Sunday, May 17, 2015

Malware

I did an upgrade to my computer last week. I got everything up and running, all of my software installed, and all was fine.
Until this morning.

I woke up to find that I was infected with a malicious program called Startpoint. It was nasty. It high jacked my internet browser, and according to online sources, it is also a keylogger and leaves your system open to numerous exploits.

I tried quite a few tricks to rid myself of it. Following online directions didn't work- using three different anti virus programs didn't work. I tried editing the registry directly, that didn't work.

Finally, I used Malware Bytes. That did the trick. It found 6 entries in the Registry that I had missed, along with two files that reinstalled the program every time it was deleted.

1 comment:

  1. Malwarebytes, Spy Blaster, Spybot Search and Destroy, CCleaner help keep my computer safe.
    Selene

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