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Title: WebRoot
Post by: Tracy on March 06, 2018, 09:47:26 AM
Anyone familiar with WebRoot? I am going to open up a case but thought I would ask here first.
I have scan mounted drives unchecked, but webroot is scanning my DVD's when I put a dvd in.
This is annoying because I have to cancel the scan and when I'm done I have to tell it to force eject
the dvd, because it thinks it's doing something with the dvd.

and what is weird it seems to only scan the new disks, when I put in an old disk it doesn't scan it.
screen shot of my scan settings
Title: Re: WebRoot
Post by: Tracy on March 06, 2018, 12:59:19 PM
Thanks Guys! It quit doing it, what the heck?
It's been doing it for 2 weeks now, I guess It got scared of B4print :laugh:
Title: Re: WebRoot
Post by: Possum on March 06, 2018, 01:32:26 PM
And DSC isn't even here anymore. WebRoot must have been reading some old posts.
Title: Re: WebRoot
Post by: Tracy on March 06, 2018, 02:18:39 PM
weird I tell ya!
Title: Re: WebRoot
Post by: DigiCorn on March 06, 2018, 03:03:50 PM
Quote from: Possum on March 06, 2018, 01:32:26 PMAnd DSC isn't even here anymore. WebRoot must have been reading some old posts.
HIS name is DCS, damnit! Don't speak ill of the fallen. HE shall return, and we will rejoice on high!
Title: Re: WebRoot
Post by: Joe on March 06, 2018, 03:05:26 PM
Quote from: Tracy on March 06, 2018, 12:59:19 PMThanks Guys! It quit doing it, what the heck?
It's been doing it for 2 weeks now, I guess It got scared of B4print :laugh:

Our reputation is out there! :rotf:
Title: Re: WebRoot
Post by: Possum on March 06, 2018, 04:11:25 PM
Oh, no, I misspelled his initials. Doomed, I tell ya'!

Yeah, there are still some dangerous ones on here. It's the quiet ones, you know, which lets me out.
Title: Re: WebRoot
Post by: Joe on March 06, 2018, 04:50:04 PM
Quote from: Possum on March 06, 2018, 01:32:26 PMAnd DSC isn't even here anymore. WebRoot must have been reading some old posts.

Quote from: Possum on March 06, 2018, 04:11:25 PMOh, no, I misspelled his initials. Doomed, I tell ya'!

Yeah, there are still some dangerous ones on here. It's the quiet ones, you know, which lets me out.

DSC works. Digital Shoveler of Crap
Title: Re: WebRoot
Post by: Possum on March 07, 2018, 08:46:36 AM
Thanks. Hope that flies if he ever comes back. If not, :death:
Title: Re: WebRoot
Post by: Ear on March 07, 2018, 12:15:02 PM
It's malware, Tracy. People get tricked into installing it and it snoops, logs keystrokes, etc.... and it is hard to remove. I have cleaned it from a number of Macs (none of mine, of course). Had to boot in Safe Mode, and go clean all of the subfiles out of the library, in addition to deleting the app and accompanying BS. 

I'm telling you, it's a tenacious little shit. Does bad things to performance too. 
Title: Re: WebRoot
Post by: Joe on March 07, 2018, 12:35:34 PM
Quote from: Ear on March 07, 2018, 12:15:02 PMIt's malware, Tracy. People get tricked into installing it and it snoops, logs keystrokes, etc.... and it is hard to remove. I have cleaned it from a number of Macs (none of mine, of course). Had to boot in Safe Mode, and go clean all of the subfiles out of the library, in addition to deleting the app and accompanying BS.

I'm telling you, it's a tenacious little shit. Does bad things to performance too.

An Ear sighting! :faint:

I feel that way about all  antivirus apps. They usually cause more problems than they fix!
Title: Re: WebRoot
Post by: Tracy on March 07, 2018, 01:44:08 PM
Quote from: Ear on March 07, 2018, 12:15:02 PMIt's malware, Tracy. People get tricked into installing it and it snoops, logs keystrokes, etc.... and it is hard to remove. I have cleaned it from a number of Macs (none of mine, of course). Had to boot in Safe Mode, and go clean all of the subfiles out of the library, in addition to deleting the app and accompanying BS.

I'm telling you, it's a tenacious little shit. Does bad things to performance too.
you talking about Webroot?
I do have the keyboard entry thingy unchecked.
I got malware one time and that's when I installed it, It's a paid version, should that not be better?
Title: Re: WebRoot
Post by: Ear on March 07, 2018, 03:05:35 PM
Yes, Webroot is malware, in my experience. How do you know you had a virus? A couple of people I helped claimed no knowledge of how it got there (yeah right) and the others paid for it when an internet popup told them they had a virus and they had to buy Webroot to handle it. I think it's a scam.

I have removed it from multiple machines and their problems cleared up like magik.... malware says I! 

:git off mah lawn:
Title: Re: WebRoot
Post by: Ear on March 07, 2018, 03:08:45 PM
Quote from: Joe on March 07, 2018, 12:35:34 PM
Quote from: Ear on March 07, 2018, 12:15:02 PMIt's malware, Tracy. People get tricked into installing it and it snoops, logs keystrokes, etc.... and it is hard to remove. I have cleaned it from a number of Macs (none of mine, of course). Had to boot in Safe Mode, and go clean all of the subfiles out of the library, in addition to deleting the app and accompanying BS.

I'm telling you, it's a tenacious little shit. Does bad things to performance too.

An Ear sighting! :faint:

I feel that way about all  antivirus apps. They usually cause more problems than they fix!
Hey buddy! Yeah, I've been AWOL but I got the flu for a few days, and my boss broke my M-AL on the platesetter, and I got slammed when I came back.. and had to handload plates and try to fix the platesetter. Yeah, super busy. Tired of it too.... I'm gonna give notice soon and go on to other things. Other graphic-print-geeky things, so I'll be around here, just not at this desk for much longer. 
Title: Re: WebRoot
Post by: Joe on March 07, 2018, 03:22:35 PM
Good to hear from you. Good luck in the new adventure. Be sure to tell us all about it when you start!
Title: Re: WebRoot
Post by: Possum on March 07, 2018, 03:35:22 PM
Yeah, it would be nice if somebody had some good news for a change.
Title: Re: WebRoot
Post by: DigiCorn on March 07, 2018, 03:38:58 PM
Quote from: Possum on March 07, 2018, 03:35:22 PMYeah, it would be nice if somebody had some good news for a change.
I just saved 15% or more in less than 15 minutes by calling GEICO.

[edit] Actually, just got my taxes back from the CPA, and for the 3rd year in a row I got a 5-figure refund.
Title: Re: WebRoot
Post by: Joe on March 07, 2018, 03:46:52 PM
Quote from: DigiCorn on March 07, 2018, 03:38:58 PM
Quote from: Possum on March 07, 2018, 03:35:22 PMYeah, it would be nice if somebody had some good news for a change.
I just saved 15% or more in less than 15 minutes by calling GEICO.

[edit] Actually, just got my taxes back from the CPA, and for the 3rd year in a row I got a 5-figure refund.

Me too. $100.01. :rotf:

Actually I'm lying. I owe Uncle Sam again. Didn't I just get a tax cut? :wtf:
Title: Re: WebRoot
Post by: Tracy on March 07, 2018, 04:06:04 PM
1st time since I don't know when I'm getting money back almost $3000.00
and I saved like I was going to have to pay that $2000.00 again
Need to get a new Furnace tho, Boo!
Title: Re: WebRoot
Post by: DigiCorn on March 07, 2018, 04:08:12 PM
My buddy does HVAC. He quoted me $5,000 friend price to replace everything. (We got a quote for almost $9,000 from a brick-and-morter). That's what we're doing with the money.
Title: Re: WebRoot
Post by: Tracy on March 07, 2018, 04:10:11 PM
Quote from: Ear on March 07, 2018, 03:05:35 PMYes, Webroot is malware, in my experience. How do you know you had a virus? A couple of people I helped claimed no knowledge of how it got there (yeah right) and the others paid for it when an internet popup told them they had a virus and they had to buy Webroot to handle it. I think it's a scam.

I have removed it from multiple machines and their problems cleared up like magik.... malware says I!

:git off mah lawn:
hmm this is interesting, I had a malware a couple years ago, I downloaded the "current adobe flash player"
yeah I'm that dumb, I got the malware bytes and it too care of it, Our whole company has webroot, It's a paid version
not a free one, I haven't had any issues but I will keep my eye out for problems. I think my Malware Bytes is not current
does this matter? I think they want me to buy a version, I'm using the free one.
Title: Re: WebRoot
Post by: Tracy on March 07, 2018, 04:11:13 PM
Quote from: DigiCorn on March 07, 2018, 04:08:12 PMMy buddy does HVAC. He quoted me $5,000 friend price to replace everything. (We got a quote for almost $9,000 from a brick-and-morter). That's what we're doing with the money.
What are you buying for that much? sheesh I'm thinking $3000 for a furnace tops.
or $2000 and have some play money :laugh:
Title: Re: WebRoot
Post by: DigiCorn on March 07, 2018, 04:44:10 PM
Depends on the size. I think we need a 4 ton unit. This is for furnace, compressor, and new venting. It can cost upwards of $15k
Title: Re: WebRoot
Post by: Joe on March 07, 2018, 05:46:13 PM
Quote from: Tracy on March 07, 2018, 04:10:11 PM
Quote from: Ear on March 07, 2018, 03:05:35 PMYes, Webroot is malware, in my experience. How do you know you had a virus? A couple of people I helped claimed no knowledge of how it got there (yeah right) and the others paid for it when an internet popup told them they had a virus and they had to buy Webroot to handle it. I think it's a scam.

I have removed it from multiple machines and their problems cleared up like magik.... malware says I!

:git off mah lawn:
hmm this is interesting, I had a malware a couple years ago, I downloaded the "current adobe flash player"
yeah I'm that dumb, I got the malware bytes and it too care of it, Our whole company has webroot, It's a paid version
not a free one, I haven't had any issues but I will keep my eye out for problems. I think my Malware Bytes is not current
does this matter? I think they want me to buy a version, I'm using the free one.

MalwareBytes is getting bad about trying to get you to 'upgrade' to the premium version. You can still update the free one and it will fix problems. It won't prevent them though. You have to have the Pro version to prevent the problems.
Title: Re: WebRoot
Post by: Ear on March 08, 2018, 12:22:02 AM
I don't use third party security on the Macs and have yet to have malware on any of my machines in 30+ years of Mac use.  

A couple of acquaintances, but usually from the flash player popup trick, or another trick to get you to grant permission for spying. If you don't authorize it, it can't come play on your Mac. Adware, Flash, Java... you might miss getting to click on cute crap but at least your mouse won't turn purple and burn when you click. Facebewk and Gewgle are spyware too but we all seem to be okay with it because they usually don't slow our machines down.
Title: Re: WebRoot
Post by: Joe on March 08, 2018, 08:05:19 AM
I don't even use 3rd party antivirus on Windows either. If you don't do stupid shit on it you won't get bit.
Title: Re: WebRoot
Post by: ninjaPB_43 on March 08, 2018, 08:19:21 AM
Quote from: Joe on March 08, 2018, 08:05:19 AMI don't even use 3rd party antivirus on Windows either. If you don't do stupid shit on it you won't get bit.

LOL! truth.
Title: Re: WebRoot
Post by: Tracy on March 08, 2018, 10:31:27 AM
In 13 years I only got 1 malware, that's pretty good right?
I'm actually pretty suspicious about the internet so I'm cautious
It was just the 1 time dang it :laugh:
Title: Re: WebRoot
Post by: Joe on March 08, 2018, 11:30:39 AM
Quote from: Tracy on March 08, 2018, 10:31:27 AMIn 13 years I only got 1 malware, that's pretty good right?
I'm actually pretty suspicious about the internet so I'm cautious
It was just the 1 time dang it :laugh:

No that isn't bad. I refer to the ones that get one malware every 44 seconds. And then expect me to fix it. The one they always fall for is the popup that says, "You have a virus and if you do anything other than giving me full admin control of your computer everything in your life will be deleted". Naturally they always click OK and then relax with a deep sigh of relief, "Whew, that was close"...and when I ask what happened they say "nothing".

 :facepalm:
Title: Re: WebRoot
Post by: Tracy on March 08, 2018, 12:29:13 PM
 :laugh: Thanks Joe!

As soon as I clicked on it I knew, Malware Bytes got it out of my system, tho.

I would like to meet these people that come up with this stuff, they have to complete jerks to live with/work with.

Title: Re: WebRoot
Post by: Ear on March 12, 2018, 10:01:55 AM
Quote from: Joe on March 08, 2018, 08:05:19 AMI don't even use 3rd party antivirus on Windows either. If you don't do stupid shit on it you won't get bit.
Right there with you pal. I still run a handful of old XP machines, along with newer Windows systems. I don't run 3rd party antivirus on them and have not encountered any viruses. I also don't let anyone near them and even hide the browser apps as best I can.