The Geek Out
Originally Posted by AlsCobra
So Scothew or any other IT pros. My computer is acting up. Wifi also. And I get a couple calls from an unlisted number. Finally answer it and it's an Indian guy claiming I am having problems with my windows operating system and I need his help by all means. All I'm thinking is hacker. Really don't use my home pc or know much about it. Any thoughts?
Just FYI, no virus scan is 100%. Some are better than others. But they are purely a reactionary type protection. They can't protect against what they don't know about and viruses are produced quicker than the av devs can produce definitions to clean them. Just explaining how you can get a virus still having a virus protection program on your pc.
Originally Posted by Scothew
It's a scam. You may have some spyware malware virus type threats on it. I would turn it off for now. I can give you a better instructions tomm when I am on a computer but for the moment a couple of programs to run is spybot and malwarebytes. Make sure they are fully updated before running. You may have to go into safe mode to get full benefits however. I'm on app and doubt I get on pc tonight so ill do a better write up for a full clean tomm. What version of windows is on it. Main thing I'd do is turn it off for the moment. If anyone has done anything with passwords, especially banking stuff. On that computer, I'd have them change passwords ASAP from a different computer.
Originally Posted by Scothew
Just FYI, no virus scan is 100%. Some are better than others. But they are purely a reactionary type protection. They can't protect against what they don't know about and viruses are produced quicker than the av devs can produce definitions to clean them. Just explaining how you can get a virus still having a virus protection program on your pc.
Originally Posted by Scothew
It's a scam. You may have some spyware malware virus type threats on it. I would turn it off for now. I can give you a better instructions tomm when I am on a computer but for the moment a couple of programs to run is spybot and malwarebytes. Make sure they are fully updated before running. You may have to go into safe mode to get full benefits however. I'm on app and doubt I get on pc tonight so ill do a better write up for a full clean tomm. What version of windows is on it. Main thing I'd do is turn it off for the moment. If anyone has done anything with passwords, especially banking stuff. On that computer, I'd have them change passwords ASAP from a different computer.
I've never had much success with spybot, but I'm no expert/pro
Originally Posted by 11SHELBYGT500
Thanks Dr PC but you need to scan regardless if its not 100% don't you think? And Norton has never failed me
Btw http://greekgeek.hubpages.com/hub/te...computer-virus
Originally Posted by shurtual86
I've never had much success with spybot, but I'm no expert/pro
Also kaspersky virus removal tool is great and free. Just need to go into settings and max all of them out, be warned it'll run for hours
Originally Posted by 2k7gtcs
So they are like Nathan?
Originally Posted by 11SHELBYGT500
No way, they're total players always going out, hell my 15 year has a girlfriend. I say what I said because they would never try such a thing because they know their mother would kill them if she found out. WE are scared to death of her. LOL
Originally Posted by Scothew
It woks great, but it's not for viruses, more malware spyware. If you crap toolbars and pop ups it's great
Originally Posted by shurtual86
That's what I've heard but I haven't used it too much, I normally use malwarebyte and occasionally run spybot to see it it picks up something.
Originally Posted by 11SHELBYGT500
I'm not scared of that *****. Do you know how many time I stood my ground and took her punches? Please scared



