Backspin: Mr. Gibbs, let me introduce myself First of all this week I wanted to correct something I wrote last week: I discussed the technique of "freezing" PCs to prevent malware changes and mentioned a previous version of Faronics' Deep Freeze, which does just that, had been hacked. The current version, which has been out for four years, has not been hacked. Faronics also has an enterprise version, which I plan to look at in a future Gearhead column. So, where was I? Oh yes, talking about malware. The reader feedback continues. More Gearhead and Backspin: Place your bets against malware The response to my recent Gearhead and Backspin columns on malware has been amazing! And the range of suggestions has ranged from admit defeat, wipe the system, and start again to fight the good fight and don't give in. Giving in to malware Gibbs thought he'd fixed his problem with malware on a Windows XP system, but as it turns out, he just made the malware work better. Here's the sad tale. Malware hunting One of Gibbs' Windows XP machines is acting up. Again. Looks like he's got a case of malware but it seems to be a little hard to find. Malwarebytes finds pesky Trojan The last Gearhead column wherein Gibbs discovered that his Windows XP machine was acting weirdly generated a huge amount of reader feedback and one recommendation -- using Malwarebytes Anti-Malware -- worked where many others hadn't. |
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