Malware warning

aWorkInProgress · Sep 5, 2020

Bugsy said:
My stupid self was downloading freeware. I should also state I had no antivirus running. Not a promising combination. Whether antivirus would have stopped it is uncertain. I'll also state I have spent the better part of a decade downloading freeware for whatever purpose and never had problems. Not stating it was from that for certain, but I was in the process of that task when the problems arose so. I can say with certainty it wasn't internet pron <shifty eyes>!

The Repairable error is not having antivirus protection. I download (mostly Opensource) freeware quite a bit and yes, my AV has caught some issues.

Nobert · Sep 6, 2020

The stuff downloaded from Trnts is win_rared usually, so you can scan it with 3~ different antiviruses, prior to opening.

That should can catch the bug and next to a different source, if so. Green & purple skull members, never encountered, any bugs from em.

Bugsy · Sep 6, 2020

aWorkInProgress said:
The Repairable error is not having antivirus protection. I download (mostly Opensource) freeware quite a bit and yes, my AV has caught some issues.

Nobert said:
The stuff downloaded from Trnts is win_rared usually, so you can scan it with 3~ different antiviruses, prior to opening.

That should can catch the bug and next to a different source, if so. Green & purple skull members, never encountered, any bugs from em.

I had Norton 360, Spybot, and Malware Bytes and none of them caught the malware.

Overnight · Sep 6, 2020

Bugsy said:
I had Norton 360, Spybot, and Malware Bytes and none of them caught the malware.

AVG and spywareblaster?

Bugsy · Sep 6, 2020

Overnight said:
AVG and spywareblaster?

No just those 3 I mentioned.

Overnight · Sep 6, 2020

Bugsy said:
No just those 3 I mentioned.

What I meant was, maybe those two other free ones could have made a difference. My standard freeware suite for many moons has been Spybot, Spywareblaster, AVG and Malwarebytes. Never had a problem.

In any event, always back-up yer sheet, and don't go nuts visiting funky sites on your trading machine. And your trading machine would, logically, also be the one you do your online finances on.

Bugsy · Sep 6, 2020

Overnight said:
What I meant was, maybe those two other free ones could have made a difference. My standard freeware suite for many moons has been Spybot, Spywareblaster, AVG and Malwarebytes. Never had a problem.

In any event, always back-up yer sheet, and don't go nuts visiting funky sites on your trading machine. And your trading machine would, logically, also be the one you do your online finances on.

Yeah but prOn doesn't count right?

Overnight · Sep 6, 2020

Bugsy said:
Yeah but prOn doesn't count right?

Not sure whether you are joking or not. But just in case, um, keep pr0N off your trading machine. Oy!

shfly · Sep 7, 2020

Bugsy said:
This looks promising. Anybody have thoughts on password managers? This one is touted as the best across multiple tech sites. Its $75 for 3 years.

https://www.keepersecurity.com/

I'm using it, 5+ years. Never had an issue.

Also use 2 factor authentication (2FA) on brokerage accounts, credit cards etc. etc.

Nobert · Sep 7, 2020

Bugsy said:
I had Norton 360, Spybot, and Malware Bytes and none of them caught the malware.

Hmnn, untrusted user then it was, the one who uploaded the file (?)

Noneless, hiden well