New Record
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05/29/16 03:33 PM
05/29/16 03:33 PM
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Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 20,116 Near St. Louis, MO
Draclvr
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True Blue Boomer
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 20,116
Near St. Louis, MO
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Got a cry for help from a friend because his internet was only working partially... some pages loaded, but some didn't, could get to Facebook, but not use any links etc.
He had the free version of Malwarebytes which had disappeared from the computer. I reinstalled from a flash drive and it found 1,019 PUPs! No, they weren't viruses or trojans in the strictest sense, but his entire computer was nearly a brick.
Of course, I had told him a year ago to run Malwarebytes at least once a week, but it never happened. Yes, I STRONGLY recommended he pay $25 a year for the Pro version of Malwarebytes!
I think my previous record was around 960 pieces of malware.
Once again, weeds are my life!
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Re: New Record
[Re: Draclvr]
#1068563
05/29/16 04:22 PM
05/29/16 04:22 PM
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Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 40,644 southeast USA
Jenny100
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When I worked in the laptop repair department at a local community college, some of the laptops students brought in had well over 10,000 threats/pups/issues/whatever-you-call-them. We used a combination of Symantec, MalwareBytes, Spybot, and occasionally ComboFix to try to clean the laptops. Occasionally some of them had infections so deep that nothing could clean them, and the laptops had to be formatted and Windows reinstalled. We also saw instances where there were so many toolbars that you could hardly see the actual webpage. They rivalled the mess in this screenshot http://www.itguyswa.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/too-many-toolbars-IE.jpgThese were college students around 20 years old (give or take a couple of years), not older people who grew up in a different era without computers. You'd think the students would have learned how to use a computer better. Unfortunately protecting themselves against malware doesn't seem to be something that is normally considered as a required course in schools, even though using a computer for school is pretty much a requirement now.
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Re: New Record
[Re: Draclvr]
#1068565
05/29/16 04:32 PM
05/29/16 04:32 PM
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Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 20,116 Near St. Louis, MO
Draclvr
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Near St. Louis, MO
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I've had some pretty bad toolbar plagues, but nothing like that!
Once again, weeds are my life!
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Re: New Record
[Re: Draclvr]
#1068596
05/29/16 10:07 PM
05/29/16 10:07 PM
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Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 20,116 Near St. Louis, MO
Draclvr
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Roaches! I have no words for that one!
Once again, weeds are my life!
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