:: Virus Removal and Guide ::

[Electronic DF Member Posts:288 Threads:22 Reputation 12]

I assume you're all here because you're encountering issues with your PC/Mac and would like to solve the issues that are occurring within your
lovely machine. Before I get into this I would like to tell you what we'll be going through. At first I'll give you a brief summary of what a Virus and Malware is.
Assuming you both believe these are the exact same things, they are not.




Malware is a term broadly used to define certain types of intrusion software, these soft-wares include: Trojans, adware, spyware, ransom ware and last but not least, scare ware. Malware is any software that is used to disrupt a the usage of a computer and gather personal data. Malware may be very hard to find and is hard to find as it is intended to steal information on computer users for an extended period without the users consent or knowledge.





A computer virus is a Malware program that when executed by a user, replicated itself into certain directories and programs. Essentially like a human virus. It penetrates the system fibers and data disks and can steal a computers CPU (energy) and hard disk space. Viruses can log key strokes, however not all viruses carry a destructive payload or attempt to hide themselves. The one and only defining characteristic that makes a Virus and other Malware programs different is that they are self-replicating computer programs that install themselves without user consent.




You can prevent these harmful software programs by using certain soft-wares such as; Sandboxie, Anti-Virus software, Anti-Malware and File Locks. We'll go through each of these and my recommended programs that can help keep your computer clean.

SandBoxie - SandBoxie uses isolation technology to separate programs from an underlying OS to prevent unwanted changes from happening to your personal data, programs or applications that rest on your hard drive.

In simpler terms, if you download a new file and are worried about it being a virus. Run it on Sandboxie and the program will be isolated on its on and be put into a simulated environment.

Sandboxie also protects your browser if you run Mozilla, Chrome or Safari through it. It does this by isolating all incoming connections through the browser and the viruses stay in that simulation.

Note: Sandboxie can't prevent RATs. We'll be discussing that later on.




Anti-Malware is certainly one of the most important programs you could need on your PC as it scans for registry errors and bugs within your system that a virus may have left behind when you clear it with an Anti-Virus. This is the defining feature in Anti-Malware such as MalwareBytes.

MalwareBytes - is probably the most influential and best Anti-Malware program out there. There may be many more but in my opinion this one is the best so there's no need for me to look up any others.





AVG- Anti-Virus is almost a must need for keeping your PC safe and secure. AVG is probably the most influential one of these as BitDefender and Avast are good. The difference between those and AVG; It scans for new viruses on your PC and stores them in a Database so when someone happens to get that same virus it gets picked up faster and more easily. This is why it's difficult for crypted malicious files to get past AVG because the Database is constantly being updated.




I have a few more tips and tricks, I will add them later!
Be safe everyone!

[BigDaddyyHD Destiney My Queen Posts:639 Threads:57 Reputation 16]

Very nice thread bud :) Keep up the good work !

[Grunge DF Member Posts:357 Threads:30 Reputation 21]

Nice share man! I didn't know that about AVG.

[Ghost Knowledge is power. Posts:314 Threads:9 Reputation 32]

Nice Bro, will help some people out for sure.

[Senpai DF Member Posts:441 Threads:60 Reputation 36]

Awesome Thread Electro!

[123 DF Member Posts:474 Threads:41 Reputation 13]

Thanks for this great thread definitely helped out some people

[B74k DF Member Posts:11 Threads:2 Reputation 0]

One thing is to just run the stuff on a virtual machine as not all piece of softwares is allowed to be ran inside of a sandbox. Sandboxie had a few 0day exploits in the past.
If you really want to be secure. Start using unix. Learn reverse engineering (assembly. Malware analysis). Use your brain. Having antimalware on your pc, doesn't work quite well these days.

[Electronic DF Member Posts:288 Threads:22 Reputation 12]

One thing is to just run the stuff on a virtual machine as not all piece of softwares is allowed to be ran inside of a sandbox. Sandboxie had a few 0day exploits in the past.
If you really want to be secure. Start using unix. Learn reverse engineering (assembly. Malware analysis). Use your brain. Having antimalware on your pc, doesn't work quite well these days.

Yeah, but a lot of people don't know how to run off a JVM or VM in general so they need to rely on these programs. I'll be adding more to this eventually. Just haven't had the time.

[B74k DF Member Posts:11 Threads:2 Reputation 0]

One thing is to just run the stuff on a virtual machine as not all piece of softwares is allowed to be ran inside of a sandbox. Sandboxie had a few 0day exploits in the past.
If you really want to be secure. Start using unix. Learn reverse engineering (assembly. Malware analysis). Use your brain. Having antimalware on your pc, doesn't work quite well these days.

Yeah, but a lot of people don't know how to run off a JVM or VM in general so they need to rely on these programs. I'll be adding more to this eventually. Just haven't had the time.

Hit up a torrent site, download win10/osx or even ubuntu which is free. Install Virtual Machine. Make a virtual drive. Boot up with the .iso file. Done. You now have a virtual machine. Virtual Machine is 10x better than using a sandbox.

[123 DF Member Posts:474 Threads:41 Reputation 13]

One thing is to just run the stuff on a virtual machine as not all piece of softwares is allowed to be ran inside of a sandbox. Sandboxie had a few 0day exploits in the past.
If you really want to be secure. Start using unix. Learn reverse engineering (assembly. Malware analysis). Use your brain. Having antimalware on your pc, doesn't work quite well these days.

Yeah, but a lot of people don't know how to run off a JVM or VM in general so they need to rely on these programs. I'll be adding more to this eventually. Just haven't had the time.

Hit up a torrent site, download win10/osx or even ubuntu which is free. Install Virtual Machine. Make a virtual drive. Boot up with the .iso file. Done. You now have a virtual machine. Virtual Machine is 10x better than using a sandbox.

I once heard of an exploit that could somehow get through virtual machines if you don't trust don't download it