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NS COMPUTER VIRUS?

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Lanceasaurus
Posts: 925 - Karma: 109
I got onto NS today to chat away and suddenly my virus blocker told me a Trojan was trying to download itself to my computer. I was on the phone with another NS member and 5 minutes later his computer started to download a virus through his firewall and went through macafee... And basically a fake virus protector was scanning his computer but was actually downloading a Trojan. It pretty much screwed his computer and now he can no longer use his internet and scan his computer for viruses and we were both wondering if anyone else's virus blocker was active while on NS.
Aug 26 2009 1:10AM
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GreenHorn
Posts: 4896 - Karma: 1,209
wow dude that sucks. this should be moved to site discussion tho.
Aug 26 2009 1:13AM
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Lanceasaurus
Posts: 925 - Karma: 109
I just wanted to see if anyone else was having issues.
Aug 26 2009 1:14AM
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StReEtPIRATES
Posts: 1378 - Karma: 138
yeah i got 20 mean ass trojans and had to reload my operating system, get agv antivirus, its freeware and really good
Aug 26 2009 1:15AM
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DR.SHRED
Posts: 2134 - Karma: 503
the same thing happend to my computer
Aug 26 2009 1:15AM
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Six.0.Tree-ski
Posts: 4059 - Karma: 67
i had something similar the other day. a page opened up that took up the whole screen, it made the start bar look like windows xp cause it probably read my comp has xp installed maybe but i have the inspirat2 or something installed that makes xp look like vista, so i knew something was up. it said i was under attack and that windows updater would auto take care of the problem, and was waiting for confirmation but i rejected that shit. it had a couple fake looking folders too that were flashing and shit. it would of been legit looking to a noob on compooters but i was kinda sketched out and have been pretty careful since.
Aug 26 2009 1:16AM
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Lanceasaurus
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Wow today?
Aug 26 2009 1:21AM
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GreenHorn
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are you guys using internet explorer or something else?
Aug 26 2009 1:22AM
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DR.SHRED
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no like 2 weeks ago
Aug 26 2009 1:23AM
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Six.0.Tree-ski
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mozilla for me
Aug 26 2009 1:23AM
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Lanceasaurus
Posts: 925 - Karma: 109
NS Hacked? Something is up with NS for sure.
Aug 26 2009 1:23AM
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Lanceasaurus
Posts: 925 - Karma: 109
No for my friend Internet 8 and firefox aren't working.
Aug 26 2009 1:24AM
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GreenHorn
Posts: 4896 - Karma: 1,209
i use chrome or firefox

i feel i should be fine
cause i have some other security stuff
Aug 26 2009 1:26AM
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Lanceasaurus
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I hope for you.
Aug 26 2009 1:27AM
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GreenHorn
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thanks me too

my computer is already slow enough
im so ready for a mac
Aug 26 2009 1:29AM
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Six.0.Tree-ski
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yea everyone should be fine. i mean i have avg and superantispyware and as long as you run them regularly you should be fine. i caught the obvious virus scan fake and hopefully if anyone else gets it, they will be smart enough to look past it and get the fuck outta there
Aug 26 2009 1:33AM
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Lanceasaurus
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You pretty much have to just shut down your PC.
Aug 26 2009 1:34AM
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Six.0.Tree-ski
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or exit the intermawebz and run a scan?
Aug 26 2009 1:36AM
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Lanceasaurus
Posts: 925 - Karma: 109
With what my friend got I have had it happen and the only way to stop it is to turn your pc off or else you get it.
Aug 26 2009 1:38AM
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omnomnom
Posts: 1280 - Karma: 73
basically the same thing came up with me. i was running vista, but it popped up witha  xp menu with flashing folders saying something like "FOUND FOUR TROJANS!!"
"deleting trojans and other associated viruses.." it had a status bar. i knew what was up so i booked it outa that popup. and it all happened on ns... kinda sketchy imo.
Aug 26 2009 1:38AM
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Lanceasaurus
Posts: 925 - Karma: 109
^^ Something is for sure up with NS.
Aug 26 2009 1:41AM
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GreenHorn
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IS IT CALLED TOTAL SECURITY??? It is ON MY CPUTER RIYHT NOW AND LOOKS FAKE
Aug 26 2009 1:44AM
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YooperSteeze
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Fuck dude, same here. It wont leave me alone!
Aug 26 2009 1:46AM
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Lanceasaurus
Posts: 925 - Karma: 109
YES AND ITS COMPLETELY FAKE OMG OMG TURN YOUR PC OFF OR SOMeTHING FUCK!!!!
Aug 26 2009 1:47AM
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GreenHorn
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MY COMPUTER JUST RESTARTED BY ITSELF!!!! WHATDO I DO????
Aug 26 2009 1:50AM
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omnomnom
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kapersky anti virus.... its pretty good.
Aug 26 2009 1:50AM
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Six.0.Tree-ski
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dude you dont need to turn off your computer. as long as you didnt let it "auto download updates" or "scan" then you should be fine and its nothing but a popup.
Aug 26 2009 1:51AM
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Lanceasaurus
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Idk but your fucked. The only thing you can do is Format your PC.
Aug 26 2009 1:52AM
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Six.0.Tree-ski
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put it under a faucet with running hot water to let it soak and calm down!!!!!!! omg!OMG!#$!#%!!!
Aug 26 2009 1:52AM
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GreenHorn
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Idk I seem ok so far
Aug 26 2009 1:53AM
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skibikeclambake
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im gettin the virus too
Aug 26 2009 2:01AM
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omnomnom
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put it in the microwave. heat kills computer borne viruses.
Aug 26 2009 2:01AM
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GreenHorn
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I'm scannng like all my virus things right now haha
Aug 26 2009 2:05AM
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Lanceasaurus
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good
Aug 26 2009 2:06AM
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Six.0.Tree-ski
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you should probably close mozilla or chrome or whatever your using while your scanning...
Aug 26 2009 2:06AM
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GreenHorn
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I did

This needs to be fixed
Aug 26 2009 2:08AM
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Lanceasaurus
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prolly but w/e
Aug 26 2009 2:09AM
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Six.0.Tree-ski
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o so your replying on a different compooter
Aug 26 2009 2:09AM
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GreenHorn
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iPod. :)
Aug 26 2009 2:11AM
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double_D
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i just got one no more that 3 min ago

fix it
Aug 26 2009 2:11AM
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DYFI
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Aug 26 2009 2:18AM
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Lanceasaurus
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Sure.... Lets make this a random post lol D:
Aug 26 2009 2:33AM
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A-Lee
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sometimes when i am on ns i get a message saying that a pop up was blocked so i run scan about every other day
Aug 26 2009 2:43AM
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Lanceasaurus
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That might be a little over the top but idk If you think its worth it then thats cool but I get the same thing every once in a while
Aug 26 2009 2:45AM
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GreenHorn
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yeah mine is infected
Aug 26 2009 3:08AM
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Lanceasaurus
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Thought so.
Aug 26 2009 3:23AM
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Avifarer
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yea i got that fake anti virus thing too. i got it just a couple days ago and i got it again today
Aug 26 2009 3:30AM
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rontonsoop
Posts: 237 - Karma: 25
Kaspersky 
Aug 26 2009 10:10AM
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spruitm
Posts: 2221 - Karma: 1,069
it happened to me too.  im using firefox and all the sudden a window popped up saying it was going to scan for viruses and asked me to confirm so i quickly exited out and it seems ok
i was just in a regular thread, no links or anything.
also my browser just closed itself yesterday out of nowhere when i was on NS
Aug 26 2009 10:18AM
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Bill.
Posts: 254 - Karma: 36
A similar thing happened to me a week or two ago, i was in site discussion and there was a thread called ns virus, i tried to read the thread to see whats up and then avg popped up saying that it was a trojan. same thing popped up whenever i tried to open that thread.
Aug 26 2009 10:46AM
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