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I recently gave my laptop to Apple for repair, and they required my admin password. Of course I supplied a temporary password, but they still had access to the admin account.
I trust Apple, but I’m still a little paranoid th… Continue reading How to search for malicious software added after a recent date
OK SO basically I got an email from a “FEDEX agent” that I idiotically opened on a school computer (my teacher disconnected and fixed the computer thankfully, and was nice about it, it’s just that I was waiting on a parcel that never arriv… Continue reading I keep getting a popup that disappears as soon as it shows up which may be a virus
Two days ago everything was working just fine, but then I got this error in Google Chrome:
Your connection is not private. www.youtube.com might attempt to steal your personal information.
At the same time Discord went … Continue reading Problems with Chrome, Skype and Discord – possible MITM attack?
I’ve got some flash devices. It is a bit like playing Russian roulette. The devices are of unknown origin containing information of unknown value. However, the potential value is great enough to be worth the effort to recover… Continue reading What is the best way to screen potentially compromised USB or flash devices?
I am a masters student in computer science, and I need to do a project with virtual machine (host and guest both are Windows 10). The project is:
Describe and experiment different methods to clean up viruses in a desktop… Continue reading Different virus types of testing on a Windows VM [on hold]
I bought a Free-dos computer with 128gb SSD and 1 TB HDD some time ago, installed Windows 10 on the SSD. After months of usage by many people, I question the security of the computer, I see sudden cpu, gpu and disk usage spik… Continue reading Can HDD without OS contain active virus
While scrolling through the apps on my Windows 10 laptop, I found the above an app called “HowToRemove.html”. I have never seen it before and I am pretty sure it wasn’t there when I bought the laptop.
Is this dangerous? If s… Continue reading Found "HowToRemove.html" on Windows task bar
i can never be too suspicious of what it could be, but its serious enough that i 100% know ive got something very bad but MB and ESET pick up nothing. i have farbar .txt files, but am i best off saving everything and not worr… Continue reading netbot bios/router malware, VM’d win8.1 remote desktop rootkit/trojan [on hold]
Recently I responded to a suggestion that I “upgrade Flash” on my macOS system only do end up with several applications running, and intruding into my browser and desktop that I did not (mean to) install:
I followed instructions I found online for removing these apps and believe they are gone (Bitdefender’s virus and malware virus scan shows no remaining malicious software).
However, I wonder what they did while they were on my machine. What I could see is that they were very intrusive: launching themselves, setting themselves up to re-launch on start, resetting my browser’s homepage to a spoof “safe” search engine — even popping up a window when they were installed by moving to the Trash. But I would like to know what else they did while installed *that I couldn’t see.
What do these apps do? Have they done any lasting damage? Or are they only a nuisance while installed?
Note that this is not a duplicate of this question. Here the question is what these specific (and common and well known) apps did when installed. (For example, did they capture passwords, erase files, etc.?)
Continue reading What do "Mac Ads Cleaner" and "Mac App Cleaner" do while installed?
My CC was used fraudulently. What should I do to make sure my computer and/or network are not compromised?
I am running norton, but I know this does not always go deep enough.
What malware/av tools can I use? I would like to… Continue reading recommended course of action for victim of fraud