You've Been Hacked
11-10-2009, 08:09 AM
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Past couple days randomly when I click on a thread it will go to an addware page that gives a pop-up saying that your computer has viruses and needs to be scanned and starts acting like its scanning my computer for viruses. I will try to get a screen shot next time it does it.
I'll ask around and see if anyone knows what the cause is. This is a new one to me.
11-10-2009, 10:04 AM
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Nathan I also have a few ideas as I donor feel it's the site. If someone affected by this has yahoo or google talk and is willing to work with me I bet we can solve this. Just drop me a pm or post up.
11-10-2009, 10:14 AM
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This really sounds like a virus or adware on your computer but it's hard to be sure since a few other people are seeing the same thing. It hasn't happened to me yet so I can't tell. We do have anti-virus running on this server and it's not picking up anything.
I'll ask around and see if anyone knows what the cause is. This is a new one to me.
I'll ask around and see if anyone knows what the cause is. This is a new one to me.
11-12-2009, 08:51 AM
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use firefox + adblock. You can selectively block any images/popups/pages that you want to.
Unfortunately it sounds to me like you've already got some adware. I've been seeing a lot of this kind lately. Windows Defender seems to take care of it pretty good... I usually use malwarebytes, but the crap that I've been seeing disables MB as soon as it's installed.
Unfortunately it sounds to me like you've already got some adware. I've been seeing a lot of this kind lately. Windows Defender seems to take care of it pretty good... I usually use malwarebytes, but the crap that I've been seeing disables MB as soon as it's installed.
11-12-2009, 11:01 AM
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Security Tool Virus
Last week I picked up this virus called "Security Tool". It is widespread. It showed up on my work PC and laptop. Every 30 seconds or so, or when you go to a different page or reboot...it pops up.
This thing is a beeaatch to get rid of but i KILLED it!!
Here is a link with several ways to get rid of it. Scroll down a little and there is a screen shot of what the virus looks like.
http://www.softsailor.com/how-to/872...val-guide.html
Hope this helps.
This thing is a beeaatch to get rid of but i KILLED it!!
Here is a link with several ways to get rid of it. Scroll down a little and there is a screen shot of what the virus looks like.
http://www.softsailor.com/how-to/872...val-guide.html
Hope this helps.
11-12-2009, 02:25 PM
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Year: This one's a 96'....
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I deal with this kind of stuff everyday......you proly have a browser hijacker trojan or a virus.......go to download.com (it's a very reputable place to download) get the free "avg antivirus" and "spybot search and destroy" and run them.....I have the paid versions but the free versions work just fine for basic stuff. You most likely visited a site that gets paid per install or it pigged backed on a file you downloaded. It's just a scam so they make a sale on a program that is BS. Malwarebytes is also a decent free program you can try.
