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[misscrystal]

About Kaspersky Anti Virus: Don’t use that unless you want that program to install it’s own spyware on your computer.

To be honest, I never knew about it until the moment I read @vovkaslovesnyy’s post .

I use Eset.

There was a piece about it on 60 minutes a while back. Apparently it was responsible for a lot of hacking.

[ryukyra]

Long story short – someone calls.

I glance at the screen of my personal cellphone.

+**********

I’ve read about the infected Word and Excel files that come with scripts that run when you open them, but what does has to do with your phone number? How is your phone number connected to your PC? :thinking:

I am glad you had a back-up and that the other user has an antivirus that detect it.

Mod Note: Quoted text edited.

How is your phone number connected to your PC?

I’m pretty sure it’s easy to see through computer data.

My phone number is everywhere on my computer, even on files.

[ryukyra]

About Kaspersky Anti Virus: Don’t use that unless you want that program to install it’s own spyware on your computer. I’m surprised that is still being sold.

About Kaspersky Anti Virus: Don’t use that unless you want that program to install it’s own spyware on your computer.

What do you suggest using?

Windows Defender might not be enough.

[pacquo]

About Kaspersky Anti Virus: Don’t use that unless you want that program to install it’s own spyware on your computer.

What do you suggest using?

Windows Defender might not be enough.

Defender alone on Windows 10 is actually pretty good, and self updating. On Windows there is also a malware removal tool that you can invoke from the command line, mrt.exe.

I am an Ubuntu dude.

[vovkaslovesnyy]

About Kaspersky Anti Virus: Don’t use that unless you want that program to install it’s own spyware on your computer. I’m surprised that is still being sold.

I can’t agree with you. It’s one of the most popular solutions in Russian market.

Even if they install something to track my activities, I wouldn’t mind because the Internet itself is a very transparent thing.

[misscrystal]

I can’t agree with you. It’s one of the most popular solutions in Russian market.

Even if they install something to track my activities, I wouldn’t mind because the Internet itself is a very transparent thing.

I can’t agree with you. It’s one of the most popular solutions in Russian market.

Even if they install something to track my activities, I wouldn’t mind because the Internet itself is a very transparent thing.

In the west we expect our antivirus software to protect us from hacking, not actually hack us.

Of course since it is a Russian company, and you are in Russia, then it may be seen as normal. Different longitudes, different attitudes.

Someday soon maybe Americans will also accept hacking of our personal computers, and everything else as normal. I’m just old fashioned that way.

[designstore7_24]

Thanks for share your experience. It’s really helpful for us.

[vovkaslovesnyy]

I can’t agree with you. It’s one of the most popular solutions in Russian market.

Even if they install something to track my activities, I wouldn’t mind because the Internet itself is a very transparent thing.

In the west we expect our antivirus software to protect us from hacking, not actually hack us.

Of course since it is a Russian company, and you are in Russia, then it may be seen as normal. Different longitudes, different attitudes.

Someday soon maybe Americans will also accept hacking of our personal computers, and everything else as normal. I’m just old fashioned that way.

I respect your opinion, but a report in media doesn’t mean that one of the largest antivirus software developers here is trying to hack your computer. Especially keeping in mind the current relations between our countries. They say a lot of weird things on TV 🙂

[misscrystal]

I respect your opinion, but a report in media doesn’t mean that one of the largest antivirus software developers here is trying to hack your computer. Especially keeping in mind the current relations between our countries. They say a lot of weird things on TV 🙂

a report in media doesn’t mean that one of the largest antivirus software developers here is trying to hack your computer.

We used to trust our media in the U.S. at least when that report came out. Another way things are different. Trusting the media and trusting our anti virus software, things that are uniquely American, or used to be. The report was done as I recall by Leslie Stahl who is someone viewed as trustworthy by most here.

The Pentagon actually used that software and it was found to be spyware. And of course the owner of that company was found to be somehow connected to the Russian government. As I recall he was once trained by the KGB.

From the New York Times:

Exploiting the popular Kaspersky antivirus software, Russian hackers searched millions of computers for American intelligence keywords.

[vovkaslovesnyy]

a report in media doesn’t mean that one of the largest antivirus software developers here is trying to hack your computer.

We used to trust our media in the U.S. at least when that report came out. Another way things are different. Trusting the media and trusting our anti virus software, things that are uniquely American, or used to be. The report was done as I recall by Leslie Stahl who is someone viewed as trustworthy by most here.

The Pentagon actually used that software and it was found to be spyware. And of course the owner of that company was found to be somehow connected to the Russian government. As I recall he was once trained by the KGB.

From the New York Times:

Exploiting the popular Kaspersky antivirus software, Russian hackers searched millions of computers for American intelligence keywords.

I don’t really think this has any connection with the case of the OP.

This software saved me from the encryption of files. Let media do the rest.

I prefer having my own opinion based on the information from both sides.

By the way, that user was blocked by the CS, so I hope other sellers and buyers won’t be affected.

[misscrystal]

I don’t really think this has any connection with the case of the OP.

This software saved me from the encryption of files. Let media do the rest.

I prefer having my own opinion based on the information from both sides.

By the way, that user was blocked by the CS, so I hope other sellers and buyers won’t be affected.

I’ve always enjoyed chatting with people of your country. Thank you for your input in this subject.

[ryukyra]

Defender alone on Windows 10 is actually pretty good, and self updating. On Windows there is also a malware removal tool that you can invoke from the command line, mrt.exe.

I am an Ubuntu dude.

I am an Ubuntu dude.

I was about to install Linux on my older machine.

What are the benefits virus-wise? How is it more secure?

I know that Linux is extremely stable so I might go for it as well.

Thank you,

Arrigo

[pacquo]

I am an Ubuntu dude.

I was about to install Linux on my older machine.

What are the benefits virus-wise? How is it more secure?

I know that Linux is extremely stable so I might go for it as well.

Thank you,

Arrigo

Under several aspects Linux is more secure by design; it’s tough, of course not invulnerable. For an home/office use I would suggest a mainstream distro (Debian, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Mate, Mint). If your pc is very recent or very old you may encounter some problem (wi-fi, power management, function keys). I have installed my system on an SD card (class 10, UHS 1), so I can switch to the original (unaltered) Windows machine at any moment.

[misscrystal]

Under several aspects Linux is more secure by design; it’s tough, of course not invulnerable. For an home/office use I would suggest a mainstream distro (Debian, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Mate, Mint). If your pc is very recent or very old you may encounter some problem (wi-fi, power management, function keys). I have installed my system on an SD card (class 10, UHS 1), so I can switch to the original (unaltered) Windows machine at any moment.

I had a blackmailing trojan one time that took me three days of work to get rid of, and I finally rolled back the operating system to get rid of it, but otherwise no virus has ever penetrated my computers. I’ve been using Windows Defender for years and it only caught one thing.

And for a while I used the computer as a home server for a couple of websites, making it extra vulnerable.

That one thing is a virus or trojan of unknown kind that now is putting up popups it wants to scan my system. So even though that was isolated it is still trying to do something. Not sure how to get rid of it right now. The trojan is on the uninstall file which I tried to use lately so that seemed to activate it.

[coolmn884]

Yikes! Sellers beware!

The messages from that mysterious user already seemed suspicious. The grammar isn’t on par, and there appears to be no profile picture (I’m not sure if it’s that important, but there needs to be more identification of this user.) Might as well check out the profile to see if they’re just brand new.

[mahanadeem13]

Oh myyy… This was huge lesson man…but I’ve not came that far yet to get hacked like you dude 😕 lucky you man… Feel big 😛

[helloscoopz]

Am i just read a novel? 😂

[zeus777]

Wow, that was quite the story.

I had been hacked before ( it was fixed, thank god), but never through Fiverr.
I hope I’ll never go through it.
I do have tech-savvy friends who can help out, but I’d rather not go through the problem.
I’m glad to read that you’ve handled the situation pretty darn well.

The dude calling you “miss” at the very start should have been the first red flag though!
:rofl:

[morganeditor1]

Wow, I had a couple of those when I started out a month ago. Lucky I just reported them (being paranoid comes in useful!)

[manucornel]

About Kaspersky Anti Virus: Don’t use that unless you want that program to install it’s own spyware on your computer.

What do you suggest using?

Windows Defender might not be enough.

What do you suggest using?

You have Mac, right?

Check out AV test, which are independent testing of all antiviruses! You can see the best here:

av-test.org

Test antivirus software for macOS High Sierra - December 2018

The current tests of antivirus software for macOS High Sierra from December 2018 of AV-TEST, the leading international and independent service provider for antivirus software and malware.

[ryukyra]

Wow, that was quite the story.

I had been hacked before ( it was fixed, thank god), but never through Fiverr.

I hope I’ll never go through it.

I do have tech-savvy friends who can help out, but I’d rather not go through the problem.

I’m glad to read that you’ve handled the situation pretty darn well.

The dude calling you “miss” at the very start should have been the first red flag though!

:rofl:

The dude calling you “miss” at the very start should have been the first red flag though!

I know! But Fiverr is busy man!

Everytime I reply I probably have a billion other things to do.

So I just went like whatever, maybe they were talking about my coworkers.

Silly me… But thanks for the comment!

– Arrigo

[ryukyra]

What do you suggest using?

You have Mac, right?

Check out AV test, which are independent testing of all antiviruses! You can see the best here:

av-test.org

Test antivirus software for macOS High Sierra - December 2018

The current tests of antivirus software for macOS High Sierra from December 2018 of AV-TEST, the leading international and independent service provider for antivirus software and malware.

You have Mac, right?

I have both.

I use Mac OS for design stuff.

Windows I use for work-related stuff.

I plan to keep using both, even though I am using my Mac now obviously.

I will start using these online services that you guys are highlighting before downloading files now.

Thank you!

[tanyaj4]

Thank you! really helpful for up and coming freelancers on fiverr, trying to navigate their way through this web!

[genuineguidance]

In the last month, I have received a couple of messages with attachments, which is odd for me. The last one first message was, “I need help”. So, I said, “OK, what is it you need help with so I can direct you to the right Gig I offer.” They replied back with this txt file which I wrote back and asked what was in the file. They got a bit aggressive and demanded I open the file to find out. I wrote back and said, “I do not open files here.” They disappeared after that. I always find it suspicious if someone wants to send me a file considering what I do here. I don’t do picture readings, so I don’t need your picture - and, even if your question or problem has a long backstory, you do not need to have it in some txt file or any file - just copy/paste it into the message box here for me to read. If it is too long, keep copy/pasting. LOL

GG

[catwriter]

In the last month, I have received a couple of messages with attachments, which is odd for me. The last one first message was, “I need help”. So, I said, “OK, what is it you need help with so I can direct you to the right Gig I offer.” They replied back with this txt file which I wrote back and asked what was in the file. They got a bit aggressive and demanded I open the file to find out. I wrote back and said, “I do not open files here.” They disappeared after that. I always find it suspicious if someone wants to send me a file considering what I do here. I don’t do picture readings, so I don’t need your picture - and, even if your question or problem has a long backstory, you do not need to have it in some txt file or any file - just copy/paste it into the message box here for me to read. If it is too long, keep copy/pasting. LOL

GG

They replied back with this txt file which I wrote back and asked what was in the file.

If it was a .txt file, it was most likely with their private contact information, inviting you to contact them outside of Fiverr.