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<blockquote data-quote="ebocious" data-source="post: 811036" data-attributes="member: 75834">On-demand scanners cannot detect fileless malware, or polymorphic malware in many cases.&nbsp; Have you ever run a scan outside of Windows, like a rescue disc?&nbsp; Have you checked the network?Like Conficker?&nbsp; Mebroot?&nbsp; Yawn.&nbsp; Been there, done that, took pictures.&nbsp; I’ve had a unit delivered to me with a limited account and encrypted partition.&nbsp; The user didn’t know the admin password, and the malware was running at kernel level and couldn’t be terminated.&nbsp; I had to rename the files to cripple it.&nbsp; I&#039;ve also worked on a machine that took 30 minutes to boot, repair install wasn&#039;t working, and the user had a PCMCIA mobile card by a defunct company, and even the PCI Database link was dead.&nbsp; I had to use PCmover to copy the frontend application and user data, and Double Driver to copy the drivers themselves.&nbsp; I laid them on a fresh copy of Windows, and then I was able to run a repair install and wipe out the instability.It certainly can be, if you don’t have a backup/system image.&nbsp; Are you saying you don’t?It certainly is 2019, and there are malwares out there that can break out of a sandbox.&nbsp; You didn’t think modern malware is limited to clicking on a Trojan and keying in your password, did you?&nbsp; I suggest you run Comodo KillSwitch, and make sure you recognize everything listening on the network.&nbsp; Hope this helps!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ebocious, post: 811036, member: 75834"] On-demand scanners cannot detect fileless malware, or polymorphic malware in many cases. Have you ever run a scan outside of Windows, like a rescue disc? Have you checked the network? Like Conficker? Mebroot? Yawn. Been there, done that, took pictures. I’ve had a unit delivered to me with a limited account and encrypted partition. The user didn’t know the admin password, and the malware was running at kernel level and couldn’t be terminated. I had to rename the files to cripple it. I've also worked on a machine that took 30 minutes to boot, repair install wasn't working, and the user had a PCMCIA mobile card by a defunct company, and even the PCI Database link was dead. I had to use PCmover to copy the frontend application and user data, and Double Driver to copy the drivers themselves. I laid them on a fresh copy of Windows, and then I was able to run a repair install and wipe out the instability. It certainly can be, if you don’t have a backup/system image. Are you saying you don’t? It certainly is 2019, and there are malwares out there that can break out of a sandbox. You didn’t think modern malware is limited to clicking on a Trojan and keying in your password, did you? I suggest you run Comodo KillSwitch, and make sure you recognize everything listening on the network. Hope this helps! [/QUOTE]

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