I got a virus
03-27-2010, 02:01 PM
#21
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
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I got that virus that comes up and says you are getting a virus and have to run the anti virus program to stop it. I didn't recognize the anti virus program and wouldn't click on it. It kept coming up so I shut the computer down. The virus got in but I shut down my computer before it could do the worst. My sisters husband is a computer tech and works on just such things as viruses. He took it and fixed it in a few hours. He laughted too when I got upset about it. Those guys just love their work. He said if you get a message like that again or think something is going on turn the computer off before the whole virus can be down loaded. That keeps the amount of damage down.
03-27-2010, 04:46 PM
#22
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: At the beach, drinking a mojito
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A great program that my friend sent me is this thing called Malware Bytes. They have a free version of it on their site... I downloaded it and it works great... I use it along side the $50 one I bought that DID NOT catch the horrible virus my computer had... but Malware byte caught it and destroyed it!
03-27-2010, 05:51 PM
#23
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Location: East Coast
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Originally Posted by Tippy
Originally Posted by Lisanne
No, but I keep my anti-virus up to date and run regular scans.
I can't fathom how your tech could figure that the virus came from this board. Maybe it came from an email or a download file or some other website.
I can't fathom how your tech could figure that the virus came from this board. Maybe it came from an email or a download file or some other website.
Sounds like you did all the right things. Sorry it happened to you.
03-27-2010, 06:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Lisanne
Originally Posted by Tippy
Originally Posted by Lisanne
No, but I keep my anti-virus up to date and run regular scans.
I can't fathom how your tech could figure that the virus came from this board. Maybe it came from an email or a download file or some other website.
I can't fathom how your tech could figure that the virus came from this board. Maybe it came from an email or a download file or some other website.
Sounds like you did all the right things. Sorry it happened to you.
Less than a week ago, I was pm'd by someone that called themselves: quilterd.
At first glance i pronounced it: quil-t*rd...you get the picture. I thought, "who would nickname themselves that?"
Opened it and without a hi, hello, or i am new etc. began talking about having the same birthday and went into all the hobbies they are into.
They said their birth year was 1928. That would make them 80 years old.
If you had seen the list of hobbies along with gardening and canning...have you ever gardened or canned?
I have. can't anymore, and I am in my fifties...disabled, but the point is...I was having trouble believing this person could do all that, so I clicked on their profile...no info whatsoever and had just joined!
I did not reply that night and they never showed again.
I believe that everything that glitters is not a golden (aged) quilter!thumbup:
05-31-2010, 02:04 AM
#28
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: New Hampshire
Posts: 3,877
I've had something trying to attack my computer this past week everytime I was on the board. Norton's kept popping up saying, "We just blocked, etc." It seems to have stopped doing this yesterday though.
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