New Very Nasty Malware/Rootkits ????

busenbust

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Preferably removed it rather than burn the PC

Hello Debit :hello:

Pikeyp

My sister and brother-in-law recently had thier PC taken down by 'something nasty' along these lines! They don't know what it was , or where it came from sadly!
Luckily an IT savvy friend was able to rescue most of thier files .. which was damn lucky since a back-up routine they were using was apparently useless.
But it was a total re-format at the end of the day.

busenbust

Pikeyp wrote: »

My sister and brother-in-law recently had thier PC taken down by 'something nasty' along these lines! They don't know what it was , or where it came from sadly!
Luckily an IT savvy friend was able to rescue most of thier files .. which was damn lucky since a back-up routine they were using was apparently useless.
But it was a total re-format at the end of the day.

Yep, another in lesson in: actually checking and verifying the integrity of the backup.

busenbust

Good constructive thread this -- excellent suggestions by all :cool:

GunJack

busenbust wrote: »

Good constructive thread this

I have my uses

busenbust

GunJack wrote: »

I have my uses

We all do GJ

busenbust

Pikeyp wrote: »

My sister and brother-in-law recently had thier PC taken down by 'something nasty' along these lines! They don't know what it was , or where it came from sadly!
Luckily an IT savvy friend was able to rescue most of thier files .. which was damn lucky since a back-up routine they were using was apparently useless.
But it was a total re-format at the end of the day.

See here for advice on this