There's a couple things you can do. First, I like a tool called frst.exe (farbar scan & recovery tool) for cleaning up all sorts of garbage on a computer. The downside of the tool is that you better know precisely what you're doing, or you could bring it down in a screaming, foaming, convulsing heap. It lists stuff on the machine, both good & bad, so you've got to know the difference. But you can often catch stuff other tools won't. It's a little like HijackThis, if you're familiar w/that, but it also has an option to fix what you ask it to fix simply by copying the entries into a text file, putting the file into the FRST folder, naming it fixlist.txt, & running the tool w/the 'Fix' option. It's available in 32 & 64-bit versions. It's particularly good for fixing machines via email. In terms of prevention, 1 of the first things I recommend is a DNS other than the 1 on the router. Both OpenDNS & GoogleDNS are acceptable. I personally use OpenDNS, & it's highly configurable, allowing you to block all sorts of sites, ie., porn, gambling, & even social networking sites. You can download a hosts file from: https://hosts-file.net/?s=Download but be advised that some sites are blocked completely that aren't necessarily harmful, ie, Commission Junction & Google ads; thus, some sites that the user may in fact find desirable can't be viewed. I had to make changes in it in order to view Dr. Peter Meijer's vOICe site, for example, because the Google ads were required viewing. What he offers is free--so fair enough. For Windows PC's, there's a program called Spyware Blaster that prevents a lot of spyware from getting on your computer. From an accessibility viewpoint, however, it's pretty iffy. It can be used, but it requires a good deal of fiddling. I personally think what you're talking about, Dave, has very little to do w/the massive cyber attack that took place yesterday. That was a very real ransomeware attack. This, on the other hand, is nothing but scareware. On 5/13/17, David Mehler <dave.mehler@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
It's malware bytes 3 the nonpremium version.
Is malware bytes3 accessible?
Thanks. Dave.
On 5/13/17, George Bell <george@techno-vision.co.uk> wrote:
You say, "Malware bytes (version unknown)". The latest version is at least 3.0.6, and they claimed in a message today that it would have protected the latest world-wide calamity. Here is an extract of that message:-
" We're alerting you to reassure you that if you're currently using the premium version (or the premium trial) of Malwarebytes with real-time protection turned on, you are protected from this threat. Our premium technology blocks the WanaCrypt0r ransomware before it can encrypt your files. (The free version of Malwarebytes, however, does not protect you against WanaCrypt0r. To see which version you have, open up your Malwarebytes software and look for the version name at the top of the window.) Learn more about Malwarebytes".
If it is still not accessible, I'd suggest it is worth calling in a sighted friend to assist.
George
-----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of David Mehler Sent: 13 May 2017 17:25 To: blind-sysadmins Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Windows machines, new nagware
Hello,
Is there any new "nagware" out lately like in the last week or so? Nagware is what I call those virus fakes that pop up and read out with a tts "Your computer is infected, call this number etc etc etc".
I've got a machine that has it, it was a low priority until that owner got another machine infected, which is a high priority. Things we've tried, this is on win10 1607, Windows defender, Malware bytes (version unknown), (is v3 really accessible last time I tried it no joy), and a disk cleanup giving emphasis to deleting the temporary files. Also, a ccleaner.
The issue is nothing is detecting this malware, not defender or malware bytes, and cleaning the temporary files didn't stop it.
Browser used, firefox, (version unknown).
Last item one machine user was visiting the site www.watchfree.to
I also replaced the system's hosts file with one specifically designed to block a lot of ad sites, can't remember where I got it from, no joy.
Any help appreciated.
Thanks. Dave.
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