Слово hardware имеет английское происхождение и в компьютерной среде соответствует российскому эквиваленту «аппаратное обеспечение». Это понятие связывается с начинкой компьютера, его корпусом и периферийным оборудованием, которое окружает устройство. Понятие употребляется по отношению к физическим носителям и устройствам, установленным и работающим с компьютером.
К hardware относятся монитор, мышь, клавиатура, носители информации, различные карты (сетевые, графические, аудио и т.п.), а также модули памяти, материнская плата и установленные в нее чипы, т.е. все объекты, к которым можно при желании прикоснуться. Однако само по себе аппаратное обеспечение способно функционировать только вместе с программным обеспечением, т.е. software. Связка двух этих понятий и образует понимание работоспособной компьютерной системы.
Software
Software, напротив, определяет ту часть компьютера, которая не является аппаратной. Программное обеспечение включает в себя все используемые приложения, которые могут быть запущены. В список понятия software входят исполняемые файлы, библиотеки, скрипты. Программы выполняются на основе написанных на языке программирования инструкций и не могут функционировать без аппаратного компонента, который обрабатывает написанный программистом код за счет доступных вычислительных мощностей.
Программное обеспечение хранится на носителях информации и обрабатывается центральным процессором через набор директив, т.е. язык программирования. Инструкции состоят из набора бинарных значений, которые может различить и вычислить процессор, а затем выдать нужный результат через определенное количество времени.
Современная аппаратная часть компьютера способна обрабатывать большое количество команд одновременно, что позволяет создавать сложные приложения, соответствующие современным требованиям. Чем сложнее компьютерная программа, тем больше требуется вычислительных мощностей от аппаратной части. Если конфигурация оборудования не позволяет выполнять запущенную пользователем программу, будут наблюдаться существенные падения в производительности, а также зависания.
Существует множество разновидностей программного обеспечения, которые определяются в соответствии с целью их применения или спецификой их функционирования и работы.
Devine Software Oy Virus
Devine Software Oy
Devine Software Oy is a Trojan Horse infection that can spy on the victim’s personal or professional life, which includes stealing browser data such as passwords and credentials from Chrome, Firefox etc. Devine Software Oy can hack into the computer’s web-camera or microphone and record conversations and videos from the victim’s surroundings.
The Devine Software Oy virus is incredibly versatile when it comes to the malicious actions it can perform
The Trojan Horse viruses are among the most dangerous pieces of malware you can ever find. There is hardly an internet user who has never heard of them before, yet things become different when you learn that your machine has been infected with one of them named.
Devine Software Oy, the Trojan we will tell you more about in this post, is a new addition to the notorious Trojan Horse malware group and, on this page, there is a thorough removal guide with step-by-step guidance on how to remove it. Keep in mind, however, that Devine Software Oy is an advanced threat that can hide deep in the system. That’s why, to avoid deleting the wrong files, you need to execute the steps exactly as described. If you prefer a specialized software to do this for you, you are free to use the professional removal tool that you will find below.
What are the Trojans capable of?
The Trojans are probably the most famous class of malware. For most web users, however, what they do is still a mystery. The reason is, threats like Devine Software Oy and Great Discover are incredibly versatile when it comes to the malicious actions they can perform. When they infect the system, the Trojans initially appear to be something completely harmless. Once installed, they can be controlled remotely by the hackers who give them instructions on what to do. That’s why we can’t tell you precisely what kind of damage you should expect. But we can surely list some of the most common uses of these infections, so you can get an idea of their versatile nature.
One of the most common uses is for theft. Trojans can be used to steal sensitive information such as personal or work-related documents, account login credentials, passwords, financial information, credit and debit card numbers, etc. The obtained information can be transferred to remote servers controlled by hackers and it can be used to perform crimes such as blackmailing, online banking fraud, theft of identity, and more.
A Trojan like Devine Software Oy can also be used to exploit the resources of your machine. For example, this malware can employ the computer’s RAM and CPU to mine cryptocurrencies for someone else. Or it could turn the machine into a bot and use it to send out spam and spread malware such as Worms, Spyware, and Ransomware to other computers. And if this is not dreadful enough, a Trojan can hack into your camera and/or microphone and monitor your conversations, capture embarrassing videos and audio files, and even record everything you type on your keyboard.
The above is just a very small portion of the potential harm that an infection such as Devine Software Oy may cause. Therefore, it’s best not to wait any longer and remove this Trojan as soon as possible. It would also be a good idea to learn how to avoid those threats in the future as they can compromise you again if you happen to click on one of their numerous transmitters. That’s why the best way to protect your computer is to invest in a better antivirus program and to keep it up-to-date with all the new virus definitions. We also advise you to browse the web safely and avoid potential sources of malware such as illegal download sites, spam emails, online ads, and shady attachments.
SUMMARY:
Name
Devine Software Oy
Type
Trojan
Detection Tool
How to Uninstall the Devine Software Oy Virus?
Users who have been infected with Devine Software Oy may want to try the following quick instructions in order to remove the Trojan as soon as possible:
To check the system for other Devine Software Oy-related entries and clean your PC completely, we recommend that you follow the detailed removal guide below:
Before you do anything else, it is a good idea to bookmark this page with removal instructions. Once you do that, we recommend you reboot the compromised computer inSafe Mode (follow the steps from the link) and then come back to this guide to complete the rest of the Devine Software Oy removal steps.
Once in Safe Mode, click the Start Menu and search for msconfig in the search bar, then press enter from the keyboard. In the new window, select Startup and search for unfamiliar Startup Items that might have been added by Devine Software Oy. If you find anything suspicious, disable it by unchecking its checkmark and save the changes by clicking on OK.
WARNING! READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING!
More information on SpyHunter, steps to uninstall, EULA, Threat Assessment Criteria, and Privacy Policy.
The most challenging thing about dealing with Trojan Horses like Devine Software Oy is that these threats typically start a number of malicious processes without the victim’s knowledge. These processes run without much visible symptoms and are hard to detect or distinguish from regular system processes, therefore, in most cases even experienced security professionals may find it hard to detect and stop the malicious processes without the help of an anti-malware software.
If you are very observant, however, you may be able to spot some dangerous processes when you click the Processes tab of the Task Manager.
To open the Task Manager press CTRL + SHIFT + ESC together and then, in Processes, filter the processes by name, CPU and Memory usage.
Then, if you spot something unusual, right click on it, select Open File Location and scan the files found in that file location with the powerful free online virus scanner below:
Then, after the scan completes if anything dangerous is found in the scanned files, end the processes by right-clicking on it and selecting End Process. Also, don’t forget to delete the dangerous files.
More information on SpyHunter, steps to uninstall, EULA, Threat Assessment Criteria, and Privacy Policy.
It is well-known that Trojan threats may often make unauthorized changes in various system files. A typical target for such changes is the Hosts file, where malicious IPs might be added without any notifications.
That’s why, in this step, we will show you how to check your Hosts file for unauthorized alternations. For that, press the copy the line below in the Start menu search bar and open the result:
notepad %windir%/system32/Drivers/etc/hosts
Then, in the Notepad file that gets open, check for suspicious IPs under Localhost:
If you find something unusual or disturbing, write to us in the comments.
Another common location where Devine Software Oy may make changes or add malicious entries is the system’s registry. To check if anything malicious has been added there, type Regedit in the Start menu search bar and press Enter.
Then, when the Registry Editor opens on the screen, press CTRL and F from the keyboard and type the name of the Trojan in the Find pop-up box.
Next, start a search and if anything matching that name shows up in the results, then, it most likely belongs to the Trojan and needs to be removed from the registry.
If nothing shows up in the search, use the left panel of the Registry Editor to manually navigate to the following directories:
About the author
Brandon Skies
Brandon is a researcher and content creator in the fields of cyber-security and virtual privacy. Years of experience enable him to provide readers with important information and adequate solutions for the latest software and malware problems.
Введение в гейм девелопмент или что бы я сказал самому себе 5 лет назад
Знакомство
Приветствую тебя %username%! Мне уже 20 годиков, это довольно мало, но некоторый опыт уже имеется и поэтому я хочу поделиться им с тобой!
Я постараюсь не писать бесполезной инфы, хотя последние 200 символов и так бесполезны для тебя. Поэтому сходу к делу!
Определение профессии/хобби
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Многие будучи школьниками играют в игры, часть из них задумываются стать разработчиками игр, что вот они бы если бы могли, сделали бы лучшую игру. И с оптимизацией и с крутым миром и фишками.
Но к сожалению часто многие скачивают Unity, UE4, GoDoT и на этом их карьера gamedeveloper`а заканчивается.
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Как понять, что действительно нужно начинать делать свою игру?
Во-первых, нужно определить, что это не делается за неделю. Действительно хорошая игра, на которой можно маломальски зарабатывать, в лучшем случае (Совмещая с учебой и работой) будет сделана за месяц, а то и больше.
Во-вторых, нужно абстрагироваться от ничего не знающих ютуберов вроде ХауДиХо, ничего против него не имею, но принять 3 факта придется.
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Пока что на этом список закончится, потому что остальные вещи мы сможем догнать по пути. Начнем с начала. И снова пунктики!
С места в GameDev
Игра не строится только на программировании. Его будет много, но не больше чем всего остального.
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Я уже не говорю про производные, интегралы и тд. Вы научились выводить Hello world? Поздравляю, самое время попытаться сделать что ни-будь в движке. Мой выбор остановился на UE4, с переходом на UE5.
Вот теперь, создав проект в одном из движков, вы стоите на входе в огромный мир разработки, где вы потратите не одну сотню часов, но если вы дойдете до конца, будете наслаждаться тем что вы сделали.
Для начала можете использовать примитивы, в 3D это называется BlockOut
В нашем случае BlockOut будет в роли базовой геометрии, которая будет повторять размеры объектов и выполнять их логику.
Сделав играбельную логику и минимальный дизайн, скиньте свою игру друзьям\знакомым на пробу. Пусть скажут чего не хватает или что лишнее.
Это будет Альфа. Оттачивайте логику до идеала, оптимизируйте.
И выпускайте Бету, корректируйте замечания и можно идти в релиз.
Старайтесь начать с простых проектов и постепенно усложняйте себе задачу.
Читайте как можно больше документацию в идеале на английском языке.
По мере создания игры, учите хоткеи, чем больше вы знаете про движок и его возможности редактирования тем быстрее вы делаете игру. Важно понимать, делаю игру в одиночку уйдут тысячи часов, чтобы сделать и код и 3D модели и материалы для них. Поэтому здраво оценивайте свои возможности.
Статья не является гайдом, универсальным пособием. Но если вы захотите, заходите в дискорд и задавайте вопросы. Я отвечу на то, на что я смогу ответить. Позже будут еще статьи!
Надеюсь, статья была интересна или познавательна!
Great Discover
Great Discover
Great Discover is a cryptocurrency-mining malware program that uses the resources (RAM, CPU, GPU) of your computer to generate cryptocurrencies for its creators. Great Discover can be used for mining Bitcoin, Monero, Ethereum, Litecoin, etc., which could severely impact the performance of your system.
The goal of Great Discover isn’t to damage your computer – it doesn’t delete any files, corrupt the system, or spy on you. Its sole purpose is to mine cryptocurrency by exploiting the resources of your machine. On a more powerful computer, the user may not even notice the presence of the virus unless he/she tries to run some resource-intensive program that requires lots of RAM, CPU, or GPU to run.
What is Great Discover?
Great Discover is a type of cryptocurrency-mining virus that engages the computer’s RAM, GPU, and CPU to mine Bitcoin, Ethereum, Monero, XRP, and other cryptocurrencies. To evade detection, Great Discover may be set to operate only when the computer isn’t being used.
The reason why a lot of users that have the Great Discover virus may not be aware of its presence in the system is exactly this – the cryptocurrency-mining process could be set to only start when the computer isn’t being used. Some users may not even mind the fact that Great Discover is on their computer, so long as it doesn’t impact the system performance when they are using the computer. It should be noted, though, that even if you aren’t noticing the presence of Great Discover, the rogue program is still there, running its processes without your permission, and it wouldn’t be too far-fetched to assume that at a certain point it may attempt to do something else without requesting approval from you (such as downloading more undesirable programs on the computer).
The Great Discover app
The Great Discover app is rogue software that carries a cryptocurrency-mining Trojan that forces the computer to generate Bitcoin, Dask, Litecoin, Monero, and other cryptocurrencies. The Great Discover app should be removed from the computer immediately because it causes severe slow-downs and performance issues.
The Great Discover app can be any app that is used to deliver the Trojan into the users’ computers – it carries the Trojan as a bundled component and installs it automatically on the computer, oftentimes without the user’s informed approval. For this reason, it’s crucial to always pay attention to the installation settings and options when running the installer of a new program. Never allow an installer to add bonus software to your system on top of the main program that is getting installed unless you think you may want to get that bonus software.
The Great Discover virus
The Great Discover virus is a sneaky Trojan Horse designed to leech resources (GPU, CPU, RAM) off your system and use them for mining Monero, XRP, Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies. Having the Great Discover on a computer typically causes slow-downs, freezes, and even crashes.
The behavior and performance impact that Great Discover may have on your computer varies depending on which version of the Trojan you may have. In some cases, you may barely notice that the Trojan is there, but in other instances, the system may become almost unusable due to severe slow-downs and freezes caused by the excessive use of system resources. Regardless of what your exact situation is, removing Great Discover is still the best course of action.
There are quite a few other similar rogue programs that may get installed alongside Great Discover, so it may be a good idea to check your computer for the following list of unwanted/hazardous software components that are commonly associated with this Trojan. If you find any of them on your computer, follow the provided links to find out how to delete them.
Is Great Discover a virus?
Great Discover is a virus program that gets delivered into the system by a rogue app of the same name. The Great Discover virus silently uses large amounts of CPU, RAM, and GPU to generate Bitcoin, Monero, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies, for its creators.
One other thing that has led researchers to categorize this rogue program as a Trojan Horse virus is its ability to remain in the system and even re-install itself automatically in spite of the users’ attempts to remove it. There is an uninstaller for Great Discover, but simply running it to delete the program typically isn’t enough. There would still be files, settings, and Registry items left after you’ve seemingly removed Great Discover that could allow it to return to your computer. For that reason, it’s important to find and delete everything linked to this Trojan in order to be sure that it has truly left your system.
SUMMARY:
Name
The Great Discover Virus
Type
Trojan
Detection Tool
How to uninstall Great Discover
To uninstall Great Discover, these are the steps you’d need to perform:
You will probably need some more details about the steps above, so we recommend reading the following lines to gain a better insight into what exactly you are supposed to do in order to eliminate this virus.
Step 1: Run the Uninstaller
Note 1: if you are offered by the uninstaller to keep anything related to the program on your computer, refuse any such offers – you must make sure that everything that may be related to this program gets removed.
Note 2: It’s possible that another rogue/unreliable program is responsible for getting Great Discover installed on your computer, so it is a good idea to check the Programs and Features list once again for any other recent installs that seem questionable and that may be related to the Trojan virus. If you see anything that may not be welcome on your computer and/or that is unfamiliar to you, you should uninstall it.
Step 2: Search for Great Discover processes
WARNING! READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING!
More information on SpyHunter, steps to uninstall, EULA, Threat Assessment Criteria, and Privacy Policy.
Running the Uninstaller.exe and uninstalling Great Discover with its help should end any related processes, but it’s still worth checking the Task Manager for rogue processes just in case. Note that running the uninstaller won’t fully get rid of the Great Discover Trojan, so there are more things to be done to complete the removal.
Open the Task Manager with the help of the Ctrl + Shift + Esc combination from the keyboard and go to the Processes tab. First, search the shown processes for anything named Great Discover or Devine and if you find such an item (or items), right-click it, select Open File Location, right-click the process again, and now select End Process. After that, delete the File Location folder that you opened.
If you didn’t find any Great Discover or Devine processes, look for other suspicious entries (especially ones with high CPU and/or memory usage) that have unusual names or names you don’t recognize. If you find anything you that raises your suspicion, tell us about the process in the comments section, or simply look up its name to see if security researchers have warned about it being rogue.
Another thing you could do is go to the File Location of the process (like we showed you above) and scan the files there with a reliable malware scanner. We recommend the scanner posted below. It is free to use on our site and requires no installation – just drag and drop any file you want to get scanned. Obviously, if even a single file from the file location of the process is detected as a threat, this means that the process must be stopped and its folder – deleted.
Hopefully, by now, you should have a good idea of whether the suspected process is indeed harmful or not. If it is, you already know what to do, but if you didn’t find anything that suggests it may be a threat, it’s better to leave it be as it may be a legitimate system process that mustn’t be touched.
Step 3: Safe Mode
More information on SpyHunter, steps to uninstall, EULA, Threat Assessment Criteria, and Privacy Policy.
To prevent the Trojan from starting any rogue processes again, we recommend that you get the system into Safe Mode and operate from within that mode during the rest of this guide.
Step 4: Clean system settings
There are several types of system settings that may have been altered by the virus and that you need to restore to their regular states.
First, you need to check the Hosts file – to find and open it, first go to the hard drive where Windows is installed (on most computers that’s the C: drive). Then find and open this folder: Windows/System32/Drivers/etc. There, you will see the Hosts file – double-click on it, and when asked to select a program, click on Notepad to open the file with it.
Next, see if there are any strange IP addresses or other questionable text at the bottom of the file (right below the “Localhost” lines). If you find anything there, copy it and send it in the comments below – we will have a look and tell you if the text/IPs are from the virus. If they are, you will have to delete them from the file and save the changes you’ve made.
The next thing you must check is the DNS settings – you can do this by typing ncpa.cpl in the Start Menu, click the first thing, right-click on the icon of the network you typically use, and go to Properties. Here, you must click on the Internet Protocol Version 4 item and have a look at its properties (click the next Properties button). In the next window, there should be an option labeled Obtain DNS server automatically – if that option isn’t enabled, click on it to enable it and then go to Advanced. In the Advanced window, select DNS, delete any IPs that may be listed in the list there, and save the changes by selecting OK on everything.
The third thing you should check is the list of Startup items – go to it by typing msconfig in the Start Menu, pressing Enter, and then clicking on the Startup tab from in the System Configuration window that opens. There, look through the list and if there are any items named Great Discover or Devine, uncheck them. Also, look for other suspicious or unknown items and uncheck them as well. Additionally, pay attention to the Manufacturer column – anything with an unknown manufacturer or with Devine as the manufacturer must also be unchecked. Once all potentially rogue items have been deselected, click on OK.
Step 5: Delete leftover files
There are several files that Great Discover has likely left on your computer after you uninstalled it in Step 1 – you must find and delete those files. Before that, however, we suggest “unhiding” the hidden files and folders on your computer. For that, type Folder Options in the Start Menu, press Enter, and click the View tab in the newly-opened window. Look through the listed options, find the one labeled Show hidden files, folders, and drives, enable it, and then click on OK.
Now, depending on the version of Great Discover that you have, the files that may have been left behind are likely to differ. Here are the files left behind by the different versions of the Trojan:
Note 1: If you have chosen to install Great Discover in a different folder, then the Great Discover folder will be located there and that’s where you must search for the remaining files.
Note 2: If you don’t know which version of Great Discover you have on your computer, then simply go to C:\Program Files\Devine Software Oy\Great Discover(or in whatever other folder you’ve installed the program, and delete that folder with everything that’s in it.
Note 3: If anywhere in the system you find files that seem suspicious and you think they could be related to Great Discover, do not hesitate to use the aforementioned free malware scanner that’s on our site to test them for malicious code and to delete them if the scanner flags them as threats.
Step 6: Clean the Registry
The last thing to do in this guide is to go the Registry Editor tool and use it to clean the Registry of your computer from Great Discover items. Open the Editor by searching for the regedit.exe executable in the Start Menu and selecting the first app that gets shown. Once asked for permission, click on Yes and the Editor will start.
In the Registry Editor window, go to Edit from the top and select Find. Search for Great Discover and delete any items that may get found. Note that after every deleted item, you must search again to ensure there aren’t more remaining items. Once there are no more search results for Great Discover, search for Devine and delete any items that you may find.
Next, use the sidebar to the left to manually navigate to the following Registry directories and keys. The entries listed below should have already been deleted by you when you searched for Great Discover and Devine, but it’s still recommended trying to find them manually, just in case anything has been left undeleted. Again, the entries that may be left behind depend on the Great Discover version that you may have:
Once you’ve checked for those Registry items and deleted any of them you may have found, restart your computer and see if the Trojan is gone from it.
If Great Discover is still active on the computer
If you notice that the Great Discover is still leeching resources from your system to mine cryptocurrencies, it may be best if you get a specialist to have a look at your system or use a professional removal tool to take care of the Trojan miner.
We cannot help you with the latter option, but we can recommend you a strong and reliable anti-malware tool that can find and get rid of any rogue data that may still be present on the computer. You can find the anti-malware tool linked throughout the guide, so give it a go if you are still having problems with Great Discover and would like to get rid of it once and for all.
