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Web could vanish for hordes of people in July, FBI warns
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| April 21, 2012
| Edward Moyer
Posted on 04/26/2012 2:30:18 AM PDT by Las Vegas Dave
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To: Las Vegas Dave
I don’t understand. Why doesn’t the FBI give the fix to Symantec, ZoneAlarm, Norton, Malwarebyes etc?
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posted on
04/26/2012 9:25:44 AM PDT
by
GOPJ
(Hoodies - because you can't kill a security camera for snitchin' - - freeper tacticalogic)
To: Las Vegas Dave
I don’t understand. Why doesn’t the FBI give the fix to Symantec, ZoneAlarm, Norton, Malwarebytes etc?
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posted on
04/26/2012 9:26:04 AM PDT
by
GOPJ
(Hoodies - because you can't kill a security camera for snitchin' - - freeper tacticalogic)
To: EBH
It said you could still be infected.... Yes it did, but not with the DNS Changer, it means other types of infections, since it only checks for the one thing.
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posted on
04/26/2012 11:14:39 AM PDT
by
itsahoot
(I will not vote for Romney period, and by election day you won't like him either.)
To: mmichaels1970
I have Norton, and last week I started getting email errors..lots of them. I called Norton for help since I’m no wiz at computers. Spent about an hour with them and they said it was fixed. Well, I don’t get the errors anymore, but today I did a full system scan and had 150 files of Trojan.smoaler and Trojan.gen that were supposedly resolved by the scan. I’ve never had that many attacks before, ever.
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posted on
04/26/2012 12:51:36 PM PDT
by
virgil
To: virgil
today I did a full system scan and had 150 files of Trojan.smoaler and Trojan.gen that were supposedly resolved by the scan.
Nothing is full-proof. I personally don't care for Norton for a couple of reasons:
1. You have to pay for it every year.
2. Nothing is full-proof...not even software you pay for.
3. Norton seems to have a pretty heavy footprint, in that things just seem to run much slower as Norton enforces its live protection policies.
Now I'm not saying to go out and dump it, but it just isn't my particular tool of choice.
When people bring their computers to me for repair/malware removal, I normally install Microsoft Security Essentials. It's certainly better than nothing, and I prefer it because:
1. It's free.
2. Nothing is full-proof. Might as well get the same adequate protection with a free product.
3. Footprint is generally light, computer seems to behave just as quickly with it as without it.
4. People will gag at this one, but...it's by Microsoft. If I'm trying to protect a computer with a Microsoft OS on it, than who knows the important system files, weaknesses, exploits and such as well as Microsoft would.
In all, I recommend:
1. Have some sort of antivirus protection. Microsoft Security Essentials if you don't want to pay for it.
2. Keep an updated copy of the free scanner from malwarebytes.org. Run an update and scan at least every two or so weeks.
That should be enough for most users to stay relatively safe.
To: mmichaels1970
Thanks for the recommendations. My computer is getting old. I’ve had it for about 7 years. It whines. I’m just waiting, waiting for the hard drive to fail. It may be time or a good excuse to get a new one. :-)
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posted on
04/26/2012 1:55:44 PM PDT
by
virgil
To: PapaBear3625
PapaBear, that would have actually required logic. Can’t have logic and rational thought sneaking its way into a bureaucracy! ;)
To: Las Vegas Dave
This isn’t the worst thing in the world. Given the likely Presidential matchup, I won’t have much interest in politics then.
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posted on
04/26/2012 3:33:52 PM PDT
by
Colonel_Flagg
(There will be no vote for Myth Romney in my house. Period.)
To: jayrunner
Only saw one of those items besides this thread... Will have to look into that Navy story.
The Muslim thing with Egyptian law though - that’s got me really scratching my head. I wasn’t aware there were ANY religious, social, or political groups that advocate for acceptance of necrophilia - pretty sure that’s a “no-no” for ALL religions I’m aware of. I’m not naive, and I’m sure there are “cults” or perhaps several individuals in a “group” of some sorts that may participate in such behavior, but to “decriminalize” it... very strange.
To: Las Vegas Dave
"We're headin' out West, we heard there might be some Internet there, so we're headin' out Californee-way."
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posted on
04/26/2012 3:54:15 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
To: mmichaels1970
What do you think is the best security system?
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posted on
04/26/2012 4:50:03 PM PDT
by
GOPJ
(Hoodies - because you can't kill a security camera for snitchin' - - freeper tacticalogic)
To: mmichaels1970
What do you think is the best security system? Don’t you assume if this is bad that the FBI will voluntarily share the information with Norton?
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posted on
04/26/2012 4:50:41 PM PDT
by
GOPJ
(Hoodies - because you can't kill a security camera for snitchin' - - freeper tacticalogic)
To: GOPJ
What do you think is the best security system?
A semi-educated user is best. Other than that, I don't have a favorite as I think they are all imperfect. Microsoft Security Essentials is what I install on every computer I come across without other anti-virus protection. If a client comes to me with Norton, Symantec, Kaspersky, or other, I leave it installed as is.
Dont you assume if this is bad that the FBI will voluntarily share the information with Norton?
Yes. I would think they would. However, I think the FBI is getting their knowledge from the "working groups" which are probably sharing with Norton and the other antivirus companies already.
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