charlieb Posted February 24, 2010 Report Posted February 24, 2010 I'll say ti now ......... FORGIVE ME. I found a link on a realtor's Facebook page. I've wasted the evening looking at half of the 212 pages of (link deleted by editor because the site attempts to load up malware) Click to Enlarge 30.61 KB "I would prefer if you would just wear a pair of dirty jeans instead of stealing your daughterââ¬â¢s Hello Kitty jammies to wear out. Georgia"
Chad Fabry Posted February 24, 2010 Report Posted February 24, 2010 I don't want to be a killjoy but on or around page 30 my anti virus software went crazy and FireFox told me to leave the site immediately.
Terence McCann Posted February 24, 2010 Report Posted February 24, 2010 Great site Charlie. EDIT: My AV SW Avast pointed out a virus on page 7. Too bad too - interesting folks.
Neal Lewis Posted February 24, 2010 Report Posted February 24, 2010 Thank God AVG didn't detect anything, 'cause it's too good to stop at page 30.
esch Posted February 24, 2010 Report Posted February 24, 2010 I got one of those Fake virus scans on page 4 where when you try to close it is says no and it asks you to download the virus software (actually a virus, dont do it!) Sigh Matt
hausdok Posted February 24, 2010 Report Posted February 24, 2010 Yeah, Stay away from it. As soon as that thing popped up and it wouldn't shut down I cut power to the box, re-booted and then spent 3 hours waiting for McAfee to make sure nothing had gotten in. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike
exploreparadise2 Posted February 24, 2010 Report Posted February 24, 2010 That sounds like the virus "Internet Security 2010." It offers for sale a fake fix to the virus it created. My computer got infected with it in January and it is truly vicious. All it took was a visit to an infected website. There are multiple fixes offered on the web, some are not effective and some are for sale only. I wasted many, many hours with it.
exploreparadise2 Posted February 24, 2010 Report Posted February 24, 2010 Mike, can you delete the link to the website before others use it?
hausdok Posted February 25, 2010 Report Posted February 25, 2010 Mike, can you delete the link to the website before others use it? I did that before I posted the warning above.
charlieb Posted February 25, 2010 Author Report Posted February 25, 2010 Ha!, I said I'm sorry in advance. I use AVG and it never issued any warnings but I've had no ill effects. In a totally selfless act I viewed over half the pages before I made the post!
Ben H Posted February 25, 2010 Report Posted February 25, 2010 I've been browsing that site twice a week for 3 or 4 months with no problems.
Bill Kibbel Posted February 25, 2010 Report Posted February 25, 2010 I didn't have any problems. I think I've built up a resistance to virus attacks with all the questionable sites I visit. [:-paperba It was fun to see the collection of mutants. If I ever find myself single, I'll know where to go trolling for my next wife. [:-yuck]
Marc Posted February 25, 2010 Report Posted February 25, 2010 No virus or malware has ever gotten past my F-Secure virus protection since I bought into it in January of 2006. It was recommended to me by a college professor friend of mine. Marc
Terence McCann Posted February 25, 2010 Report Posted February 25, 2010 It could be what's know as a false positive - I"m just chicken.
Scottpat Posted February 25, 2010 Report Posted February 25, 2010 Ha!, I said I'm sorry in advance. I use AVG and it never issued any warnings but I've had no ill effects. In a totally selfless act I viewed over half the pages before I made the post! Does that say something about AVG? My wife's company uses AVG, and I have considered switching over to it... Is it good, bad or what?? Sorry for the thread drift..
Neal Lewis Posted February 25, 2010 Report Posted February 25, 2010 Scott, I use the free version of AVG. I've never had any problem with viruses, etc.
Tom Raymond Posted February 25, 2010 Report Posted February 25, 2010 My wife has AVG running on two machines at home and they run awfully slow, but she has her business accounting on one and the home accounting on the other so she has them set to maximum protection. I get scolded all the time for using my son's laptop to surf, but it's running an HP security program and it's lightning fast. The only thing that slows it down are the scheduled scans or updates, but it's still way faster than the other machines. Tom
Terence McCann Posted February 25, 2010 Report Posted February 25, 2010 Just out of curiosity, what web browsers are those that haven't had any problems at this site using? I went back to the site using Firefox and viewed a few dozen pages without any problems. Tried IE again and after the 4th page I ran into problems again.
charlieb Posted February 25, 2010 Author Report Posted February 25, 2010 firefox and paid version of AVG
Bryan Posted February 25, 2010 Report Posted February 25, 2010 I was using Firefox and Norton 360 and got infected.
Terence McCann Posted February 25, 2010 Report Posted February 25, 2010 Firefox and free AVG Well, so much for that theory.
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