by rescuer Moderator ( edited 28 Mar 2014 ) 28 Mar 2014

Tech Tip Viruses and Malware. If your computer is acting strange or you notice pop-ups that will not stop, your computer is probably infected with viruses and/or Malware. In order to fix this, you will need to run an antivirus program that is NOT on your system as the one you have will be unable to detect the issue. That is because the bad stuff has either turned off your protection or allowed itself to be exempt from a scan. Please use one of the links I will provide to do an online scan or a manual scan.

Remember, you should only have ONE active (automatic) antivirus program at a time running on any computer. The links I will provide are manually run -- so they will not conflict with your resident software.

If you have questions -- post them as a comment here in this thread.

5 links:[1] Use the blue (free) link on the left
www.eset.com[2] Use the free tools -- read which one fits your needs
www.kaspersky.com[3] Use the free version on the left (do not get the trial)
www.malwarebytes.org[4] Quick scan
www.bitdefender.com[5] A free solution in case you do not have antivirus software a...
www.bitdefender.com

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Comments (2)

by Leaha 28 Mar 2014

Thanks, for these tips, they are very useful and appropriate for anyone who goes on the web...I'm not sure but what they should now caution; enter at you own risk! :) Leaha

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by muffy 28 Mar 2014

I'm assuming you mean Computer "machine"? As your embroidery machine can't get a virus (or at least nobodies gotten around to creating one...makes no sense as a computer hacker probably could care less about our embroidery machines....a good thing). Don't want to start a panic of people thinking their Embroidery Machine could get infected! :(
Muffy :)

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by rescuer 28 Mar 2014

I will edit the post to make that clear. I wouldn't want anyone to panic. Thanks

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