Hello Everyone! Watch out for Kidzui!
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Hi, just thought that I would let you all know about my recent experiences with the supposed Kid safe browser called Kidzui. I recently downloaded this browser for my little ones - it is supposed to be a safe environment for children to browse and explore without the risk of anything that they aren't supposed to see.
It worked for approx 1 hour before freezing my computer - I realised straight away that there was a problem. Not even Taskmanager would shut it down. I shut the machine down by using the off button on my tower, when it rebooted my desktop icons, taskmanager function, and a few other things had disappeared.
I ran Avast (which I know some of you use) it didn't pick up anything! so I ran Malware bytes which picked up 8 counts of Hijacked registery key functions.
The machine was sluggish and unresponsive, even after it was supposedly clear of the virus. I was quoted anywhere from £50 - £85 for a couple of hours work to put it right. Unfortunately it didn't turn out to be as simple as that! To cut a long story short I now have a new computer!
What makes me really angry is that Kidzui are aware that their download has a virus, but because it does not affect everybody the same way they have simply posted a supposed soluition online. I have emailed them to inform them of how disgusted I am and to tell them I feel that their website and download site should carry a hazard warning.
Responses (3)
So sorry to hear that, Vettriano. I had a similar experience last year and I now have a new computer too!
I will never download untried software again!
Surely you don't need to buy a new pc, just get the disc cleaned and re-load the op system and applications? I've done that twice 'cause of a virus.
I learnt some time ago to never keep my data on the pc, its on an external hard drive.
Thanks Dong for the info - we are all set for that now, but see comments below.
Oh dear, Vettriano, I see you have accidentally changed Donk's name to something that won't please him!!!!! :-) Or maybe it will.......
Sorry Donk - Typo!!!!
Donk is right here ... viruses and malware can be removed by reformatting the hard drive and reloading all programs. I have done this countless times with every computer that I have owned and the procedure gets easier with modern computers as the operating system is dedicated to a partitioned area of the hard drive and reloads itself following what they call a 'destructive' reformat. It's always refreshing to have a 'clean' system after reload and everything should bristle with life! Key thing to remember is to reload your virus program immediately after reformat and do an immediate scan. But agreed, seemingly 'free' software downloads always come at a price. But I tend to go through the reformat procedure every time my PC slows to a crawl and 'gets naughty' with me ...
Hi Snoopy48
Thanks for the comments - my system was an old second hand computer running XP so I never had a disk with the O/S on in the first place. Also I found out when I tried to get it reloaded that the copy that was on the computer was illegal! We bought it from a little computer shop and just didn't realise it wasn't legit. Lesson learned! Anyway with our new system we now have legal backups incase of problems - so it's all good - just an expense at the wrong time.
Amen to that Vettriano! I have simply learnt to look after my own system when I can as I hate being outfoxed although to be honest computers can be a real closed shop at times. But my knowledge comes at the expense of hours sitting in front of the damn machine. I am doing a 'free space clean' at the moment, as more of an experiment if nothing else, and after nine hours into the procedure, it was only 60% complete!
Same for me, Vettriano, old computer running old operating system - although thankfully not using illegal software! I think the incident that caused the crash was just the last straw that sent it on its way.
I now have a super new machine that works at the speed of greased lightning and, fortunately, I didn't lose anything important as we have always backed up onto hard drives.
Both Donk and Snoops are onviously very well up on the techie stuff. Personally, I'm only really interested in what I can do with my computer and what it can do for me, rather than actually wanting to understand how it works. I leave all that stuff to Mr F (she simpered, girlishly).
Is this a gender thing, or maybe an age thing now I'm definitely a silver surfer? Or are some people just more technologically-minded than others? I think I already know the answer to those questiond but I'd be interested to hear other members' views.
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