I use System Mechanic AND Malwarebytes Anti-Malware.
Purchased both - use 'em all the time and have been free from malware or Trojan
horses or whatever infections since installing them about two years ago. I
purchase the multi-computer package for our three computers....consider them
inexpensive insurance!
72, Jim Rodenkirch K9JWV
> Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:38:17 +0100
> From: g3oit.keith@jillings.org.uk
> To: topband@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: Topband: Spam on the Reflector!
>
> On 19/06/2013 19:26, Charlie Cunningham wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the info. I know that I did receive the "Jim Koshmider" e-mail
> > just this morning and I did click on it to see what it was and got no
> > warning. Wish I had seen your post first!! Any tips/pointers on how to check
> > my machine for the infection, and how to remove it?
>
> If you have a reasonable virus protection, it will have blocked it if
> you did click on it. There are lots of AV solutions on the market,
> some free and some paid-for. Opinions vary widely, but I reckon the
> free ones are as good as the paid-for: I use Avast Free (you have to be
> persistent to find that on their website, because they try to sell you
> the paid version).
> AVG Free is also generally well rated. You can pay $100 and more for
> AV, and not fare any better than with the free ones.
>
> If you think you have an infection on your computer, then the generally
> favoured way of checking is to run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. Google it
> (I don't put links in e-mails - guess why!). You may find that it wants
> to install, then download more, then update that. It's a bit of a faff
> sometimes, but when it's all done it will check your machine and tell
> you what problem (if any) you have.
>
> Yahoo's mail server was hacked a couple of weeks ago - I've had spam or
> virus e-mails from most people I know who have a Yahoo e-mail address.
> I don't know if Yahoo are acknowledging the problem yet.
>
> I spent some of last week clearing out the computers of a couple of
> ladies in our congregation, and setting them up with decent AV (Avast,
> needless to say). The friends whose accounts were used to infect them
> were not to blame in any way - their address books were copied by the
> hackers and used to send the nasties.
>
> It's all part of the fun!
>
> Keith
> G3OIT
>
>
>
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