VERY VERY IMPPORTANT trojan virus
04-16-2011, 08:47 PM
#44
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Join Date: Jan 2011
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I know my computer stopped working 'perfectly' while I was on this board the beginning of Feb. I clicked on a link in one of the posts to a site that I had been on many many times. I know I should have typed in the site myself but out of habit I clicked on it. Should never have done that! Computer full of trogans. I cannot remember which post it was. I wish I could. I replied to a post about this before-I did not have my Kaspersky update loaded yet and was using Microsoft Essentials only. I never had a problem when using Kaspersky. I have not had any problems since I reformatted my computer, updated everything all over again, installed the newest version of Kaspersky and made sure ccleaner was working correctly.
Also-I made sure over the years to delete the older version of IE before updated to the newest version. Made a big difference in how 'fast' things worked.
Also-I made sure over the years to delete the older version of IE before updated to the newest version. Made a big difference in how 'fast' things worked.
04-17-2011, 03:08 AM
#47
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Location: North Central Texas
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ok, maybe ya'll can explain something to me....what is the fascination for hackers/virus makers?? I mean I understand if they are trying to get to your personal information (and how do they get that anyway???) but what could possibly be the "thrill" in sending a virus into the ether, making someone's computer run slower, and you never meet that person, never hear anything about it...nothing....
I just don't get it....
Most people of devious intent like to see their name in the paper, or thrill at the sound of the police siren coming for them, or like the idea that they are "putting one over" on the "dumb cops" by avoiding capture. But the sender-outers of these viruses never get caught, never hear a siren, never evade a determined police force....at least I have never heard of something like that happening.
So what possibly could be the thrill to such deviants????
Maybe if we could unravel the "psychology" of these malicious folks, we could decrease the frequency of the number of viruses created and sent out.
Can anyone explain this weird behavior to me???
I just don't get it....
Most people of devious intent like to see their name in the paper, or thrill at the sound of the police siren coming for them, or like the idea that they are "putting one over" on the "dumb cops" by avoiding capture. But the sender-outers of these viruses never get caught, never hear a siren, never evade a determined police force....at least I have never heard of something like that happening.
So what possibly could be the thrill to such deviants????
Maybe if we could unravel the "psychology" of these malicious folks, we could decrease the frequency of the number of viruses created and sent out.
Can anyone explain this weird behavior to me???
04-17-2011, 05:43 AM
#49
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 3,061
Originally Posted by kaykwilts
ok, maybe ya'll can explain something to me....what is the fascination for hackers/virus makers?? I mean I understand if they are trying to get to your personal information (and how do they get that anyway???) but what could possibly be the "thrill" in sending a virus into the ether, making someone's computer run slower, and you never meet that person, never hear anything about it...nothing....
I just don't get it....
Most people of devious intent like to see their name in the paper, or thrill at the sound of the police siren coming for them, or like the idea that they are "putting one over" on the "dumb cops" by avoiding capture. But the sender-outers of these viruses never get caught, never hear a siren, never evade a determined police force....at least I have never heard of something like that happening.
So what possibly could be the thrill to such deviants????
Maybe if we could unravel the "psychology" of these malicious folks, we could decrease the frequency of the number of viruses created and sent out.
Can anyone explain this weird behavior to me???
I just don't get it....
Most people of devious intent like to see their name in the paper, or thrill at the sound of the police siren coming for them, or like the idea that they are "putting one over" on the "dumb cops" by avoiding capture. But the sender-outers of these viruses never get caught, never hear a siren, never evade a determined police force....at least I have never heard of something like that happening.
So what possibly could be the thrill to such deviants????
Maybe if we could unravel the "psychology" of these malicious folks, we could decrease the frequency of the number of viruses created and sent out.
Can anyone explain this weird behavior to me???
04-17-2011, 08:04 AM
#50
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: California
Posts: 291
Originally Posted by chance
Please just be careful when you Google for help. Some of those sites are actually site-hackers: take over your machine and ask for money to remove your problem and give it back to you.
If you don't get rid of it it can really mess your computer up. Good advice from all re: antivirus software, but this trojan got past mine and finally showed up on a later scan. Keep your software definitions updated and scan if you even suspect your protection has been breached
If you don't get rid of it it can really mess your computer up. Good advice from all re: antivirus software, but this trojan got past mine and finally showed up on a later scan. Keep your software definitions updated and scan if you even suspect your protection has been breached
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