Do quiz sites infect your computer with malware?
1. Quizilla was started in 2002 as a user generated online quiz website. It originally started as a website for quizzes, such as personality quizzes. According to Wikipedia, it's harmless fun. 2. Teenick is part of Nickelodeon featured shows. Girls Games. Quizzes. Degrassi. Saved By The Bell. That 70s Show. Harmless fun for a girl. 3. Skip the sudoku and check out gURL's online games. Make your own romance, dress your favorite celebrities, find a steamy movie, pick out a perfume and more...Play a game! 4. A huge collection of free personality tests and fun online quizzes on love, relationships and the self. A useful sliding format makes each quiz doubly fast and easy ... 5. Georgia Girl's Love and Romance Sampler: Animation, cyberCards, pictures, poets, quotes of love, love Songs, web games, Southern sayings, Southern humor, color quiz, etc. Mom, at least you're asking questions BEFORE trouble happens. Depending on your daughter's age and maturity for her age, I'd keep MY young daughter away from #5. She's not ready for that, yet. My 7-year old great granddaughter has been into Teennick, and found games suitable for her age group, so letting your child venture, with supervision, is a good way of teaching them. I am in the same room with the 7-year old, so I KNOW what she's doing and she's doing it with me sitting behind her. Good move, Mom! I'm not sure if I answered your actual question. ALL websites leave some traces on your computer. They are called cookies and are harmless. However, some spyware and malware can creep in, so arm your self with some good removal tools and use them often. SuperAntiSpyware is the best I've found and I've been doing this for 20 years. It's free and easy to use. Another is CCleaner, also free. http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/ http://www.filehippo.com/download_superantispyware/
My computer infected with a virus?
Microsoft How To Get Rid of Malware: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Foru... How to boot in safe mode: http://www.vista4beginners.com/Boot-in-s... Pocket KillBox: http://www.killbox.net/ BitDefender- http://www.bitdefender.com/scanner/online/free.html Why antivirus tools can not clean infected files in the_Restore folder http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/Q263/4/55.ASP&NoWebContent=1
My computer is infected with Viruses?
You have a malware infection, you do NOT have that many viruses....it's a ploy to get you to buy rogue software which will create more problems. AntiVirus programs will NOT remove these as they are malicious codecs and NOT viruses as such. Remove with the following free programs which have been used in hundreds of removals, frequently the first 3 will remove the problem, download, install, update and boot into Safe Mode then scan: Malwarebytes Anti-Malware: http://www.download.com/Malwarebytes-Ant... Download, install, update and select Full Scan. Remove all infections that it finds after scan. SUPERAntiSpyware Free Edition: http://www.download.com/SUPERAntiSpyware... Download, install, check for updates, then select Scan your Computer, select your drive and select Perform Complete Scan Spybot S&D: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/downl... Download, install, update and Immunize, turn off Tea Timer then click 'Check for problems' then when complete select all and then 'Fix Checked' Open Spybot, click on Mode, select Advanced, click on Tools then Resident and untick Resident 'Tea Timer' Do NOT untick Resident 'SD Helper' as that is your protection. Spyware Doctor Free Basic Edition - Realtime monitoring: http://pack.google.com/intl/en/pack_installer_new.html?hl=en&gl=us&ciNum=12 Its free with Google pack, untick all boxes except Spyware Doctor. Download install, update and run. SmitFraud Removal: Firstly, download the removal tool from here: http://siri.geekstogo.com/SmitfraudFix.php Then follow the instructions on the page ONLY IF the problem persists, turn OFF System Restore, Right click My computer > select Properties > System Restore Tab > Tick Turn Off System restore on all drives. After scans are complete and machine is clean remember to turn system restore back ON and create a new restore point.
Is it possible to get malware from a infected computer on the same wifi?
Yes. (But don't worry about it happening unless you're in charge of security at a company that operate a wireless network with direct access to business infrastructure or many other wireless clients.)Let's take a look at a couple scenarios where you can get infected. In all my scenarios, wireless client isolation is not enabled. (When it's enabled, wireless clients can't talk directly to each other. Not all routers support this feature.)Scenario 1:There are two computers on the wireless network. Computer A is clean, but severely outdated. Computer B was in the same state, until that computer visited a website that utilised a drive-by exploit kit. Computer B is now infected with a worm that attempts to infect any other computer on the wireless network, including Computer A. This happens automatically and the users of Computer A and Computer B are likely not noticing that they got compromised.Scenario 2:Instead of a worm, Computer B is compromised with a trojan that the attacker can access. The attacker creates a tunnel and pivots into your wireless network / WLAN over the Internet (via Computer B), and then identifies outdated and insecure Computer A on the network, which the attacker uses an exploit against.Scenario 3: Both computers are clean and up to date. Computer B is tricked into installing a Java applet or Executable file. Computer A is compromised through e.g. password reuse (cached passwords, or PTH attacks), or in a scenario as seen below.Scenario 4:Both computers are clean and up to date. The attacker is not on the Internet, but nearby the wireless network. After finally cracking the weak wireless password, the attacker (Computer C) associates with (i.e. logs on to) the wireless network. The attacker performs an ARP spoofing attack and redirects Computer A and B to maybe drive-by exploit kits, or modified versions of e.g. Facebook that prompts them to download an executable file which contains a trojan. Computer A and Computer B are now infected.I think that I'll hold off any other possible scenarios for now.
What do you do to protect your computer from being infected by a virus, worm or spyware attack?
Internet threats and risks are prevalent in the online world. Viruses, worms, Trojan horses, spyware, hackers and other malicious code can cause minor annoyances to large-scale damage on computer users’ PCs or even their personal identity. How have online threats affected you and what steps do you take now to protect your systems?
My computer has this virus i cant get rid of?
Hi, trust me this is easy to solve just follow these instructions to kill any bad stuff DEAD and all for FREE.. please do this :- you have a really bad virus and the only thing to kill it is "Malwarebytes", some times this virus blocks anti-virus sites so download it using another system on to a Flash drive then use the flash drive to install it onto the infected system, then reboot and then run a FULL scan of your system, if this fails try this, reboot and press F8 as it boots up, this will take you into safe mode, then run a Full scan again. If it is still blocked & won’t install try this:- When it asks you where you would like to save it, change the "mbam_setup.exe" file to xxxxx.exe. Then install it, update it, and run a full scan in Safe mode. This will clear your system of this virus. http://malwarebytes.org/ This is also one of the best free anti-spyware programs; again always run your anti-virus software in “Safe Mode” on full scan. http://www.superantispyware.com/ This will all help you and are completely FREE downloads. Trust me this does work. **************************************... Simple version of what to do:- Download “Malwarebytes” onto a UBS Memory stick using a friends system Use the Filehippo links as these are completely FREE http://filehippo.com/ Reboot your system As it boots up press (tap) F8 When in SAFE MODE install “Malwarebytes” using your USB Stick copy When installed, run a full scan of your HDD Reboot back into main windows again Update “Malwarebytes” using the update tab page Run another full scan of your HDD Trust me this will not harm your system at all, only kill any bad stuff that's on it. This is completely FREE and easy to do and WORKS, so why not try this first??
If Facebook tells me I have a virus on every computer I try to login from, but no anti-virus or anti-malware program finds anything, what should I do?
Like a lot of Facebook bugs, this is account-specific and has nothing to do with what you have on your computer. You may have been unlucky to be among a group of users who have been falsely identified. Like you, I’ve gone through the charade and took Facebook at its word, but its scan (which you have to do to gain access) actually knocked out the real antivirus program on my system. And like you, I’ve tried using other computers (Lubuntu and Mac OS) in addition to Windows, and confronted false malware accusations on them all (including a fresh OS inside a virtual machine). I have blogged about it here, and located a video where a gentleman demonstrated that he could get on to his account but his wife, on the same computer, got the Facebook malware warning. My blog post has a few tips on how I got past it, and removed the Facebook anti-malware scanner (since it does not show up in your installed programs’ list).