can anyone share there last windows virus experience?
dipsomaniac
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When contracted?
what windows os?
type of virus?
what av software installed at the time?
how contracted?
how cleaned?
any other useful info?
what windows os?
type of virus?
what av software installed at the time?
how contracted?
how cleaned?
any other useful info?
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dipsomaniac wrote: »When contracted?
what windows os?
type of virus?
what av software installed at the time?
how contracted?
how cleaned?
any other useful info?
XP
Conficker Worm
Norton
Work computer. Windows updates hard disabled by administrators, we were unable to enable them. Conficker worked by exploiting unpatched systems and rapidly spread through the network. Only outside contractor machines and patched up servers weren't affected.
McAfee Stinger
Not much. It was a worm doing exactly what it was designed to do.... infect systems which the user had been lazy when it comes to updates. The fact it continues to be a problem (Conficker I mean) shows that 10 years on, people are just as lazy about updates as they were back then and I suspect there are still dumb IT blokes who think it's clever to disable Windows Updates.
Wake up, this isn't Linux.0 -
XP and Norton ? Good grief !!
Anyway - SMBv1 should be disabled on a network as a matter of course these days.
If its not - your IT dept want shooting
Edit : Just noticed the date - sorry0 -
Me never .
Kaspersky Internet Security for years and years .0 -
No, can't say I have had one since Norton picked up a suspicious website in 1999!0
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dipsomaniac wrote: »When contracted?
what windows os?
type of virus?
what av software installed at the time?
how contracted?
how cleaned?
any other useful info?
Why do you want to know?0 -
Never......Touch wood.Drinking Rum before 10am makes you
A PIRATE
Not an Alcoholic...!0 -
XP and Norton ? Good grief !!
Anyway - SMBv1 should be disabled on a network as a matter of course these days.
If its not - your IT dept want shooting
Edit : Just noticed the date - sorry
They wanted shooting anyway. They were bang average at their jobs. Most of the engineers knew more about it than they did, but someone has to work in IT Services, even at a software engineering company.0 -
dipsomaniac wrote: »When contracted?
what windows os?
type of virus?
what av software installed at the time?
how contracted?
how cleaned?
any other useful info?
Perhaps a supplementary question…
And what action did you take, if any, to minimise the risk of possible future infections?0 -
I've only once had any sort of infection and that was recent. I went to a dodgy website which I didn't realise was dodgy. The dodgy site was a cycling video site that came top in the Google video search. Windows Defender dealt with it.0
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dipsomaniac wrote: »When contracted?what windows os?type of virus?what av software installed at the time?how contracted?how cleaned?any other useful info?0
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