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How to deal with possibility of viruses on Dropbox, Google Drive, external hard drive, etc?
For home use, what is the best way to deal with viruses that could be on external storage, which seems like a great way for hackers to persist on your system even after a reformat. Maybe the best ...
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What to do with an APK file containing Swf.Exploit.CVE_2015_0323-1 and ELF File?
I received an APK file from a source. Prior to installation, I ran a virus scan on it. The result had following main features:
The file contained Swf.Exploit.CVE_2015_0323-1
It required android....
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Buzzfeed just downloaded a binary file to my PC, unasked
The file is binary, named '96748', and it's 12.8kb in size. Ubuntu thinks it's an swf. Thank god I was in a Linux VM and not Windows. It doesn't seem to have done anything, and it's just sitting there ...
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Is Adobe Flash Player installer redirect due to a malware?
When I go to http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ 'Install Now' will redirect me to their homepage without downloading the update or any explanation.
What could be going on? Is some malware ...
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How is it possible that a virus can infect the system if the browser is started with non-admin rights
If I open my web browser (for example firefox) in Windows 7 with activated UAC as normal user (non admin) a virus - which uses a security leak in my browser - will only gets privileges of the normal ...
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What is a Flash drive by download?
I've seen many people saying how some sites can infect your computer without actually clicking anything. They said that it was a "Flash Drive By" and it would use flash to download a file of any kind. ...
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