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Tag Archives: antivirus
Rethinking the Antivirus “Solution”
Here is the crux of the issue: Antivirus software works. Antivirus doesn’t work. No matter what program you have, if you don’t have good, secure habits (and even that is not an absolute), you will get bitten. And your Antivirus … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged antivirus, fail, Malware Bytes, mcafee, NOD32, norton, solutions
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Windows XP Log on, Logging Off Problem (Karate Kid Edition)
Here is a new one. A client had a computer where when she went to log in, the desktop picture would flash, and then it would immediately go to “logging off…” back to the startup screen. This would happen in … Continue reading
Posted in Tech Fixes
Tagged antivirus, Combofix, Logging off..., Malware Bytes, Microsoft, Virus
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Anti-Malware I Trust
When researching this problem, I ran across several postings for an anti-malware program that I had never heard of. I hesitated to use it, as apparently you cannot believe everything you read on the internet, so I tried the manual … Continue reading
Posted in Tech Hints
Tagged antimalware, antivirus, Antivirus XP 2008, Malware Bytes, SmitFraud, Spybot, Symantec
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