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chet · March 29th, 2009, 06:26 PM

I got one of those Spyware installation pages. I don't know if it finished downloading the Spyware or not.

I'm gonna do a scan.

chet · March 29th, 2009, 07:51 PM

I scanned it but nothing came up.

I'm gonna reinstall my DOS just to make sure everything's kosher.

getbent · March 29th, 2009, 08:02 PM

its you mang. you gots a disease.

it could come from hating on your favorite mod.

araT · March 29th, 2009, 08:09 PM

They're reporting simliar problems over at the Gretsch Discussion Pages.. seems the whole gear-talk network (or their hosting servers) got attacked.

chet · March 29th, 2009, 08:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by getbent

its you mang. you gots a disease.

it could come from hating on your favorite mod.

Prolly caught from yo nasty azz...

chet · March 29th, 2009, 08:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by getbent

its you mang. you gots a disease.

it could come from hating on your favorite mod.

Hey, quit talking about mah man Timbo like dat!

Brutalblues · March 29th, 2009, 10:34 PM

Could have ridden into your machine from an email or one a them there pornographical sites

chet · March 29th, 2009, 11:00 PM

This is a porno site?

JPark · March 29th, 2009, 11:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chet

This is a porno site?

Of course it is! Haven't you seen all those guitar pictures we have on here?

rkwrenn · March 29th, 2009, 11:38 PM

Similar thing happened to me this morning on the Strat-Talk page. My bet would be one of those ever changing embedded ad things. Mine was a spyware alert and proceeded to do a mock scan and install attempt.

I got out of it and ran a virus scan that turned up nothing.

Cheers and HTH,

Bob

chet · March 30th, 2009, 09:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rkwrenn

Similar thing happened to me this morning on the Strat-Talk page. My bet would be one of those ever changing embedded ad things. Mine was a spyware alert and proceeded to do a mock scan and install attempt.

I got out of it and ran a virus scan that turned up nothing.

Cheers and HTH,

Bob

Yeah, the exact same thing happened with mine.

Last night on 60 Minutes a guy from Symantec was on showing how one of the virus' could show all your passwords and usernames on a hackers computer. Then they talked to a lady who had problems with her checking account and actually watched someone trying to alter her accounts while she was logged in.

My bank is bad enough with the idiots they hire as customer service personell etc. I don't need hackers getting into the account as well.

pengipete · March 30th, 2009, 12:21 PM

Chet...

Which browser were you using at the time - e.g. Firefox, IE7?

Did the dodgy site appear in a tab, a pop-up window or a pop-under copy of the browser?

These details may help determine where the problem originated.

As well as a virus scan, run CCleaner to empty your browser's cache. The popped-up website itself may not show as malware and the link to it could still be on your harddrive.

TDPRI · March 30th, 2009, 04:10 PM

There is absoluting NOTHING wrong on the GearTalk Network sites. The problem is completely a false reading by your anti-virus software. I'll bet you every single person reporting this is running McAfee Internet Security.

This is a worthless program and it decides that absolutely harmless files are "SECURITY PROBLEMS".

You need to either get some other security program or change your settings in your current application. All that's happening is some ad on the page is using Flash to customize what you are shown based upon your browser history. McAfee gets all confused and guesses that its' a security problem. It's not.

March 29th, 2009, 06:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
chet Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: The Jersey Shore Posts: 10,892	Hey, I clicked on the Main Forum Page and... I got one of those Spyware installation pages. I don't know if it finished downloading the Spyware or not. I'm gonna do a scan. __________________ "I'm only livin' for the end of the week." -James Taylor

March 29th, 2009, 07:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
chet Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: The Jersey Shore Posts: 10,892	I scanned it but nothing came up. I'm gonna reinstall my DOS just to make sure everything's kosher. __________________ "I'm only livin' for the end of the week." -James Taylor

March 29th, 2009, 08:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
getbent Moderator Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: San Benito County, California Posts: 13,671 37 Photos	its you mang. you gots a disease. it could come from hating on your favorite mod. __________________ We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are

March 29th, 2009, 11:00 PM	#8 (permalink)
chet Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: The Jersey Shore Posts: 10,892	This is a porno site? __________________ "I'm only livin' for the end of the week." -James Taylor

March 29th, 2009, 11:38 PM	#10 (permalink)
rkwrenn Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: La Plata, MD Age: 52 Posts: 314	Similar thing happened to me this morning on the Strat-Talk page. My bet would be one of those ever changing embedded ad things. Mine was a spyware alert and proceeded to do a mock scan and install attempt. I got out of it and ran a virus scan that turned up nothing. Cheers and HTH, Bob __________________ Help I've fallen and can't reach my Tele! http://www.myspace.com/rkwrenn http://www.myspace.com/exactchangeproject http://www.myspace.com/ecpermanentdamage

March 29th, 2009, 08:09 PM	#4 (permalink)
araT Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Sydney, Oz Age: 24 Posts: 1,179 68 Photos	They're reporting simliar problems over at the Gretsch Discussion Pages.. seems the whole gear-talk network (or their hosting servers) got attacked.

March 29th, 2009, 10:34 PM	#7 (permalink)
Brutalblues Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: New Jersey, USA Age: 50 Posts: 1,283	Could have ridden into your machine from an email or one a them there pornographical sites

March 30th, 2009, 12:21 PM	#12 (permalink)
pengipete Friend of Leo's Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: UK Posts: 3,557	Chet... Which browser were you using at the time - e.g. Firefox, IE7? Did the dodgy site appear in a tab, a pop-up window or a pop-under copy of the browser? These details may help determine where the problem originated. As well as a virus scan, run CCleaner to empty your browser's cache. The popped-up website itself may not show as malware and the link to it could still be on your harddrive.

March 30th, 2009, 04:10 PM	#13 (permalink)
TDPRI Administrator Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: TDPRILAND Posts: 7,060 46 Photos	There is absoluting NOTHING wrong on the GearTalk Network sites. The problem is completely a false reading by your anti-virus software. I'll bet you every single person reporting this is running McAfee Internet Security. This is a worthless program and it decides that absolutely harmless files are "SECURITY PROBLEMS". You need to either get some other security program or change your settings in your current application. All that's happening is some ad on the page is using Flash to customize what you are shown based upon your browser history. McAfee gets all confused and guesses that its' a security problem. It's not.

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