Buckeye says if you get a e-mail, purportedly from them, alerting you to generating excess spam from your e mail site.....it is spam, ignore it.
And earlier this week I had to do a complete system restore to get rid of a total screen black background message from The U.S. Department of Justice, which captured the system and promised to give it back if I purchased a money card for $300 and paid the fine. It also promised another $400 fine if I attempted to restore my own computer. The system restore worked, and I am now awaiting a man in black at my door. I would like to hear from others who encountered similar problems and how they were fixed.
Spam And Virus Problems
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Called Buckeye about those type of emails recently, and definitely do not click on them.
Ewww. Get rid of McAfee. It's junk.
AVG 2013 (not the older ones) or Avast are you best options - and they are free. I also double up with Malwarebytes (the paid version) for added security and have never had an infection.
posted by JustaSooner on Mar 21, 2013 at 12:45:14 pm #
McAfee and Norton are both bloatware, Norton like to hijack your computer and will give you annual re-up notices. I have been happy with Avast, use to use AVG but they got very bloated and didn't do as good of a job. Avast is getting that way too, might have to find a new one soon. I hear the Microsoft stuff isn't bad either for free. I also like to run Malwarebytes once in a while and occasionally run Spybot search and destroy.
posted by Linecrosser on Mar 21, 2013 at 01:51:10 pm #
My two favorite programs when dealing with nasty virus/malware situations are Malwarebytes and RKill. RKill is a process-killing program that lets you temporarily shut down any components of system-hijacking viruses or malware programs, while Malwarebytes is the only antivirus program I have tried that identifies and removes all traces of some pesky viruses and malware my various computers have acquired.
McAfee is one of the worst antiviruses I have ever owned; I do not know how this worthless program still finds consumers who will shell out cash. They must make all their money from bundled deals with laptop makers.
It is also wise to keep RKIll on a USB drive in case you run into one of those fake spyware viruses that shuts everything else down except for the "send us monies and we fixing you computer" scams. You can then access it in safe mode and not worry that the offending virus/malware has destroyed or hidden it.
posted by historymike on Mar 21, 2013 at 02:05:10 pm #
McAfee is one of the worst antiviruses I have ever owned; I do not know how this worthless program still finds consumers who will shell out cash. They must make all their money from bundled deals with laptop makers.
They also have those deals with universities that offer it (along with stuff like Microsoft Office) as "free" software for students who are using the nice new laptops mommy & daddy just bought for 'em.
posted by oldhometown on Mar 21, 2013 at 02:20:38 pm #
Don't forget that McAfee and Norton have deals with the OEMs to be preinstalled.
Linecrosser as far as AVG, the 2013 version I find is getting back to their roots some. It is no where near as bad as was 2012 was. I've actually switched from Avast and Avira back to AVG because of the changes they made.
posted by JustaSooner on Mar 21, 2013 at 02:37:08 pm #
Oh might have to take a look at it again. I used to like AVG till it got all bloated.
posted by Linecrosser on Mar 21, 2013 at 05:15:10 pm #
I use PC Tools,(paid),Malwarebytes (paid) and Spybot. I'm not on Buckeye. I'm on ATT U-verse. I haven't had any viruses for over two years. The last one was very bad though, couldn't even get to system restore and had to take the computer to Virtual PC's to get it cleaned up. At that time I was using AVG. It was why I switched to PC Tools.
Owens Community College wants Kaspersky on your lap top to use the Owens network. If that's not installed they only let you have limited network access. For a time you couldn't get on at all if your antivirus was Microsoft. That may have since changed. The Owens network is often fraught with problems so I don't take much stock in their recommendation's. I try avoid having to use their network at all.
I've used Microsoft Security Essentials for a long time and it does a great job and it's free from Microsoft web site.
posted by lovemybucks on Mar 23, 2013 at 09:30:11 pm #
Same here. MSE has been perfect. I occasionally scan with eset, just to make sure everything is good.
posted by jbtaurus98 on Mar 24, 2013 at 02:15:21 am #
I use a MacBook Pro. ;)
Sorry, had to.
posted by toledolen_ on Mar 24, 2013 at 01:55:19 pm #
Why would virus writers waste their time with what, 4% of the market share?
posted by Linecrosser on Mar 24, 2013 at 02:27:11 pm #
Works for me!
Actually, there were virus issues for Macs in the mid-90's. I remember my office having issues back then and it was a real pain in the ass. I don't miss it at all.
The last time I had any issues was about 8, maybe 10 years ago? It was a Word virus that was giving me pop-ups whenever I opened a document... said something like "Wish Ravi Shankar a Happy Birthday" or something of the sort.
posted by toledolen_ on Mar 24, 2013 at 02:35:37 pm #
UPDATE:
I just ran into this after several updates to Mac OS X.
Therefore, we Mac users should "gird our loins."
You're welcome, Foodie.
It is also a good idea to update Java on Macs, as well. Some very scary stuff going on there too!
http://osxdaily.com/2013/02/19/java-update-for-os-x-2013-001/
Foodie posted at 01:17:58 PM on Mar 29, 2013:
^^Good grief......"thanks"
Butterfingers.
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