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10/20/2009 at 9:05 pm #1729010
I get a virus attack that my virus protector blocks each time I click on the Grand High Pobah WI Stats link.
10/20/2009 at 9:16 pm #1915473@Bushwhacking Queen wrote:
I get a virus attack that my virus protector blocks each time I click on the Grand High Pobah WI Stats link.
Me too…….it keeps showing you ahead of me………dang virus.
z
10/20/2009 at 9:17 pm #1915474I am getting the same message. I would avoid that site unless you are confident in your virus protection software.
10/20/2009 at 9:25 pm #1915475@zuma wrote:
@Bushwhacking Queen wrote:
I get a virus attack that my virus protector blocks each time I click on the Grand High Pobah WI Stats link.
Me too…….it keeps showing you ahead of me………dang virus.
z
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10/20/2009 at 9:26 pm #1915476@Braid Beard’s Gang wrote:
I am getting the same message. I would avoid that site unless you are confident in your virus protection software.
I got it yesterday too and have stayed clear of the site. Today I went back and got the same thing. I know there was an issue in the past.
Jeremy??????????
10/20/2009 at 11:34 pm #1915477yup same here.
10/21/2009 at 12:17 am #1915478Our computer totally crashed yesterday. We thought it had something to do with the antivirus pro 2010… we should get it back tomorrow, maybe it was from the Poobah. Bummer having to use another computer but at least it is a Mac and can’t get a virus.
10/21/2009 at 1:12 am #1915479@Timberline Echoes wrote:
Our computer totally crashed yesterday. We thought it had something to do with the antivirus pro 2010… we should get it back tomorrow, maybe it was from the Poobah. Bummer having to use another computer but at least it is a Mac and can’t get a virus.
I love our Mac. We had a pc a few years back and had nothing but problems after about the first year and a half. We got sick of taking it in all the time. It got to a point where you were just constantly upgrading anti-virus crap.
10/21/2009 at 1:56 am #1915480Works ok for me. It has shown an attack site in the past but today it is fine for me.
10/21/2009 at 2:03 am #1915481It does not show up as an attack site for me either, but I do see some weird Javascript on the page. For those getting it blocked by their virus software, is there a reason / name / type of threat listed?
10/21/2009 at 2:19 am #1915482Just clicked on it. First it a tojan box showed then went to the other SiteAdviser screen. Went back to it and now is clear and can not find anything in my event log. 😕
Found it. Says it was this Exploit-PDF.b.gen(trojan)
10/21/2009 at 2:20 am #1915483@Jeremy wrote:
It does not show up as an attack site for me either, but I do see some weird Javascript on the page. For those getting it blocked by their virus software, is there a reason / name / type of threat listed?
My Microsoft Security Essentials software blocks the virus, its a fake adobe flash installer. I got the popup to install flash(which I already have installed and up to date) in firefox as soon as I tried to goto the website.
Details:
TrojanProxy:Win32/Dosenjo.C
Published: Oct 12, 2009
http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/Threat/Encyclopedia/Entry.aspx?name=TrojanProxy%3aWin32%2fDosenjo.C&threatid=2147628697%5B10/21/2009 at 2:25 am #1915484OK, I went back a second time and also saw the fake installer box pop up. It has been removed from the Quick Links box (again) until they clean up their act.
10/21/2009 at 2:48 am #1915485@Timberline Echoes wrote:
Our computer totally crashed yesterday. We thought it had something to do with the antivirus pro 2010… we should get it back tomorrow, maybe it was from the Poobah. Bummer having to use another computer but at least it is a Mac and can’t get a virus.
Most of these new fake antivirus programs(including the one you mentioned) are the newest type of malware out. They mimic real security software and tell you your computer is infected and ask you for $$ & personal information (for future identity theft).
They also turnoff any antivirus/ security you have, stop you from installing removal tools, & block connections to websites related to antirus software & malware removal. I use Malwarebytes (free) to clean these types of infections off most PC’s I fix. The software is very simple to use, does a great job, and since it’s free I highly recommend it. I’m posting a link so if anyone goes looking for it they don’t get fooled by another fake program/website.
http://www.malwarebytes.org/This software offers no real-time protection unless you buy the pay version. I have the full version and find it doesn’t catch as much as my Antivirus software so I’m not sure it was worth the money. As a removal tool you use periodically to scan your PC to remove these types of infections, There isn’t much better.
10/21/2009 at 12:12 pm #1915486@hogrod wrote:
I use Malwarebytes (free) to clean these types of infections off most PC’s I fix. The software is very simple to use, does a great job, and since it’s free I highly recommend it. I’m posting a link so if anyone goes looking for it they don’t get fooled by another fake program/website.
http://www.malwarebytes.org/This software offers no real-time protection unless you buy the pay version. I have the full version and find it doesn’t catch as much as my Antivirus software so I’m not sure it was worth the money. As a removal tool you use periodically to scan your PC to remove these types of infections, There isn’t much better.
In full agreement with this. I’ve seen malwarebytes clean up some pretty infected systems.
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