Mallard Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 So on Monday I loaded up the Pontiac Solstice web forum (which is owned by AutoForum's) and immediately I noticed it was loading slow. Then I start getting pop up's about a virus trying to infiltrate my computer, and I needed to download anti-virus software. Obviously, I knew these pop-ups were the virus. Somehow it disabled Norton, loaded itself on my computer, changed files in my registry, and started wreaking havoc. Long and the short of it is AutoForum's uploaded some new banner ad's and one of them was a virus. Don't they scan this crap before upload it?! Now I'm working on getting everything backed up so I can format my HD. Is there any way to protect against this? This virus loads through flash code, so any thing in a flash player, animated banner ad, etc. could have it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinner Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 nod32 anti-virus is the way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate1647545505 Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Running some sort of nix distro? Running an isolated session via VMWare Player? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gillbot Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 firefox + ad block plus + noscript Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Update adobe flash player right the frack now. The vulnerability you are referring to is a flaw in the adobe flash player. This affects any OS that uses the player. I suggest using firefox with adblock and noscript as explained above. It is kind of hard to stop the advertisements since they auto play as soon as you load the webpage. You could uninstall flash player and not have this problem....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleguy Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 nod32 anti-virus is the way to go. +1000 I've been really happy with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 Autoforums does nothing, they just collect revenue...And lots of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 Mac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitrousbird Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 Mac No one wants your shitty Snow Leopard, which is also vunerable to viruses as well. Only thing Snow Leopard is good for is Boot Camp, so you can put a decent OS on the overpriced machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 No one wants your shitty Snow Leopard, which is also vunerable to viruses as well. Only thing Snow Leopard is good for is Boot Camp, so you can put a decent OS on the overpriced machine. Apple's revenue begs to differ. You couldn't be more wrong in that statement. I know every time I walk in an apple store I have to say excuse me to 100 people because the place is packed and I am trying to walk around in the store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowgli1647545497 Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 Apple's PC revenue is miniscule. They make all their money, and hence their stock valuation, on their gadgets. And weve had several developer Macs get infected (we use them to develop for our linnux and unix clients, if ubuntu was any better I'd chuck the lot of them). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffro Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 Apple's revenue begs to differ. You couldn't be more wrong in that statement. I know every time I walk in an apple store I have to say excuse me to 100 people because the place is packed and I am trying to walk around in the store. Maybe that's because there's only 2 apple stores in columbus, whereas verizon, sprint or t-mobile have one in every single shopping center in the area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 Maybe that's because there's only 2 apple stores in columbus, whereas verizon, sprint or t-mobile have one in every single shopping center in the area. We were not talking phones ya tard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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