Becoming a helper

Classroom link broken?

Hi I was reading your info about training to help people with malware issues. I tried the link to Classroom but it failed....is it broken or is it my poor computer?

I have applied to do a course at MRU. If I complete the course successfuly, any chance of helping you guys out on this site?

I think it's great you all give your time like this to help people with computer problems. Really truly grateful. :p::bigthumb:
 
Hello infested! :)

It was a very difficult decision, but What The Tech Classroom, (formerly Tom Coyote) decided in the best interest of the classroom, and those who receive training there, that it needed to undergo a much needed renovation. It would simply be too difficult to try and keep it open as everything was being moved around, practice logs updated, etc. Closing it also allows the teachers time to focus on the renovation work.

The classroom closed on October, 1 2007. The estimate is that it will take approximately six weeks-2 months to complete the work.
WTT administration and teachers do not want, or expect anyone to put their training on hold.

Malware Removal University, and GeekU have both graciously offered to accept classroom students. Interested people should apply to one only.

Link to MRU application: http://forum.malwareremoval.com/viewtopic.php?t=233
Link to GeekU application: http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/Would-like-to-learn-to-fight-malware-t4817.html

By which username did you apply to MRU infested! ?

Update:The Classroom is now open again at WTT.
 
hello tashi

lol, should have put a little more thought into it, you think?! Applied under infested! !!!:laugh: but i can't study until i have rid my own computer of spyware, which makes plenty of sense. I'll wait for them to contact me and tell me that in apersonal email, and then reapply when my computer is sorted out....under a better user-name.
 
Hi there.
infested! said:
I'll wait for them to contact me and tell me that in apersonal email, and then reapply when my computer is sorted out....under a better user-name.
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Ok, I am an admin over there.

Yes best to use another name as infested might not inspire confidence in users you might help one day. ;)
 
big hurrah for shaba and everyone who makes this site possible

Thanks a million.

Tashi, I reapplied under the nickname 'Jarabara'. I said in my application that I had previously applied as 'infested!' :oops: Be good to hear from you.

Take care:p:
 
I'm thinking of applying to one of the teacher sites, mainly since I have received help here (in the process of cleaning my laptop) and I would like to think I can give back something for what I have received.

Can someone give me an insight as to what is involved with a 'course'. More than just saying its hard work, how is the teaching performed etc etc is it all hands on or is it more reading reading reading?
 
Daz3210 said:
is it all hands on or is it more reading reading reading?
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Hi Daz3210,
It depends what you mean by "hands on", you would not be allowed to help members of the public until you reach a certain level of ability.
The teaching is hands on, to the extent that the schools have practice logs that you will be expected to clean.

You will be doing a lot of reading (and I do mean a lot ), but then that doesn't stop even when you have graduated from the school.
 
katana said:
Hi Daz3210,
It depends what you mean by "hands on", you would not be allowed to help members of the public until you reach a certain level of ability.
The teaching is hands on, to the extent that the schools have practice logs that you will be expected to clean.

You will be doing a lot of reading (and I do mean a lot ), but then that doesn't stop even when you have graduated from the school.
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Thats what I meant by hands on.

Basically you will be 'helping' a fictionary person by looking at practice codes.
 
Daz3210 said:
Thats what I meant by hands on.

Basically you will be 'helping' a fictionary person by looking at practice codes.
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Yes :bigthumb:

It is not just a case of ....

read THIS text and then answer THESE questions.

You will also be asked to run some of the tools we use on your own machine to get familiar with how they work.

You are not expected to be correct all the time, and questions are welcomed.
If you question things, it shows that you are thinking about them :D:
 
becoming helper

hi, tashi
i goes through threads
sir, i am working as a lecture in small town tumsar, India
i also searching for link or colume so that it will help me to
fight against mallware spyware etc. this is all to help people
thanx
 
helping other

dear tashi,
you given some useful link about malware university or classroom.
thanks
but no one is helping me. all are ready to form their cult.
it is very sad for me. not them.
sir I am graduate in electronic engg. and 13 year teaching exp.
but useless for them
I am ready for hardworking and helping other without taking single paisa.
but kicking me off
If I am from india. we talk in hindi so I am poor in english.
it is my fault that I born in India
I AM STILL WAITING THAT SOMEONE COME TO HELP ME
THIS TIME JISUS
 
feel good to be born as Indian and start learning off

Dear Ravindra

ravindra said:
dear tashi,
you given some useful link about malware university or classroom.
thanks
but no one is helping me. all are ready to form their cult.
it is very sad for me. not them.
sir I am graduate in electronic engg. and 13 year teaching exp.
but useless for them
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I am happy to see your interest to learn, but, having 13 years of experience teaching electronics does not confirm that you are expert in malware removal, yes, having interest and trying to follow the guidelines and attempting to understand the Operating System better in malware guy/security researcher perspective (i.e. how exploit works, and what people can do to fix that, I donot mean having an idea about software (to be used to fix malware etc) but, I mean to have clarity about OS in deeper perspective which all can enable you to confidently present your interest to start with. Grasping what they say can be more effectively done with more clarity about OS basics. Got my point. Ingeneral, people donot like spoon feeding, when we show our attempts, definetely I hope, you can find some nice people who may give a lift and guidance atleast in the minimalistic level for us to grow better in the field.

ravindra said:
I am ready for hardworking and helping other without taking single paisa.
but kicking me off
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Passion to help others is basic at heart and knowledge of what we were suggesting as a helper is more important and the thing we need to ensure when helping people out, as one mistake, they blast us and all credentials gone, so we need to be very much careful about when directly helping some user (with his computer infected)

that's the basic one have to do (take this as very important priority, learning with full passion). Most of the helpers in different ASAP authorised Malware Removal Help Forums do in this perspective, they donot expect any direct income for the help and guidance they give in the forums in general. It's more of satisfaction and increase of knowledge, which they can make use of in their regular job (if that is related to this field in an organisation which they work in etc kind of situations).


ravindra said:
If I am from india. we talk in hindi so I am poor in english.
it is my fault that I born in India
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I am also an INDIAN, I am proud to be so. learning English can be easier with some heart to do and understanding and practice of the language in our regular life (be it writing or speaking well so, we be effective both gramatically as well as with spoken english.

DONOT ever say, it is fault to be born as Indian for little sir, please, hope you get me positive perspective.

ravindra said:
I AM STILL WAITING THAT SOMEONE COME TO HELP ME
THIS TIME JISUS
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I faced lot of rejections for my positive approach and interest in computer security, when I started off, and later, the practical understanding of operating system, how malware works, what we have to do to remove it etc, helped me improve my skills as effective malware helper in a later time. Due to time constraints I stopped helping users after last quarter quarter of 2005. I am occasioanlly helping known people locally and sometimes online that's it.

anyhow, since this is one of my passionate areas, I am interested to start helping back, this time, I am in spybot forums to start back in :)


NOTE: I know, and I remember I am banned in a security forums site from performing my passionate role of malware researcher and helper, for a simple of reason of LANGUAGE PROBLEM (they said my english is not understandable and also said they recieved lot of compliants from users about my language itseems). I didnot see any user in that time complaining or writing right in the forums in the same thread (when they recieve help from me, if they didnot understand my langauge). Anyhow, I donot want to go deep off topic of how that happened, but I wish to say, to "Concentrate, practice language and concentrate more on different Windows Versions currently in use, the deeper perspective about them, then how malware works and how we can undo the modifications in OS (made by malicious objects) to remove them.

Hope you got my point know,

All the Best with your future, hope you take your first step after this,

SecurityWonks
 
Hello Austin8289,

I graduated from two classrooms on dialup, and there is no usually no need to download large software programs. :)
 
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