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O.T. - Temporary firewall problem at boot up:
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... Hello Paul, I got to thinking, so I went back and uninstalled CcCleaner, then went to the firewall advanced tab and clicked to restore default settings and restarted the computer and the problem was gone!!! Robert Hard to believe that CCleaner was the problem, but I'm glad to hear the firewall problem is fixed. Did you have CCleaner (is CcCleaner a mistype or a rogue program) set to check for updates automatically? Just curious. I have had great experiences with CCleaner. -- Buffalo |
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O.T. - Temporary firewall problem at boot up:
On 20 Dec 2013, "Buffalo" wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general: Hard to believe that CCleaner was the problem, but I'm glad to hear the firewall problem is fixed. Did you have CCleaner (is CcCleaner a mistype or a rogue program) set to check for updates automatically? Just curious. I have had great experiences with CCleaner. I agree. I'm skeptical that CCleaner had anything to do with it. It doesn't run resident. You run it and then exit - it should not influence anything between sessions. |
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O.T. - Temporary firewall problem at boot up:
After this post for some reason I was not able
to post messages. I've been trying for 3 weeks to be able to post on here again and nothing worked so after reading Pauls comments I downloaded and installed Mozilla Firefox and it seems to be working normally again.(knock on wood) To make a long story short my computer became infected with malware from CCcleaner (Optimizer Pro) which had PUP malware. I've delted all the malware, uninstalled CcCleaner and installed Microsoft Security Essentials in place of malwarebytes since my free trial period expired. I've run scans everyday with Microsoft Security Essentials and also Avast and it comes up clean. Robert |
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I meant I downloaded and installed Mozilla Thunderbird. Robert |
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On 09 Jan 2014, wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general: To make a long story short my computer became infected with malware from CCcleaner (Optimizer Pro) which had PUP malware. The malware didn't come from Ccleaner, it came from the malicious site you downloaded it from. If you had gotten it from the official Ccleaner site (http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner), you wouldn't have had a problem. I've delted all the malware, uninstalled CcCleaner and installed Microsoft Security Essentials in place of malwarebytes since my free trial period expired. You could have installed the free version of Malwarebytes. You didn't need to install their "Pro" commercial trial version. Also, Security Essentials is not a replacement for Malwarebytes Anti-malware. They are not equivilent products. Security Essentials is a resident virus scanner. Malwarebytes is an on-demand malware scanner. They do different (but related) jobs. Also, Security Essentials for Windows XP will become obsolete after After April 8, 2014. |
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O.T. - Temporary firewall problem at boot up:
Hello Bill,
I have thought about that but if I were still infected with malware wouldn't I notice something e.g. computer slowing down, error messages etc? I do have an external HD for the 8500: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822178107 and I've made back-ups and system images but I'm rather leery of doing a system image on the 8500 if it isn't necessary. I did a system restore on the 8200 which I thought would reset everything but it didn't. I realize that system restore and system images aren't the same but still. I've brought the 8200 up to SP3 and have left it as is with no additional software. I plan to use it as a back-up if I need it and only run updates and scans. Thoughts/Suggestions? Robert |
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O.T. - Temporary firewall problem at boot up:
I didn't know there was a difference or where
to download. I was working on my own on this without the forums good advice. Just so I don't make the mistake again I would like to uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials and reinstall malwarebytes from he http://www.malwarebytes.org/ Would you say this is OK? Thanks, Robert |
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Hello Bill, The only other computer I have or able to get my hands on is the 8200 but unfortunately, that also was infected with malware. So I obviously can't use that to scan the 8500. Could you please direct me to some disk software that I can use to scan for malware. Thanks, Robert |
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On Fri, 10 Jan 2014 10:28:32 -0500, Nil
wrote: As I already said, they are not substitutes for each other. They don't conflict with each other. The can both be installed at the same time. MS Security Essentials is an anti-virus, comparable to McAfee or Symantec Norton Antivirus. I agree with everything you say in this message, except for that sentence. Microsoft Security Essentials is not *comparable to Norton or McAfee; it is *much* better than either. Malwarebytes is an on-demand malware scanner, comparable to MS Defender, SuperAntiSpyware, and the like. |
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O.T. - Temporary firewall problem at boot up:
If Microsoft Security Essentials doesn't
address malware and especially if it isn't supported any longer then I want to uninstall it and install Malwarebytes instead and I asked if the link I gave you was ok to download because I apparently made a mistake with CcCleaner although I thought I did download it from Piriform and it was the add-on (Optimizer Pro) which contained the Pup malware. In any case, I just want to make sure this time. I already have Avast for my anti-virus and Spywareblaster for Spyware and Microsoft firewall. So I would like to have Malwarebytes to address malware. Thoughts/suggestions? Thanks, Robert |
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O.T. - Temporary firewall problem at boot up:
On 1/10/2014 4:27 AM, wrote:
Hello Bill, I have thought about that but if I were still infected with malware wouldn't I notice something e.g. computer slowing down, error messages etc? No, that isn't normally that is the goal of malware. As most malware wants to be totally unnoticeable to the user. Luckily most malware isn't beta tested very well and thus flaws in the code often pop up. I do have an external HD for the 8500: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822178107 and I've made back-ups and system images but I'm rather leery of doing a system image on the 8500 if it isn't necessary. I did a system restore on the 8200 which I thought would reset everything but it didn't. I realize that system restore and system images aren't the same but still. I've brought the 8200 up to SP3 and have left it as is with no additional software. I plan to use it as a back-up if I need it and only run updates and scans. Thoughts/Suggestions? I have lots of computers here so I don't run into the need to scan for malware on the same machine using CD/DVD, flash drive, etc. So I would be the wrong guy to ask about such boot utilities. -- Bill Dell Latitute Slate Tablet 128GB SSD ('12 era) - Thunderbird v12 Intel Atom Z670 1.5GHz - 2GB RAM - Windows 8 Pro |
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On 10 Jan 2014, "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general: I agree with everything you say in this message, except for that sentence. Microsoft Security Essentials is not *comparable to Norton or McAfee; it is *much* better than either. Wellll... they are comarable in that you can compare them. It's just that Norton and McAfee will roundly lose the comparison. |
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