Is There Anywhere I Can Download The Software From Read Me First As Zip Files?

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by jrasicmark, Mar 16, 2020.

  1. jrasicmark

    jrasicmark Private First Class

    I suspect someone has hacked into my laptop PC, so I'm trying to download the latest versions of the software (Adw Cleaner, Malwarebytes, Rogue Killer, Hitman Pro, and MG Tools) from the only other PC I have that still has internet. But it's my Dad's Wow! Computer for seniors which runs on a Linux based system, and it won't allow any downloads of any software that won't run in Linux. The only way around that seems to be to download the software compressed in zip files, but I can't seem to find any zips to download of any of them.
     
  2. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Have you tried downloading them to your computer? If so, what happens?
     
  3. jrasicmark

    jrasicmark Private First Class

    When I try downloading them to the senior computer, I get an error message that the software won't work with this computer and the only option it gives me is to cancel.
    When I try downloading anything to my laptop PC, it takes forever until eventually I get a message that I've lost internet access before the download can finish.

    I have been able to download Windows software to the senior computer as long as the .exe file is compressed inside a .zip file.
    If I can download them as zips into the Wow! computer, I can move them to a thumb drive and transfer them to my laptop to install.

    I have a copy of Malwarebytes on the laptop, but whenever I have run it lately, it can't find anything. In fact, it seems to me as if someone has messed with it so that it can't go online and look for updates.
     
  4. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    I am not a particularly knowledgable person on linux...but I believe Wine will allow then to download if your father(?) would allow it.

    Perhaps a friend could download them for you and transfer via a thumb drive?
     
  5. jrasicmark

    jrasicmark Private First Class

    I'll have to try the second option.
    This operating system for this computer for seniors is specifically designed so older people can't access anything important in the OS so they can't accidentally delete something without knowing what they're doing or download a virus. It has a specially designed Linux front end that doesn't let you see anything but the front end. I can't even tell which version of Linux it's based on. I only know it's Linux by researching on the internet. So I'm not sure even a Linux expert could help with it.
    Thanks for your advice, though. :)
     
  6. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Then hopefully you can ask a friend to download the tools to a flash drive so you can transfer and run them on your computer.
     

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