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07-06-2008, 08:50 AM
| virus/spyware?? | permalink #1 |
| Junior Member | So I just opened up tweak this morning a few minutes ago, NOTHING else open on my pc, and my IE window froze, then crashed, then tried to restart. EZ Virus detected like 5 threats immediately, and my firewall program caught like 9 attempts for some weird apps I've never heard of trying to access the internet. (First try at uploading a pic)  Anyone else have any weirdness going on this morning? I'm doing a full virus scan now, just curious if anyone else had something like this happen. | |
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07-06-2008, 08:51 AM
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 Raptor Jesus | Quote:
I think you know what I'm going to say. Firefox web browser | Faster, more secure, & customizable | ||
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07-06-2008, 08:52 AM
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 Globe Trekker | Nope. Wrong sub-forum though. | |
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07-06-2008, 08:55 AM
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| Junior Member | Quote:
Sorry, still a newb here. Should've gone in Tech?? Yea, yea, I know everyones an IE hater, I just figured since I've never had any problems with the site it might've been something with a new ad or something on the site. | ||
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07-06-2008, 08:58 AM
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| Raptor Jesus | Quote:
But to answer your Q, yea this should be in Tech. No biggie though, I'm sure someone will move it. | ||
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07-06-2008, 09:02 AM
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| Tweak Minion | When I hit the main forum landing page just now, the IE block came up saying that a file wanted to be downloaded.. Pretty interesting. | |
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07-06-2008, 09:23 AM
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 Fecal Funsies! | firefox+adblock kaspersky av or avast. | |
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07-06-2008, 09:53 AM
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| jive turkey | I'm actually quite the fan of IE7. But that's irrelevant. Format & reinstall. =p | |
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07-06-2008, 09:58 AM
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 Uber Noob | Firefox+Adblock McAfee | |
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07-06-2008, 10:06 AM
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| Raptor Jesus | Quote:
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07-06-2008, 10:34 AM
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| Globe Trekker | IE7 is OK, but I still prefer Firefox. | |
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07-06-2008, 11:30 AM
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 outside the box! | The wife had the same thing happen to her this AM. I told her that's what she gets for going to "free gamez" sites. | |
 Until now,never!before in Earth history, has mass extinction involved a choice. | ||
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07-06-2008, 01:17 PM
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| Senior Member | wasn't me | |
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07-06-2008, 02:01 PM
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| Fecal Funsies! | first one smelt it, delt it. | |
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07-06-2008, 04:51 PM
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 Tweak3D Webmaster | I am out of town atm (on my iPhone posting at 80 mph ... Don't worry, not driving) but will check this when I get home. | |
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07-06-2008, 05:24 PM
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| Fecal Funsies! |  whend you get an iphone? | |
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07-06-2008, 08:54 PM
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 From Utah, NOT mormon | AVG Free - Download antivirus and antispyware software for Windows XP and Vista is a good free one, and if you want nothing but the absolute best, then accept no substitutes for Free antivirus - Avira AntiVir AntiVir has shown in several studies to have the best heuristics for unknown viruses, one of the fastest scan times, and one of the top libraries of known viruses. | |
| "We both got fucked over on that part and not in the rememberable go brag to your friends way, no, no, this is the you cry tears and try to pretend you are someplace else sodomy type." -Joe "Women are odd like that... one day they confess to love you, the next day you wake up to a beep beep beep sound of a garbage truck backing up and picking up the garbage can she put you in." - Joe | ||
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07-06-2008, 09:45 PM
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| Tweak3D Webmaster | I have no idea if the problem was related or not, but I saw a pop-up window try to load from a new ad system I tried out a few weeks ago. I don't like pop-ups, so I removed all of the ads. I hope your computer is okay -- be sure to scan for stuff anyway, and definitely consider using a different browser.  | |
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07-06-2008, 09:46 PM
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07-06-2008, 10:21 PM
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| From Utah, NOT mormon | AV-Comparatives That's one of the comparison websites I look at every 6 months or so to see how different anti-viruses compare to each other. Panda anti-virus isn't on the list right now, but they've signed up for later this year so they'll be able to test it and compare it to the rest of the group. | |
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07-07-2008, 03:50 AM
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| One of MSP's Sneaky Brits | Phantom51 Thanks for the link. Very interesting reading | |
| I just look ancient.....in a Jed Clampet sort of way. courtesy of Mistawhiskas. 30 . 6. 2008 | ||
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07-07-2008, 09:43 AM
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| Fecal Funsies! | the problem i have with most antiviruses that ive tried.. most of the time i want the antivirus OFF, and by off i mean no services running, no application running, nothing. then i turn it on when i wanna scan some files.. and thats it. alot of the AV's, if you choose to "exit" from the program, they still got loads and loads of shit running in the background that take up resources. kaspersky seemed to be the only one that had maybe one thing still running in the background when turned off or exited. i might have to try avira, thet got good results this time around. phantom, does it have alot of shit running in the background? | |
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07-07-2008, 11:58 AM
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| Globe Trekker | Anti-virus off = pants down. As long as the PC is connected to a high speed connection you're vulnerable. Unless it's OSX, Linux, or Vista anyway. | |
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