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Original release date: October 18, 2021 Summary Actions You Can Take Now to Protect Against BlackMatter Ransomware • Implement and enforce backup and restoration policies and procedures. • Use Link Removed. • Use Link Removed. • Implement network segmentation and traversal monitoring. Note...

Hello Everyone. My security goes like this: Bitdefender Total Security+Voodoo-Shield+Simple Windows Hardening. Second opinion malware scanners: Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool+Norton Power Eraser+Emsisoft Emergency Kit+Malwarebytes Free+HitmanPro(paid) & Eset Online Scanner. How do you secure your...

Yesterday morning I turned on my laptop and discovered a new user account had appeared during the night. We searched, removed it, ran ESET, deleted Edge since the user seemed to be associated with it. My webcam is turned off, disabled, all features are disabled, microphone off, piece of...

I am sooo pi*sed that I'm being forced to "downgrade" to Windows 10. I tried it when it was free and really gave it a chance, but I couldn't stand it, so I rolled back to 7. It was like I could breathe again. Now that they have ended support for 7 and fearing malwares and viruses, I'm forced to...

Ok, so i have been hacked. Even with rsa key, this person still gets in into my ssh server. I watched bitvise popup and say "accepting connection from china on ip 111.x.x.x" So somehow they are getting in and i do not know how. As of now, the server is turned off. here is a pic. So how do i...

So, I’m running windows 7 32 bit on my work pc and some new policies come down from corp. headquarters that all the pc’s hard drives need to be encrypted with kapersky and the have to be updated every month with windows updates else the pc will be booted from the network. So, I reboot by pc one...

I haven't contacted an actual technician, but i've contacted windows support 4 times, and none of their ways worked. I really dont want to reset my system. -Symptoms- Every time I click it randomly takes me to a click tracker page, and if i hit alt tab I can see tons of ads opened, and its...

Original release date: July 20, 2018 Systems Affected Network Systems Overview Emotet is an advanced, modular banking Trojan that primarily functions as a downloader or dropper of other banking Trojans. Emotet continues to be among the most costly and destructive malware affecting state...

I have adopted a fairly old IT philosophy of 'If its not broken, don't fix it' when it comes to Windows 10. After all, the only 'valuable' stuff on your computer are documents and emails which you spent time on - if these are 'lost' there is a cost to recover this data. So - for the past...

Total Meltdown? Is my system vulnerable? Only Windows 7 x64 systems patched with the 2018-01 or 2018-02 patches are vulnerable. If your system isn't patched since December 2017 or if it's patched with the 2018-03 2018-03-29 patches or later it will be secure. Reference and further...

As far as I found out the rollup packages are cumulative. So if I want to apply all patches from November 2016 until now only the last rollup package is needed. Regarding the security packages its the opposite: Every single security package from Novemeber 2016 until now is needed if I want to...

Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (March 14, 2017): Click here to enter text. Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an attacker with access to the local system executes a malicious...

Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (March 14, 2017): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS). The vulnerability could allow information disclosure if an attacker sends a specially crafted request to an...

Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (January 10, 2017): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player when installed on all supported editions of Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10...

my teenager son learned some tricks to log into Windows 10 without any password. He used the trick and installed and played games on my PC while I was at work. I can see the login in event viewer. How can I secure my PC so he can't break in and mess up my system? Thanks,

Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (December 13, 2016): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Windows Uniscribe. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user visits a specially crafted website or opens a specially crafted...

Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (December 13, 2016): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user either visits a specially crafted website or...

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I am running Windows 10 and Internet Explorer. I have depended on Windows Defender to protect me from virus , malware, Trojans, etc. But, my system became infected with safesear.ch. Windows defender did not detect this virus. I used Malware Bytes to remove it. So, what anti virus would you...