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Removing a Virus and Staying Clean|PC Support
-How do you know if your infected by a virus??
-Random Message Pops up on screen
-Random Programs opening and closing
-Sometimes you wont even know but i will help you remove it
-Your friends are reporting they get weird messages
-Random Chatbox pops on screen
-Files are deleted
-New files created
-Stuff starts freezing
-Some of your accounts start getting hacked
-Your computer shuts down randomly
-You dont get any access to Task manager,Msconfig,Regedit,Internet Browsers and Anti viruses.
-Of course these are just a few. You don't even need these symptoms too have a virus.
Most viruses can be hidden
First off if your somebody who doesn't have any virus on your computer and your just browsing this topic.
Im going to tell you how you can keep your computer clean.
Obviously everyone knows anti virus is going to help so install that.
And something lots of you might not know but there is a program called sandboxie.
Link: sandboxie.com/index.php?DownloadSandboxie
Any program that you download that you may think have a virus first you can scan it, but still that is not always mean the file is safe.
Hackers will crypt there server of there Rat,Keylogger,DDoSer anything along those lines.
So that is not always safe.
But to be safe you can run the program sandboxed.
Here's how i will explain it:
Think of your PC as a piece of paper. Every program you run writes on the paper. When you run your browser, it writes on the paper about every site you visited. And any malware you come across will usually try to write itself into the paper.
Traditional privacy and anti-malware software try to locate and erase any writings they think you wouldnt want on the paper. Most of the times they get it right. But first the makers of these solutions must teach the solution what to look for on the paper, and also how to erase it safely.
On the other hand, the Sandboxie sandbox works like a transparency layer placed over the paper. Programs write on the transparency layer and to them it looks like the real paper. When you delete the sandbox, its like removing the transparency layer, the unchanged, real paper is revealed.
Credits: raymond.cc/blog/archives/2007/10...-programs/
Here is also a link to how to use sandbox to protect yourself: raymond.cc/blog/archives/2007/11...sandboxie/
I didn't even think of explaining it like that
Now for virus removal.
If you think you might have a virus please try and scan with some virus removal likes the ones below.
You may also want to try a system restore before any of this and see how your computer runs and if any of the symptoms from above happen or just unusual things. Please note system restore will not always work.
If you choose to run some anti-virus try these programs for free.
Malwarebytes: malwarebytes.org/mbam-download.php
Spybot search and destroy (Download latest version): safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html
Avira: avira.com/en/support-download
Please also check out Dawn's tutorial on how to see if your infected: thetechgame.com/Forums/viewtopic...97449.html
Rickshaw's PC Security: thetechgame.com/Forums/viewtopic...63508.html
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I know there is a section for this but you can come directly here to for help. I will reply and most likely have a good answer. Only post PC questions please. You can post a bit of apple questions although im not that good with the OS. Just a bit of extra help :
-How do you know if your infected by a virus??
-Random Message Pops up on screen
-Random Programs opening and closing
-Sometimes you wont even know but i will help you remove it
-Your friends are reporting they get weird messages
-Random Chatbox pops on screen
-Files are deleted
-New files created
-Stuff starts freezing
-Some of your accounts start getting hacked
-Your computer shuts down randomly
-You dont get any access to Task manager,Msconfig,Regedit,Internet Browsers and Anti viruses.
-Of course these are just a few. You don't even need these symptoms too have a virus.
Most viruses can be hidden
First off if your somebody who doesn't have any virus on your computer and your just browsing this topic.
Im going to tell you how you can keep your computer clean.
Obviously everyone knows anti virus is going to help so install that.
And something lots of you might not know but there is a program called sandboxie.
Link: sandboxie.com/index.php?DownloadSandboxie
Any program that you download that you may think have a virus first you can scan it, but still that is not always mean the file is safe.
Hackers will crypt there server of there Rat,Keylogger,DDoSer anything along those lines.
So that is not always safe.
But to be safe you can run the program sandboxed.
Here's how i will explain it:
Think of your PC as a piece of paper. Every program you run writes on the paper. When you run your browser, it writes on the paper about every site you visited. And any malware you come across will usually try to write itself into the paper.
Traditional privacy and anti-malware software try to locate and erase any writings they think you wouldnt want on the paper. Most of the times they get it right. But first the makers of these solutions must teach the solution what to look for on the paper, and also how to erase it safely.
On the other hand, the Sandboxie sandbox works like a transparency layer placed over the paper. Programs write on the transparency layer and to them it looks like the real paper. When you delete the sandbox, its like removing the transparency layer, the unchanged, real paper is revealed.
Credits: raymond.cc/blog/archives/2007/10...-programs/
Here is also a link to how to use sandbox to protect yourself: raymond.cc/blog/archives/2007/11...sandboxie/
I didn't even think of explaining it like that
Now for virus removal.
If you think you might have a virus please try and scan with some virus removal likes the ones below.
You may also want to try a system restore before any of this and see how your computer runs and if any of the symptoms from above happen or just unusual things. Please note system restore will not always work.
If you choose to run some anti-virus try these programs for free.
Malwarebytes: malwarebytes.org/mbam-download.php
Spybot search and destroy (Download latest version): safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html
Avira: avira.com/en/support-download
Please also check out Dawn's tutorial on how to see if your infected: thetechgame.com/Forums/viewtopic...97449.html
Rickshaw's PC Security: thetechgame.com/Forums/viewtopic...63508.html
Please thank the topic and comment
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50 Thanks [Done]
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PC support
PC ONLY!
I know there is a section for this but you can come directly here to for help. I will reply and most likely have a good answer. Only post PC questions please. You can post a bit of apple questions although im not that good with the OS. Just a bit of extra help :
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My sister downloaded something and now the pc has a Windows 2012 Security thing. Its fake because I had it before. Its malware but when she restarted the computer we get a black screen and on the top left side there is a cursor like "_" flashing. Whenever I press a button I hear a "beep". I tried F8ing (Safe Mode) but it doesnt work. Any suggestions on how to fix this?
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i don't think this works ...
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Re installing the OS is a 100% way to fix a virus problem. Another way is to take the hard drive off the computer and plugging it in and scanning it with another computer that has a antivirus on it.
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