clarkson1987
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Windows hacked so no longer able to use sonar professional. Can i dowload to mac?
Help please I really don't know what to do.
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Re: Windows hacked so no longer able to use sonar professional. Can i dowload to mac?
2016/08/25 01:16:18
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Welcome . . . but, your first forum post has a need for more questions than answers . . . How were you hacked ? Are you running windows, or mac OS ? Can you not launch Sonar at all ? More info please.
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Re: Windows hacked so no longer able to use sonar professional. Can i dowload to mac?
2016/08/25 01:16:53
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Hacked???? It sounds like you think anyone would know what that means, but no one does. You should be able to run it on an Intel based Mac under Bootcamp, but you would still need to install Windows. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201468
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clarkson1987
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Re: Windows hacked so no longer able to use sonar professional. Can i dowload to mac?
2016/08/25 01:42:13
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Someone found there way into my network and locked me out of lots of my programs including lots of important files pertaining to sonar including sonar itself. I was running it on Windows 7 x64 and I'm not totally locked out of sonar but can't change any settings. I also own a Mac which is my reason for asking
post edited by clarkson1987 - 2016/08/25 02:05:07
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Re: Windows hacked so no longer able to use sonar professional. Can i dowload to mac?
2016/08/25 02:43:02
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Are you in a position to reformat your drive and reinstall everything? Are all of your important files backed up (as they should be)?
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Re: Windows hacked so no longer able to use sonar professional. Can i dowload to mac?
2016/08/25 02:48:06
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I tried to start the process of re formatting but it wanted to use an exemplar from existing software I didn't carry on.
Unfortunately not as I hadn't got that far yet.
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Re: Windows hacked so no longer able to use sonar professional. Can i dowload to mac?
2016/08/25 03:16:58
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Excuse my ignorance, but what is "an exemplar from existing software"?
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Re: Windows hacked so no longer able to use sonar professional. Can i dowload to mac?
2016/08/25 06:28:57
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look at the bright side...even the strongest of viruses wont lock you out of your bios.
post edited by chuckebaby - 2016/08/25 06:50:37
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Re: Windows hacked so no longer able to use sonar professional. Can i dowload to mac?
2016/08/25 07:12:02
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A "clean" install will be required. That means reformatting the hard drive and then installing Windows (and all other software).
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Re: Windows hacked so no longer able to use sonar professional. Can i dowload to mac?
2016/08/25 12:21:29
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Take the infected PC off line, including the LAN connection as well. No point in letting the hack keep doing whatever it might be doing across the network, your computer may be spewing malware, viruses or spam every where. While you're at it, make sure you have locked the intruder out of your LAN completely - this is vital. Then doing anything download Malwarebytes free version and see if you can run it. https://www.malwarebytes.comIdeally do this by downloading it on to another computer (a Mac will do even though it can't run the application) and put it on a Windows file format CD/DVD so whatever is running on your PC can't over-write it or infect the disk it's on. Some low-level root-kit malware takes over the boot drive's boot sector and sometimes can survive a simple disk format, it can also infect any writable media, disk, stick etc. that is connected to the PC and lurk there waiting for a chance to re-infect everything. Handling this kind of thing is really beyond what this forum can do, you really need a specialist site that can go into detail about what's going on. Malwarebytes forum might be a good place to start. If you have a clean Windows installation disk that can be used as the boot media, and the drives formated there as part of the installation routine. Do not use a "quick format", a full format is far more likely to delete an infected boot sector. Be aware that drives other than the boot drive may also be infected. I say again, dealing with the kind of infection you seem to be describing requires some experienced, specialist advice.
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Re: Windows hacked so no longer able to use sonar professional. Can i dowload to mac?
2016/08/25 12:39:15
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tlw Some low-level root-kit malware takes over the boot drive's boot sector and sometimes can survive a simple disk format, it can also infect any writable media, disk, stick etc. that is connected to the PC and lurk there waiting for a chance to re-infect everything.
Good advice! I ran into this once helping a friend fix his PC. I struggled with a particular nasty that kept coming back, and I threw everything known to man up against it. What finally stopped it was using a Windows recovery boot disk and re-writing the MBR (Master Boot Record). After that I was able to clean the malware off the hard drive. Did not need to re-install Windows, however that is always recommended. Fix the problem, then back up your data and wipe the disk. Re-install Windows fresh! I think I finally used a combination of HitmanPro http://www.surfright.nl/en/hitmanpro and ComboFix to eliminate all of the malware fragments. Disclaimer: ComboFix should only be used with the assistance of a malware removal expert, it can make changes to your system. FRST (Farbar Recovery Scan Tool) seems to be the most recommended current tool to gather logs for malware cleanup. http://www.geekstogo.com/...ar-recovery-scan-tool/
post edited by abacab - 2016/08/25 13:30:19
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Re: Windows hacked so no longer able to use sonar professional. Can i dowload to mac?
2016/08/25 20:23:44
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fireberd A "clean" install will be required. That means reformatting the hard drive and then installing Windows (and all other software).
You need to zero out the hard drive, that removes everything... formatting alone will not work if there is something hiding on the drive... the hidden file may be designed to hide from a format as well... you need to get the tools to zero the hard drive from the manufacturer of the drive... BUT it's been some time, maybe any hard drive tools will work... zero out the hard drive then a full format...
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Re: Windows hacked so no longer able to use sonar professional. Can i dowload to mac?
2016/08/25 21:44:48
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Dave000
fireberd A "clean" install will be required. That means reformatting the hard drive and then installing Windows (and all other software).
You need to zero out the hard drive, that removes everything... formatting alone will not work if there is something hiding on the drive... the hidden file may be designed to hide from a format as well... you need to get the tools to zero the hard drive from the manufacturer of the drive... BUT it's been some time, maybe any hard drive tools will work... zero out the hard drive then a full format...
A couple passes of Darik's Boot & Nuke should be sufficient :-) http://www.dban.org/ Simple. Download, burn the .iso to a cd, and boot from it. Just follow the prompts to zero the drive ...
post edited by abacab - 2016/08/25 22:20:48
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Re: Windows hacked so no longer able to use sonar professional. Can i dowload to mac?
2016/08/25 21:55:43
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For the work it is, and the price of hard drives, I just pull it and buy a new one.
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Re: Windows hacked so no longer able to use sonar professional. Can i dowload to mac?
2016/08/26 05:50:28
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For the work it is, and the price of hard drives, I just pull it and buy a new one. Excellent point and one I would definitely agree with! A company I do some work with got hit by the Ransom ware scam - their virus software did not update quickly enough and it missed the "vary" latest version of the virus - needless to say they have now changed virus software provider!! luckily they were properly backed up but it was still a major mission for them - took their software guys quite a few goes to get rid of the virus once and for all - I think on reflection, whilst it may have been more expensive initially to have just gone and replaced the server hard drives, bet it would have been cheaper in the long run when you consider the time they spent trying to stamp out the virus once and for all. Nigel
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Re: Windows hacked so no longer able to use sonar professional. Can i dowload to mac?
2016/08/26 09:40:40
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Bajan Blue For the work it is, and the price of hard drives, I just pull it and buy a new one. Excellent point and one I would definitely agree with! A company I do some work with got hit by the Ransom ware scam - their virus software did not update quickly enough and it missed the "vary" latest version of the virus - needless to say they have now changed virus software provider!! luckily they were properly backed up but it was still a major mission for them - took their software guys quite a few goes to get rid of the virus once and for all - I think on reflection, whilst it may have been more expensive initially to have just gone and replaced the server hard drives, bet it would have been cheaper in the long run when you consider the time they spent trying to stamp out the virus once and for all. Nigel
Throwing away your drives is unnecessary. It is like burning down your house to kill a few spiders, LOL!!! Even if you plan to replace, while it is your choice, you still need to zero them to wipe personal data. Or else physically destroy them. A wipe (not a format or re-partition) is all that is needed. It writes zeros or random data over every sector of the drive including the boot sector, MBR, etc. It's good enough for the DOD. It clears EVERYTHING. Most large corporate IT teams use the wipe and re-image method to clean virus. Saves them time & money.
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Re: Windows hacked so no longer able to use sonar professional. Can i dowload to mac?
2016/08/26 10:37:31
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Some PCs come with a recovery partition that allows you to restore it to "factory default condition". Many users don't even know they have it. Go into Windows Explorer (Hit the Windows and "E" key simultaneously). Do you see a drive with the word "Recovery" in it?
post edited by JonD - 2016/08/26 10:58:40
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Re: Windows hacked so no longer able to use sonar professional. Can i dowload to mac?
2016/08/26 11:09:04
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JonD Some PCs come with a recovery partition that allows you to restore it to "factory default condition". Many users don't even know they have it. Go into Windows Explorer (Hit the Windows and "E" key simultaneously). Do you see a drive with the word "Recovery" in it?
If you don't already have a recovery partition or use a disk backup program such as Acronis or Macrium (free) to create image backups, you can always use the built in tools in Windows 7/8.1/10 to take a drive image to a 2nd hard drive or an external USB drive. http://www.howtogeek.com/...em-image-in-windows-7/ The cool thing about the Windows system image backup file, is that it can also be mounted in Windows as a Virtual Hard Drive(VHD) that you can mount with a drive letter, then browse and copy files from just like any other mounted drive. Without any 3rd party software needed. Disk Management > Action > Attach VHD and browse to the backup image file. That VHD comes in handy if you decide to "clean install" Windows and you forgot to copy some files before doing so, or due to corruption, were unable to. It is also a great archive for your old build. For example, when you replaced your mobo (and are not running Windows 10) and want to look at some old config file buried in there somewhere :-)
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Re: Windows hacked so no longer able to use sonar professional. Can i dowload to mac?
2016/08/26 11:11:10
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It is my fervent hope to someday run into someone who is an author of one of these ransom viruses, so that I can later explain to the judge WHY I did so many things to to the body..... There used to be a fairly sizable PC component store in the Chicago area, and they manufactured and sold their own 3.5" pre-formatted floppy discs, until one day, when thousands of people suddenly got infected PC's, and it was traced back to the fact that someone that worked there had deliberately infected the process so that every disc they sold was infected. THAT was quite the nightmare. That company is no longer in business, by the way. I agree on the wipe and reload approach.
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Re: Windows hacked so no longer able to use sonar professional. Can i dowload to mac?
2016/08/26 11:31:30
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Re: Windows hacked so no longer able to use sonar professional. Can i dowload to mac?
2016/08/26 12:14:08
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Not sure if this will help, but I had a similar experience with my son's PC. Not sure if he was hacked, but he thought he was "RAT'ed" by someone was a "joke" I was able to go in his and look at services and found that all services were disabled. I mean all of them. No Mouse, no usb anything, no internet....completely shut down. I took another PC and manually enabled all the services on disabled PC looking at the list from the working PC. This worked and he as back in service. He was ready to reformat and all sort of other things, but we avoided that. He has since re-enabled his firewall and so far no issues. (Was told by the "friend" we think Rat'ed him, that firewalls slow down COD (call of duty...) JR
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