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#11
Microsoft Windows / Re: Windows 11
Last post by Vasudev - March 13, 2024, 07:34 PM
Quote from: humbert on March 13, 2024, 04:06 AM
Quote from: Vasudev on March 12, 2024, 08:26 PMIt will get taken down due to DMCA. I tried integrating KMS script that adds license for both Office and Windows but someone reported it as containing activators which got removed from google drive, onedrive and Mega.

You said someone reported it. I'm assuming they downloaded it. How did they obtain the link? From what little I know about download sites, in order to download they need a link you provide. They can't exactly go in there with your password and check what's there.

Torrent sites are full of hacked Windows and activators. Can you upload to one of them or is your upload speed too slow for that?

If you have a router can you put a little NAS on it?
I did post it as public forum instead of PM/DM. Torrents are slow and throttled even with VPN in India.
#12
Microsoft Windows / Re: Windows 11
Last post by humbert - March 13, 2024, 04:06 AM
Quote from: Vasudev on March 12, 2024, 08:26 PMIt will get taken down due to DMCA. I tried integrating KMS script that adds license for both Office and Windows but someone reported it as containing activators which got removed from google drive, onedrive and Mega.

You said someone reported it. I'm assuming they downloaded it. How did they obtain the link? From what little I know about download sites, in order to download they need a link you provide. They can't exactly go in there with your password and check what's there.

Torrent sites are full of hacked Windows and activators. Can you upload to one of them or is your upload speed too slow for that?

If you have a router can you put a little NAS on it?
#13
Programs / Re: (New) Testing Anti Virus S...
Last post by humbert - March 13, 2024, 03:59 AM
Quote from: Vasudev on March 12, 2024, 08:46 PMHey Humbert, did not receive email notification so missed the post. Have you tried running Emsisoft Emergency Kit? If nothing comes up then I believe the malware wrote those infected scripts to Windows recovery or ESP which can be thoroughly removed using LiveCD of Dr.web or Kaspersky or Bitdefender.

I ran Emsisoft only this time not as the default to find malware but the entire drive. It found 2 infected files. Then I booted up Strelec's CD and ran Dr.Web. That one found 2 more. The problem is gone (at least for now) and the malware was found after those files stopped coming back. Oh well...
#14
Programs / Re: (New) Testing Anti Virus S...
Last post by Vasudev - March 12, 2024, 08:46 PM
Quote from: humbert on March 05, 2024, 04:56 AM
Quote from: scarface on March 03, 2024, 06:20 AM1: Use Trellix antivirus (available above)
2: Format your hdds
3: Don't plug hdds to your router if it's not necessary
4: Don't use a router (I have no router...)

Thanks for your help. I found that site you mentioned and ran that program they recommended. Didn't help much. I will remember Trellix antivirus.

This is truly the weirdest issue I've run into since I first started to play around with computers. So much so that the problem actually went away by itself! Those files have not reappeared. I didn't do anything and have no explanation. To deepen the mystery, I sent all those scr files to virustotal and they all came back clean. Not one of the 50 or so antivirus companies detected any kind of malware anywhere. If indeed these files had malware, I would love to meet the guy who wrote the software. He succeeded in making his malware totally undetectable.

Another thing doesn't make sense. If indeed this was some sort of cryptocurrency mining going on as the site explains, it follows that the CPU & GPU would run at almost full speed - otherwise mining can't happen. In my case both were running normally and showing maybe 1% or 2% usage when the computer isn't running any program.

Unlike you, I have no choice but to use a router - and a strong one at that. I have no less than 15 devices connected to it and any time. Both my computers, 3 cell phones, 3 TV's and/or streaming devices plus some more stuff (thermostat, EV charger, etc). I have important data on drives connected the router's 2 USB ports. They must be accessed from anywhere in the house and from the street if I'm out. Without a router I'm dead in the water.

You said you don't use a router. Does this mean you connect your cell phone to the internet only via mobile data, i.e., no WiFi at home? If you need to use WiFi for a large download, to you go to Starbucks or use the one at work?
Hey Humbert, did not receive email notification so missed the post. Have you tried running Emsisoft Emergency Kit? If nothing comes up then I believe the malware wrote those infected scripts to Windows recovery or ESP which can be thoroughly removed using LiveCD of Dr.web or Kaspersky or Bitdefender.
#15
Microsoft Windows / Re: Windows 11
Last post by Vasudev - March 12, 2024, 08:26 PM
Quote from: humbert on February 23, 2024, 05:23 AM
Quote from: Vasudev on February 22, 2024, 06:33 PMNo, as always no activation or activators included so that Mega won't remove the downloads.

Does Mega go in an open up every file you put on their site? Also, given so many cloud sites out there, why does it necessarily have to be Mega? Google (for example) offers 15Gb for free.

I've seen many Windows ISO's that are pre-activated. You could also put a password-protected separate file with the activator on it, then rename the activator to something real strange. Another way is to put a torrent file inside the ISO so we can download the activator ourselves, or provide a link hidden inside a text file. There are many ways to get around this limitation.
It will get taken down due to DMCA. I tried integrating KMS script that adds license for both Office and Windows but someone reported it as containing activators which got removed from google drive, onedrive and Mega.
#16
Programs / Re: (New) Testing Anti Virus S...
Last post by humbert - March 12, 2024, 05:14 AM
Quote from: scarface on March 09, 2024, 01:47 AMI have no router because I'm using my smartphone as a mobile hotspot. Formerly, I used to have a box, but I don't download any more. I have a data usage limit of 200 Gb.

So your only ISP is the phone? You have a laptop tethered to it and that's how you get online?

My phone provider is T-Mobile. They give me 100 GB. After that they slow me down only if there's traffic, but there is no additional charge. Unfortunately this does NOT include tethering. That's only 40 GB. It's quite possible that somewhere out there somebody has written a program that allows me to tether mobile data without T-Mobile knowing that I'm tethering. Haven't needed to look into it yet.
#17
Chit Chat / Re: best clips
Last post by humbert - March 12, 2024, 05:08 AM
Quote from: scarface on March 11, 2024, 07:42 AMCan Amtrak Finally Bring High-Speed Rail To Texas?

I almost never travel but in my case I guess it doesn't really matter. I will not be around to see this thing completed, assuming it ever is.

Quote from: scarface on March 11, 2024, 07:42 AMIn the United States, the number one killer is an opioid known as fentanyl. It is is wreaking havoc in the streets because it's up to 50 times more potent than heroine.


Because of this extreme negative press coverage, it has become more difficult for people who really NEED opiates to obtain them. I refer mainly to those in extreme pain due to surgeries, but there are others. It's disgusting.

Quote from: scarface on March 11, 2024, 07:42 AMThe discovery of America

This is the ultimate in arrogance! The "Indians" (a misnomer) were here thousands of years before Columbus. And didn't Lief Ericsson "discover" America some 500 years before 1492? The Europeans came here for no other reason than to pillage, plunder, and enslave. It took us 300 years to finally kick them out, 400 in Cuba.

#18
Chit Chat / Re: best clips
Last post by scarface - March 11, 2024, 07:42 AM
Today, new videos are available for the users of the forum.


Can Amtrak Finally Bring High-Speed Rail To Texas?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqCo85OJLpc



In the United States, the number one killer is an opioid known as fentanyl. It is is wreaking havoc in the streets because it's up to 50 times more potent than heroine. But it seems this substance has no future:  a new pill that makes stronger and  clever has been identified – at least in movies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjfQV-Oemsc



The discovery of America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ufkMTshjz8



With You - Linkin Park (Hybrid Theory)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8UTS2iFXOo

#19
Programs / Re: (New) Testing Anti Virus S...
Last post by scarface - March 09, 2024, 01:47 AM
Quote from: humbert on March 05, 2024, 04:56 AMYou said you don't use a router. Does this mean you connect your cell phone to the internet only via mobile data, i.e., no WiFi at home? If you need to use WiFi for a large download, to you go to Starbucks or use the one at work?
I have no router because I'm using my smartphone as a mobile hotspot. Formerly, I used to have a box, but I don't download any more. I have a data usage limit of 200 Gb.
#20
Programs / Re: (New) Testing Anti Virus S...
Last post by humbert - March 05, 2024, 04:56 AM
Quote from: scarface on March 03, 2024, 06:20 AM1: Use Trellix antivirus (available above)
2: Format your hdds
3: Don't plug hdds to your router if it's not necessary
4: Don't use a router (I have no router...)

Thanks for your help. I found that site you mentioned and ran that program they recommended. Didn't help much. I will remember Trellix antivirus.

This is truly the weirdest issue I've run into since I first started to play around with computers. So much so that the problem actually went away by itself! Those files have not reappeared. I didn't do anything and have no explanation. To deepen the mystery, I sent all those scr files to virustotal and they all came back clean. Not one of the 50 or so antivirus companies detected any kind of malware anywhere. If indeed these files had malware, I would love to meet the guy who wrote the software. He succeeded in making his malware totally undetectable.

Another thing doesn't make sense. If indeed this was some sort of cryptocurrency mining going on as the site explains, it follows that the CPU & GPU would run at almost full speed - otherwise mining can't happen. In my case both were running normally and showing maybe 1% or 2% usage when the computer isn't running any program.

Unlike you, I have no choice but to use a router - and a strong one at that. I have no less than 15 devices connected to it and any time. Both my computers, 3 cell phones, 3 TV's and/or streaming devices plus some more stuff (thermostat, EV charger, etc). I have important data on drives connected the router's 2 USB ports. They must be accessed from anywhere in the house and from the street if I'm out. Without a router I'm dead in the water.

You said you don't use a router. Does this mean you connect your cell phone to the internet only via mobile data, i.e., no WiFi at home? If you need to use WiFi for a large download, to you go to Starbucks or use the one at work?