Off and on for the last two days, I’ve gotten this website blocked from my anti-virus software (symentec on 2 machines and norton on 1) saying it has detected a fake anti-virus install and the website that comes up on the menu bar is just the IP address (starts out 94 IIRC). A scan at home didn’t pick up a virus on that machine.
Is the SD suffering from an intermittant hijacker?
I got it a few weeks ago while surfing on this site. The fake anti-virus program wasn’t picked up by any of my anti-virus/malware programs. I had to do a system restore. Thankfully I didn’t lose anything.
Got it from home computer. Clicked on link for “About This Message Board” and McAfee lit up. Clicked “go to site anyway” and got a web browser page that imitated a computer folder and displayed it was running a virus check. I backed out quick and am running a full scan using McAfee.
I sent a screen shot of the info from the Norton history to sdmbtech as per instructions in the sticky on this page. If the resolution is not good enough, PM me.
For those who reported this virus, I am curious about the updates on some software on your computer. What version of Adobe Reader are you using? What version of Java is installed? Both can be determined by looking in “Add/Remove Programs”
The reason I ask is that both programs have been the target of spyware attacks recently, and if you don’t have the most recent updates, it can expose you to infection. The most current Adobe Reader is 9.3.1, and the most recent Java is version 6, update 18.
Hey Ed, now that you’ve solved the mystery of giving charter members two titles, how about figuring out why this board has more malware on it than a shady porn site.
Yes, I got one and emailed sdmbtech about it. Now today I tried to log out and got a similar suspicious popup asking me if I wanted to logout. It was formatted similarly to the malware popup. IIRC and YMMV but i don’t recall ever getting a prompt second guessing a logout action.
not happyabout this, I have a new computer with all the latest updates and the SDMB is trying to hack me, don’t llike it!:mad: