The U.S. Department of Homeland Security virus....removal tool

wayne3burk
wayne3burk Posts: 939
edited June 2013 in The Clubhouse
If you get the U.S. Department of Homeland Security "US Department of homeland Security
Homeland Security
National Cyber Security Division
THIS COMPUTER HAS BEEN BLOCKED"

look for the HitmanPro Kickstart program to make a bootable antivirus USB thumbdrive.

It works wonders.
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited June 2013
    What lol?
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  • DaveHo
    DaveHo Posts: 3,508
    edited June 2013
    Between this & this: http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?149651-lt-prism-gt-Always-put-your-internet-searches-emails-chats-amp-communications..-lt-prism-gt

    I think someone's gone off the deep end.
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited June 2013
    Agreed
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  • wayne3burk
    wayne3burk Posts: 939
    edited June 2013
    polkfarmboy wrote: »
    What lol?

    no really -- there is a pesky malware trojan out there. My brother-in-law managed to trip across it yesterday with my spare laptop.

    Here's the link
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  • vmaxer
    vmaxer Posts: 5,117
    edited June 2013
    Wow, what do people get out of doing this type of things??

    It seems odd that Mac don't seem to have the same issues??
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  • ZLTFUL
    ZLTFUL Posts: 5,648
    edited June 2013
    vmaxer wrote: »
    Wow, what do people get out of doing this type of things??

    It seems odd that Mac don't seem to have the same issues??

    Actually, Mac viruses are just as prevelant...per capita. But you have to remember that Macs also make up a significantly smalled portion of the computers out there in cyber world. Having been a security/AV admin for a couple of very large corporations, even IOS and Android have threats out there...it isn't just the PC/Mac world.
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  • ZLTFUL
    ZLTFUL Posts: 5,648
    edited June 2013
    Also wanted to mention that cyber crimes are handled by the FBI, not the Dept of Homeland Security. Even the NSA has less hands on with cyber-crimes than the FBI. So if you get anything that says something like Homeland Security and Cyber whatever in the same sentence, you can rest easy knowing it is most likely a phishing attempt.
    "Some people find it easier to be conceited rather than correct."

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  • vmaxer
    vmaxer Posts: 5,117
    edited June 2013
    ZLTFUL wrote: »
    Actually, Mac viruses are just as prevelant...per capita. But you have to remember that Macs also make up a significantly smalled portion of the computers out there in cyber world. Having been a security/AV admin for a couple of very large corporations, even IOS and Android have threats out there...it isn't just the PC/Mac world.

    Ok, sounds like you would know. I have just heard and read they didn't have these issues.

    Thanks
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  • ZLTFUL
    ZLTFUL Posts: 5,648
    edited June 2013
    vmaxer wrote: »
    Ok, sounds like you would know. I have just heard and read they didn't have these issues.

    Thanks

    I have RSS feeds for virus definition releases from all the major AV vendors that provide both Mac and Windows products. PCs get anywhere from 10-20 new definition releases per day while Mac gets 3-5 and Android/IOS get 1-2 per.
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  • ZLTFUL
    ZLTFUL Posts: 5,648
    edited June 2013
    Lasareath wrote: »
    I have a client who paid the $59.95 and then called me asking why it didn't fix his PC! LMAO!!!

    Yup...my mom did that to me. And because it was my mom, I got to laugh and laugh and laugh...
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  • DMara
    DMara Posts: 1,434
    edited June 2013
    ZLTFUL wrote: »
    Also wanted to mention that cyber crimes are handled by the FBI, not the Dept of Homeland Security. Even the NSA has less hands on with cyber-crimes than the FBI. So if you get anything that says something like Homeland Security and Cyber whatever in the same sentence, you can rest easy knowing it is most likely a phishing attempt.

    Don't worry, they did include the FBI :lol:
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  • dudeinaroom
    dudeinaroom Posts: 3,609
    edited June 2013
    I got the FBI one a few months back. All I had to do was boot into safe mode and restore to the previous day.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,958
    edited June 2013
    LOL....go figure, a government agency considered a virus. I'm down with that.:smile:
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