May 16, 20187 yr I'm usually pretty good about staying away from malware sites but I got hit pretty bad when trying to stream the Rockets game Monday night from a reddit stream link and my Macbook has got the computer aids pretty bad now. Looks like I got the chumsearch virus and who knows what else. Any recommendations on which software to use to clean up a MacBook?
May 16, 20187 yr 34 minutes ago, Bobby Light said: when trying to stream the Rockets game Monday night from a reddit stream link sure you did...wink wink
May 17, 20187 yr Author I tried to download some programs but it wont seem to let me install them. I may have to take it somewhere unfortunately. I don't want to mess it up any more than I already have.
May 17, 20187 yr You can download with another browser, or open terminal, type "cd ~/Downloads" then copy the link to the download (put cursor on download link and right click select "copy link" and type: curl -O <paste link> The installation file will be in your download directory. That is a capital O, btw, not a zero. I am assuming that you really have browser aids not computer aids. Chumsearch seems to take over browsers. https://www.pcrisk.com/removal-guides/10355-chumsearch-com-redirect-mac Edited May 17, 20187 yr by TwiceHorn
May 18, 20187 yr His is an Apple product, what's the correct answer these days for an antivirus for us lowly, pedestrian Microsoft based users? Would be 2 licenses; mine & the wife.
May 18, 20187 yr 2 hours ago, ROFL BOX said: His is an Apple product, what's the correct answer these days for an antivirus for us lowly, pedestrian Microsoft based users? Would be 2 licenses; mine & the wife. https://www.tenforums.com/gtsearch.php?cx=partner-pub-7156303416008077%3A205v6qk06j2&cof=FORID%3A9&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=best+antivirus&sa.x=0&sa.y=0 Ten Forums has info on everything concerning Win10. There are other forums for Win 8 and 7. For the average home user, general consensus is that Windows Defender is adequate with occasional scans from a free AV like Malwarebytes. If you prefer a paid version, lot of comparisons available on the net. Kaspersky was rated high until the Russian fiasco caused some to lose trust. https://www.malwarebytes.com/adwcleaner/ AdwCleaner is good for keeping your browser clean.
May 22, 20187 yr https://www.tenforums.com/gtsearch.php?cx=partner-pub-7156303416008077%3A205v6qk06j2&cof=FORID%3A9&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=best+antivirus&sa.x=0&sa.y=0 Ten Forums has info on everything concerning Win10. There are other forums for Win 8 and 7. For the average home user, general consensus is that Windows Defender is adequate with occasional scans from a free AV like Malwarebytes. If you prefer a paid version, lot of comparisons available on the net. Kaspersky was rated high until the Russian fiasco caused some to lose trust. https://www.malwarebytes.com/adwcleaner/ AdwCleaner is good for keeping your browser clean.Pretty good advice, here
May 22, 20187 yr Author Mine was from the Mac App Store, you can't download from there?Thanks, was able to get it that way and removed a lot of stuff. I could not get it fully removed from Chrome though so I just deleted it completely. Haven't reinstalled it yet though
January 29, 20214 yr What do yall recommend for daily antivirus software? I currently have Norton but have looked at bitdefender and Kaspersky. Can't really get a consensus from the big PC sites.
January 30, 20214 yr Windows Defender and Malwarebytes has kept things pretty clean. In the event you have to download malwarebytes after the fact, sometimes you can do something as simple as naming the file explorer.exe if the virus is blocking downloads, and it will fool it.
January 30, 20214 yr I've gone thru this a few times and even once when there really wasn't a virus. If malwarebytes doesn't work, just go to Bleeping Computer and post your problem. A volunteer will take up the cause. They'll run a deep root program that tells them everything that's wrong and then clean up whatever ails your computer. The last time I did it, turns out that the RJ 45 jack was bad and strangely enough would block certain sites. (we figured it out by trial and error). Regardless, whatever they ran, which might have included a disk repair command, got my Win 9 laptop cleaned up so well that the sucker is humming. Was thinking about installing W10, but may not do it now. Seems I don't get that "remove adblock" message that I get on one streaming site which I get with my W10 machine, all other browser settings exactly the same.
January 30, 20214 yr On 1/29/2021 at 1:31 PM, HRSchenker said: What do yall recommend for daily antivirus software? I currently have Norton but have looked at bitdefender and Kaspersky. Can't really get a consensus from the big PC sites. Windows Defender (free) is all you need.
April 7, 20214 yr On 1/30/2021 at 5:39 PM, Irish Wrist Watch said: Windows Defender (free) is all you need. I bought a Dell desktop last year and it came with McAfee preloaded on it. The "free trial" expired and it was always screaming at me so I removed it. Is the general consensus that Windows Defender and Malwarebytes is plenty of protection?
April 7, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, The Royal We said: I bought a Dell desktop last year and it came with McAfee preloaded on it. The "free trial" expired and it was always screaming at me so I removed it. Is the general consensus that Windows Defender and Malwarebytes is plenty of protection? Pretty much. I would never pay for any anti virus out there. The free ones, especially the ones you named, will do the trick.
April 7, 20214 yr 40 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said: Pretty much. I would never pay for any anti virus out there. The free ones, especially the ones you named, will do the trick. That's what I figured. The pressure campaign from the preloaded McAfee was pretty over the top too, I'm not sure why Dell would ship with that installed already.
April 7, 20214 yr Pretty sure you need a special "tool" to fully remove McAfee, which in turn allows you to use Windows Defender (already on your machine) MCPR from McAfee. One of the first things I do when I get a new computer. You should get no more popups calling for anything.
April 7, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, The Royal We said: That's what I figured. The pressure campaign from the preloaded McAfee was pretty over the top too, I'm not sure why Dell would ship with that installed already. Because Dell gets a commission per PC to install it ahead of time, even if it never gets purchased.
April 7, 20214 yr 1. backup to a usb hard drive once a month 2. run ccleaner once a week, shut down and reboot 3. do all porn in private windows 4. never click on a porn link directly 5. always "open in a new tab" any porn link if you suspect you are getting bit, unplug the cat5 or kill the wireless connection immediately hardstop the machine by holding down the power button wait 30 seconds do NOT be connected to the intertrons when you restart restart the machine and use "reset to restore point" - figure out how to do that before you need to know how to do it
April 8, 20214 yr Spin up an Ubuntu VM and keep your nefarious internet activity isolated to the virtual machine and not your actual computer. You likely will not get computer aids on a Linux system and even if something happens just don't save the virtual machine so any infection on the VM vanishes after you terminate the session. For the truly paranoid just surf your scat porn on a live CD or USB image. Nothing gets saved after you shut it down. Or just don't surf scat porn or use pirated streaming links posted by some Russian on Reddit.
April 9, 20214 yr On 4/7/2021 at 2:56 PM, Hagbard Celine said: 1. backup to a usb hard drive once a month 2. run ccleaner once a week, shut down and reboot 3. do all porn in private windows 4. never click on a porn link directly 5. always "open in a new tab" any porn link if you suspect you are getting bit, unplug the cat5 or kill the wireless connection immediately hardstop the machine by holding down the power button wait 30 seconds do NOT be connected to the intertrons when you restart restart the machine and use "reset to restore point" - figure out how to do that before you need to know how to do it Listen to this guy. He jerked off at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
April 23, 20223 yr I just pulled Norton Antivirus off the wife's computer because it had slowed to a crawl in less than 3 years. That, plus some other steps to clean up disk storage, etc got it moving at a somewhat reasonable pace. However, now that I've setup Windows Defender and there's no Norton, do I need to setup Malwarebytes free too? I'm worried it will slow it down again.
April 23, 20223 yr I just pulled Norton Antivirus off the wife's computer because it had slowed to a crawl in less than 3 years. That, plus some other steps to clean up disk storage, etc got it moving at a somewhat reasonable pace. However, now that I've setup Windows Defender and there's no Norton, do I need to setup Malwarebytes free too? I'm worried it will slow it down again.No
December 22, 20232 yr Bump. I still have Norton on two computers and I've had it with the constant advertisements. I'm finally dumping those assholes. However, in 20 years, I've rarely if ever had to deal with a crippling virus (except on the kid's computer where who knows what they picked up). I'm not savvy enough to do a bunch of work to fix a corrupted PC, hence why I paid for Norton over the years. In general, I go to a lot of new websites for research I do in my consulting business. So I need software that is very good at protecting the computer from those sites, in case they have aids. What is the best, easiest and least annoying software to use? It seems like Windows Defender may not be good enough by itself? Bitdefender? Malwarebytes?
December 22, 20232 yr I just use Defender and surf the shit out of the web. Never a problem. Use FF, Chrome and Edge. Sometimes websites will freeze my browser, I just restart it. My fav combination right now is Edge (yes, I'm surprised) using U-block Origin, the pop up blocker that is unequaled - they say Windows forums don't even want it mentioned because it fucking blocks everything seemlessly, including their ads. It's the hottest thing going. Go to their website, it takes about one click to ad it to your browser. No restart. Works on the other browsers as well. Edge is faster than the others. Note: I don't have Ublock on Chrome and it's the one that freezes. Virtually zero problems on Edge. Once in a while I run Malwarebytes which IIRC always shows no problems found. Every week or so I let CCleaner do a health check. It kicks off about 30k trackers. Computer speed picks up. Also a fan of Black Vipers Service Configurations. A good tip is to keep giant folders off your desktop (put the folder in your C Drive and link it on the desktop.) Edited December 22, 20232 yr by Irish Wrist Watch
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