Windows 10: Firewall, Security and Antivirus are useless: My home Network was hacked and my Win 10 PC...

Not sure where to post this? It's a problem but I'm not looking for troubleshooting technical expertise.


I will be honest that ever since all those Win 10 Feature updates my computer was acting oddly.


On top of that I found out today that my home router was hacked and my PC along with it.


I had to pull the plug to stop the router.


It's to the point that I cannot access the general settings despite being the admin. I couldn't even turn off the WiFi through control panel and barely managed to do so through the device manager.


Quite a few of my files and logs have disapeared! I barely recall when looking at the network connections during this that there were a lot of connections but this seemed pretty consistently established between my "system" processes a remote https server-#-#...- flops.ru I can't recall the numbers for remote server!


Any ideas on this remote https connection to server ending in flops.ru ?


I wish that I could post some logs or some more details but I can't access much until I can access everything.


My Norton Antivirus and it's firewall didn't even detect this! I would like to know if anyone else knows what/ who is/are this external remote https server ending with "flops.ru" and because I couldn't find any info about it other than the flops term . I'm not an expert so I don't really know what to think.


I didn't have file sharing or remote access connections on. And recently only accessed and downloaded from Microsoft, Adobe, Dell, Intel, Nvidia, Norton, Malwarebytes ... Making sure the pc was up to date.


But I'm surprised upon noticing the oddities, I had run several scans from Windows Safety Scanner previously, scanned with Malwarebytes and Norton as well... Nothing showed up.


I had been using Microsoft Edge during this hijacking of my computer. Does anyone have any ideas?


I have no clue what is going on things keep getting messed up with each update and so called security measures!



I'm pretty sure that I will have to start fresh and reset and reinstall everything to recover.

:)

 

Good Antivirus + Firewall

I would never put anything Norton on my computer.

Nod32 is arguably the best antivirus. AVG is likely not as good, but it's free and at least pretty good.

Firewalls, I'd put Comodo and whatever "Tiny Personal Firewall" is named nowadays on your short list. I think Kerio might have sold it now and it's named something else. Otherwise, just put Comodo on your short list. I think the current version's ease of use has taken a step backwards, seems a bit counter-intuitive when trying to do certain things with it, but overall it does a good job and the price is right.

 

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Windows Firewall security alert keeps popping up.

Hello,

Windows Firewall plays an important part in helping to protect your computer against virus and security threats. Your concern is cause by a conflicting changes in your security settings. However we suggest that you turn off Security messages for Network
firewall temporarily to check if the issue persists. Follow these steps:

• Click Start menu.
• Type Control Panel.
• Choose System and Security > Security and Maintenance.
• On the left side, click Change Security and Maintenance settings.
• Uncheck the box on the left side of Network firewall.
• Restart your computer.

After an hour, enable Network firewall again. We also recommend that you use another browser and check if the issue persists.

Note: If you disable Windows Firewall for a long period of time, your computer will be more vulnerable to unauthorized access to your network.

Thanks.