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FakeNoose

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52. Make sure you're disconnected from the internet before uninstalling

Mon Jul 31, 2017, 03:08 PM

Jul 2017

You have to download a new antivirus/security software first, but don't install it yet.

Disconnect from the internet (or turn off the router), then uninstall the Kasperksy software. Make sure it's all deleted from your system.

Install the new anti-virus/security software and make sure it's running before reconnecting to your network or internet (turn router back on). I've relied on Norton for many years but there are other good ones out there. The good ones all cost money, don't skimp on security. The good ones have continual updating and checking of malware definitions.

Good luck!

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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