Author Topic: Is there a virus on the forum? (Read 1311 times)

The One and Only Mo · « **on:** November 09, 2009, 07:58:54 PM »

Sometimes a thing pops up asking me to save or browse or something. I click cancel. Also, when I click on a topic the screen turns into a white thing with all these crazy letters on it. I click back, but it happened already 3 times.

muman613 · « **Reply #1 on:** November 09, 2009, 08:04:25 PM »

I have not witnessed any abnormal behavior in the operation of the forum... Maybe you should run a virus check on your machine...

The One and Only Mo · « **Reply #2 on:** November 09, 2009, 08:05:19 PM »

Quote from: muman613 on November 09, 2009, 08:04:25 PM

I have not witnessed any abnormal behavior in the operation of the forum... Maybe you should run a virus check on your machine...

Maybe you can hack into my comp and do it for me?

Rubystars · « **Reply #3 on:** November 09, 2009, 09:07:57 PM »

AVG is free

Maybe you should try that program. It doesn't catch everything but it helps a lot.

New Yorker · « **Reply #4 on:** November 09, 2009, 09:16:47 PM »

It sounds like your computer is infected with a trojan, Get Trojan Guarder Gold and run it, it will find the infection and remove it. Here's the link to the trial version, it will work for 2 weeks then ask you to buy it, just use it to get rid of the infection then uninstall it. http://download.cnet.com/Trojan-Guarder-Gold/3000-2239_4-10165573.html?tag=mncol

To keep from being re-infected, I highly recommend avast antivirus, you can get it here, and it is free. http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

By the way, I'm a computer network engineer, so I am a very educated opinion on this subject.

muman613 · « **Reply #5 on:** November 09, 2009, 09:24:44 PM »

Im running Ubuntu linux and there are not many viruses for Linux. In my 10 years of running Linux I have never gotten any malware or viruses installed on my machine. I am a Linux evangelist and only run my Windows in a Virtual Machine running within my Linux environment. This was I can easily back up the virtual drives and only run the Windows when I need to access something which can only be run in windows.

New Yorker · « **Reply #6 on:** November 09, 2009, 09:27:33 PM »

Quote from: muman613 on November 09, 2009, 09:24:44 PM

Im running Ubuntu linux and there are not many viruses for Linux. In my 10 years of running Linux I have never gotten any malware or viruses installed on my machine. I am a Linux evangelist and only run my Windows in a Virtual Machine running within my Linux environment. This was I can easily back up the virtual drives and only run the Windows when I need to access something which can only be run in windows.

9.10 just got released, but I'm sure you already knew that.

I'd switch to linux but I like my pc games too much to give them up.

Lisa · « **Reply #7 on:** November 09, 2009, 09:33:50 PM »

I love Linux too!

The One and Only Mo · « **Reply #8 on:** November 09, 2009, 09:49:27 PM »

I have avast......but my comp is fine. Just those 2 seconds. Didn't Chaim asked if something was popping up on the forum a while ago?

New Yorker · « **Reply #9 on:** November 09, 2009, 10:08:27 PM »

Quote from: Mo2388 on November 09, 2009, 09:49:27 PM

I have avast......but my comp is fine. Just those 2 seconds. Didn't Chaim asked if something was popping up on the forum a while ago?

Try the trojan guarder just in case, it can catch things avast misses.

pennyjangle · « **Reply #10 on:** November 09, 2009, 10:34:11 PM »

Spybot - Search & Destroy ..........it's free and it works.

muman613 · « **Reply #11 on:** November 09, 2009, 11:29:45 PM »

Quote from: New Yorker on November 09, 2009, 10:08:27 PM

Quote from: Mo2388 on November 09, 2009, 09:49:27 PM
I have avast......but my comp is fine. Just those 2 seconds. Didn't Chaim asked if something was popping up on the forum a while ago?

Try the trojan guarder just in case, it can catch things avast misses.

That was due to somebodies signature line which attempted to load an image from some site which required authentication... I could probably find out what that URL was {because at the time I assisted in determining the cause of the problem}... That problem was due to some image server asking for authentication... I dont think what you saw was related to that issue {we all saw that happen when it happened}...

mord · « **Reply #12 on:** November 10, 2009, 05:27:33 AM »

Quote from: New Yorker on November 09, 2009, 09:16:47 PM

It sounds like your computer is infected with a trojan, Get Trojan Guarder Gold and run it, it will find the infection and remove it. Here's the link to the trial version, it will work for 2 weeks then ask you to buy it, just use it to get rid of the infection then uninstall it. http://download.cnet.com/Trojan-Guarder-Gold/3000-2239_4-10165573.html?tag=mncol

To keep from being re-infected, I highly recommend avast antivirus, you can get it here, and it is free. http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

By the way, I'm a computer network engineer, so I am a very educated opinion on this subject.

i have avast it's great plus syware terminator .And yes Chaim said that a few weeks ago when some people tried to log in something popped up i didn't get the pop up . http://www.spywareterminator.com/

Dr. Dan · « **Reply #13 on:** November 10, 2009, 05:47:14 AM »

That's what happens when you go on too many porno sites. Just kidding.

I had a problem with my hotmail sending random spam to my contact list. Had to close my account.

But its good to know we have computer experts here. So if I have a problem I can contact one of u

The One and Only Mo · « **Reply #14 on:** November 10, 2009, 08:50:06 AM »

Quote from: Dr. Dan on November 10, 2009, 05:47:14 AM

That's what happens when you go on too many porno sites. Just kidding.

I had a problem with my hotmail sending random spam to my contact list. Had to close my account.

But its good to know we have computer experts here. So if I have a problem I can contact one of u

I had a horrible virus a few weeks ago. My buddy, a computer whizz, deleted my hard drive and installed a new one. It's ok now, I guess.

angryChineseKahanist · « **Reply #15 on:** November 10, 2009, 03:52:30 PM »

Hey Moe wooohooo nyuk nyuk

That's not a virus. The pop-up comes from unchecked ads.
Without looking at your computer, I'd guess its a fake anti-virus or fake free software download.
When you see something like that, fear not. The only solution at that point it not to click cancel but to kill the browser itself. No need to pull the plug on your computer or hit the power switch.

To kill the browser open up taskmgr.exe the task manager either from the start button or [CTRL] + [ALT] + [DEL] and select task manager.
Look for iexplorer.exe or firefox.exe and end it.
You will lose everything you didn't save.
If you're running Linux, you should already know what to do with /bin/kill.

nyuk nyuk pop whhoooowhhhoooo

angryChineseKahanist · « **Reply #16 on:** November 10, 2009, 03:57:15 PM »

Wait a minute. JTF doesn't have ads.
What where you clicking on? Are you sure it was JTF forum?
Did you have other windows opened? Did you have two Internet Explorers or two firefoxes opened?
What did you look at before opening up jtf forum?
It may be coming from a pop under that you didn't see from previous pages you were looking at.
And on the forum, you really can't hide any scripts by posting.

muman613 · « **Reply #17 on:** November 10, 2009, 04:39:16 PM »

ps -ef | grep firefox
kill -9 [processid]

angryChineseKahanist · « **Reply #18 on:** November 10, 2009, 08:05:37 PM »

Quote from: muman613 on November 10, 2009, 04:39:16 PM

ps -ef | grep firefox
kill -9 [processid]

It's too much work to make a note of the PID.

ps -ef|grep firefox|grep -v "grep"|perl -e 's/\S+\s+(\S+).+\n/$1/' -p|xargs kill

angryChineseKahanist · « **Reply #19 on:** November 10, 2009, 08:10:24 PM »