Checking the computer from malware attacks

Checking the computer from malware attacks

Viruses and malware attacks at this time could be coming from a variety of ways. Many computer users have installed anti-virus, and feel safe. There is a difference of treatment and anti-virus and malware products. Some anti-virus manufacturers with a complete anti-malware features, certainly offered a bit more expensive. But some manufacturers also offer anti-virus only. Usually the only target for office use without internet connection.

Misleading to say the anti-virus is an anti malware, too. anti-virus is to keep the computer from virus attacks and to clean. Look at some anti-virus companies and the Microsoft company issued some special software to malwrae. This is different, because of malware attacks typically not associated with viruses.

Slightly increase the knowledge of whether the difference of malware and computer viruses. Arguably the two different lights. Malware infections can turn into a virus attack.

Malware can be entered only by:

• Opening a site and one mengclick icon or link. 
• No matter from any site, regular website, social networking sites like Facebook, email provides a link a malware site.  
• PDF files are accidentally in infection.
• Video files that exploit operating system weaknesses, and asks the user to update their player. It turned out that the link is fake, even allowing viruses and malware into the computer. 
• Links from an Internet Search Engine, like Google for example. Sometimes there is a link that did not get in the clear by Google. And look attractive by the user computer, then try to click.
• And there are many other ways that make computer users are stuck. With mengclick a link, do not even need an icon mengclick 

    The Malware makers generally have a specific purpose. Whether to steal data within the computer, just to disrupt, attack other sites, to make the computer as a slave by taking another virus and infect computers.

Seeing the computer is clean of Malware

Regardless of the affairs of how viruses and malware can enter into the computer. How do we know whether the computer is still clean. Or the silence of our computer is infected and starts to attack somewhere else, whether computer, do the spam as a slave to the maker and other malware. While the owner did not know what is done by computer.

Start the computer and browsing and check email as usual. Then let stand a few minutes.

Then look at the lights at the bottom right of the screen, see if the lights still no signs of active.

To make sure, you try to get into the Windows icon under the left -> All Programs -> Accessories -> and find the Command Prompt -> and type Netstat (shown below)

When the display Netsat like the picture above. Possible computer is still clean and has not been attacked by malware that obnoxious. Because the computer visible on the Network Status does not really connect to the internet.

What about when the lights keep flashing Network status. And the look on your Netstat seen active

The condition of the computer on stand-by position and not used. But they were active, the network lights on the bottom right of the screen just kept flashing. When this happens it is probable that the computer had been attacked by malware.

For example, you type Netstat and look like the picture below (click image to enlarge)

Every time you type Netstat on the Dos Prompt, change the letter to change. Seen computer is trying to contact address address strange and unknown. And continued to change change. It could be labeled SMTP address, PSTMP, MAIL and others.

As the picture above, your computer is calling the port various kinds of emails. And you never have an address above address.

To determine whether your antivirus is running, can be seen in the picture below

In the view above shows the status of existing computer when malware attacks is active.

• Upper left image is a Windows Task Manager. Just open the program then that is TCPView to check the active ports. Bandwidth monitor to check the usage bandwidth, and Antivirus are also active. But do not give a warning that the computer had been infected with Malware.
• At the top right picture is a report from TCPView. Visible signs of green and red, indicating the computer is trying to contact some email addresses out. Whether through the ports UDP and TCPIP. Though there is no software that you use the opening address of a site, the software for email. And kept on display TCPView program change to change. Just like your computer is being attacked or contact another address unknown. Amounts can be very numerous, sometimes recede with 2 or 3 IP addresses are not known
• At the bottom is a software Bandwidth Monitor. Seen your Internet connection is working and exploited by malware. In 1 minute, computer bandwidth used by malware reaches 1MB per minute.

When you get things like the above. Try cleaning your computer, because the contract is a type of malware. Your antivirus may not effectively identify the malware. Because Malware is distinguished by Antivirus software and antivirus software just to detect the virus alone.

Software to check references can be viewed at the following address

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is quite light or BO-Clean for those who are serious to keep the computer system. Use them to check the computer.



For other readings

Three basic attack techniques from the current 2010 Malware Infection

Free Antivirus and malware scanning

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