rafiki Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 :grouphug: Wow, that is just awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snickerdoodle Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 Glad you are back. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosaicmind Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 What free anti-virus were you using? We have had AVG for years and it's been great!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mosaicmind Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 That's what we are using. I wonder what happened? We have had AVG for 4yrs now with no problems. It was the anti-virus we were paying for that we had problems with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in OH Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Not only did they not catch it, but couldn't find it. We have a decent paid subscription service with automatic updates, and we had the same thing happen to us recently. Not only did the trojan get in, but the scans didn't detect it once it was in. We used our security company's online tech service where you turn control of your computer to the tech at their service center (in India, in our case), and he fixes the problem while you watch on the screen. While it seems wrong to pay $90 for a service that was caused by a "defect" in the original security program, the work they did was soooo worth it! The virus we had was very persistent, and I had to go back to the techs three times within a one week period, but eventually they got it all. They also removed other adware/spyware that had gotten through and was bogging down my computer. My old computer received a new lease on life! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keptwoman Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 I'm finding more and more on homeschool google searches that there are a lot of suspicious sites coming up and they all have the green AVG "tick" beside them. I've learnt to look at both the description.... the dodgy ones have strings of search terms, sometimes unrelated and the URL will be odd with lots of slashes and letters. I hit a site once but fortunately something on my computer stopped it opening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssbmem Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 Change passwords frequently and check your junk mail file for mail that may have been sent from your address but isn't from you. I have received junk mail from my own email address. What do I need to do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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