Tech Tips From a NYC System Administrator
Even PDF attachments aren’t safe. If you receive an email from an unknown sender with a PDF attachment, be aware that trying to open it might launch an executable that can inject malware into your system. The attack produces a warning dialogue box, but users are accustomed to seeing, and ignoring, those in many situations….
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Facebook Christmas Worm Spreads Holiday Infection — InformationWeek. PandaLabs, the research arm of anti-malware company Panda Security, says that a variant of the Koobface worm, Koobface.GK, is being spread through the posting of malicious links of Facebook wall pages. Attempting to play the video or to click on the links on the page leads to…
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Problem: User has Trojan/Adware BHO Symptoms: Internet Explorer crashes Performance degradation. Took more than 10 minutes to log into the computer At bootup/startup, the “C:\Program Files\Common” folder opens up automatically and contains helper.dll and _helper.dll Popups/Ads indicating viruses are present How to remove helper.dll and _helper.dll 1. Download and run HijackThis 2. You will probably…
My dad is fairly computer literate, won’t click on unknown email attachments, popups, etc. So when he called me at 7:15 in the morning to ask for help, I knew I was in for a doozy. When I checked his computer (windows XP), I noticed the following symptoms: Computer would freeze after boot up Windows…
Worried you might have the Conficker virus? Here’s a quick and dirty way to check: Conficker Eye Chart