Security

Best answer: make your password tougher, but it could just be a phishing SCAM ....................

I had bought this kindle fire off of a person online only to bring it home and find out it has one of those FBI scammer viruses on it. It doesn't have a volume button and I'm unable to get into my settings to soft reset. I've searched throughout the internet and all they tell me is to open the back and press a button, but when I do I can't even find the button they're talking about! Please I really need help with this. Thank you. The model number is D01400

I'm not some hacker that just wants to mess everything up but I do hack single player games to get an advantage on the game but when i head to school i often hear about people in my school recently getting hacked and people think i'm the guy hacking people just because i study programing, so I'm starting to wonder if hacking in general is just overall wrong?

Best answer: Suggestion: Every time you see one of these, click on the flag to report it. THEN in the dialog box, take the top option. In the description box, type "Spammer." If enough of those show up, the implied accounts will be deleted and their mails removed. I think everything starts with Y!A by reporting the offending posts.

Best answer: No no no.
MSE is coming to end of support soon and right now they are not putting much effort into it.
From Microsoft;
"Microsoft Security Essentials will be supported for Windows 7 until 7's end of lifeJanuary 14. 2020. However, Vista will receive no supportive updates when it reaches it's end of life, including updates for MSE. Got message from Microsoft Essentials that they're no longer supporting XP but I'm running Vista.5 days ago"

Malwarebytes free is useless, here is why. If you get a malware that locks your files after getting in the free Malwarebytes will remove the malware but your files will remain locked.
Free scanners are 100% useless.
Free anti-spyware is useless because your spyware will have already stolen all your passwords by the time the 'Free Version' removes it.
The paid versions will prevent malware and spyware etc from getting into your computer before they do damage, not after. This is the only way to not get hacked. Always use paid or free active scanners.
Free versions are like the police coming to your house after vandals have destroyed it. The paid version is like having a security team watching your place before the bad guys get in.

Avast is an active scanner and is possibly the best protection you can get for free.
They make their money by selling extra features like VPN etc. If you don't need them you don't have to pay. Other companies make you pay for features you may never use.

Most importantly Avast has a special Banking Browser for free.
Use this when going on Bank or other web sites to enter your passwords so even if a keylogger somehow infected your computer it cannot see inside this browser. This feature alone makes a vest way ahead of any other antivirus. I don't know who the technician was who fixed your computer but perhaps you should find someone else next time

I've been looking at the ring system and maybe simply safe for s security system for my apartment. Ring seems really expensive for what it offers, but I would get it if I could add my own security cameras to rings system. I I need 2 outdoor cameras and one indoor camera to start, but the cameras ate uber expensive. Any one with experience know if I can add a different camera to the system. It is there a better hone security system I can try?

Avast is protection from viruses, Malwarebytes is protection from Malware, ransomware, and other attacks from the web. So my question is this: Do I need Avast AND Malwarebytes, or just one of those 2 programs? Some people have said, those 2 programs, each do different things, and that they themselves run Malwarebytes alongside Avast, which I have done for many years now, with no problems. Well, what's the verdict on the whole thing? Do I need Avast and Malwarebytes at the same time, or just one of them? Thanks.

do you keep if off your phone? Whoever these people are who put this spyware, malware and adware on people's computers, they should be shot!

Best answer: If your account has been flagged for fraud I'm not sure you can avoid changing it, but you can try just confirming it and click out of the change password screen.

Best answer: Sometimes I tell them to **** off, or I tell them that I have a Linux machine.

Best answer: They’re not using CAPS or numbers. Be careful.