malware Archives - Grits Design Group https://gritsdesign.com/category/malware/ Website Design, Support and Hosting Sun, 01 Oct 2017 10:05:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Hackers FLAVOR OF THE DAY https://gritsdesign.com/hackers-flavor-day/ https://gritsdesign.com/hackers-flavor-day/#respond Sun, 01 Oct 2017 10:04:57 +0000 https://gritsdesign.com/?p=1978 The FLAVOR OF THE DAY for hackers is requesting password reset emails to ANNOY us. Are you tired of getting password reset emails? If so, wpbeginner has some code that you can install to DISABLE the password reset request. You can still change your password if you are logged in. But hackers will NOT be...

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]]> The FLAVOR OF THE DAY for hackers is requesting password reset emails to ANNOY us.

Are you tired of getting password reset emails? If so, wpbeginner has some code that you can install to DISABLE the password reset request. You can still change your password if you are logged in. But hackers will NOT be able to request a password reset, and you won’t get those ANNOYING emails requesting a password reset.

I LOVE wpbeginner.com – wpbeginner

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]]> https://gritsdesign.com/hackers-flavor-day/feed/ 0 Curiosity Killed the Cat https://gritsdesign.com/curiosity-killed-the-cat/ https://gritsdesign.com/curiosity-killed-the-cat/#respond Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:34:30 +0000 http://gritsdesign.com/?p=60 Yes, that is me. On Saturday, I was trying to help someone who said they had a problem with their website. Someone else said that the link had malicious code. So I decided I would look for myself. My computer completely shut down and died. No, it was not a p**n site, Kathi! My friend,...

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]]> Yes, that is me. On Saturday, I was trying to help someone who said they had a problem with their website. Someone else said that the link had malicious code. So I decided I would look for myself. My computer completely shut down and died. No, it was not a p**n site, Kathi! My friend, Kathi, gets viruses on her computer all the time (not as many lately); and we kid her about visiting p**n sites. No, Kathi, we don’t really think you visit p**n sites!

All of my friends bring their computers to me when they get a virus, so luckily I was able to remove my own. Normally, you know when you are getting attacked. A window pops up and says that you have a virus and you need to scan your computer. That is a VIRUS! You need to get out of that window as fast as you can to stop the virus attack.

Anyway, when I restarted my computer, half of my files were gone. So I shut down my comptuer and started it in SAFE MODE. But I could not find the System Restore program. The virus had removed it from my Programs. So I did a search for “system restore” and it popped up. I started System Restore, and it took aout 30 minutes (I decided to leave well enough alone). armenia And it worked. I then ran Malware Bytes (I use the FREE version), and it found some trojans which I deleted. Then I ran Avira Antivirus, and it found 16 viruses which I deleted.

All is well . . . for now!

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