[Is Advanced System Care malicious in anyway ?]

 

 

Try the following as a start.

Slow PC? - Start here

 

 

Is it necessary, worthwhile,  optimizing the registry?

[Vincent from Windows calls me with bad news]

Just had 30 minutes of great fun. I received a call from an Indian chap from 'Windows' informing me that they had been receiving reports over the last few days that my computer was infected with viruses. 

He could show me proof of this by opening Event Viewer. The yellow and red symbols were sign of infection. Yikes, there were loads of them. I need to download from 'teamviewer.com' and run the application and give him the ID and password. I won't bore you with the rest as you've heard it a thousand times. Suffice to say it made a very entertaining break from working although I had to work very hard at playing dumb.

There is one thing that did concern me however, from the background noise I could hear that this scam is being undertaken on a near industrial scale and clearly many were falling for it. This has been going on for years and I won't be naive enough to ask how they continue to get away with it because I know. Sadly I know people who have been duped despite the obvious signs but I thoroughly enjoyed my time with Vincent. Hope I ruined his day.

[What are you listening to?]

Every year is getting shorter never seem to find the time. 

Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines 

Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way 

The time is gone, the song is over, 

Thought I'd something more to say.

[How to continue getting free security updates for Windows XP until 2019]

http://betanews.com/2014/05/26/how-to-continue-getting-free-security-updates-for-windows-xp-until-2019/

[What are you listening to?]

From a golden era of Black music which had something serious to say.

[I keep getting 217.107.34.200 has been blocked]

I strongly recommend you follow Firefox's link to assistance for infected computers as the IP being blocked is well know for the distribution of malware.

See here

[Fake malwarebytes]

This is one we should be sorting out  www.malwarebytesmac.org/

They even use the old icon.

[What are you watching ?]

The end of civilisation as we know it?

[What are you listening to?]

@Shrugged....I remember them but prefered this band,

[Heartbleed Bug]

Further to Steve's report in Security Alerts about this issue, I would welcome our own Experts views on the seriousness of the threat.

Meantime here's a list of popular vulnerable websites (at time of publication). 

[Should I be concerned here? Possible malware from a link Malwarebytes tech support gave me.]

Both the files you refer to are legitimate and trustworthy. They are an essential part in assisting you with the identification and removal of any infection. The Virus Total reports can be explained as False Positives, that is to say they are being incorrectly identified as malicious due to similarities in their behavior. 

[Remote Locking]

Would it be possible to incorporate a feature that allows remote locking or wiping of stored data in the event that the device or lost or stolen?

[Artwork at Malwarebytes Blog]

The image you refer to is the VFA 103 Skull Squadron, F14 Fighter Squadron. Logo painted on tail fins. (without the cross bones)

[New Ransomware Hitting PCs]

Succeeded by Windows Paramount Protection which is detected as Rogue.FakeAV

[Walking Dead Returns - Feb 9, 2014]

Yes the Governor was whacked.  The forum link above has a cool little image of who is who and who is left.

Even 'Walkers' need a Governor, he'll be back!

No gratuitous gore,

Zombies sans gore?

[Walking Dead Returns - Feb 9, 2014]

Looking forward to it. It's on Fox over here in HD. Some of season 3 lost its way a little but definitely picked up toward the end. Have we seen the last of the 'Governor'?

[qwindowsdefender.nl?]

The site/sites mentioned here are download urls for a series of Fake (Rogue) Antivirus malware. They change about every hour, the current one is actually windowsdefenders2k.nl (this requires a prefix and a referer to effect a download)

[What are you listening to?]

Bastille - Of The Night

[China's unwelcome export to the US: air pollution]

Most air pollution in the U.S. is produced locally by cars, trucks, refineries and other sources

 

[FBI Ransomware malware, and more HELP!]

Click More Reply Options and that will reveal an option at the bottom to Attach Files  Click Choose Files and navigate to the Text or File you wish to attach. N.B if you attach a file this must be Zipped.

[A very interesting research by Anti-theft Service Lenstag]

Both my camera and lenses are in the top three, my highest chart position for a long time 

[Account Killer]

Thanks Rondor, very useful.

[What are you listening to?]

Lost two of my heroes this year. Nelson and Lou, this one's for you.

 

[Alternative Christmas message]

Edward Snowden warns about loss of privacy in Christmas message - video

http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2013/dec/25/edward-snowden-christmas-message-video

[Continually Blocking 93.115.84.125]

voxility.net are notorious for the distribution of spam and hosting spambots so I suggest following daledoc1's advice