This sucks

Post by **Admin** » Wed May 14, 2008 3:10 pm

BTW, the virus is called Downloader Virus.

Sean B · Post by **Sean B** » Wed May 14, 2008 4:13 pm

I found this info on that virus, maybe some help: http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/forums/index ... forumid=20 Also did you check your ie explorer's list of "trusted sites" to be sure there isn't something listed there that shouldn't be? I know just enough about this stuff to be dangerous, so don't get the impression that I know what I'm talking about "Island Time" 1987 Bertram 33 SF Melbourne, FL [img]http://www.bertram33.com/photogallery/p ... d_Time.jpg[/img]

Post by **Admin** » Wed May 14, 2008 4:25 pm

I am really honing in on it now. There is a security hole in Snitz Forums that they used to get through. I fixed that and am now just trying to remove the last remnants of the problem. Almost there...

Post by **Admin** » Wed May 14, 2008 4:29 pm

OK, I think I have it now. See if things seem normal now.

Post by **dougl33** » Thu May 15, 2008 4:58 am

Sean, My home PC which has Norton AV. On Monday I got a pop-up from Norton saying that a virus was detected and that Norton could neither stop it nor delete it. I spent an hour on the phone with Norton on Monday night. It cost me $100. Afterwards the tech hoped that I would provide favorable feedback. I didn't. My main gripe is that I had to pay Norton extra cash for something I think their software should have caught up front. Dave, Nice job saving the forum. That would've really sucked if it had been lost.

Post by **Admin** » Thu May 15, 2008 6:46 am

Doug, for future reference, PCTools both caught it and deleted it on my machine with no problem. It costs $39, works great, and is licensed to be installed on 3 different machines.

Post by **dougl33** » Thu May 15, 2008 9:08 am

It looks like the latest member (ReckingB) is another bogus pretender/a$$hole.

rnanaples · Post by **rnanaples** » Thu May 15, 2008 4:26 pm

i use kapersky popped up a trojan and deleted it

Sean B · Post by **Sean B** » Thu May 15, 2008 5:28 pm

quote:Originally posted by dougl33 Sean, My home PC which has Norton AV. On Monday I got a pop-up from Norton saying that a virus was detected and that Norton could neither stop it nor delete it. I spent an hour on the phone with Norton on Monday night. It cost me $100. Afterwards the tech hoped that I would provide favorable feedback. I didn't. My main gripe is that I had to pay Norton extra cash for something I think their software should have caught up front. I agree, that would make me angry too.... I'd write them a nice well-worded complaint. I made sure my virus definitions were up to date, and ran a full scan on my (suspect) work computer. Came through clean. So either NAV can't find it or I don't have it, not sure which to believe. I had thought NAV was the best, was exactly why I bought their stuff "Island Time" 1987 Bertram 33 SF Melbourne, FL [img]http://www.bertram33.com/photogallery/p ... d_Time.jpg[/img]

IRGuy · Post by **IRGuy** » Thu May 15, 2008 5:38 pm

About a week ago I had something that made my computer act strange.. it wouldn't let anything load past the Windows Desktop. Ran Norton Antivirus and a couple of other programs I use to stop popups and other stuff, and everything cleared up. Sorry I did not pay attention to what these programs found. Frank B - IRGuy@aol.com "Phoenix" 1983 FBC Wilmington, NC

Sean B · Post by **Sean B** » Fri May 16, 2008 9:24 am

Well I fixed my particular IE Explorer issue. Not sure what made me think to try this, but I un-installed the google toolbar that I had picked up maybe 6 months ago. Bingo, the problem went away. The google toolbar worked fine for some time... not sure what suddenly made it cause trouble. Probably a Microsoft Update designed to make it act screwy. At work I'm running Win 2000 Pro, and so am stuck with IE version 6.whatever, and that may be a part of the problem. I typically don't upgrade anything until I am forced to. If it works... Anyway, it appears my particular problem had nothing to do with the virus on the site "Island Time" 1987 Bertram 33 SF Melbourne, FL [img]http://www.bertram33.com/photogallery/p ... d_Time.jpg[/img]

tomeeeee · Post by **tomeeeee** » Tue May 27, 2008 6:06 pm

I'm getting all your correspondence. Anything new on the fuel/tank issue? I went through '07 without a problem and am about to splash. We plan shorter trips and probably one hit to the Vinyard. T