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cornishcynders

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Re: unprotected
« Reply #15 on: January 23, 2014, 09:35:17 PM »
what now ?It's finished scan.
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« Reply #16 on: January 23, 2014, 10:00:50 PM »
Could you attach the log ... Details on how to do that if you do not know are here http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=53253.0 about a third of the way down
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« Reply #17 on: January 26, 2014, 12:20:15 PM »
Hi , on a different computer at the moment.
Other one got progressively worse. It's in the shop & I've saved everything on it.
I should have it back Tues/Weds & I'll let you know what was wrong with it .
Thanks for trying to help me,
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Re: unprotected
« Reply #18 on: January 26, 2014, 12:29:03 PM »
Sounds like a possible adware problem as they tend to eat up resources
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« Reply #19 on: January 26, 2014, 04:01:34 PM »
I'm not having much luck with them lately. A previous one caught fire before Xmas ,very scary.
But thanks for your support ,& it's interesting reading other probs/posts.
What age do the child forums start from btw?
Cyndi.x.
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Re: unprotected
« Reply #20 on: January 26, 2014, 04:03:46 PM »
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What age do the child forums start from btw?
Ah that is a technical term it means sub forums within a main forum specifically all of the non-English forums :)
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« Reply #21 on: January 26, 2014, 06:49:17 PM »
That's a bit complicated?I've a very computer savvy 7yr old ,who ,I think should learn all aspects of security etc.
She'll do better than me I think !(I know). ;D
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Re: unprotected
« Reply #22 on: January 26, 2014, 09:26:08 PM »
Best to get 'em while they are young :)
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cornishcynders

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« Reply #23 on: February 05, 2014, 11:15:32 PM »
Well £95 later I have my HP back.
It was reset to factory settings as it was seriously infected ,and all my files were encrypted ,I couldnt open anything in the end ,couldnt even get past the opening stage.
I wondered if it was worth keeping this laptop going but I love it (when not infected that is).
Why didnt Avast stop this ,or are some things too much for any virus ware?
Very fed up at the mo :(
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Re: unprotected
« Reply #24 on: February 05, 2014, 11:39:52 PM »
Sounds like the latest ransomeware, they are mean and nasty.  They are usually installed from an infected e-mail attachment

You can put a block on the known launch points by using the following programme.  Just install and forget, as it changes permissions on some registry keys

 CryptoPrevent install this programme to lock down and prevent crypto ransome ware



Then you can set Avast hardened mode to aggressive this will then show an alert for any unknown problem and give you the option to add it as an exclusion or stop it from running

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