean you reboot and start up normally. I use McAfee which comes free from Comcast. I also run Spyware but McAfee seems to catch it all. LarryT OilAnalysis Time? Looking for Weber Parts or Porsche Posters? www.youroil.net -- From: andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 10:42 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Malware Defense antiviral software Thanks for your repsonses, but alas, I am even more confused now than I was before (which is not all that surprising). Malware seems like a mixed bag, and no one mentioned McAffee. I definitely appear to have some bugs already that needs to be *annihilated*. I am willing to pay but unwilling to operate in safe mode, if that involves running in text only mode or other handicaps. On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 10:54 PM, Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com wrote: Another nice program that instructs, but does not eliminate stuff is Mike Lin's startup.cpl which is a control panel application that tells you what processes are scheduled to start up at each boot cycle. It is instructive to see the processes that are tasked to start up. From that, you can remove start-up status of applications you do not recognize and then if the system runs fine, you might decide the application is bogus and needs complete removal. I can recall an application from 10 years ago - jupiter something - that I would detect from time to time. Do the search in the registry for jupiter and delete all instances - ruthlessly - and then any variant of jupiter in the file structures. Many malware used to be quite visible and could be seen via careful looking around and removal. Of course, while linux is not completely without malware, it is far above the susceptibility of windows. mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT Malware Defense antiviral software
Thank you. McAfee it will be! On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 11:13 AM, LarryT l02tur...@comcast.net wrote: You only run in Safe Mode when cleaning the machine of Virus and Malware, etc. Once clean you reboot and start up normally. I use McAfee which comes free from Comcast. I also run Spyware but McAfee seems to catch it all. LarryT OilAnalysis Time? Looking for Weber Parts or Porsche Posters? www.youroil.net -- From: andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 10:42 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Malware Defense antiviral software Thanks for your repsonses, but alas, I am even more confused now than I was before (which is not all that surprising). Malware seems like a mixed bag, and no one mentioned McAffee. I definitely appear to have some bugs already that needs to be *annihilated*. I am willing to pay but unwilling to operate in safe mode, if that involves running in text only mode or other handicaps. On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 10:54 PM, Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com wrote: Another nice program that instructs, but does not eliminate stuff is Mike Lin's startup.cpl which is a control panel application that tells you what processes are scheduled to start up at each boot cycle. It is instructive to see the processes that are tasked to start up. From that, you can remove start-up status of applications you do not recognize and then if the system runs fine, you might decide the application is bogus and needs complete removal. I can recall an application from 10 years ago - jupiter something - that I would detect from time to time. Do the search in the registry for jupiter and delete all instances - ruthlessly - and then any variant of jupiter in the file structures. Many malware used to be quite visible and could be seen via careful looking around and removal. Of course, while linux is not completely without malware, it is far above the susceptibility of windows. mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT Malware Defense antiviral software
Thanks for your repsonses, but alas, I am even more confused now than I was before (which is not all that surprising). Malware seems like a mixed bag, and no one mentioned McAffee. I definitely appear to have some bugs already that needs to be *annihilated*. I am willing to pay but unwilling to operate in safe mode, if that involves running in text only mode or other handicaps. On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 10:54 PM, Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com wrote: Another nice program that instructs, but does not eliminate stuff is Mike Lin's startup.cpl which is a control panel application that tells you what processes are scheduled to start up at each boot cycle. It is instructive to see the processes that are tasked to start up. From that, you can remove start-up status of applications you do not recognize and then if the system runs fine, you might decide the application is bogus and needs complete removal. I can recall an application from 10 years ago - jupiter something - that I would detect from time to time. Do the search in the registry for jupiter and delete all instances - ruthlessly - and then any variant of jupiter in the file structures. Many malware used to be quite visible and could be seen via careful looking around and removal. Of course, while linux is not completely without malware, it is far above the susceptibility of windows. mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT Malware Defense antiviral software
Safe Mode is a start-up mode that can be used when trying to clean up your system or otherwise diagnose problems. It simply starts up with minimal drivers and services. It's not something you would use on an ongoing basis. To boot into safe mode, repeatedly tap the F8 key while Windows is starting. You'll be presented with a menu that has several Safe Mode choices, typically you want Safe Mode with Networking. Depending on what malware you've got, it may or may not help. Allan On Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:42 -0500, andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for your repsonses, but alas, I am even more confused now than I was before (which is not all that surprising). Malware seems like a mixed bag, and no one mentioned McAffee. I definitely appear to have some bugs already that needs to be *annihilated*. I am willing to pay but unwilling to operate in safe mode, if that involves running in text only mode or other handicaps. On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 10:54 PM, Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com wrote: Another nice program that instructs, but does not eliminate stuff is Mike Lin's startup.cpl which is a control panel application that tells you what processes are scheduled to start up at each boot cycle. It is instructive to see the processes that are tasked to start up. From that, you can remove start-up status of applications you do not recognize and then if the system runs fine, you might decide the application is bogus and needs complete removal. I can recall an application from 10 years ago - jupiter something - that I would detect from time to time. Do the search in the registry for jupiter and delete all instances - ruthlessly - and then any variant of jupiter in the file structures. Many malware used to be quite visible and could be seen via careful looking around and removal. Of course, while linux is not completely without malware, it is far above the susceptibility of windows. mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT Malware Defense antiviral software
Andrew, try Avast for antivirus, and JV16 Power Tools for correcting registry problem. Both have free downloads but won't break the bank if you buy a pro version. Google for reviews. I've had both for over three years after trying others that ate up CPU operations and hurt the pocket book. Harry ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Andrew, At the risk of more confusion-the tech guys at the university put Malawarebytes on my University laptop couple years ago when I got some malware that the virus program wouldnt catch. They cleaned up my computer it was fine. Then I got some more Malware a couple months ago-I had forgotten to update the malwarebytes so it would not touch the infected files. I updated it and bang malware was gone. The malware message often seems to be disguised as telling you need antivirus software. I have since cleaned a couple more successfully-one I got trying to down load a free manual for my wife's SAAB. My $0.02-but I would down load the free version of Malwarebytes and run it-I don't use safe mode or anything like that-I am not a techie- Dwight E. Giles, Jr. 1978 240D 4 speed. 218K + miles. 1990 300D 2.5t 170K miles. Wickford, RI -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of andrew strasfogel Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 10:42 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Malware Defense antiviral software Thanks for your repsonses, but alas, I am even more confused now than I was before (which is not all that surprising). Malware seems like a mixed bag, and no one mentioned McAffee. I definitely appear to have some bugs already that needs to be *annihilated*. I am willing to pay but unwilling to operate in safe mode, if that involves running in text only mode or other handicaps. On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 10:54 PM, Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com wrote: Another nice program that instructs, but does not eliminate stuff is Mike Lin's startup.cpl which is a control panel application that tells you what processes are scheduled to start up at each boot cycle. It is instructive to see the processes that are tasked to start up. From that, you can remove start-up status of applications you do not recognize and then if the system runs fine, you might decide the application is bogus and needs complete removal. I can recall an application from 10 years ago - jupiter something - that I would detect from time to time. Do the search in the registry for jupiter and delete all instances - ruthlessly - and then any variant of jupiter in the file structures. Many malware used to be quite visible and could be seen via careful looking around and removal. Of course, while linux is not completely without malware, it is far above the susceptibility of windows. mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] OT Malware Defense antiviral software
I've been getting an onslaught of warnings recently about viruses that are supposedly infecting my Compaq laptop computer, with an offer to kill them with Malware Defense. Has anyone heard of this SW? Is it legit? I used to receive McAfee spam daily but that has ceased, and Malware is now hitting me every couple of minutes with their warnings and offers. Should I subscribe to the 50 percent off Malware offer, resubscribe to McAfee, or do something else, such as.??.. My computer IS acting strangely, and takes forever to load, so I would not be surprised if I have some sort of computerized STD. TIA, and Happy New Year to all! Andrew ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT Malware Defense antiviral software
Our village idiot -- I shouldn't say that, since Mercedes is cached. Let me rephrase. The individual to whom we outsource our computer stuff loaded up Malware Defense on a co-worker's computer after she got a nasty virus. Her computer immediately went from being somewhat-fast to crawling slowly on its knees. We (meaning her, under my instruction) uninstalled Malware Defense and things immediately got fast again. You can't go wrong with a good (as in supported on a daily basis) antivirus program and Spybot. On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 7:23 PM, andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.comwrote: I've been getting an onslaught of warnings recently about viruses that are supposedly infecting my Compaq laptop computer, with an offer to kill them with Malware Defense. Has anyone heard of this SW? Is it legit? I used to receive McAfee spam daily but that has ceased, and Malware is now hitting me every couple of minutes with their warnings and offers. Should I subscribe to the 50 percent off Malware offer, resubscribe to McAfee, or do something else, such as.??.. My computer IS acting strangely, and takes forever to load, so I would not be surprised if I have some sort of computerized STD. TIA, and Happy New Year to all! Andrew ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- You are what you are now because you where then. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT Malware Defense antiviral software
One more thing (as Columbo used to say). Watch out for something called Personal AntiVirus. That is the virus that Maureen got on her computer that caused so many problems. If you get that, take your laptop immediately to a professional and get it scrubbed off. On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 7:23 PM, andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.comwrote: I've been getting an onslaught of warnings recently about viruses that are supposedly infecting my Compaq laptop computer, with an offer to kill them with Malware Defense. Has anyone heard of this SW? Is it legit? I used to receive McAfee spam daily but that has ceased, and Malware is now hitting me every couple of minutes with their warnings and offers. Should I subscribe to the 50 percent off Malware offer, resubscribe to McAfee, or do something else, such as.??.. My computer IS acting strangely, and takes forever to load, so I would not be surprised if I have some sort of computerized STD. TIA, and Happy New Year to all! Andrew ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- You are what you are now because you where then. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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We use Avast free edition and update daily. It occasionally gets false positives. When I suspect a FP I do a Google search to see what others say about that. Other than that, I have been happy with this SW. Greg -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of andrew strasfogel Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 5:23 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: [MBZ] OT Malware Defense antiviral software I've been getting an onslaught of warnings recently about viruses that are supposedly infecting my Compaq laptop computer, with an offer to kill them with Malware Defense. Has anyone heard of this SW? Is it legit? I used to receive McAfee spam daily but that has ceased, and Malware is now hitting me every couple of minutes with their warnings and offers. Should I subscribe to the 50 percent off Malware offer, resubscribe to McAfee, or do something else, such as.??.. My computer IS acting strangely, and takes forever to load, so I would not be surprised if I have some sort of computerized STD. TIA, and Happy New Year to all! Andrew ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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About a year ago, a fellow who builds computers suggested I give MalwareBytes' Anti-Malware a try. He was surprised that it only found a couple of slightly unfriendly cookies on my machine, it had been finding stuff on most of the used computers he'd tried it on. The free version isn't continuous protection, but it's supposed to be pretty good at search and destroy missions. http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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On Sun, 3 Jan 2010 20:23:20 -0500 andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote: I've been getting an onslaught of warnings recently about viruses that are supposedly infecting my Compaq laptop computer, with an offer to kill them with Malware Defense. Sounds like your computer is infected with Ad-ware (and who knows what other stuff). (I'm presuming this is a spontaneous pop-up window and not email.) Is it legit? If it's advertising itself without you having asked for it, I would say it's not legit. Legitimate companies do not need to operate that way. I used to receive McAfee spam daily but that has ceased, and Malware is now hitting me every couple of minutes with their warnings and offers. Should I subscribe to the 50 percent off Malware offer, resubscribe to McAfee, or do something else, such as.??.. Get a good virus program and a good ad/mal ware program. My computer IS acting strangely, and takes forever to load Yup, you've got a problem. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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I think he needs Linux in dual-boot mode. On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 7:59 PM, Craig McCluskey diese...@pisquared.netwrote: My computer IS acting strangely, and takes forever to load Yup, you've got a problem. -- You are what you are now because you where then. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net writes: About a year ago, a fellow who builds computers suggested I give MalwareBytes' Anti-Malware a try. He was surprised that it only found a couple of slightly unfriendly cookies on my machine, it had been finding stuff on most of the used computers he'd tried it on. The free version isn't continuous protection, but it's supposed to be pretty good at search and destroy missions. http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php This is a good program. I used it last week to clean up a co-worker's machine that had the Malware Defense infection. Also used Spybot. They both found different things, and it took half a dozen scan/clean cycles before the scans reported no problems found One odd thing, initially I could not install MalwareBytes. The installer program did nothing. I saw the process in the task list, but it was doing nothing and eventually vanished. I installed Spybot but it would not run with the same symptoms. I surmised that the malware was watching for executables running by name; I changed the name of the MalwareBytes installer exe and was able to run it and install it. After installing, I also had to change the names of the actual MalwareBytes executable and the Spybot executables in order to get them to run. I had to do all this in Safe Mode because the computer would slow to an unusable crawl in normal mode. Allan -- 1983 300D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Another nice program that instructs, but does not eliminate stuff is Mike Lin's startup.cpl which is a control panel application that tells you what processes are scheduled to start up at each boot cycle. It is instructive to see the processes that are tasked to start up. From that, you can remove start-up status of applications you do not recognize and then if the system runs fine, you might decide the application is bogus and needs complete removal. I can recall an application from 10 years ago - jupiter something - that I would detect from time to time. Do the search in the registry for jupiter and delete all instances - ruthlessly - and then any variant of jupiter in the file structures. Many malware used to be quite visible and could be seen via careful looking around and removal. Of course, while linux is not completely without malware, it is far above the susceptibility of windows. mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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On Sun, 3 Jan 2010 20:31:54 -0600 Wonko the Sane don.b...@gmail.com wrote: I think he needs Linux in dual-boot mode. Of course he does, but I wasn't going to rub it in. Actually, he'd be rid of his problems if he wiped the entire disk and then installed Linux. Craig On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 7:59 PM, Craig McCluskey diese...@pisquared.netwrote: My computer IS acting strangely, and takes forever to load Yup, you've got a problem. -- You are what you are now because you where then. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com --- Craig McCluskey Present: 1982 240D/3.0 (Euro 1984 617.912 engine, 4-speed) 254 kmi 1994 E420 117 kmi Past: 1964 190Dc 1972 220D/8 1972 220/8 1987 190E/2.3 /\ \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN Friends don't send friends X AGAINST HTML MAIL HTML email. / \ AND POSTINGS http://www.fred.net/tds/longrange.html http://pruffle.mit.edu/~ccarter/I_do_not_use_microsoft.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
