moonpuppy
join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD | foxnews.com infected?
Went on there to get info on the somali pirate situation and both under firefox and IE, it looks like the vundo trojan tried to install on my laptop.
Anyone want to verify this? |
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Its a Secret
Whatever
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join:2008-02-23
U B Funny | I saw nothing in FF, and no warnings from Avast! or NoScript. Have a link? |
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samething
@comcast.net | reply to moonpuppy
Yesterday, I got a random warning from Firefox advising something was up with the page. I got the re-direct with the red hand, but I already forgot what it stated was the issue. However, I've yet to get it since. |
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moonpuppy
join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD
 ·Verizon Online DSL
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Not really. I was clicking around looking for info about the somali pirates being killed and the familiar antivirus 2009 screen came up telling me I am severely infected. I managed to shut down most of the popups but I am doing a scan now since this is my backup laptop that has no AV software on it. |
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Its a Secret
Whatever
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join:2008-02-23
U B Funny | Do you remember what link you went to first? |
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siljaline
mind that delimiter
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join:2002-10-12
Montreal, QC | reply to moonpuppy
Nothing here, though there is a huge malvertizing ad mid-page. |
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Its a Secret
Whatever
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join:2008-02-23
U B Funny | I have AdBlock Plus, maybe that's why I didn't see it... |
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miketavares
join:2000-12-10
North Dighton, MA
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I had foxnews.com open and went to eat lunch, came back to a warning about fakeav software trying to be installed. I am assuming since that was the only page open, that it did a refresh and one of the ads being served up on it is infected.
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siljaline
mind that delimiter
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join:2002-10-12
Montreal, QC
·Bell Sympatico
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said by Its a Secret  :I have AdBlock Plus, maybe that's why I didn't see it... I use the MVPS HOSTS file on IE8 shows a Blank where ads and/or,malvertizing is zapped-out.
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siljaline
shrink-wrapped, batteries-included, no-money-down |
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Its a Secret
Whatever
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U B Funny | Yea, HPGuru's here. Ya gotta like layers!  |
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siljaline
mind that delimiter
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join:2002-10-12
Montreal, QC | Layered protection is the way to go |
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moonpuppy
join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD | reply to moonpuppy
Malwarebytes found 5 instances if this:
Rogue.VirusSweeper |
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siljaline
mind that delimiter
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join:2002-10-12
Montreal, QC
·Bell Sympatico
| said by moonpuppy :Malwarebytes found 5 instances if this: Rogue.VirusSweeper »www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-r···-sweeper
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siljaline
shrink-wrapped, batteries-included, no-money-down |
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Smith6612
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join:2008-02-01
united state
 ·Dish Network
·Verizon Online DSL
·FrontierNet Intern..
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Re: foxnews.com infected?
Might be coming from the ads. I've found that much of the crap anti-virus programs flag now a days are coming from ads (typically JavaScript files or small Java files). Adblock Plus does wonders keeping that stuff out.
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moonpuppy
join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD | reply to siljaline
Malwarebytes already got it.  |
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Surfinusa
Premium
join:2001-02-08
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said by moonpuppy :Went on there to get info on the somali pirate situation and both under firefox and IE, it looks like the vundo trojan tried to install on my laptop. Anyone want to verify this? LOL! what does anyone have against FOX News ??? |
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fatness
subtle
Janitor
join:2000-11-17
fishing | reply to moonpuppy
Does anyone know what ad it was doing this? |
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N10Cities
SILENCE I Keel You
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join:2002-05-07
Roland, OK
clubs: | reply to moonpuppy
Just tried the site, going to the pirate story. Found nothing. Running Win7 32bit, AVG Anti-virus... |
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flibby3655
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join:2004-12-19
Lompoc, CA | reply to moonpuppy
Nothing +1 (IE7 Avast free) |
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