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Re: My brother got a virus on my computer

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SkaterDude119 is not online. SkaterDude119
Joined: 24 Feb 2011
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10 Dec 2014 10:27 PM
"Issac, why did you disable Firewall?!"

"Because, I was downloading an ROM from an .exe. It asked me to disable it."

"ISSAC, THIS IS THE FIFTH FREAKING TIME!"
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soniclover88888 is not online. soniclover88888
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10 Dec 2014 10:27 PM
one time I cried

In the words of Archimedes, give me a long enough lever and a place to rest it.. or I shall kill 1 hostage every hour.
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calculator73 is not online. calculator73
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10 Dec 2014 10:34 PM
Ever gotten the trojan virus
It's annoying af
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d4rk652 is not online. d4rk652
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10 Dec 2014 10:35 PM
Why I don't download ROM's reason number 1.
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Flexaboost is not online. Flexaboost
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10 Dec 2014 10:39 PM
Trojans are the worst imo
In general they just suck
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AntetokounmpoMG is not online. AntetokounmpoMG
Joined: 26 Nov 2014
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10 Dec 2014 10:39 PM
my mom fixed my virus in one nigth when geek squad couldnt do anything in 1 month
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Paradogma is not online. Paradogma
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10 Dec 2014 10:40 PM
no

those anti virus viruses are the worst
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SkaterDude119 is not online. SkaterDude119
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10 Dec 2014 10:46 PM
Which do you prefer Paradogma?
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sonicfangalt is not online. sonicfangalt
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10 Dec 2014 10:47 PM
@ d4
It all depends on where you download it from
if it downloads only the rom in a zip file, it's probably safe

if it's an exe that asks to disable firewall to "install the rom"
that already holds up red flags that it's a virus

Please throw out yourselves
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SkaterDude119 is not online. SkaterDude119
Joined: 24 Feb 2011
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10 Dec 2014 10:57 PM
My brother won't listen.
He's downloaded many fake mods for Minecraft from bad repped sites.
He STILL disables firewall because "the website's trustworthy" without doing research.
He got many viruses on my parents computer, my OLD computer, and many others for trying to download hacks for the Playstation 3.

He.
Doesn't.
Listen.
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sonicfangalt is not online. sonicfangalt
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10 Dec 2014 10:59 PM
at this point, your brother is too dumb to use technology properly
he should probably be grounded from everything technology related until someone talks sense into him that those sites aren't trustworthy and will give him viruses and he finally learns

Please throw out yourselves
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OTRainbowDash5000 is not online. OTRainbowDash5000
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10 Dec 2014 11:00 PM
I have had my own computer for at least 10 years now.

Its nice not having to deal with other people idiocy.

crush, kill, destroy, swag
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Permyriad is not online. Permyriad
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10 Dec 2014 11:01 PM
@skater
Tell him to NEVER EVER download mods from ANY site that is not linked from an offical Curseforge site or the Minecraft Forums or the modders offical site.
Because
A) viruses
B) sometimes it gives you an adverisementfly link which supports the modder
Tell him if you don't know this, just stick with launchers like FTB or Technic or ATL.

~ Previously Solman123/Permille, is kill, add 9k to my post count ~ All previous versions of logic will no longer be supported as of this update. ~
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csupo is not online. csupo
Joined: 17 Oct 2009
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10 Dec 2014 11:02 PM
Give him a computer
And make yourself borrow his computer
and install crap loads of trojans and viruses
see how he finally acts
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awesom914 is not online. awesom914
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10 Dec 2014 11:04 PM
Find a way to disable downloads, or start restricting the computer, and teach the idiot how to tell what is safe and what isn't! Honestly, is this kid mentally disabled?! You would think you would learn the FIFTH TIME! Well, try to teach the kid. A ROM shouldn't come in an exe, zip or sometimes, depending on the site, it may let you get the ROM directly. Try not to use any special installers, e.g. Coolrom's downloader, which is a piece of crap and is unneeded, but Coolrom is the best site. If it asks you to disable the firewall, it is crap. Also, I would suggest malwarebytes, keep running the trial, run a scan every once in a while, it will probably catch just about anything, I know my AV (Trend Micro) has saved me repeatedly (Not my fault, redirects can get ya, you know?). Malwarebytes is an amazing scanner, and free, so go for that it will clear most of the damage, but you might want to use it to identify it and delete most of it, and you manually hunt down the rest, generally good. Also MB doesn't tend to delete random crap it installs if it isn't malicious, just crapware. Good luck, and maybe restrict the computer a little bit or watch him.

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ColorfulBrendon is not online. ColorfulBrendon
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10 Dec 2014 11:06 PM
trojans are the absolute worst

no virus or adware can compare to those godawfully evil malwares
those things are horrible

use control pannel to uninstall everything recent, use windows start menu to search "view running processes" so you can disable anything suspicious, try to save your computer
i wish you luck
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SkaterDude119 is not online. SkaterDude119
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10 Dec 2014 11:07 PM
Trust me I try.

Chances are there's a trojan on here already.

He uses the excuse: There's lots of viruses on this thing, might as well not care.
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ColorfulBrendon is not online. ColorfulBrendon
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10 Dec 2014 11:08 PM
i use .ROM files, but if and only if it's actually a .ROM and not a .EXE

the only way i will ever agree to download something is if when I right click and use Save Link As, it is the file i'm looking for and not a .html redirect page

i don't left click when i'm installing any files
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SkaterDude119 is not online. SkaterDude119
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10 Dec 2014 11:09 PM
@Brendon

How can I tell if it's a redirect? If it's millions of scribble-scrabble?
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csupo is not online. csupo
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10 Dec 2014 11:11 PM
If he's trying to download a rom, use good websites like emuparidise, coolrom, and theisozone.
Coolrom recently pulled all Nintendo roms so I shouldn't use that one alot.
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81U is not online. 81U
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10 Dec 2014 11:13 PM
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SMS1337 is not online. SMS1337
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10 Dec 2014 11:14 PM
add a pw to your pc


"Eat greens everyday!" - Snoop Catt
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awesom914 is not online. awesom914
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10 Dec 2014 11:14 PM
I once had a trojan that:
1. Lasted for NINE MONTHS, a special MB scanner saved me from the last little portion, and I won't forget the random XFinity alert that kept popping up telling me there was suspicious activity coming from my computer, which I had assumed was a fake virus, but it turned out it was real because it told me what it thought it was, and it was correct in thinking it. I ran the scan, and found the last .dll for it, it had looked legit to me, should've known.
2. Redirected me when I clicked on google search results to pages of similar content, but filled with trojans and other crap. My AV blocked most of the sites, but occasionally one got through, one time I was looking for a screen recorder, and when I clicked on one of the links, it took me to a fake site for one and I almost downloaded it.
3. Downloaded tons of other viruses and other crap, all trojans, all generic, all nasty. My AV is still the best no matter what, it saved me so many times. The amount that it got was insane.
4. Tried to hijack all of my browsers, but that is pretty common, and now google chrome and its extensions are one of my main methods of tracking viruses, but generally hijackers tend to just change some settings to malicious search pages and other crap, they tend to be benign other than that, but still, they keep reverting it. This was different. This never seemed to completely install itself. It kept detecting it and deleting it, and this was how I started learning a lot of my virus stuff, I started doing it manually. Once it got into my browser, after I deleted it, most of the effects were gone.

Also, I still remember what it was called. Check out it was: Js.Medfos.b. The thing made it for NINE FREAKING MONTHS

Mudkips > All
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ColorfulBrendon is not online. ColorfulBrendon
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10 Dec 2014 11:14 PM
here's an example

you are on a website looking for an Application, let's say you're downloading Audacity (just an example of a program)

you see a lot of buttons on the page that say "Download" but you're not sure which ones are advertisements, and which ones are the right thing


right click the download button, and select something along the lines of "Save link as"

it will let you select where to put the file, and it will show the name of the file. if it's something like "audacityinstaller.exe", then that's probably the right thing.

if it's something like "download.htm", and saves as a chrome document, that's because that they want you to Left Click the download button. if you absolutely trust it, then left click it, and if it auto-starts a download, consider right clicking the download and Canceling it. if another download button appears on the redirected page, do the left click > save link as again, and if it's not what you're looking for, it's bad.


if it's something like "stuh9oethj.exe" or something unrelated, it's obviously an adware
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awesom914 is not online. awesom914
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10 Dec 2014 11:15 PM
Again skater, download Malwarebytes, run a scan, they are one of the best scanners, but again, if you can, get a paid subscription to one so you have it block malicious files without a scan.

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