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several different problems in a row
A multi-stage problem:
1) Last night I'd been looking using Firefox at a possibly sketchy website for 20 minutes on Thursday, and a different subpage for 5 minutes on Friday and only then a separate window came up saying I was dl'ing a virus. It didn't include a brand name I knew, like AVG or Defender, but it did say to call an 833- number. That's a toll-free call, right, but it still seems like it was a scam. Was it? 2) It had a lot of rectangles with text in fairly large fonts, and while I was reading it, all of Firefox crashed. Was there really a virus being downloaded? Or was the whole page that said that a scam? if so, why did FF crash? I scanned with Malwarebytes and later with AVG and the first found only one PUP. The second found nothing**. 3) While Malwarebytes was running, the keyboard stopped working, as if the Alt key was always pressed. I run Autohotkey, and though it has no entry for the alt key, I closed it. No change. I have a Logitech wireless keyboard and I turned that on and it acted the same, as if the Alt key was always pressed. How can that be? What does it mean. I restarted Windows and the alt key problem was gone, and afaik there are no other problems, just questions! 4) **Well, AVG's new document section found documents with my name in them, and with medical information in them. I don't like it that labs etc name attachments with my name in them, but other than renaming everything, which I think would end up being confusing, there's nothing I can do. Do you folks think its a vulnerabilty? |
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several different problems in a row
In article , micky
wrote: 1) Last night I'd been looking using Firefox at a possibly sketchy website for 20 minutes on Thursday, and a different subpage for 5 minutes on Friday and only then a separate window came up saying I was dl'ing a virus. It didn't include a brand name I knew, like AVG or Defender, but it did say to call an 833- number. That's a toll-free call, right, it is. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toll-f..._in_the_North_ American_Numbering_Plan In the United States of America, Canada, and other countries participating in the North American Numbering Plan, a toll-free telephone number has one of the area codes 800, 833, 844, 855, 866, 877, and 888. Area code 822 is expected to be used in the future, followed by 880 through 887, then 889. However, 811 is reserved as a three-digit number for various other purposes. In addition, 899 is reserved as a member of the series x9x for future numbering plan expansion. but it still seems like it was a scam. Was it? absolutely. if you call, they will 'find' something wrong even though there isn't, then offer to 'fix' it for a fee. also, if you call they get your phone number, so expect to be added to a list for future spam calls. |
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On 7/13/2019 9:00 PM, micky wrote:
A multi-stage problem: 1) Last night I'd been looking using Firefox at a possibly sketchy website for 20 minutes on Thursday, and a different subpage for 5 minutes on Friday and only then a separate window came up saying I was dl'ing a virus. It didn't include a brand name I knew, like AVG or Defender, but it did say to call an 833- number. That's a toll-free call, right, but it still seems like it was a scam. Was it? 2) It had a lot of rectangles with text in fairly large fonts, and while I was reading it, all of Firefox crashed. Was there really a virus being downloaded? Or was the whole page that said that a scam? if so, why did FF crash? I scanned with Malwarebytes and later with AVG and the first found only one PUP. The second found nothing**. 3) While Malwarebytes was running, the keyboard stopped working, as if the Alt key was always pressed. I run Autohotkey, and though it has no entry for the alt key, I closed it. No change. I have a Logitech wireless keyboard and I turned that on and it acted the same, as if the Alt key was always pressed. How can that be? What does it mean. I restarted Windows and the alt key problem was gone, and afaik there are no other problems, just questions! 4) **Well, AVG's new document section found documents with my name in them, and with medical information in them. I don't like it that labs etc name attachments with my name in them, but other than renaming everything, which I think would end up being confusing, there's nothing I can do. Do you folks think its a vulnerabilty? I would have done what you did with one exception. As soon as I suspected a virus was being downloaded, I would immediately turn off the LAN, copied and Saved the URL and reboot the computer. I would have then runs the virus scans as you did. I use McAfee and check with Malwarebytes. I would then check URL with the virus program I use and maybe do a search on the URL to see what turned up. I would not return to what I was doing until I was confident there computer remained virus free. -- Judge your ancestors by how well they met their standards not yours. They did not know your standards, so could not try to meet them. |
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In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Sat, 13 Jul 2019 22:24:58 -0400, Keith
Nuttle wrote: On 7/13/2019 9:00 PM, micky wrote: A multi-stage problem: 1) Last night I'd been looking using Firefox at a possibly sketchy website for 20 minutes on Thursday, and a different subpage for 5 minutes on Friday and only then a separate window came up saying I was dl'ing a virus. It didn't include a brand name I knew, like AVG or Defender, but it did say to call an 833- number. That's a toll-free call, right, but it still seems like it was a scam. Was it? 2) It had a lot of rectangles with text in fairly large fonts, and while I was reading it, all of Firefox crashed. Was there really a virus being downloaded? Or was the whole page that said that a scam? if so, why did FF crash? I scanned with Malwarebytes and later with AVG and the first found only one PUP. The second found nothing**. 3) While Malwarebytes was running, the keyboard stopped working, as if the Alt key was always pressed. I run Autohotkey, and though it has no entry for the alt key, I closed it. No change. I have a Logitech wireless keyboard and I turned that on and it acted the same, as if the Alt key was always pressed. How can that be? What does it mean. I restarted Windows and the alt key problem was gone, and afaik there are no other problems, just questions! 4) **Well, AVG's new document section found documents with my name in them, and with medical information in them. I don't like it that labs etc name attachments with my name in them, but other than renaming everything, which I think would end up being confusing, there's nothing I can do. Do you folks think its a vulnerabilty? I would have done what you did with one exception. As soon as I suspected a virus was being downloaded, I would immediately turn off the I guess I should have done that. LAN, copied and Saved the URL and reboot the computer. I would have then runs the virus scans as you did. I use McAfee and check with Malwarebytes. I would then check URL with the virus program I use and maybe do a search on the URL to see what turned up. You can check the URL? Other than the screen that once in a while comes up saying the certificate is no good. I would not return to what I was doing until I was confident there computer remained virus free. Well, I haven't been back to that page, even to finish reading what I was reading. |
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On 14/07/2019 02:00, micky wrote:
A multi-stage problem: For your multi-stage problem requires multi-stage decision making process: 1) Reformat the hard disk and reinstall Windows 10 with Windows Defender enabled; 2) Take your machine to a technician who can fix it for you after you have explained to him the problem; 3) Just get rid of the machine and buy a new one but this time making sure that it is from a reputable dealer such as DELL, HP or that Chinese outfit called Lenovo. Hope this helps you Micky mouse. Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: micky Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-10 Subject: several different problems in a row Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2019 21:00:33 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 35 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="adff0da252a815f05fb2c7b9da9968bd"; logging-data="8827"; "; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19J0aHNUT2LSNnOgPBNnXoR" Cancel-Lock: sha1:1INwhcAZF5QS1F9CjWZ9J9/I/K4= X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) Xref: reader01.eternal-september.org alt.comp.os.windows-10:98686 -- With over 999 million devices now running Windows 10, customer satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows. |
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several different problems in a row
micky wrote:
seems like it was a scam. Was it? Yes, it's a scam ... it's *always* a scam. |
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On 14/07/2019 03.00, micky wrote:
A multi-stage problem: 1) Last night I'd been looking using Firefox at a possibly sketchy website for 20 minutes on Thursday, and a different subpage for 5 minutes on Friday and only then a separate window came up saying I was dl'ing a virus. It didn't include a brand name I knew, like AVG or Defender, but it did say to call an 833- number. That's a toll-free call, right, but it still seems like it was a scam. Was it? 99% sure, yes I saw something similar at the computer of a relative and it also blasted a siren, making me jump. 2) It had a lot of rectangles with text in fairly large fonts, and while I was reading it, all of Firefox crashed. Was there really a virus being downloaded? Doubtful. Or was the whole page that said that a scam? 99% sure, yes. if so, why did FF crash? Who knows. Probably the page uses many scripts and one of them did something wrong and crashed FF. Make sure that FF is updated to the latest version. Mind, it can be an advert on the page as well. My personal solution to these scares, is that I don't browse the web with Windows... :-p I use Linux for everything except a few things that require Windows, and enjoy a peaceful life on the web :-p But no, I will not tell you to switch. I'm aware of the difficulties. Disgusting that you have to endure these scares, they should rot in prison, IMHO. -- Cheers, Carlos. |
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Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 14/07/2019 03.00, micky wrote: if so, why did FF crash? Who knows. Probably the page uses many scripts and one of them did something wrong and crashed FF. Make sure that FF is updated to the latest version. Mind, it can be an advert on the page as well. The designers of Firefox, tell us that "the Flash container allows Flash to malfunction, without the browser crashing". But the anecdotal evidence so far is, Firefox is just as likely to crash as it always was. It means the purported exploit path, isn't the only path. There must be some other ways to crash it. Remember that Firefox only adopted this strategy, because Chrome had done so. The design intent was "keeping up with the neighbors". I don't think their designers hatched this plan as a form of "technical goodness". If Chrome didn't have this feature, then Firefox staff would not have done it on their own. Paul |
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In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Wed, 17 Jul 2019 12:35:04 +0200, "Carlos
E.R." wrote: On 14/07/2019 03.00, micky wrote: A multi-stage problem: 1) Last night I'd been looking using Firefox at a possibly sketchy website for 20 minutes on Thursday, and a different subpage for 5 minutes on Friday and only then a separate window came up saying I was dl'ing a virus. It didn't include a brand name I knew, like AVG or Defender, but it did say to call an 833- number. That's a toll-free call, right, but it still seems like it was a scam. Was it? 99% sure, yes I saw something similar at the computer of a relative and it also blasted a siren, making me jump. I got a very loud monotone from my speakers, for 5 or 10 seconds. So loud the person I was on the phone with heard it. I think this was the second time, but nothing else happened and there was nothing unusual on the screen at the time, before, or afterwards. . 2) It had a lot of rectangles with text in fairly large fonts, and while I was reading it, all of Firefox crashed. Was there really a virus being downloaded? Doubtful. Good. It's been 10 days now and nothing strange has happened, except tonight I got KingUpdater trying to update or install. But I started anotehr thread about that. Or was the whole page that said that a scam? 99% sure, yes. if so, why did FF crash? Who knows. Probably the page uses many scripts and one of them did something wrong and crashed FF. That's good. Make sure that FF is updated to the latest version. Yes, I have the latest version. Mind, it can be an advert on the page as well. My personal solution to these scares, is that I don't browse the web with Windows... :-p I use Linux for everything except a few things that require Windows, and enjoy a peaceful life on the web :-p I should set up a second computer. I had one for a while and I've got one I could use. But no, I will not tell you to switch. I'm aware of the difficulties. Disgusting that you have to endure these scares, they should rot in prison, IMHO. I would like to start a story that a few have been killed by people they harmed, to scare some of the others, but I don't know how to do a convincing job. |
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In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Wed, 17 Jul 2019 13:30:17 -0400, Paul
wrote: Carlos E.R. wrote: On 14/07/2019 03.00, micky wrote: if so, why did FF crash? Who knows. Probably the page uses many scripts and one of them did something wrong and crashed FF. Make sure that FF is updated to the latest version. Mind, it can be an advert on the page as well. The designers of Firefox, tell us that "the Flash container allows Flash to malfunction, without the browser crashing". But the anecdotal evidence so far is, Firefox is just as likely to crash as it always was. It means the Maybe it's as likely, but aside for the case in my OP here, it almost never does, compared to before. It slows down to a crawl sometimes. purported exploit path, isn't the only path. There must be some other ways to crash it. Remember that Firefox only adopted this strategy, because Chrome had done so. The design intent was "keeping up with the neighbors". I don't think their designers hatched this plan as a form of "technical goodness". If Chrome didn't have this feature, then Firefox staff would not have done it on their own. That's one thing to like about Chrome, then. Othewise I don't like it. Paul |
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In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Sun, 14 Jul 2019 19:19:43 +0100, Andy
Burns wrote: micky wrote: seems like it was a scam. Was it? Yes, it's a scam ... it's *always* a scam. LOL |
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