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Thread: Possible virus
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2016-04-20, 10:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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Possible virus
I don't know if this is on the site's end or mine but attempts to reply to the thread Decopodans and Donbots have been redirecting to some other site
Could somebody check it out and tell me if this happens for you as well
http://www.giantitp.com/forums/newre...ply&p=20434323
EDIT:
Specifically, it's been redirecting me to http://entertainment.howstuffworks.c...tist-fails.htmLast edited by Bohandas; 2016-04-20 at 10:31 PM.
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2016-04-21, 12:06 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Possible virus
Unable to replicate. Are you sure you're not just pressing something incorrectly?
By the way, HowStuffWorks is a legitimate site, which has previously been own/run by Discovery Communications (i.e. The Discovery Channel).
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2016-04-21, 12:20 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Possible virus
I'll try clearing the cache and maybe restarting the computer. Perhaps the browser's just loading that particular discussion wrong (the page it keeps redirecting to does seem like something that that discussion might contain a legitimate link to; though why it would follow it without me telling it to is beyond me)
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2016-04-21, 08:37 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Possible virus
Last edited by Grey_Wolf_c; 2016-04-21 at 08:38 AM.
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2016-04-21, 10:47 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Possible virus
I'm not getting redirected either. Does it only happen with that one thread? Have you tried any others?
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2016-04-21, 05:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Possible virus
I tried a few others
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2016-04-21, 08:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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2016-04-21, 11:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Possible virus
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2016-04-21, 11:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Possible virus
Everything that's enabled is stuff I remember installing
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2016-04-22, 09:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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2016-04-22, 10:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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Not even Norton?
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2016-04-22, 11:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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Every computer expert I recall ever seeing an opinion from on Norton was extremely negative, often to the point of describing Norton as effectively being malware itself. Not in the sense of showing ads, stealing personal information, or hijacking your computer, but simply being bad at its job and also slowing your computer down enormously - and then being extremely difficult to uninstall if you happen to object to having your computer handicapped in exchange for inadequate protection.
Now, most of that was several years ago, and things might have changed, but I'm still skeptical about the idea of Norton being good.Like 4X (aka Civilization-like) gaming? Know programming? Interested in game development? Take a look.
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2016-04-23, 03:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Possible virus
Not to hijack the thread, but Norton has redeemed themselves in later years. Up until 4-5 years ago they got worse every year, by the end being more Malware than anti-virus suite, BUT that changed drastically a few years back. Now Norton, together with BitDefender and maybe one more, is ranked as the top suites on the market. Year after year.
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2016-04-23, 01:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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My experience matches that of Douglas, but regardless, my advice stands - when one doctor doesn't know what's going on, a second opinion can't hurt. At most you're out an hour or two of downloading, installing and scanning.
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2016-04-23, 04:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Possible virus
Since this appear to be more a computer or browser issue rather than a site issue, would cross-posting it or just moving it to the science and tech subforum not get it better exposure for more advice or a possible solution?Nevermind.Last edited by Peelee; 2016-04-25 at 07:53 PM.
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2016-04-24, 05:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Possible virus
I clicked on this discussion link and got a quick popup window of something being blocked. It went away too fast to get any details so im not sure what it was. Just an odd thing I thought I should mention. macupdate.com is what it was connected to.
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2016-04-25, 01:38 AM (ISO 8601)
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2016-04-25, 10:27 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Possible virus
Yep, thats the one.
"Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europae vincendarum"
Translation: "Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe."
"If you don't get those cameras out of my face, I'm gonna go 8.6 on the Richter scale with gastric emissions that'll clear this room."
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2016-04-25, 09:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Possible virus
The MacUpdate one is easy to track down. It's Grey_Wolf_c's avatar.
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2016-04-26, 07:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Possible virus
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2016-04-26, 04:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Possible virus
Im not getting the popup anymore, so yay!
"Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europae vincendarum"
Translation: "Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe."
"If you don't get those cameras out of my face, I'm gonna go 8.6 on the Richter scale with gastric emissions that'll clear this room."
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2016-04-26, 05:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Possible virus
Can anyone explain to me what the problem was, and how it was fixed?
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2016-04-26, 06:02 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Possible virus
Sounds like there were two problems. One is that the original poster was getting redirected to a non-OOTs site when they clicked a thread. I don't believe that's been called solved yet. The other problem is that some posters were getting a popup caused by Grey_wolf's avatar, which has since been changed.
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2016-04-26, 06:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Possible virus
The original problem remains both unexplained and, as far as I can tell, unfixed. In the process of looking into it, though, a couple of people got warnings from my avatar, since it was hosted in the macupdate website. I fixed that by hosting a new avatar in a new website that hopefully will not join the ranks of spammers anytime soon.
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2016-04-29, 10:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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2016-09-27, 01:16 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Possible virus
It's happening again. Now it's redirecting from reply to: Funny Stuff in 3.5 to DieForDethklok.org (link contains coarse language).
I haven't had these weird redirects happen happen to me on any other site but this one
EDIT: Also, the other one from the original post is still redirecting me even after at least one full system scan with norton between then and now as well as uninstalling and reinstalling my browser.Last edited by Bohandas; 2016-09-27 at 01:19 AM.
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2016-09-27, 07:28 AM (ISO 8601)
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“Evil is evil. Lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same. Proportions are negotiated, boundaries blurred. I'm not a pious hermit, I haven't done only good in my life. But if I'm to choose between one evil and another, then I prefer not to choose at all.”
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2016-09-27, 10:51 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Possible virus
I just opened your link and had no redirect. *shrug*
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2016-09-27, 10:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Possible virus
It seems to be browser hijacker.
Usually malwarebytes solve this kind of problem for me. Have you tried using it? Mind that malwarebyte is less of a general antivirus, it more specifically designed to detect malwares that's already in your computer, so even if you already have a good antivirus, it'll be better at detecting it. It might not even be the antivirus' fault, sometimes if you install the antivirus after the malware already been there, or the malware is well hidden, antivirus won't detect it, malwarebyte is simply a more specialized program.You got Magic Mech in My Police Procedural!
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