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witpqs -> RE: OT Things to ponder (10/18/2016 7:31:11 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Lecivius
Before resetting drivers or messing with the OS,
1) Disconnect your LAN cable
2) Reboot into a 'clean' OS. Does the problem persist?
3) CNTRL-ALT-Delete, check to make sure no applications other than Task Manager are running. If so, you have been had...
4) If not, go to Applications, ensure only system applications and applications under your login are running
5) Keep an eye on Network to ensure no application keeps trying to go active. If so, you have been had.
6) You are disconnected fron the LAN, so disable your AV program. Does that help?
From here on, it can get a little complicated [:(]
Read this again and do what he says!
For after when you get things straightened out...
• There is no conflict known between browsers, so don't bother uninstalling one (like Chrome).
• IE has horrible security issues. If you must use it use only the latest version. But there is no reason for you to use it. Use Chrome. Use Firefox. BUT STOP USING IE.
• Stop using Adobe Flash. Flash has security problems even worse than IE. Disable plug-ins in your browser, then turn them on only site by site, and turn on Flash for almost no sites at all! Many "ads" are not sincere ads, they are altered to probe your Flash software and inject malware onto your PC when they find a vulnerability. This also done with/to videos that are not ads. HTML 5 is what vendors should be using. My rule is "if your video is running in Flash, then I don't need to see your video".
• Don't run Adobe Flash.
• Don't run IE.
• Don't open any PDF unless you are very confidant that it is not infected (who you got it from, you expected it, etc.).
Clear enough?
I had a friend get hit with a crypto virus earlier this year. You do not want that.
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