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Other => General Topics => Topic started by: midnight on July 16, 2018, 08:24:06 PM
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This person fixed my computer when I couldn't sign in using my password.
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Hi -midnight,
No person was around there to hold your computer's pulse, or it must have the been the avast team member,
that was responsible for that specific detection pattern in that avast shield.
It was the javascript detected there that meant the real threat. No human beings involved just bad JavaScript,
that was designed/abused by a cybercriminal of sorts.
JavaScript is a language, invented in the previous century. If not coded and debugged properly,
it can put your computer's inner working at risk.
If at the exams where I am a proctor, one of the students get in an infinite loop with code, as they call it,
so whenever he or she get stuck and cannot code on, they have failed their grade on development coding for instance,
and have to try another time (re-exam).
At the start JavaScript was not ready to go onto the Interwebs, there was not more secure HTML code yet.
Now when you do not code HTML inside JavaScript on webpages they are open to exploits and can be hacked.
Coders are under a lot of time pressure to deliver their code-work, so they work with JavaScript cheat-sheets
next to their compilers, so they can evade most of the loopholes and errors.
In coding like it says in the scriptures it is not "the Truth shall set you free", but "the relevant Knowledge of the Truth will set you free".
It is an interesting world, the world of coding, and I see the wonders and the disasters of it almost on a daily basis
as a volunteer 3rd party cold reconnaissance website security analyst and website error-hunter.
Have a nice day and may G*d bless America, where JavaScript was invented.
polonus aka Damian
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Malwarebytes found these. Don't know how to get rid of Brian's temp account.
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Hi -midnight,
Just delete those Edge cookies for /~./brians/temp/
https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-delete-cookies-2617981
polonus
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Hi polonus,
I did delete them.
-midnight
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Hi polonus,
Is it safe to delete these?
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https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/6619/beginner-geek-delete-user-accounts-in-windows-7/
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https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/6619/beginner-geek-delete-user-accounts-in-windows-7/
It doesn't show his account.
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This is the only account it shows.
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More info
This is my account.
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If it isn't yours, just right click the master folder in the User account and hit delete.
if you're not sure, run FRST64 (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/farbar-recovery-scan-tool/dl/82/) and scan. Post the log here and either I will swing by and give the fixlist of someone like Sass or dbrise can. (They know more then I do about FRST. But it'd be a simple script)
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I'm leery about doing that.
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I'm leery about doing that.
Then leave it alone. It's not hurting anything.
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I'm leery about doing that.
Then leave it alone. It's not hurting anything.
Hit the nail on the head here. If you're not comfortable doing something, then seek professional help. It won't harm anything as Bob said.
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Just found this. Clicking on change doesn't work Even though the little box above change isn't checked that's where all of my downloads are going to.
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Just found this. Clicking on change doesn't work Even though the little box above change isn't checked that's where all of my downloads are going to.
Change the settings in the Browser you use to ASK before allowing it to simply save to a default folder.
(https://screencast-o-matic.com/screenshots/u/Lh/1531951292672-52043.png)
Doing this will allow you to change the location before the file is saved.
(Screenshot is from the Avast Secure Browser which is my default.)
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Edge is my default browser. I do have it set to ask.
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I messed up as can't see the the little picture...ask
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Edge is my default browser. I do have it set to ask.
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I messed up as can't see the the little picture...ask
(https://screencast-o-matic.com/screenshots/u/Lh/1531955264813-92011.png)
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Edit
Got it this time.
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You're welcome. :)
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@bob3160,
I really appreciate your help. :)
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@bob3160,
I really appreciate your help. :)
That's what this forum is all about Help with a :)