I run Malwarebytes on all of my computers as well as anti-virus software & hardware. There is a free version of Malwarebytes, but it requires that you run scans & update it regularly, the “Pro” version does everything on its own, including some addition features, & is worth the money. There are other programs that I use for pernicious malware that gets installed on friends & clients computers, including SpyBot, but for those issues I recommend professional help.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chuck Alexander Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2014 11:11 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [VFB] Re: [flyfishingandflytyingforpanfish] possible virus Rick: (and everybody) Conduit is not a true “virus” (like a trojan horse etc). It’s a malware/spyware/tracking program, but will make your life miserable, but I don’t think you can pass it to your friends via emails etc like viruses. But, it WILL send tracking cookies to conduit, and it will hijack your browser and act just like a virus. To get rid of it, you have to go to “control panel” then go to “all programs” and then go to “uninstall programs” and uninstall it. The way it usually gets to you is say you download a program like a photo editor, and it goes through step1, step2, step3 etc ect. hidden in tiny little print on one of those “steps” is “allow conduit t0 install itself as a search bar etc” and most ppl click “allow” without even realizing it. HTH. I kept changing my browser back again and again and again, only to have it take over again before I finally realized that most anti virals will NOT pick it up m because like I said it’s a “program” and not a true virus, and must be “uninstalled”. All this is of course UNLESS there is TWO different “conduit’s” out there LOL. Chuck From: Rick Zieger <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2014 8:35 AM To: VFB <mailto:[email protected]> ; [email protected] Subject: [flyfishingandflytyingforpanfish] possible virus Our computer crashed. Found that we had a virus called conduit. You might want to check your computer to see if you have it. Sorry that I did not know we had it for a couple of days. Rick __._,_.___ <https://groups.yahoo.com/group/flyfishingandflytyingforpanfish/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJyYzYwMmVkBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIxOTQ2NjQ5BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTEzODUxNARtc2dJZAMxMDI1OQRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNycGx5BHN0aW1lAzEzOTQyODkzMDc-?act=reply&messageNum=10259> Reply via web post <mailto:[email protected]?subject=Re%3A%20possible%20virus> Reply to sender <mailto:[email protected]?subject=Re%3A%20possible%20virus> Reply to group <https://groups.yahoo.com/group/flyfishingandflytyingforpanfish/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJmdXBwOWMwBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIxOTQ2NjQ5BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTEzODUxNARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNudHBjBHN0aW1lAzEzOTQyODkzMDc-> Start a New Topic <https://groups.yahoo.com/group/flyfishingandflytyingforpanfish/message/10259;_ylc=X3oDMTM3djk2b25yBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIxOTQ2NjQ5BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTEzODUxNARtc2dJZAMxMDI1OQRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawN2dHBjBHN0aW1lAzEzOTQyODkzMDcEdHBjSWQDMTAyNTk-> Messages in this topic (1) <https://groups.yahoo.com/group/flyfishingandflytyingforpanfish;_ylc=X3oDMTJmb2g0MWNpBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIxOTQ2NjQ5BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTEzODUxNARzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzEzOTQyODkzMDc-> Visit Your Group <https://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJlaGJpNjA0BF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzIxOTQ2NjQ5BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTEzODUxNARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTM5NDI4OTMwNw--> Yahoo! Groups • <https://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/groups/details.html> Privacy • <mailto:[email protected]?subject=Unsubscribe> Unsubscribe • <https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/> Terms of Use . <http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97359714/grpId=21946649/grpspId=1705138514/msgId=10259/stime=1394289307> __,_._,___ -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
