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Posted: 9/18/2009 2:54:25 PM EDT

I went to survival discussion earlier and clicked on a thread, it started downloading all sorts of crap, spent the last three hours getting rid of it, restoring, etc.
Went back after all that, clicked again just on SD and it started up, I shut down hard. Restarted and it gave me a threat alert.

Posted: 9/18/2009 2:55:45 PM EDT

[#1]

It ain't the SF, it's your computer

Stop surfing Russian kiddie porn sites

Posted: 9/18/2009 2:56:02 PM EDT

[#2]

switch to a mac for home use. no virus bullshit.

Posted: 9/18/2009 2:57:16 PM EDT

[#3]

Which thread?

Posted: 9/18/2009 2:57:43 PM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
switch to a mac for home use. no virus bullshit.

Or don't buy a new computer and learn how to use a gnu/linux distro.

Or learn how to avoid virii on Windows.

Posted: 9/18/2009 2:59:48 PM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:

Quoted:
switch to a mac for home use. no virus bullshit.

Or don't buy a new computer and learn how to use a gnu/linux distro.

Or learn how to avoid virii on Windows.

no doubt. it's just "easier" on a mac.

Posted: 9/18/2009 3:02:58 PM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
Which thread?

An earlier inner tube thread. For the smartass answers above, I do not surf porn, I'm basically here or at trusted sites. It was a fake "Windows has detected an infection" click here to cure thing. I tried other sites before going back to survival discussion, no problem till I fent back.

Posted: 9/18/2009 3:47:37 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
switch to Linux for home use. no virus bullshit.

Fixed it !!

Posted: 9/18/2009 3:49:54 PM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:

Quoted:

switch to a mac for home use. no virus bullshit.

Or don't buy a new computer and learn how to use a gnu/linux distro.

Or learn how to avoid virii on Windows.

no doubt. it's just "easier" on a mac.

Yeah, if you have the mental capacity of a retarded chimpanzee.

Posted: 9/18/2009 3:53:45 PM EDT

[#9]

Seem to be a lot of these threads lately. Is arfcom under attack

Posted: 9/18/2009 3:56:40 PM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:
switch to a mac for home use. no virus bullshit.

True, but then you've got a $1500 boat anchor.

Posted: 9/18/2009 4:17:52 PM EDT

[#11]

Well I think I got a virus here on Arfcom as well now that we are talking about it. Beware of what you click on even on Arfcom.

Whatever I got blue screened my laptops and put trojans on it. My computer is toast. When I tried to install a new windows system it blue screened as well. So I may need a new HD.

Posted: 9/18/2009 6:07:36 PM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:

Quoted:
switch to Linux for home use. no virus bullshit.

Fixed it !!

How hard is it to learn that? I toyed with the idea, but don't want to get in over my head.

FWIW I run Kaspersky interwebz security.

Posted: 9/18/2009 6:10:20 PM EDT

[#13]

it's not the site it's YOUR PC infected. If you see the pop up your already infected.

Posted: 9/18/2009 6:10:48 PM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:

It ain't the SF, it's your computer

Stop surfing Russian kiddie porn sites

German Scat Porn always gets me!

Posted: 9/18/2009 6:23:42 PM EDT

[#15]

I got one on a laptop at work yesterday that was called " Total Security ". It was a POS spyware type that claimed I had all kinds of bad things happening & to give a credit card # to activate the program to save me.

It took over the desktop with its BS message, disabled the control panel & prevented any cleaning tools I downloaded from running ( like PC doctor, Trend housecall, etc. . It was hard to get rid of, only program running was a radio station feed when it came in.

Posted: 9/18/2009 6:25:38 PM EDT

[#16]

Survival Porn?

Posted: 9/18/2009 6:34:11 PM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:
switch to a mac for home use. no virus bullshit.

Wrong.

Don't by into the hype, macs get viruses.

Posted: 9/18/2009 6:36:03 PM EDT

[#18]

Quoted:
switch to a mac for home use. no virus bullshit.

why would someone want a giant cock flying at their face?

Posted: 9/18/2009 6:36:43 PM EDT

[#19]

Vundo is a big vector for this type of malware.

Download Malwarebytes and run it. My coworker got this on his work machine, it wasn't pretty.

Posted: 9/18/2009 6:58:23 PM EDT

[#20]

I recently had fun with something similar. I just booted from the cd drive and reformatted and started over.

Whatever I had would not let me download malwarebytes but I later learned they have some hidden ways to download that so the virus does not know what you are doing.

I did find some of the ads amusing, it changes ads on sites like yahoo and what not.

Posted: 9/18/2009 7:01:16 PM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:

Survival Porn?

OH YEAH! chicks that have not showered in days getting it with sweet flashlights, lol

Posted: 9/18/2009 7:04:36 PM EDT

[#22]

Quoted:
switch to a mac for home use. no virus bullshit.

Wow...it only took two posts.

Guess what? I NEVER have virus problems. Ever.

And the only reason there aren't as many viruses for Macs is because nobody bothers writing them for it, since they are such a tiny market share. But yeah, I'm sure OSX is impervious to viruses. Go Apple!

Posted: 9/18/2009 7:05:27 PM EDT

[#23]

Do not hit the red X to close the window. Use control+alt+del. to close each window. That way you don't accidentally download the virus.

Posted: 9/18/2009 8:03:11 PM EDT

[#24]

Quoted:

Whatever I had would not let me download malwarebytes but I later learned they have some hidden ways to download that so the virus does not know what you are doing.

Any chance you know how to do this? I have a downed laptop and need malwarebytes but this virus has got me good....posting from my blackberry currently.

Posted: 9/18/2009 8:03:20 PM EDT

[#25]

Double post from a cellphone....that's a first

Posted: 9/18/2009 8:05:19 PM EDT

[#26]

Quoted:

Quoted:
switch to Linux for home use. no virus bullshit.

Fixed it !!

How hard is it to learn that? I toyed with the idea, but don't want to get in over my head.

FWIW I run Kaspersky interwebz security.

Get a distro like Ubuntu.

So easy a caveman could do it.

I'm running Slackware 13 right now, but it's one of the more hard core distributions.

ETA:

I think the new cool thing with the desktop linux distros is that you boot off the CD into a desktop.

You can play around with some of the programs and stuff and not do anything permanent to your system and then if you decide you like it, you can install it from right there.

If you've used OSX before, you'll find that underneath the graphical stuff it's very similar. There is no C: drive it's all done from a tree hierarchy. / is the main folder. /bin stores some basic programs that you probably wont ever use until you start toying around with the terminal. /usr/bin holds pretty much every other program. /home/[your name] holds all of your personal files.

You can shrink your windows partition and install linux in the free space and then dual boot. If you need to use windows, just restart and select windows at the boot menu.

Posted: 9/18/2009 8:29:53 PM EDT

[#27]

Thanks AngeredKabar

Posted: 9/19/2009 12:16:35 AM EDT

[#28]

Quoted:
switch to a mac for home use. no virus bullshit.

+1 Switched to MAC a few years ago and never looked back.

Posted: 9/19/2009 12:32:08 AM EDT

[#29]

Quoted:
Vundo is a big vector for this type of malware.

Download Malwarebytes and run it. My coworker got this on his work machine, it wasn't pretty.

This is the correct answer. Thanks for helping doggscube

Posted: 9/19/2009 7:45:00 AM EDT

[#30]

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