Virus and malware prevention and removal · 2016-07-20 · VIRUS AND MALWARE PREVENTION AND REMOVAL...

VIRUS AND MALWARE PREVENTION AND REMOVALBY KYLE GRIFFINNETWORK ADMINISTRATORNINESTAR CONNECT

Disclaimer: No matter how good your Antivirus

software is you are always susceptible to a

virus or malware infection

VIRUS AND MALWARE PREVENTION

• Adequate antivirus software

• More secure web browser

• Avoiding unknown websites and advertisements

• Picking out misleading pop ups

• Email Safety

ADEQUATE ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE

• Real time protection!

• Not all free antivirus software is real time

• Keep it up to date!

• Run on a scheduled daily basis

VIPRE

• Auto updates

• Real time protection

• Built in firewall

• Social networking protection

• Link protection

KASPERSKY

• Auto updates

• Real time protection

• Built in Firewall

• Parental controls

• Social networking protection

SECURE WEB BROWSER

Google ChromeMozilla Firefox

AVOID UNKNOWN WEBSITES AND SOFTWARE

• Websites with lots of banner ads

• Usually a good indication this website is there to make money off of you, be leery

• Pay attention to where Hyperlinks will take you

• Your web browser will show you where a link will take you if you hover over with a mouse

WINDOWS THAT POP UP SAYING YOU HAVE VIRUS INFECTIONS OR NEED TO UPDATE SOME SOFTWARE

• Most common cause of virus infection

• Sometimes very tricky

• Antivirus usually does nothing to protect you against this

EMAIL – NEVER OPEN FROM UNKNOWN SENDERS

• Check the “from” or “sender” name

• Could use the link hoover trick shown earlier

VIRUS MALWARE REMOVAL

• Signs of infection

• Rogue Antivirus

•Good free scanners

• Run these three

KNOWING WHEN YOU ARE INFECTED!

• Running poorly, slow and unresponsive

• Lots of popups when on the internet and not

• Unfamiliar antivirus programs

• No internet connection

ROGUE ANTIVIRUS

GOOD FREE ANTIVIRUS SCANNERS

• ComboFix

• Malwarebytes

• Microsoft Security Essentials

COMBO FIX -HTTP://WWW.BLEEPINGCOMPUTER.COM/DOWNLOAD/COMBOFIX/

• Highly invasive

• Very powerful

• Free!

• Command line based

EXAMPLES:

•Microsoft Security Essentials –www.Microsoft.com

• Real time protection

• Comes with Windows 8.1

• Malwarebytes – www.malwarebytes.org• Very good scanner• No Real Time in free version

NINESTAR NERDS

• Virus/Malware Removal

• Hardware Problems

• Network Setups

• Data Backup

• Software/Hardware Diagnostics

• Mobile Device Setup

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