Does Anything Work?

mooreted said:

I'm a computer tech. Day in and day out we are wiping systems with one variant or another of, WinAntiVirus, System Security Tool, Personal Security, etc. I have customers get infected running Norton, MacAffee, MSE, AVG, Avast. Nothing seems to stop it and nothing seems to be able to remove it.

Is there nothing that can stop it? Well, short of sandboxing the whole system and locking the user down; we can't babysit everyone in town all day.

A bunch or a combination of anti-malware tools should be able to stop these infections. I personally have my own folder of these tools. It contains Hitman Pro, Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, SUPERAntiSpyware, Emsisoft Emergency Kit, Norton Power Eraser, VirusTOTAL Uploader, etc.

This site is also useful because it has a website and forum that contains tutorials on how to remove rogue viruses yourself. If you're a Facebook user, LIKE the Malwarebytes' page, or join the Malwarebytes' forum. They also have some tutorials on removing malware.

I surf the Internet from Ubuntu in a VMware Viewer virtual machine, so I don't worry about viruses. I could never get soccer moms to do this however.

Barman58 said:

I'm afraid that this type of socially engineered malware can only be countered with education - which may well be a battle that will never be won.

There is no way that any tech can prevent a user from clicking on the link to cure their perceived problem, a perception that is engineered by the malware writing scum fraternity.

I support what you say Nigel....

The onus ultimately is on the user [who is clicking merrily away] to be responsible for his/her self.

"Caveat emptor" applies - translated this time as "Clicker Beware"!

linnemeyerhere said:

Francis93 and Solarstarshines, you both have 666 post as of this thread........ooooh!

It's from the debil mama.

hello people said:

So how are people getting these viruses? They are going to some website...a flashing, ostentatious neon popup pops up telling them that their computer is at risk/ has a virus and to CLICK HERE to fix it....and they do?

Is that what you're talking about?

Not only that, I had one customer click the thing and actually pay for it! I told him he better cancel his credit card.