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New Very Nasty Malware/Rootkits ????
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Hello Debit :hello:debitcardmayhem wrote: »Preferably removed it rather than burn the PC
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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.0 -
Yep, another in lesson in: actually checking and verifying the integrity of the backup.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.0 -
Good constructive thread this -- excellent suggestions by all :cool:0
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See here for advice on thisMy 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.
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