6.1 Hacked

6.1 Hacked

By Peter Snyders

 I have already told you about Adware. It is like an advertisement, except it takes control of your computer. After a few days, you can contact G2A or Bitdefender. The AI will give you two long ways of how to remove it. None of those ways works.

 Looking at your problem again, you will notice that for every one of those entries, it shows its icon in the same place where the quick access to your icons is in the list at the bottom of your screen. When you open one of them, you will find that it is hiding in a file called Personal Vault. Delete it and your worries are over.

 What did you learn from this? Even the BIG anti-malware companies expect the malware to be somewhere in your usual files. Here you would discover that the malware is hiding in your OneDrive account. Tell the people who tried to help you about their new site; it will help them and others who approach them with similar problems.

 Now, you give this OneDrive Cloud an in-depth look. What does it do? It copies everything you work on and then stores it. If you use this OneDrive as your backup, then everything is OK. When malware attacks you again, you know where to first look. But what about your finances and other money-making talents, like music, for example? I did not find any music icons. The finances were scattered about. If you find anything the scammers can steal from you, make your own flash and backup drives. Do the same with your other talents.

 But why not delete the OneDrive completely? If you do this, you will not be able to open files like the Windows Start button, Settings, Calculator, etc. and you will have other problems which will show up.

 Do you remember that sometimes when you want to delete a file or folder, a message appears that says other files and folders will also be affected. So, wisely, you do not delete the file, and all the associated files are left undisturbed. This time, however, you may receive no such message, and so you delete the whole OneDrive. This time it tells you that some folders are too big. Another message is that there is not enough space in your Recycle Bin, so it will have to delete those files.

 You let it go, and then you discover something quite disturbing. Many of your Desktop files have been deleted. It does not delete shortcuts, but where is the original? You realise that all the files and folders you were working on your Desktop

 have been deleted. How are you going to get them back if they are not in your Recycle Bin?

 This is where you also realise that some important link in OneDrive has also been lost. You cannot open your Start menu when you left-click. When you right-click the Start icon, you will see many options. Now see how many you can open. A big setback is that you cannot use Search any longer. You also cannot open your calculator or Settings. Your scanner will also not have that link that makes it work.

 Look for OneDrive. Open it. You may be surprised that the Cloud did not eliminate your files but put them somewhere safe. Your next problem is to get back those files and folders you were working on your desktop. They just do not seem to go back to where they were. You will also find that you can only select one file or folder. But after selecting a file or folder, you may find a download option. So, you can now transfer your OneDrive files to your Downloads folder. You will also find that you can select a few folders and download them as extracted folders. Extract them if you want to use them.

 Files are usually short, so you can select several and download them.

 So, the lesson that we can learn from OneDrive is not to delete it. The other files and folders that it affects will put you in an awkward place. See if you can delete a file or folder from OneDrive. If you can, you can delete all business and financial files or put them into your flash drive.

 Next, we will see what happens when you purchase antivirus software.

Stay blessed.

 Peter