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Virus Warning from Avast

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  • July 27, 2014 at 9:46 pm #22005
    enrique

    I use Avast antivirus and I got these messages when I visited the Forum pages, specifically the Tour de France Stage 21 thread just a few moments ago.

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  • August 16, 2014 at 4:03 pm #806003
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    Joelsim

    Right, that’s twice in the
    Right, that’s twice in the last 10 minutes that this forum has started downloading a Java update from Oracle without me asking for it, sending a set-up.exe file to my downloads.

    This appears to be very dodgy.

    August 14, 2014 at 10:02 am #806001
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    Joelsim

    I’ve just had a dodgy Java
    I’ve just had a dodgy Java download start whilst browsing this forum. Now running a scan.

    August 10, 2014 at 4:39 pm #805999
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    enrique

    Him Up North wrote:… use Ad

    Him Up North wrote:
    … use Ad Block Plus…. download Malwarebytes to scan your computer…
    Very happy with both (!) Thanks! 🙂

    August 4, 2014 at 7:12 pm #805997
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    truffy

    Have you tried using a
    Have you tried using a different AV scanner?

    Seriously, this sound like some of the stuff that comes up when the freeware’s trying to get you to pony up to the paid-for version.

    August 4, 2014 at 6:41 pm #805995
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    Him Up North

    blocker

    enrique wrote:
    Him Up North wrote:
    Get an ad blocker for your browser…
    What works for you?… :?

    For IE I use Ad Block Plus. There’s a better one for Chrome and Safari browsers simply called AdBlock (not related to ABP).

    And download Malwarebytes to scan your computer if you haven’t done so already.

    August 4, 2014 at 4:46 pm #805993
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    Joelsim

    System scan coming up. This
    System scan coming up. This is exactly teh same as I got about a month ago.

    August 4, 2014 at 4:10 pm #805991
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    enrique

    warning
    Yet another, slightly different, warning from the Tour of Poland Stage 2 thread… 😕 And the forum is still requiring ‘Subjects’ and offering to post only through the ‘Preview’ process….

    August 4, 2014 at 4:09 pm #805989
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    Twybaydos

    I had a link offer to update
    I had a link offer to update my Flash off this site today when I logged out and logged back in again

    August 4, 2014 at 3:15 pm #805987
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    enrique

    ad blocker

    Him Up North wrote:
    Get an ad blocker for your browser…
    What works for you?… 😕

    August 4, 2014 at 3:12 pm #805985
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    enrique

    Virus Warning
    Today I got this warning while viewing the Poland Stage 2 thread…

    July 28, 2014 at 11:14 pm #805983
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    Him Up North

    Get an ad blocker for your
    Get an ad blocker for your browser (but don’t tell the crew who run this site… 😉 )

    July 28, 2014 at 5:12 pm #805981
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    enrique

    d_jp wrote:… had a quick

    d_jp wrote:
    … had a quick look and from what I can tell about this malware it’s not specific to IE (but it is to Windows).
    That’s interesting… how did you find out?… 😕

    July 28, 2014 at 3:22 pm #805979
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    backflipbedlem

    Redvee wrote:Gkam84

    Redvee wrote:
    Gkam84 wrote:
    internet explorer…..i thought that died years ago :evil:

    IE is handy when you’ve done a fresh install and need to download Chrome, other than that it’s a waste of time.


    My step son was moaning about having to use IE for that very purpose this morning! Saying it would be slow. Kids of today!

    July 28, 2014 at 12:32 pm #805977
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    Joelsim

    I got a virus warning the
    I got a virus warning the other day from this forum too. Using Chrome. It was picked up by McAfee.

    July 28, 2014 at 12:15 pm #805975
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    d_jp

    I reckon that the most likely
    I reckon that the most likely cause is that there was a link inside one of the adverts from (one of?) the firms supplying advertising to road.cc (it’s happened on various websites previously, including larger ones than road.cc). This link would have been pointing to the location of the malware, which is likely why most people did not see it as it will probably only come up once in a while, and also the firm may now have spotted the issue and had the offending link removed.

    Looks like Avast is doing it’s job for you! 🙂

    Hope that helps!

    PS, had a quick look and from what I can tell about this malware it’s not specific to IE (but it is to Windows).

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