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General Computer Support / Re: Backdoor malware encounters

« on: July 14, 2017, 06:05:15 am »

The site is blocked for me 

Not sure who to thank? OpenDNS, or one of my filter  lists on uBlock Origin, but it shows something is doing it's job 

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General Computer Support / Re: cloning or imaging which is best for restore in the even of hdd failure

« on: July 14, 2017, 05:53:07 am »

No, unlees you have chosen to save documents or data files on D

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General Computer Support / Re: cloning or imaging which is best for restore in the even of hdd failure

« on: July 14, 2017, 05:46:35 am »

No, programs should be installed on the same drive or partition as your OS.

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General Computer Support / Re: cloning or imaging which is best for restore in the even of hdd failure

« on: July 14, 2017, 05:24:38 am »

The short answer is  "Yes" 

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General Computer Support / Re: cloning or imaging which is best for restore in the even of hdd failure

« on: July 14, 2017, 05:03:49 am »

OK so the same as my set up....OS and programs on C and data etc on D

Use macrium to image C and just copy files and folders from D to your external HDD, no need to use Macrium for that.

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General Computer Support / Re: cloning or imaging which is best for restore in the even of hdd failure

« on: July 14, 2017, 04:55:48 am »

I don't understand, post a screenshot

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General Computer Support / Re: cloning or imaging which is best for restore in the even of hdd failure

« on: July 14, 2017, 04:47:10 am »

Is D a partition on the same drive as C or is it a separate physical drive?

Actually I do have a second Physical HDD on this PC, I use it simply for DATA storage (Music)...If your situation is the same then you can simply copy these files/ folders to your external HDD without using Macrium

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General Computer Support / Re: cloning or imaging which is best for restore in the even of hdd failure

« on: July 13, 2017, 09:15:03 am »

Select as per my screen shot. It will image the whole drive. You do not have to select files or folders.

The WAIK (Windows automatic Installion Kit) is used to build the PE (Windows Pre Installion environment) in which the revovery/ rescue media runs. think of it as a portable mini Windows OS.

When you create the rescue medis, the wizard will guide through each step.

If your PC will not boot from USB then just burn the rescue media to a CD/ DVD 

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General Computer Support / Re: cloning or imaging which is best for restore in the even of hdd failure

« on: July 13, 2017, 06:16:52 am »

12 refers to the number of backups to keep... forget it, don't create a schedule, do it manually...say once a month.

Entire drive is evrything on that drive, ie all partitions shown and hidden,

Veryfy will take longer but will check the integrity of the backup, I have it checked, but it will take longer depends on how much you have on the drive.

The uSB that you create should be bootable without further interaction from you, you can create it before or after the backup, then test it and if it does n't boot we can return to it later. Be aware that the WAIK filews required to create the WinPE rescue media are about 150MB but the wizard will guide you through it.

You do NOT select ALL drives, just the one that you wish to image, it will copy the OS , all programs and data at the time it is taken.

NB before a backup I like to do a little housekeeping first, scan with AV, run Cclenaer and Defrag the drive that i am going to image...maybe unnecessary but it is up to you.

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General Computer Support / Re: cloning or imaging which is best for restore in the even of hdd failure

« on: July 13, 2017, 05:21:25 am »

In this case J, you will want to create a full image (forget about cloning for now...)

Imaging tutorial http://kb.macrium.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50074.aspx

You will then need to create a rescue media (USB as he has no functioning CD/ DVD drive) and test it to check it works,

http://kb.macrium.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50210.aspx

PS for rescue media to work on XP and Windows 7, which is what you want? Use Win PE 3.1 when creating the rescue USB.

http://reflect.macrium.com/help/v5/how_to/rescue/create_a_standard_windows_pe_rescue_environment.htm

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Everything Else / Re: Free viewing of astonishing documentary

« on: July 11, 2017, 07:26:52 am »

To balance the argument people may also be intersted to read here...

https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-truth-about-cancer-series-is-untruthful-about-cancer/

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General Computer Support / Re: How to get protection of DOS attack against udpEcho Chargen attack?

« on: June 24, 2017, 05:47:02 am »

J, Hi.

Shane does n't do any security tools, at least I'm not aware of any.

But if you have updated to the latest firmware, and disabled "Respond to Ping", then you have done all that you can as far as security goes, and that is more than most users do 

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Tweaking.com Support & Help / Re: Tweaking.com - Windows Repair v3.9.35 fails at Repair stage

« on: June 24, 2017, 05:21:56 am »

Going by your memory usage it looks like you are not running the repairs in "safe mode", which is the recommended method.

Follow all the steps, registry backup etc and then "Safe Mode".

NB See this post, re updates for Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
http://www.tweaking.com/forums/index.php/topic,5339.msg39229.html#new

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Everything Else / Heads Up! XP and Legacy OS users

« on: June 23, 2017, 12:16:52 pm »

MS have put out a load of updates this month for XP and other Legacy OS, Win 8 and Vista to counter against an "elevated risk of cyberattacks by government organizations"...."These security updates are being made available to all customers, including those using older versions of Windows." - Adrienne Hall, general manager of crisis management at Microsoft. More info here...http://www.techrepublic.com/article/new-windows-xp-patch-microsoft-issues-extraordinary-fix-to-protect-pcs-against-next-wannacry/

List of updates for XP in the link below. Not available via auto updates, but can be obtained from the Microsoft Update Catalog.

http://windowssecrets.com/windows-secrets/got-xp-get-your-patches/
 
EDIT Full list for XP, Vista, Server 2003 and Windows 8 issued 13th june 2017 here...
https://support.microsoft.com/en-za/help/4025687/microsoft-security-advisory-4025685-guidance-for-older-platforms#!%2Fen-za%2Fhelp%2F4025687%2Fmicrosoft-security-advisory-4025685-guidance-for-older-platforms

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General Computer Support / Re: How to get protection of DOS attack against udpEcho Chargen attack?

« on: June 23, 2017, 08:54:43 am »

J, FYI the CIA used "CherryBlossom" to hack a whole bunch of routers. A full list here....

https://wikileaks.org/vault7/document/WiFi_Devices/WiFi_Devices.pdf

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Everything Else / Re: Turn app off

« on: June 05, 2017, 02:02:13 pm »

Go into the program settings and uncheck "Launch Tray Icon At Program Startup" 

To permanently hide the icon, you can toggle it off from Settings - Personalisation - Taskbar - select the WR  icon.

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Tweaking.com Support & Help / Re: TCRB on Windows 10 issue.

« on: May 31, 2017, 09:11:00 am »

I'm pretty sure that it was changed so the fallback was the default so that users could back up their registry before using the repair program even if the VSC was broken. Which may have been the reason for them using the repair program in the first place. I take that it is working OK for you now?

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Tweaking.com Support & Help / Re: TCRB on Windows 10 issue.

« on: May 28, 2017, 12:07:06 pm »

The fallback method is the default, to use VSC uncheck "Always use Fallback backup method Instead of Volume Shadow Copy" in Advanced settings.

See screenshot attached.

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General Computer Support / Re: how change of dns, nullifies the vulnerability

« on: May 27, 2017, 09:03:20 am »

Hi, Samson, i have power cuts and so , i think , my ip will be changing on every log on, as provided by the service provider. Do this tool, also changes dns server ip in router also.                   

Simple static IP changer changes your LOCAL IP address NOT that assigned by your ISP.

The DNS changer program changes the DNS on selected adapter, NOT the router.

When assigning a static IP address in the computer, it's best to do it outside of the DHCP range as the router can still assign that IP address to another device and that would cause an IP address conflict where neither device would be able to connect.

"Under normal setups going through all the trouble is a waste of time.

Most routers start giving out IPs at .100 or .1 depending on the router. By always doing the higher end such as .200 or higher it is 99% safe to do. In 17 years of setting up networks I have never seen enough devices hooked up to a home router that I have ever seen the dhcp get past .200 on handing out IPs. That would be over 100 devices hooked up, home routers can only handle so many connections before you have to upgrade to a business grade router to handle so many connections.

While there is a small chance certain routers may be set to give IPs starting that high there is a 99% chance most routers don't. I have yet to run into a single IP conflicted using the higher ranges.

So save the user a unneeded step and just use the higher ranger of .200 and above.

Your choice

Shane"  http://forums.pcwintech.com/index.php/topic,4114.msg32059.html#msg32059

I can only confirm what Shane has written, and his 2 programs that I have linked to are by far and away the easiest way to do both, ie set a static IP address on the local network and change DNS on network adapters.

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General Computer Support / Re: how change of dns, nullifies the vulnerability

« on: May 27, 2017, 04:41:01 am »

J, As this is a hardwired desktop PC, consider setting a static IP address for it on your LAN, avoids any DHCP issues 

Shane's tool, Simple Static IP v.1.3.0  makes it a breeze to do 

http://www.pcwintech.com/simple-static-ip

And Tweaking.com - Change DNS Servers makes changing your DNS equally simple too 

http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/tweaking_com_change_dns_servers.html

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General Computer Support / Re: how change of dns, nullifies the vulnerability

« on: May 21, 2017, 03:18:46 am »

J, that log means nothing to me.

I would ask that you set your NIC adapter settings to obtain dns addresses automatically and then open a CMD prompt and enter "ipconfig /all" (without the "s and post the result. So that I can compare your ISP's default DNS servers to see if they are using Yandex DNS as per the yandex DNS site that I linked to. If OpenDNS or Google works, why not just do that?

EDIT J, If you are unhappy with the help, or lack of it on the Avast forum, then you can request help directly on your DNS hijacking issue with Avast by raisng a support ticket. Click on "support" in the Avast GUI and select "request support", here you will be able to upload scan logs too. Screenshot is of an older version of Avast, but likely to be similar.

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General Computer Support / Re: XP task manager opens, but menus are missing like applications etc

« on: May 21, 2017, 03:12:02 am »

Here you go ...
http://www.tweaking.com/forums/index.php/topic,426.msg3029.html#msg3029

Edit: Boggin beat me to it 

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General Computer Support / Re: how change of dns, nullifies the vulnerability

« on: May 20, 2017, 09:34:52 am »

What I meant was....Compare your ISP DNS server addresses in your router with those on the Yandex site, this will establish if your ISP is using its own DNS or Yandex 

As for the F Secure scan, wait and see what they come up with, maybe just busy and unable to complete the scan?

If OpenDNS works for you, then stick with it, like I said it is my personal choice, fast, reliable, offers a degree of protection from phishing and maliciou s websites. I won't touch anything to do with Google myself 

PS each time that you change DNS servers you may want to clear your DNS cache, open a CMD prompt and enter " ipconfig /flushdns" (without the "s).

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General Computer Support / Re: how change of dns, nullifies the vulnerability

« on: May 20, 2017, 08:47:25 am »

Hi J, first off I have been following your thread on the Avast forum. I think that you have been badly treated by some of the folks over there 

I use an old version of Avast (without the wifi scanner), but I'll try and help.

Here is a good article on DNS hijacking.
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/what-is-dns-hijacking-prevention

As for the entries for yandex.ru and VK.com, it may be that your ISP is using these as their default DNS servers, check the details that appear in your adapter settings with those on this page when you channge to "obtain automatically".
https://dns.yandex.com/

Those in the Avast forum are "fanboys" of Avast and may not be willing to accept that Avast maybe giving a false positive result, so try another scanner, here.
https://campaigns.f-secure.com/router-checker/en_global/

Personally I use OpenDNS.

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General Computer Support / Re: How to solve this scam? Volume does not contain a recognized file system?

« on: May 18, 2017, 03:51:34 am »

Until you solve this problem, wanna-cry will never go away!

Got it?

I don't think that you put all the blame on MS. they actually did a good job, even patching unsupported OS like XP and Win 8.

Part of the problem is the govt agencies, such as the NSA stockpiling exploits and only notifying MS when they get stolen and get into the hands of the bad guys.