Malware on this site?

[Grandma]

I use AVG and Spybot, they do a great job.

By the way, NEVER run more than one firewall at a time.

 

[Vandalshandle]

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Is anyone picking up malware on this site? Almost every time I come here now I catch the same one - it floods my 'puter with a program that throws up all kids of ads constantly. Not sure how it's getting around my anti-virus program.

Nasty stuff. System restore fixes it, but this is getting old.

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Is that like "audio" commercials while you are posting? I've been getting those on a regular basis....I just turned down my volume......except when I want to listen to a video, but sometimes when you are listening to a song in the music threads....they chime in at the same time and just destroy the moment....I've never experienced that before in other Forums.

I'm getting the same damned thing, and I am getting sick of it. I am even thinking about leaving for good.

 

[TheOldSchool]

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Is anyone picking up malware on this site? Almost every time I come here now I catch the same one - it floods my 'puter with a program that throws up all kids of ads constantly. Not sure how it's getting around my anti-virus program.

Nasty stuff. System restore fixes it, but this is getting old.

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Is that like "audio" commercials while you are posting? I've been getting those on a regular basis....I just turned down my volume......except when I want to listen to a video, but sometimes when you are listening to a song in the music threads....they chime in at the same time and just destroy the moment....I've never experienced that before in other Forums.

I'm getting the same damned thing, and I am getting sick of it. I am even thinking about leaving for good.

The "audio" commercials are not malware. They're awful! But it makes the owners a buck and we'll probably keep posting our butthurt comments about politics so why should the admins care?

P.S. fuck you admins how could you let that happen

 

[Chuckt]

I use AVG and Spybot, they do a great job.

By the way, NEVER run more than one firewall at a time.

What people can do is invest in a network security appliance. It doesn't mean that you can't get a virus but it makes it much harder.

 

[Vandalshandle]

Is that like "audio" commercials while you are posting? I've been getting those on a regular basis....I just turned down my volume......except when I want to listen to a video, but sometimes when you are listening to a song in the music threads....they chime in at the same time and just destroy the moment....I've never experienced that before in other Forums.

I'm getting the same damned thing, and I am getting sick of it. I am even thinking about leaving for good.

The "audio" commercials are not malware. They're awful! But it makes the owners a buck and we'll probably keep posting our butthurt comments about politics so why should the admins care?

P.S. fuck you admins how could you let that happen

I leave my computer on 24/7. There is nothing like having the computer start barking commercials at me at 3 AM. I left a chess site for the same reason. It is as invasive as getting solicitation telephone calls during dinner. I have only noticed this for about three weeks. If it keeps up long enough, I'm out of here.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

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Is anyone picking up malware on this site? Almost every time I come here now I catch the same one - it floods my 'puter with a program that throws up all kids of ads constantly. Not sure how it's getting around my anti-virus program.

Nasty stuff. System restore fixes it, but this is getting old.

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Have yet to see a single ad here. But I use Firefox too so maybe that's a clue

 

[BreezeWood]

The "audio" commercials are not malware.

I leave my computer on 24/7. There is nothing like having the computer start barking commercials at me at 3 AM. I left a chess site for the same reason. It is as invasive as getting solicitation telephone calls during dinner. I have only noticed this for about three weeks. If it keeps up long enough, I'm out of here.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-plus/

find the "adblock-plus" for your browser, it will prevent the audio commecials ....

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[JWBooth]

Firefox is a resource eating beast, but no ads, no third party cookies, no script problems.

Avast & Malwarebytes.

 

[Vandalshandle]

The "audio" commercials are not malware.

I leave my computer on 24/7. There is nothing like having the computer start barking commercials at me at 3 AM. I left a chess site for the same reason. It is as invasive as getting solicitation telephone calls during dinner. I have only noticed this for about three weeks. If it keeps up long enough, I'm out of here.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-plus/

find the "adblock-plus" for your browser, it will prevent the audio commecials ....

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Thanks. I found a version for Windows Explorer 11. I was even starting to get McAfee malware warning on this message board!

 

[Luddly Neddite]

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Is anyone picking up malware on this site? Almost every time I come here now I catch the same one - it floods my 'puter with a program that throws up all kids of ads constantly. Not sure how it's getting around my anti-virus program.

Nasty stuff. System restore fixes it, but this is getting old.

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Have yet to see a single ad here. But I use Firefox too so maybe that's a clue

Me too and me too.

But, I also leave my speakers off until I want to hear something.