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Carcanken

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Hmph, Virus I havent Had, Well I suppose it is..
« on: March 18, 2011, 03:46:07 pm »
I was foruming here and playing DF, but this popup came,

E-SET has found suspicious activity on your pc and will preform some action on your pc
OK

I assume this is a virus, because the spelling doesnt use grammar,

But, has anyone else encountered this?
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Strife26

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Re: Hmph, Virus I havent Had, Well I suppose it is..
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2011, 03:52:41 pm »
Nope. I doubt it's related to bay12. Avast or MWB it, I suppose.
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Re: Hmph, Virus I havent Had, Well I suppose it is..
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2011, 03:54:37 pm »
It's something on your end. I've never got a virus from this forum yet.
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Carcanken

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Re: Hmph, Virus I havent Had, Well I suppose it is..
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2011, 03:57:38 pm »
Well has someone encountered it before?
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Re: Hmph, Virus I havent Had, Well I suppose it is..
« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2011, 04:00:27 pm »
Nothing by that name, no. But there isn't much that malware bytes won't kill.
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Re: Hmph, Virus I havent Had, Well I suppose it is..
« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2011, 04:33:37 am »
It's not a virus. It's one of those fake website virus scanners that tries to trick you into downloading their virus. If you let it run anything or you downloaded something it told you to, you're screwed.
« Last Edit: March 19, 2011, 04:35:25 am by Angel Of Death »
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Re: Hmph, Virus I havent Had, Well I suppose it is..
« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2011, 04:35:53 am »
Quote from: Angel Of Death on March 19, 2011, 04:33:37 am
It's not a virus. It's one of those fake website virus scanners that tries to trick you into downloading their virus.
Which... Is a virus itself since he got the popup while searching the Bay12 forums.
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Quote from: Phantom
Unknown to most but the insane and the mystics, Tarran is actually Earth itself, as Earth is sentient like that planet in Avatar. Originally Earth used names such as Terra on the internet, but to protect it's identity it changed letters, now becoming the Tarran you know today.
Quote from: Ze Spy
Tarran has the "Tarran Bug", a bug which causes the affected character to repeatedly hit teammates while dual-wielding instead of whatever the hell he is shooting at.

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Re: Hmph, Virus I havent Had, Well I suppose it is..
« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2011, 04:40:37 am »
Quote from: Tarran on March 19, 2011, 04:35:53 am
Quote from: Angel Of Death on March 19, 2011, 04:33:37 am
It's not a virus. It's one of those fake website virus scanners that tries to trick you into downloading their virus.
Which... Is a virus itself since he got the popup while searching the Bay12 forums.
He must have had another page up. I've had that pop up while searching certain websites.
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Re: Hmph, Virus I havent Had, Well I suppose it is..
« Reply #8 on: March 19, 2011, 07:38:59 am »
Note that there is an actual Anti Virus Solution by an company called ESET.
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Re: Hmph, Virus I havent Had, Well I suppose it is..
« Reply #9 on: March 19, 2011, 07:52:41 am »
Quote from: optimumtact on March 19, 2011, 07:38:59 am
Note that there is an actual Anti Virus Solution by an company called ESET.
Yeah. It's what I use and I can safely say that it is pretty crap.
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