Hello blog!
How was your day today? Mine was shit!!! Last night i got a really bad trojan and malware, called Flec006 and another one. Its the worst computer infection i have had on my PC, and was so bad i had to format my machine after 4 years of fighting spam and similar things. This was impossible to remove, no programs would run, and i could not even boot into safe mode since i got a BSOD (blue screen of death).
I hate having to re-install things on my computer, so in the past i have just fought against all the spam, trojans and malware, but this one was impossible to fix, even after trying various things suggested online.
So i have spent all of today fixing my pc, which basically was backing up, formatting and then reinstalling. Its not hard, it just takes ages and is a pain. I now have newer software like IE8, and updated all my software to help in the future, not that it will, it never does…If you use the internet enough, then things like this happen.
So, how often do you scan your computer for such things? Virus scan isnt enough, if you are worried about anything i would suggest you download and run the following: Spybot Search and Destroy, Malwarebytes anti malware and if you know a little bit about computers Hijack This
All are FREE
I would definatly suggest getting them, and running them at least once. You should really do it every week or month, or whenever you use your machine heavily, but i cant tell you that, because i dont really, but look at what happened to me!
So yeah, get these, and run them every so often!!!
Virus’ dont really happen much these days, but Malware, Trojans and Spyware do in a big way; If you dont know what they are they dont attack your computer in the same way as a virus, in my opinion they are worse. They may steal your details (passwords, usernames, anything else) or use your internet connection, or your computer resources.