kgruber
Final Approach
The good thing is the virus that attacked my PCs.....and finally even my new MacBook Pro.....is HISTORY.
It was located in my Qwest wireless modem. Really! I should have caught on sooner because just the other day I could update Malwarebytes using my neighbors wireless, which I can steal.
But I could NOT with mine. And then, tonight I was on tech support with Qwest and the virus was there in full, so I switched to my neighbors and it went away. The Tech told me to go to Best Buy and buy a new modem. I did, set it up....and now the virus has disappeared.
I had read that a virus could lodge in a modem and had used the reset button repeatedly, but that alone did never stop the continuous page reassign and pop-up ads.
So now, I am going to try and resurrect the three PCs sitting around forlorn. At least my wife and I got new MacBook Pros out of the deal, and a new modem. It was costly, but I have a good home for a couple of them.
BTW, the Apple store gave me a discount because I was an instructor. A flight instructor!!!!
It was located in my Qwest wireless modem. Really! I should have caught on sooner because just the other day I could update Malwarebytes using my neighbors wireless, which I can steal.
But I could NOT with mine. And then, tonight I was on tech support with Qwest and the virus was there in full, so I switched to my neighbors and it went away. The Tech told me to go to Best Buy and buy a new modem. I did, set it up....and now the virus has disappeared.
I had read that a virus could lodge in a modem and had used the reset button repeatedly, but that alone did never stop the continuous page reassign and pop-up ads.
So now, I am going to try and resurrect the three PCs sitting around forlorn. At least my wife and I got new MacBook Pros out of the deal, and a new modem. It was costly, but I have a good home for a couple of them.
BTW, the Apple store gave me a discount because I was an instructor. A flight instructor!!!!