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I'm using Windows Defender as full antivirus and Malwarebytes (Free version) So far. I've never had viruses malware on my computers. I started doing this 2016-2017. Are paid antivirus products not worth it now? Back then i used to use Bitdefender and it was pretty good. It had a pretty …

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Greetings everyone, I've been away from this forum for a long time, must be more than 10 years since my last post. That's how long I've been pretty much trouble free, as far as the Internet and data safety was concerned. Back then I was experimenting all too often with …

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I would like to inform the people here on this site (Daniwebs) community know that my account here with Daniweb was not only accessed and found to have been accessed on the Darkweb, it was hacked. I have yet figured out exactly what they were using my account for, or …

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I've been writing about various security risks in the health sector for many years now. Usually my articles cover patient privacy, data protection and health provider network insecurity issues. Occasionally, they spill over into darker territory where the cyber risk morphs into a very real one as far as the …

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This is my 1st post on this Forum - Hello My Name is Michael and I'm from Poland :) I have a question about security in Internet. I'm active user of Internet and I have now some anxiety, maybe unjustified, but I have :( I'm logged in webbrowser on my …

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HELP!! I have a windows server 2012 r2 . I can still use my server until i fell asleep and now woke up, And can't log in to my administrator account. I didn't change password at all, i use the same password and i'd make sure that it is correct. …

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Hi. I'm concerned an ex has installed spy software on my computer (and maybe iPhone, but that's for another thread). I've spent days reading about it and I'm not really any closer to figuring out if this is the case, and if so how to uninstall it. Any help would …

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Which is the most reliable free antivirus for USB flash drives that resides and runs from the device itself and doesn't need to be installed on the computer?

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Last year, CryptoLocker ransomware [hit the headlines](http://www.daniweb.com/hardware-and-software/microsoft-windows/viruses-spyware-and-other-nasties/news/470427/cryptolocker-250k-infections-in-100-days-nets-300000-or-does-it) after infecting hundreds of thousands of computers and encrypting the data, and backups of that data to any connected device, with the promise of decryption on payment of a fee. This kind of IT extortion is profitable for the bad guys as it …

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Hi Friends, Upon a recommendation I have installed Advanced System Care 93. It seems to be doing what it claims. I have not yet paid anything to upgrade but wonder if this is just another 'cash cow'? Anyone got any advice on ASC 93 please?

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Be careful gamers http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/07/fake-pokemon-go-app-on-google-play-infects-phones-with-screenlocker/

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Earlier last year, I bought the Acer Aspire E-16 START with a windows 8 operating system, I was using the lastest Kapersky 2015 which worked perfectly with the OS, Ever since I upgraded to windows 10 OS via the internet , Old files of Kapersky application were not executable, Luckily, …

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Hi guys, something a little strange has happened. While I browsed to google.co.uk home page I've seen a message flashing on the top left of the screen, it flashed literally for about half a second and after ctrl+f5 numerous times I managed to get a screenshot and it says "Online …

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HI There is many method to bypass Antivirus detection! The Best way is writing your own toolsespecailly using python language. My question is How to protect your self againt PE portable excuteble and how we make Antivirus to detect for example metasploit payloads? I will appriciate for yur help

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CryptoWall 4.0 the newest ransomware to date is been spread by Angler Exploit Kits. A new drive-by download campaign is to blame for this attack. Heimdal was the first to discover the malware nearly one month ago. It's also more stealthier than previous versions and also a lot stronger. This …

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You all should raise your guard! CryptoWall 4.0 has been released and analysed by Nathan Scott: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cryptowall-4-0-released-with-new-features-such-as-encrypted-file-names/

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I havent been here for a long time, my son got his hands in my laptop and now its really messed up with a lot of stuff, was looking for the old "Read me first before requesting help" sticky but cant find it anywhere, Could anyone give me the list …

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Had anyone else problems with this add on. Seems to be almost impossible to get rid of it

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There are two very obvious truths which need to be stated before going any further: Truth 1 - prevention is better than cure, so don't visit 'dodgy' sites or download anything anyone sends you a link to, and do keep your PC as secure as possible with the help of …

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My friends website got hacked by the Sole Sad & Invisible malware. I'm not sure how or where to go to find how to remove / clean all the files and was wondering if any might be able to point me in the right direction.

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![malware.JPG](/attachments/small/3/ecdb0eff0540a2768235d4e2ba8ed791.JPG "align-left") Good day, I have been experiencing such problems. An error message keeps on reappearing on my PC saying that AVAST has blocked a harmful website(I have uploaded a picture of the error message). I ran all my antivirus software and are saying that no threat detected but the …

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A couple of decades ago, in another life, I wrote a little script which would capture keystrokes and then store that data within the 'white space' of an image file. It was pretty crude, but it was also twenty years ago and to be honest nobody was really looking for …

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I got infected right after a Java and Adobe update on my Windows7 machine. folder \jnihmpibahpjjmcodbopcpdaelkbpjnc is most likely a random generated folder. Note on malware **PriceLess** (pops up as Chrome extension, highlights strings for ads): PriceLess is in folders: C:\Users\HomeGroupUser$\AppData\Local\Chromatic Browser\User Data\Default\Extensions\jnihmpibahpjjmcodbopcpdaelkbpjnc\5.2 C:\Users\HomeGroupUser$\AppData\Local\Comodo\Dragon\User Data\Default\Extensions\jnihmpibahpjjmcodbopcpdaelkbpjnc\5.2 C:\Users\HomeGroupUser$\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\jnihmpibahpjjmcodbopcpdaelkbpjnc\5.2 C:\Users\HomeGroupUser$\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome SxS\User Data\Default\Extensions\jnihmpibahpjjmcodbopcpdaelkbpjnc\5.2 …

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It's been a year now since the Dyre malware family was first profiled, and there is no sign of infection rates slowing down. In fact, [reports](http://www.scmagazine.com/trend-micro-documents-new-malware-infections/article/418266/) would seem to suggest just the opposite with infections up from 4,000 at the end of last year to 9,000 at the start of …

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Researchers at security company AppRiver have issued a [warning](http://blog.appriver.com/2015/06/amazon-based-malware-targets-crypto-currency/) regarding a variant of the Fareit malware family which is using fake Amazon purchase confirmation emails to inject itself and steal any type of crypto currency that can be found on the target machine. ![amazonmalware.jpg](/attachments/large/0/4ed9d9dbe506fcd950aef08620e1e144.jpg "align-center") Troy Gill, manager of security …

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While keen to point out that Microsoft's TechNet portal security was "in no way compromised" by the tactic, researchers with security outfit FireEye [discovered](https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2015/05/hiding_in_plain_sigh.html) that [a well established China-based hacking campaign called Deputy Dog](https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2013/09/operation-deputydog-zero-day-cve-2013-3893-attack-against-japanese-targets.html) had managed to create profiles and posts on TechNet that contained embedded Command and Control codes …

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Hi i just wanna know if there are way to **decrypt a files that is infected and decrypted by a virus / malware**? all of the files from one of the workstation are encryted as in totaly you cannot open the files.there is a noted in there saying that i …

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Hi , my computer was running slow , acting weird , getting pop ups , etc . I ran an anti spy , malwarebytes , & my virus scan ... Overkill yes but thecomputer is now clean . Problem is I not only lost the viruses / spyware , I …

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As with any online service that starts to get popular traction and experiences rapid growth, social network come micro-blog platform Tumblr has been the target of just about every kind of scam and attempted cyber-criminal subversion out there [inclduing some of its own making](http://www.daniweb.com/internet-marketing/social-media-and-communities/news/459258/tumblr-warns-users-to-change-password-after-security-mess). Most of the time it's not …

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