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Taxi_Driver

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Has fleabay caught a cold?
« on: 08 December 2013, 16:44:29 »
Been surfing on ebay looking at electrical products....

My avast has been doing its nut on just about every shop on ebay i click on  :-\

Last shop i clicked on, it whinged about 19 different viruses  :-\
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Re: Has fleabay caught a cold?
« Reply #1 on: 09 December 2013, 13:48:36 »
Quote from: Taxi Driver on 08 December 2013, 16:44:29
Been surfing on ebay looking at electrical products....

My avast has been doing its nut on just about every shop on ebay i click on  :-\

Last shop i clicked on, it whinged about 19 different viruses :-\

No problems here , sites running a bit duff/slow but no virussisses  ;)
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Re: Has fleabay caught a cold?
« Reply #2 on: 09 December 2013, 17:09:29 »
No probs here with ebay, and I'm also running Avast ;)
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Re: Has fleabay caught a cold?
« Reply #3 on: 09 December 2013, 17:28:49 »
More likely your computer has I'm afraid...
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Re: Has fleabay caught a cold?
« Reply #4 on: 09 December 2013, 17:55:34 »
Quote from: TheBoy on 09 December 2013, 17:28:49
More likely your computer has I'm afraid...

Hmmm.....just kicked Avast off on a full system scan..... :-\ and i check the box to check every file....might take a while  ::)
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Re: Has fleabay caught a cold?
« Reply #5 on: 09 December 2013, 21:11:28 »
Quote from: Taxi Driver on 09 December 2013, 17:55:34
Quote from: TheBoy on 09 December 2013, 17:28:49
More likely your computer has I'm afraid...

Hmmm.....just kicked Avast off on a full system scan..... :-\ and i check the box to check every file....might take a while  ::)
Check for rootkits as well, as thats a convenient way to hide stuff...
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Re: Has fleabay caught a cold?
« Reply #6 on: 09 December 2013, 22:19:38 »
I've also noticed that when viewing certain items a pop up screen appears saying you have a tracking virus and to run a scan they provide. You can't delete or remove the pop up window only by closing IE does it go away.  Spybot and F- Secure find nothing. :o
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Re: Has fleabay caught a cold?
« Reply #7 on: 09 December 2013, 22:54:16 »
Quote from: Cleggy on 09 December 2013, 22:19:38
I've also noticed that when viewing certain items a pop up screen appears saying you have a tracking virus and to run a scan they provide. You can't delete or remove the pop up window only by closing IE does it go away.  Spybot and F- Secure find nothing. :o

Try Malwarebytes mate  ;)
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Re: Has fleabay caught a cold?
« Reply #8 on: 10 December 2013, 02:44:10 »
Quote from: dbug on 09 December 2013, 22:54:16
Quote from: Cleggy on 09 December 2013, 22:19:38
I've also noticed that when viewing certain items a pop up screen appears saying you have a tracking virus and to run a scan they provide. You can't delete or remove the pop up window only by closing IE does it go away.  Spybot and F- Secure find nothing. :o

Try Malwarebytes mate  ;)

I have and it found 22 PUPs :y
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Re: Has fleabay caught a cold?
« Reply #9 on: 10 December 2013, 07:39:03 »
Quote from: TheBoy on 09 December 2013, 21:11:28
Quote from: Taxi Driver on 09 December 2013, 17:55:34
Quote from: TheBoy on 09 December 2013, 17:28:49
More likely your computer has I'm afraid...

Hmmm.....just kicked Avast off on a full system scan..... :-\ and i check the box to check every file....might take a while  ::)
Check for rootkits as well, as thats a convenient way to hide stuff...


Done  :y

And avast found 1 nasty that it got rid of  :y.......carnt remember now what it was and the scan history is empty  :-\

Bit concerning that avast missed it in the first place......
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