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Lord Shonus

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« on: October 14, 2012, 11:07:12 am »
I'm posting this on all three of the sites (all normally safe) that I've visited today. I picked up a false antispyware of the sort that usually piggybacks on ads or hosted images. While I have no certainty to the source, I feel that the danger of such a program warrants caution.
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Re: Malware
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2012, 11:09:34 am »
Combofix. supplemented with Malwarebytes

If you google combofix, only download it from bleepingcomputer.
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Knowing Belgium, everyone will vote for themselves out of mistrust for anyone else, and some kind of weird direct democracy coalition will need to be formed from 11 million or so individuals.

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Re: Malware
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2012, 11:14:18 am »
I think he's warning us that some image host linked from this forum may be sending out malware.
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Re: Malware
« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2012, 11:20:18 am »
Oh, right, i missed that. Well, thanks. I hope you get it out soon. What are the other two websites?
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they wouldn't be able to tell the difference between the raving confessions of a mass murdering cannibal from a recipe to bake a pie.
Quote from: MonkeyHead on May 25, 2014, 05:36:03 am
Knowing Belgium, everyone will vote for themselves out of mistrust for anyone else, and some kind of weird direct democracy coalition will need to be formed from 11 million or so individuals.

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Re: Malware
« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2012, 11:28:19 am »
Are you sure you've picked it up recently/today? Sometimes it can lie in wait for a bit.

Still, thanks for the warning.
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Quote from: Ozarck on January 02, 2021, 01:32:20 pm
The kitchenette mold free, you move on to the pantry. it's nasty in there. The bacon is grazing on the lettuce. The ham is having an illicit affair with the prime rib, The potatoes see all, know all. A rat in boxer shorts smoking a foul smelling cigar is banging on a cabinet shouting about rent money.

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Re: Malware
« Reply #5 on: October 14, 2012, 02:08:12 pm »
The other two were TVtropes and GiTP forums, though I didn't post at the former because their forum scares me. Both of those are more likely candidates, but I can't be certain where I picked the damn thing up. Thus, I posted a cautionary warning.
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Man, ninja'd by a potentially inebriated Lord Shonus. I was gonna say to burn it.

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Re: Malware
« Reply #6 on: October 14, 2012, 07:32:50 pm »
Personally, I have AdBlock Plus in Chrome chiefly for security - for exactly this reason.
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Re: Malware
« Reply #7 on: October 14, 2012, 07:46:25 pm »
I disable Adblock on sites that don't have intrusive ads, and that I prefer to support.
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Man, ninja'd by a potentially inebriated Lord Shonus. I was gonna say to burn it.

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Re: Malware
« Reply #8 on: October 14, 2012, 08:22:50 pm »
That's unsafe. :V
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Re: Malware
« Reply #9 on: October 14, 2012, 08:53:30 pm »
Adblock has a 'allow text-only nonintrusive ads' function already, you don't need to do that.
Quote from: Shadowlord on October 14, 2012, 08:22:50 pm
That's unsafe. :V
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Re: Malware
« Reply #10 on: October 14, 2012, 10:00:27 pm »
I don't even mind banner ads as long as they have no sound or animation. I'll be blocking more ads in the future, but I also don't want my favorite sites to blow away.
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Man, ninja'd by a potentially inebriated Lord Shonus. I was gonna say to burn it.

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Re: Malware
« Reply #11 on: October 14, 2012, 10:44:55 pm »
Adblock plus? Pfff, I use that, and NoScript. It's like hiring several swarthy pirates to guard the front door to your house and it's awesome.
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Re: Malware
« Reply #12 on: October 14, 2012, 11:24:15 pm »
In my experience, it's probably TVTropes- I've had a virus problem from the place in the past.
Just my experience though.
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Re: Malware
« Reply #13 on: October 15, 2012, 01:41:40 am »
I'll second that. Can't swear that's where I got it, of course, but it seemed like it.
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Quote from: Ozarck on January 02, 2021, 01:32:20 pm
The kitchenette mold free, you move on to the pantry. it's nasty in there. The bacon is grazing on the lettuce. The ham is having an illicit affair with the prime rib, The potatoes see all, know all. A rat in boxer shorts smoking a foul smelling cigar is banging on a cabinet shouting about rent money.

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Re: Malware
« Reply #14 on: October 15, 2012, 03:38:09 am »
Yeah, there's not really anything on the forum that would be a good vector for viruses unless you're clicking fishy spambot links or something.
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