This post, Control My PC, is really about a few things:
Control My PC
It's early Fall 2012 and a few days ago the technology company Mashable reposted an article about how Skype is being used as the latest platform to trick us into opening our doors to a computer worm called "Dorkbot." Here's a link to the original TechNewsDaily article that Mashable reprinted, if you'd like to know a little more about how today's social engineering ploy works. It's short and informative, and has really sound advice.
In the rest of this article, I'll offer you a few steps to prepare yourself, and finally what to do in case you get infected by this or any other malicious software. But first, some advice about stepping around the pothole filled with water in front of you:
Suggestion: print a copy of this whole page for yourself in case you get infected and can't get to anything on your computer.
This article is my gift to you and your family. My hope is that this will help you become wise as a serpent and arm you to defend yourself against the con artists out there trying open you up and steal your information.
Preparing your defense now is easier and less expensive than cleaning up later.
Steps to take ahead of time (that's right now!)
Maybe you got down to the step where you were trying to figure out what antivirus program you have an you ran out of steam and went back out to check your Facebook account and that was a couple of months ago. Now you think your computer has been taken over by some kind of toolbar that says you are really badly infected and you need to pay $79 to get the security check to clean up your computer.
If you haven't touched it already, don't touch the pop up or toolbar or whatever it is you don't recognize as your installed anti-virus software… take your hands off the keyboard and mouse… take a deep breath and ignore what you see on the screen for a minute…. this is the con artist presenting you with his pitch. Don't touch the window.
The pop up is scaring me, what do I do?
Work around the pop up screen (if you can) and close all the programs you were working on, except the browser.
If you can close the active tab on the browser without touching the pop up alert, do so.
Exit the browser (if you can without touching the pop up window)
Shut down the computer (if you can), if the "security" software keeps interfering with you then just hold the power button down for 10-15 seconds. If that doesn't work, pull the power cord out of the back of the computer – last resort.
I think I'm infected, what do I do?
The first thing you should try is System Restore. If this works, it's the fastest way to get back to being uninfected. But sometimes, the malicious software will disable System Restore or infect all of your recent restore points. Well, that sucks!
So you did a system restore to a point before you got infected and the junk is still on your computer. At your option, try to run system restore after each of the steps after ESET Online Scanner
If you decide to change antivirus programs, make sure you remove the old one before installing a new antivirus program (you only want one Sheriff defending your PC at a time).
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Garmin Express is an extremely versatile software application available for both Windows and Mac devices. However, you are required to check the specified requirements and ensure your system conforms to it. This is extremely important for flawless setup and unmatched performance.
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