Good timing- just today Malwarebytes started warning about Google Calendar RTP threat...about 100 times. Contacted MWB and they said they're working on it.
A few months ago I got these fake warnings from a pop up in my Chrome browser. It wanted me to click on something to pay for McAffee. Closing browser was not solution since same warnings reappeared next time Chrome was used. So I uninstalled Chrome which solved problem and used Firefox for a while. Eventually reinstalled Chrome and ran its security scans. No problems since.
You mentioned it might be from a compromised toolbar. That makes me think back to the 90s and early 2000s when toolbars were really common. Those things were so tacky and ugly!! Not only that but they take up valuable space on your screen, similar to how the Windows task bar does. How many of you know that you can have the Windows taskbar automatically hide? It did it in every version of Windows I had since 95. I never had or wanted Vista or ME but I am sure they do it too. Look in taskbar settings and there will be a checkbox not checked by default. As soon as I install Windows I change that one setting and do other personalizations. I find that on Windows 10 you can personalize without activating, just make sure not to be connected to the internet when installing it then do them the first chance you get. When it tries to activate and can't (it doesn't happen immediately) it will then prevent personalization. It will then lock in any changes that you made until you activate. I do activate Windows anyhow but I wanted to see if that would work. BTW, for those not planning to update, I hear having that watermark gives you a small performance hit. I guess that is from whatever process that runs to keep it there and render it on every single frame until you activate taking processing time and resources. Most people might not even notice it aside from that watermark really but someone somewhere out there has shown it to give a very small performance hit and I would have to assume it is from those two things mentioned earlier that are related to it.
This is so true, thank you Leo for this article. With your permission I am going to pass this on to a few people I know that really need to understand this.
Such messages will often appear when you visit a sketchy site. You should not visit such sites. But if you feel you must, then do so in a sandboxed environment. Such an environment will contain any bad things from escaping; preventing bad things from reaching any other part of your computer. Windows 10 Pro (or 11 Pro) and above offer a sandbox option. The downside is that you cannot save that environment. In other words, when you close the sandbox, it all goes away as though you never ran it. Another option, which is far safer than visiting sketchy sites directly, is to run a virtual machine, via 3rd party software. Depending on which virtual machine software you are running, and the settings that you chose, you can contain what you are doing within that virtual machine. And virtual machines can be saved (you can take a snapshot of a slice in time, and restore that virtual environment to that slice in time). You can download the free and open source Virtual Box, by Oracle. It is probably the easiest virtualization software to use. But that comes at the price of it not being a secure as other 3rd party virtualization options. It is not the most secure environment. But it is far, far safer than visiting bad web sites directly. It will probably prevent almost any bad programs from escaping into your actual computer. If your browser (within your virtual machine) gets infected, it really does not matter. You just close the session (do not save the session), and restore the virtual environment to what it was previously. Just do not use your infected, virtual browser for anything important (like visiting your on-line banking sites). Want to test a browser plug-in? Do it in your virtual machine. Don't like it? Close the virtual machine and restore it to before installing the plug-in. The virtual machine snapshots / restores are fast. It is not like restoring from a traditional backup program. But the safest approach is to never visit a questionable site, and never download / install / run programs that are risky. But if you must, Windows Sandbox is the safest choice, followed by 3rd party virtualization software.
Hi I have been hacked by someone and I have been getting same Pop ups I change my. Password. In. My account I tried to. Block. The virus. From popping up it didn't work. What should I do next I tried to do it by myself I don't want to lose anything in my computer.
Dealing with fake warnings.
"Don't touch that dial!" Remember that from the "old analog days." Thanks for the advice for the digital age!
Thank you Leo, excellent video as always.
Thanks Leo, this is exactly what just happened to both of my computers in the office. Spot on advice
Thanks leo your videos are better than ever
Good timing- just today Malwarebytes started warning about Google Calendar RTP threat...about 100 times. Contacted MWB and they said they're working on it.
A few months ago I got these fake warnings from a pop up in my Chrome browser. It wanted me to click on something to pay for McAffee. Closing browser was not solution since same warnings reappeared next time Chrome was used. So I uninstalled Chrome which solved problem and used Firefox for a while. Eventually reinstalled Chrome and ran its security scans. No problems since.
shame on them, scammers! this just happened to me,
You mentioned it might be from a compromised toolbar. That makes me think back to the 90s and early 2000s when toolbars were really common. Those things were so tacky and ugly!! Not only that but they take up valuable space on your screen, similar to how the Windows task bar does. How many of you know that you can have the Windows taskbar automatically hide? It did it in every version of Windows I had since 95. I never had or wanted Vista or ME but I am sure they do it too. Look in taskbar settings and there will be a checkbox not checked by default. As soon as I install Windows I change that one setting and do other personalizations. I find that on Windows 10 you can personalize without activating, just make sure not to be connected to the internet when installing it then do them the first chance you get. When it tries to activate and can't (it doesn't happen immediately) it will then prevent personalization. It will then lock in any changes that you made until you activate. I do activate Windows anyhow but I wanted to see if that would work. BTW, for those not planning to update, I hear having that watermark gives you a small performance hit. I guess that is from whatever process that runs to keep it there and render it on every single frame until you activate taking processing time and resources. Most people might not even notice it aside from that watermark really but someone somewhere out there has shown it to give a very small performance hit and I would have to assume it is from those two things mentioned earlier that are related to it.
This is so true, thank you Leo for this article. With your permission I am going to pass this on to a few people I know that really need to understand this.
No permission needed. The whole point of publishing publicly is that it... public! Share away!
Please inform any one that will listen, I know these scams all to well.
Such messages will often appear when you visit a sketchy site. You should not visit such sites. But if you feel you must, then do so in a sandboxed environment.
Such an environment will contain any bad things from escaping; preventing bad things from reaching any other part of your computer.
Windows 10 Pro (or 11 Pro) and above offer a sandbox option. The downside is that you cannot save that environment. In other words, when you close the sandbox, it all goes away as though you never ran it.
Another option, which is far safer than visiting sketchy sites directly, is to run a virtual machine, via 3rd party software.
Depending on which virtual machine software you are running, and the settings that you chose, you can contain what you are doing within that virtual machine. And virtual machines can be saved (you can take a snapshot of a slice in time, and restore that virtual environment to that slice in time).
You can download the free and open source Virtual Box, by Oracle. It is probably the easiest virtualization software to use. But that comes at the price of it not being a secure as other 3rd party virtualization options.
It is not the most secure environment. But it is far, far safer than visiting bad web sites directly. It will probably prevent almost any bad programs from escaping into your actual computer.
If your browser (within your virtual machine) gets infected, it really does not matter. You just close the session (do not save the session), and restore the virtual environment to what it was previously. Just do not use your infected, virtual browser for anything important (like visiting your on-line banking sites).
Want to test a browser plug-in?
Do it in your virtual machine.
Don't like it? Close the virtual machine and restore it to before installing the plug-in.
The virtual machine snapshots / restores are fast. It is not like restoring from a traditional backup program.
But the safest approach is to never visit a questionable site, and never download / install / run programs that are risky. But if you must, Windows Sandbox is the safest choice, followed by 3rd party virtualization software.
I wish you would cover these same subjects relating to tablets/ phones... which don't have defender, and other desktop computer things.
Ps i have been deleting. Virus. Pop ups is it ok to do that or. Should i should I have a tec to look at it
Thanks, ill remember this even if i didnt have the problem
Thanks, Leo.
Hi I have been hacked by someone and I have been getting same Pop ups I change my. Password. In. My account I tried to. Block. The virus. From popping up it didn't work. What should I do next I tried to do it by myself I don't want to lose anything in my computer.
A pop up saying virus detected appeared on one site but I ignored it and closed it. I did well?
No way to know. Watch the video. :-)
Thank you.
Also I don't want my computer. Screwed up. Again because this is my newest one
Its a tablet. Computer
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