How to remove the hdd virus
[ad name=”new”] The HDD virus advertises itself as a legitimate program, a hard drive defragmenter, but it’s really malware. If you fall for their ploy while trying to defragment your hard drive, you won’t be the first, since we’re seeing many infected computers in the Ducktoes virus lab. To get rid of HDD virus: 1. […]
Fix the "Open With" Virus
[ad name=”new”] I just fixed an odd virus: the “Open With” Virus. Everything I tried to open including my usual anti-virus programs prompted a dialog box asking what I wanted to open the AVG with. Of course that’s silly, you can’t open AVG with another program like Microsoft Word or Adobe Reader. It kept me […]
Trojan Horse Clicker – No My Friend Flicka.
I just cleaned up a computer, an Acer laptop, that had tons of spyware and among them was Trojan Horse Clicker. To get rid of it and the rest of the spyware I did the usual: 1.First I ran Combofix. (I did this in Safe Mode with Networking.) To get into Safe Mode, I had […]
How to Remove Starware
[ad name=”new”] I removed Starware from a photographer’s computer this week. The computer was oppressively slow and Outlook was crashing a lot. My client couldn’t work efficiently, since the interruptions slowed down the work he could do in a day. He was sooo frustrated. Starware took a tenacious hold of the operating system. It’d installed […]
How to Remove Gaopdx
[ad name=”new”] Hey the other night, I was at a house in Northeast Calgary that had a huge tv on the wall right in front of the computer. So I got to watch the Flames game while I fixed the computer which had the nasty and new Gaopdx rootkit. It was an exciting evening with […]
Downandup or Conficker USB Worm Prevention and Removal
[ad name=”new”] Ms. Ducktoes is really busy removing spyware and replacing power supplies today, but I’ve noticed an influx of this new worm. So I thought I should warn you. It’s called the Downandup/Conficker worm. Millions of computers are infected. To avoid getting it, turn off Autoruns on your computer. Click here to learn how […]
Spying on Spouses or Lovers with Keyloggers
[ad name=”new”] Sometimes computer repair jobs turn into something else. Sometimes Ms. Ducktoes is sitting quietly, concentrating on a computer and the client starts to talk, and before Ms. Ducktoes can say, “I think your hard drive is going bad,” she finds herself in the middle of a sensitive personal disclosure. Other times people request […]
How to Prevent the USB Worm
[ad name=”new”] There’s a new USB worm about. It loads on your computer when you stick an infected USB drive (Flash memory drive) into a USB port or an infected CD into the CD drive. Since it installs through the Autorun function on Windows, this type of worm is easy to prevent. Simply turn off […]
Did you get Koobfaced on Facebook?
[ad name=”new”] Yes, it’s true, there’s a virus from Facebook called Koobface. If you haven’t noticed, Koob is “book” backwards. If let to run it’s course, Koobface will turn your Facebook account backwards too, or at least inside out. It’ll also infect your computer system. You’ll notice it takes longer to go from website to […]
Be Careful on "Hallmark and Postcard.exe virus removal" Searches
[ad name=”new”] I’m concerned. Today while researching the Hallmark card and postcard.exe virus, I got these results on Google. The highlighted result in the middle leads to a download site for Windows XP Antivirus 2008/2009, a rogue Antivirus that is really a deadly virus for your computer. I mean a nasty. So this is the […]