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Bettie

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47. We don't.

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Original post)

Mon Jul 31, 2017, 01:17 PM

Jul 2017

My beloved geeky husband is very careful about what is on our PCs.

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I assumed people here knew, do you use KASPERSKY LABS on your PC? URGENT!! URGENT!! [View all] Eliot Rosewater Jul 2017 OP

Wbat Is The Recommendation for Getting Kaspersky Off A Computer And.... global1 Jul 2017 #1

Is Kaspersky the main security or is it a malwarebytes thing, if Eliot Rosewater Jul 2017 #3

Windows Defender should kick in when you uninstall your current antivirus program teach1st Jul 2017 #9

I use F-Secure. It's from Finland bitterross Jul 2017 #30

This message was self-deleted by its author Doc Coco Jul 2017 #40

Finland? Aren't you afraid they'll throw the master switch on their software and FSogol Jul 2017 #45

LOL! Considering we're eating shit from Russia now it might be an improvement. bitterross Jul 2017 #46

They will loot your fisk Warren DeMontague Jul 2017 #49

Don't blame me when the fast food places start serving these: FSogol Jul 2017 #50

! beam me up scottie Jul 2017 #53

Make sure you're disconnected from the internet before uninstalling FakeNoose Jul 2017 #52

republican collusion with russia has left America wide open for more Achilleaze Jul 2017 #2

+1,000, yes, 17 US Intelligence Agencies. Great post. R B Garr Jul 2017 #7

I doubt a simple uninstall would do anything. Malware could easily be left behind. Oneironaut Jul 2017 #4

A quick serch will reveal removal instructions. Ccleaner and Malwarebytes work well together. TheBlackAdder Jul 2017 #41

Hmm...I've never had an Kaspersky products on MineralMan Jul 2017 #5

I dont know enough about puters to know the "how" but I know you agree people Eliot Rosewater Jul 2017 #6

Clearly, you are probably not completely informed. MineralMan Jul 2017 #8

You are right, I am not a specialist so I cant tell people how to fix it, only that the risk Eliot Rosewater Jul 2017 #10

My point, exactly. Perhaps sounding the "alarm" isn't such MineralMan Jul 2017 #12

But how is it so many people here you KNOW have this system running and Eliot Rosewater Jul 2017 #13

How come so many people here visit clickbait websites MineralMan Jul 2017 #17

did you see this? Eliot Rosewater Jul 2017 #19

I'm not going to spend 12 minutes watching that. MineralMan Jul 2017 #21

There's sounding the alarm BannonsLiver Jul 2017 #15

Call Congress Right Fucking Now! MineralMan Jul 2017 #18

Lol! cwydro Jul 2017 #22

Several intelligence heads testifying before congress are clearly worried about it. lostnfound Jul 2017 #14

A simple google search will provide information MineralMan Jul 2017 #16

I have a mac now and don't use it. But I help a couple of people with theirs... lostnfound Jul 2017 #37

You'd have a better chance of finding a method MineralMan Jul 2017 #20

Great info. Congress has already been called. R B Garr Jul 2017 #23

Never touched that hacker shit. miyazaki Jul 2017 #11

Get an iMac. Problem solved. n/t mobeau69 Jul 2017 #24

Ho.....my "computer" is currently a 4" Gabi Hayes Jul 2017 #27

because everyone has that kind of money Skittles Jul 2017 #32

That was true years back, when Mac OS wasn't widely used. Now antivirus programs are needed. TheBlackAdder Jul 2017 #42

Coke vs. Pepsi is so passe... LanternWaste Jul 2017 #51

Good lord the hype is unbelievable Egnever Jul 2017 #25

Latest conspiracy theory. Similar to bush era, "terror, terror, terror," except aimed at Ruskies. Hoyt Jul 2017 #26

kick nt lillypaddle Jul 2017 #28

Symantic/Norton myself GetRidOfThem Jul 2017 #29

IMMEDIATELY SET YOUR HAIR ON FIRE TO AVOID GETTING COLD THIS WINTER! FreepFryer Jul 2017 #31

I dunno, a country that gave us Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky and method acting ucrdem Jul 2017 #33

People may have been played for quite some time. fleabiscuit Jul 2017 #34

The best rule of thumb is this Lithos Jul 2017 #36

I've never owned any antivirus applications. fleabiscuit Jul 2017 #38

I have pretty much stopped Lithos Jul 2017 #44

A bit emotional in tone Lithos Jul 2017 #35

So what is better, say nothing and be ignorant, or be a bit emotional and say something? Eliot Rosewater Jul 2017 #39

Thanks for posting this link leftstreet Jul 2017 #43

We don't. Bettie Jul 2017 #47

You're helpful, but you could cool the condescending "ASSumed" posts, plural. We discuss many WinkyDink Jul 2017 #48