Re: Possible hacked computer? Hard to tell if the notice is real or is the hack itself
I¡¯m sure that it wouldn¡¯t, because Virus Barrier doesn¡¯t install anything deep in your System, so there would be nothing to cause a conflict. But the point is that Sophos is like a time bomb on
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Randy B. Singer
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Re: Possible hacked computer? Hard to tell if the notice is real or is the hack itself
Thanks for the valuable info, Randy. I've had Sophos for so long that I have an automatic disincentive to switching. But I'll certainly think about it now. Do you know what would happen if I installed
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J_Catlady <JanetOliviaCatlady@...>
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Re: Pop Up Message
How to fix your network when you see ¡®Another device is using your IP address¡¯ on a Mac
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Randy B. Singer
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Re: Possible hacked computer? Hard to tell if the notice is real or is the hack itself
Personally, I try my best to ward people away from BOTH Sophos, and Malwarebytes. I try to keep people away from Sophos because I hear from an inordinate number of folks who, after we have done some
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Randy B. Singer
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Re: Possible hacked computer? Hard to tell if the notice is real or is the hack itself
Nice to know.
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J_Catlady <JanetOliviaCatlady@...>
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Re: Possible hacked computer? Hard to tell if the notice is real or is the hack itself
You should always force an update before you start doing a specific scan. You seem to be taking a lot on trust. cjc
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Christopher Collins
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Re: Possible hacked computer? Hard to tell if the notice is real or is the hack itself
I think it updates automatically. I've never purposely updated it. [email protected]> wrote:
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J_Catlady <JanetOliviaCatlady@...>
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Re: Possible hacked computer? Hard to tell if the notice is real or is the hack itself
Did you update Sophia before you ran the scan?? cjc
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Christopher Collins
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Re: Possible hacked computer? Hard to tell if the notice is real or is the hack itself
I told you my OS twice LOL. And yes, I was guessing that it prevented the download and that's why Sophos didn't find it. Said all of that a couple of times. Thanks for your help. -- Janet
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J_Catlady <JanetOliviaCatlady@...>
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Re: Possible hacked computer? Hard to tell if the notice is real or is the hack itself
A human cannot react fast enough to beat a computer. It was probably not a download, but phoning home, found another victim. There is no Apple Defense or Defender. It sounds like the push notification
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Brent
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Re: Possible hacked computer? Hard to tell if the notice is real or is the hack itself
The Apple OS that you won¡¯t tell me about, most likely prevented a download. So you won¡¯t find it, like I assume Sophos told you. You can't find something that is not there Like I said, there are
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Brent
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Re: Possible hacked computer? Hard to tell if the notice is real or is the hack itself
Sorry for the perceived lack of clarity. As I attempted to explain, 1.? I opened a suspicious email.? It started to download something. I immediately closed and dumped the email, presumably
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J_Catlady <JanetOliviaCatlady@...>
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Re: Possible hacked computer? Hard to tell if the notice is real or is the hack itself
Right in your first paragraph, you said it was a suspicious email, so how could it look like a warning from Apple? Yes, they tried to use social engineering, poorly. But your first question as you are
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Brent
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Re: Possible hacked computer? Hard to tell if the notice is real or is the hack itself
Where does Apple recommend any AV or Adware app? It was not an ad. It was email. Malwarebytes deals with adware. What device and what OS was this on, so I can get an idea of the built-in AV you have.
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Brent
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Re: Possible hacked computer? Hard to tell if the notice is real or is the hack itself
It was not necessarily an email but that¡¯s what I concluded. In any event, if it was the email, it seems to have downloaded something - maybe I didn¡¯t stop the download in time. The warning
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J_Catlady <JanetOliviaCatlady@...>
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Re: Possible hacked computer? Hard to tell if the notice is real or is the hack itself
It came in an email, so no very urgent, but the message was urgent. Fake! It was not an ad, but an email. Fake! There is a new threat that neither anti-viral and adware cannot detect. It is push
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Brent
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Re: Possible hacked computer? Hard to tell if the notice is real or is the hack itself
You are most welcome! ? One WANTS a negative result - I was simply showing what you should get as a result if you have no infection(s). D.
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David G Brooks
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Re: Possible hacked computer? Hard to tell if the notice is real or is the hack itself
ps of course no remote scanning. But I think the notice is made to look like it¡¯s coming from the built-in Apple protection you frequently talk about.
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J_Catlady <JanetOliviaCatlady@...>
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Re: Possible hacked computer? Hard to tell if the notice is real or is the hack itself
Right, Brent, you mentioned that before about not needing anything extra. But David says Apple recommends malware bytes (?) and also, what caused the fake notice and how do I prevent it (and things
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J_Catlady <JanetOliviaCatlady@...>
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Re: Possible hacked computer? Hard to tell if the notice is real or is the hack itself
In that case there¡¯s no significance to your negative result. ?? But thanks for all the info!
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J_Catlady <JanetOliviaCatlady@...>
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