Dr Guy

Dr Guy

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Reply to Cryptowall Trojan in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

[quote who="ElanaAhova" reply="17" id="3474941"]in grammar school. [/quote] Mine was middle (Jr High) school. I guess that makes me older than you. ;-)

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Reply to Big changes coming to Windows code. Bravo! in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

[quote who="starkers" reply="16" id="3474035"]The core of Windows 8 is based on Windows 7, but with a few additions and some omissions,[/quote] I was not talking about the core - just the UI. Windows 8/8.1 sucks. Half the applications open in their own window with no exit button (or menu). The restored Start button is a joke as it takes you to the start screen (the Stardock fix at least makes it easier to digest). Microsoft thinks everyone wants the same UI, wh

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Reply to Hillary for president in Republican JoeUser Forums

Paladin, we are not in disagreement. You seemed to think that Hillary was the only incompetent one that would seek the job. I stated there were enough on both side (parties) to seek it and the baggage Hillary carries would probably preclude her from winning. I agree with your general assessment. However, JFK would not have made the mess of Vietnam that LBJ did (the little general). JFK was a throw back to the old school - perhaps right, perhaps wrong - that d

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Reply to Cryptowall Trojan in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="12" id="3473964"]NEVER put personal data especially with you Social Security number, taxes. etc. in the Cloud! Put it on an external drive with redundancy.[/quote] Actually, I do have faith in the encryption of services like Mozy and Carbonite. But no, I have not ventured there yet. I do use an external drive, encrypted. Besides, the NSA already has all my data.

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Reply to Hillary for president in Republican JoeUser Forums

[quote]So back to my question, what COMPETENT politician would be dumb enough to take the job? [/quote] Who said there were not a lot of incompetent ones on both sides?

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Reply to Cryptowall Trojan in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

[quote who="starkers" reply="6" id="3473512"]Even when I am expecting a delivery from an online purchase, I go directly to the shipping company's website [/quote] So do I - even when I know it is (or think it is) legitimate. The website is going to be more up to date in any event.

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Reply to Cryptowall Trojan in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="5" id="3473006"]Sorry for my ignorance, bgartlover...but what's SM? Skype Messenger?[/quote] I am with the Doc. I am unfamiliar with the abbreviation.

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Reply to Cryptowall Trojan in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

[quote who="Jafo" reply="4" id="3472989"]I've had a few 'shipping notices' lately[/quote] I have been getting a lot of court notices (not too many shipping ones). I guess it is the area you live in which tact they try. But I know (since my wife is in the profession) that no court in the land is going to send you a notice in email!

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Reply to Cryptowall Trojan in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="2" id="3472968"]You'd best enlarge the size of your allowable shadow storage or if reinfection occurs, you might not be able to recover the newer data. [/quote] That is what I am doing. With hard drive sizes being ridiculously large, only people storing high def video need even a fraction of it. Sorry I missed your early column. Or maybe not. I might have despaired if I had read that first!

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Reply to Cryptowall Trojan in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

[quote who="Uvah" reply="1" id="3472958"] Fortunately I have nothing worth stealing.[/quote] You would be surprised what you can amass in data. it really is a good idea to use cloud storage for at least your old tax returns, emails, pictures, etc.

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Reply to New virus CryptoDefender is worse than CryptoLocker. UPDATE. in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

Followed your link (I really have to visit JU more often). Ouch! Looks like my client got very lucky (although I was surprised it worked). As I indicated, the network shares were fine due to a back up, but very few back up their personal computers. And Churches are not known for their largess in salaries (unless your name is Jim Bakker ;-) ).

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Cryptowall Trojan in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

I recently was blessed with a user who was fooled by an email about a package and tracking. The email of course had nothing to do with a shipping company, but contained Cryptowall, a variant of the Cryptodefender trojan. And it was methodical. After basically locking them out of all their databases for a day while it did its business, it popped up the obligatory message about all the files being encrypted with an RSA 2048 key, and if you did not give them $500 in bitcoins (t

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Reply to Saving a wet phone or tablet in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

[quote who="ElanaAhova" reply="8" id="3453429"]i did, 2 years ago, 'save' a cell phone after swimming with it (accidentally) [/quote] Elana - are you really my wife? ;-) She did the same thing.

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Reply to Saving a wet phone or tablet in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="7" id="3453258"]SJN - That doesn't work...rice isn't hygroscopic enough. Silica gel (when absolutely dry is... The real problem is that no one has done a really well designed experiment to test. What we're left with is anecdotal reports...[/quote] I was going to suggest that, but thanks for the tip. How about another question. Most people do not leave the silica gel packs lying around. But they do mak

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