Re: How to prevent your pc from 90% of all malware in 30 seconds
just added new user [w/o admin rights], rebooted. My puter seized, hadta call Geek Squad.
System back up... I now know what it takes to discharge the CMOS settings in my Dell LOL.
Needless to say, new user [w/o admin rights] got deleted.
Currently no malware probs, i said, wtf, I'll try it...
Re: How to prevent your pc from 90% of all malware in 30 seconds
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Originally Posted by spike420211
just added new user [w/o admin rights], rebooted.
My puter seized, hadta call Geek Squad.
When adding a new user, which means a task that is no more complicated than creating a folder with a routine of known files, there's no way that can mess up a healthy system.
System back up... I now know what it takes to discharge the CMOS settings in my Dell LOL.
Resetting the BIOS manually seems in no way an appropriate action for that. Why would you do that?
Needless to say, new user [w/o admin rights] got deleted.
Once a user is created, it doesn't get deleted by the OS magically, seriously.
Maybe the creation of a new user failed, but thats also not very likely.
Currently no malware probs, i said, wtf, I'll try it...
Re: How to prevent your pc from 90% of all malware in 30 seconds
not that its any less stupid, but i think he means that he deleted the new user account because he thought it was the cause of whatever it is he's talking about there.
Re: How to prevent your pc from 90% of all malware in 30 seconds
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Originally Posted by wellju
Spoiler:
unfortunately was...
2 boxes came up on boot.
1 was the original admin acct. [the Dell box];
1 was my new, [non-admin account, [labeled Spike];
side by side, but the keyboard and mouse were locked up/disabled.
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Resetting the BIOS manually seems in no way an appropriate action for that. Why would you do that?
the guy @ Geek Squad told me to do this over the phone. It did
unlock my puter btw.
Re: How to prevent your pc from 90% of all malware in 30 seconds
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Originally Posted by butterfly pony
hmm seems i dont have the rights to install stars again :S
whats up with that!
and yeah wellju, im 99% i made a password on new account
You don't have the rights to turn it on but no popup is asking for your admin pw?
If so, I assume you have UAC switched off.
Log in to your newly created admin account, check if UAC is switched on (settings as high as possible) and also check if the ps client updates are working on the admin account if you find that UAC was on already.
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