On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 11:54 PM, b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es wrote:
Who would attack and how? What software and hardware would be shut down by
a cyber attack anyway?
There have been reports of exploits in the power grid. I happen to be very
fond of electricity,
The phone system has been
Isn't that just handing victory to the attacker? Isn't the attacker trying to
limit Internet access so that commerce and banking shut down? I can't do my
banking because my Internet access is denied during an emergency. Retailers
lose all their business because their potential customers
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 7:07 AM, Fred Holmes f...@his.com wrote:
Isn't that just handing victory to the attacker? Isn't the attacker trying
to limit Internet access so that commerce and banking shut down? I can't do
my banking because my Internet access is denied during an emergency.
This d...@#$d virus or trojan has been around for a while. This thing
disguises itself as a Windows Firewall and even puts a pseudo Microsoft
shield in the notification area. It takes over completely and won't let
system restore run properly.
I have had to do complete Windows reinstalls on
*Very strange, so far, since turning computer on today (has now been on for
about 10 minutes) having none of the problems from yesterday. How does this
virus or trojan get around antivirus software and firewalls? Do you usually
get it by visiting certain sites?
if I need this, will
It does it by getting you to click what you think are clean sites.
Some sites get taken over by a Trojan very easily.
Then when you think you are telling them no thanks on a pop up it catches you.
They are very subtle and sneaky.
This is a extortion attempt usually wanting you to buy their
Yes, this is one of the nastiest ones out there. They come by many names
and take a crowbar and blowtorch to remove. This is one of the reasons you
keep good backups. XP wasn't as easy, but now running 7 I can reinstall a
new OS in about 20 minutes...have most my programs I use installed in
*Why would it suddenly seem to be working okay? Should I assume that the
virus is still lurking and try to get rid of it? Can they go dormant and
reappear later?? So far, so good today, for entire morning.
Randall
*
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 10:51 AM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote:
Yes, this is
Different things can trigger them, you are not clean until you know
you are clean.
Throw the book at it and see what reaction you get.
Stewart
At 10:33 AM 2/26/2010, you wrote:
*Why would it suddenly seem to be working okay? Should I assume that the
virus is still lurking and try to get
At 08:12 AM 2/26/2010, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
Hey, just yesterday I was informed by the credit card fraud squad
that my card had been compromised and that a bunch of stuff related to
accessories for BMW automobiles had been purchased with my card
number. That could only have happened through
Quoting mike xha...@gmail.com:
needed...I keep my bookmarks synced with a firefox extension. I've refined
my install process to using a USB thumb drive also..much faster than dvd.
Really? I thought USB was comparatively slow.
Do you copy program installs from DVD to USB sticks?
I have all my installers on an internal one tb drive. I keep nothing on my
os drive for very long, everything I keep is moved to another internal drive
and mirrored with an external.
On Feb 26, 2010 12:07 PM, Reid Katan ka...@his.com wrote:
Quoting mike xha...@gmail.com:
needed...I keep my
Yes, this is why I usually recommend formatting and installing the OS clean
once any compromise takes place. I mean, who wants that nagging feeling that
everything you type is being sent to east europeans?
Of course, as has already been pointed out, this presupposes that you have a
good backup
On Feb 26, 2010, at 8:12 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
Hey, just yesterday I was informed by the credit card fraud squad
that my card had been compromised and that a bunch of stuff related to
accessories for BMW automobiles had been purchased with my card
number. That could only have happened
I usta hafta reinstall xp a few times a year ...now after dumping that silly
Norton and starting to use Avast FREE version I have no longer had any
trouble for a long time...
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Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 7:14 AM
On Feb 25, 2010, at 11:54 PM, b_s-wilk wrote:
Why shut it down? Ramping up is better. Can you really shut down
everything without something drastic and stupid like an EMP? And
that wouldn't shut down those who are secure and off grid. There are
too many short cuts and back doors. Expand
On Feb 26, 2010, at 9:41 AM, Ranbo wrote:
if I need this, will reinstalling Windows take care of this
problem? Is
that easy to do? Maybe now I can launch Bitdefender.
The problem with reinstalling Windows is that you probably do not have
all the drivers you need and when you track down
On Feb 25, 2010, at 9:25 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
It is very possible you will need to download the programs you need,
on another computer, and run them in safe mode to clean it up.
Definitely, an advanced virus will be watching and blocking your
attempts to attack it.
It has
I have no idea what this means, Tom!
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 3:15 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote:
I have all my installers on an internal one tb drive. I keep nothing on my
os drive for very long, everything I keep is moved to another internal
drive
and mirrored with an external.
On Feb
Quoting Judy Cosler jfcos...@gmail.com:
I have no idea what this means, Tom!
Not completely sure what you're asking here, but I'll try a little something.
What Mike is saying, is that after he downloads programs from the
Internet, he doesn't keep them on his system drive. He has a second
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