This virus is what f***** up my computer last week cost me lots of money to fix it I got an alert today on crossfireforum.org some body is tring to screw us up well if you want to induldge with me i will be at CICCI I will not let this thing screw up my computer again farewell. jim

edit: I did get new antivirus software i have gotten 3 or 4 pop ups saying that it tried to get through to my computer all were on xfire.org the new software is working like they told me it would but you have to remember i just learned my cell phone so if something is infecting my computer i would not know what to do, so i just leave.

 

I keep hearing this but no trouble here. And what is going to stop the virus from getting to CICCI? I don't get over to CICCI much, maybe that is why I didn't get it.

James

 

You need the software protection to avoid a VIRUS attack. You can get it anywhere, and not just here. Woody

 

bye



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No problems here. Maybe having Mac's is why I'm so clean and virus free.

Les

 

also see: message on my computer

 

I visit these forums clueless about my car, and always come away with an answer to my questions. Perhaps today I can return the favor, as computers are my area of expertise. Can someone post or PM me a link to a page on here they believe to be infected?

The linked thread mentions that someone's antivirus reported "Exploit.JS.Pdfa.aog", but that works only in Adobe Acrobat Reader, by causing a buffer overflow in its Javascript engine. It cannot infect you from within a web page.

Unless you are using Internet Explorer (which you really shouldn't be) and you download a suspicious ActiveX control (which you should never do), it is really quite difficult to get infected with a virus from simply browsing the web. I've been running without an antivirus for nearly a decade now, and am virus free.

 

Two days ago, after rebooting my computer I restarted my browser. When
I selected to restore my last session I got a page telling me that I shouldn't
access www.crossfireforum.org as it was listed in an AV registry as having
been found to be virus laden. I logged on anyway and have noted no virii
infecting my system.

BTW, just for the info, I use WebRoot as my AV software and keep it up to
date. Also, I usually don't worry about viruses as I rarely use Windows as
my OS (Machine is dual boot so I can play Windows based games). Usually,
I'm booted up using FedoraCore (Linux). But lately I've been playing with
Windows 7.

Just a little advice from someone who works in the industry and has to deal
with Virii on a regular basis (I design systems to support a major ISP's consumer email platform). If you keep your AV software up to date (both
code and virii sig lists), and you are careful about opening email
attachments as well as using the higher security settings available for your
OS, you should be OK. As someone else said, don't download/install
ActiveX controls from any website that you do not explicitly trust to be
safe and please send a report of the infection to the administrators of any
site you suspect of having either infected your computer or for which you
have received a warning from your AV software.

It is a jungle out there, but you can still walk the trails safely if you are
observant.

Coyote

 

Windows users should use Microsoft Security Essentials it is their free virus software. It immediately detected the virus....

 

I got a virus warning from my Webroot about .org as well. This is why I have the Webroot, no harm, no foul....

 

Man virus in any root can't be good