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hotel21

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Photobucket & viruses
« on: 22 February 2010, 17:47:13 »
As above.

Couple of times recently went onto photobucket to get details of pics etc in my folder and some programme launches which tells me that my ,achine is riddled with spyware.  A pop up very similar to a windows origin with a slider down one side, if you follow.  If you click to move the slider then it launches a 'do you want to install zxzxzxz' and does not actually move the slider.

Done a full virus scan and the same with cache cleaner software but still happens.

Anyone else any experience of this??
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Re: Photobucket & viruses
« Reply #1 on: 22 February 2010, 17:48:46 »
Yep, had it. AVG keeps coming up threat blocked after going through about a page or two of photo's.
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Re: Photobucket & viruses
« Reply #2 on: 22 February 2010, 17:52:13 »
Aye, but is it malware on photobucket thats trying to launch or is it on my machine already?
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Re: Photobucket & viruses
« Reply #3 on: 22 February 2010, 17:56:25 »
I keep the PC immunized using Spybot S & D, so perhaps that`s why I haven`t seen what you describe....I used Photobucket today, and no problem. ;)
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Re: Photobucket & viruses
« Reply #4 on: 22 February 2010, 18:00:12 »
Yup, have spybot S&D as well, thats whats confuddling me....   :-[
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Re: Photobucket & viruses
« Reply #5 on: 22 February 2010, 18:04:51 »
something has hijacked your browser, update s&D then run it on next start up should sort it,
failing that run hijack this to see what is running in the background :y
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Re: Photobucket & viruses
« Reply #6 on: 22 February 2010, 18:05:11 »
I use photobucket quite a bit, no probs so far.
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Re: Photobucket & viruses
« Reply #7 on: 22 February 2010, 18:07:22 »
Do a 'Control,Alt, Delete' and have a look what's running Broocie.
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Re: Photobucket & viruses
« Reply #8 on: 22 February 2010, 18:08:37 »
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Aye, but is it malware on photobucket thats trying to launch or is it on my machine already?
Mine keeps saying threat blocked from AVG, so it's not on my machine already  :-/
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Re: Photobucket & viruses
« Reply #9 on: 22 February 2010, 18:15:28 »
the free photobucket does pop up a few ads, maybe its one of those that has something nasty?
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Re: Photobucket & viruses
« Reply #10 on: 22 February 2010, 18:16:38 »
Yep, i had the same on Sat. I wasn't sure where i picked it up from so i didn't say owt, but i thought it was from that site >:(
AVG picked it up, but wouldn't do owt with it. Gone back to Kaspersky again.
I'm sick of Virus Checkers at the mo >:(
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Re: Photobucket & viruses
« Reply #11 on: 22 February 2010, 18:17:38 »
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the free photobucket does pop up a few ads, maybe its one of those that has something nasty?


I can set K9 to block all ads, and it does :y
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Re: Photobucket & viruses
« Reply #12 on: 22 February 2010, 18:19:08 »
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Yup, have spybot S&D as well, thats whats confuddling me....   :-[

SBSD with new updates didn't pick it up on my machine so be aware :y
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Re: Photobucket & viruses
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Re: Photobucket & viruses
« Reply #14 on: 22 February 2010, 20:23:17 »
ive been using photobucket quite a bit recently, perhaps thats where i picked mine up.
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