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Re: Infected file on GenesReunited
« Reply #108 on: Wednesday 17 February 10 22:51 GMT (UK) »
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Nice router....what make/model....sounds like a good one?

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« Reply #109 on: Wednesday 17 February 10 22:54 GMT (UK) »
Well I've just waded through a load of techie squabbling on this thread and all I really wanted to know was whether it would cause a problem with my computer and if and when it's safe to go back in GR.

Don't care if it's a or a (couldn't find a pic of a worm) or even a , I just want to know when it's safe to go back in.

It always has been, Roobarb, for those of us with clean computers and decent firewalling  ;)

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Re: Infected file on GenesReunited
« Reply #110 on: Wednesday 17 February 10 23:44 GMT (UK) »
Well seeing as I'm not one of the techies I've obviously got a dirty computer. Must say I haven't had any probs before though.
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« Reply #111 on: Thursday 18 February 10 00:00 GMT (UK) »
I know everyone is saying that GR is fine and I accept that BUT...

I have virus checkers and firewalls coming out of my ears.... I got a blocked trojan message from my virus checker when all I had done was reply to a GR message. I didn't log onto the site or access an ad ro anything - I just responded to the email that said I had a message - it loaded it in GR - I replied to it and BANG - blocked Trojan....

I did, of course, scan my system afterwards and run all the malware-checking software such as MalwareBytes etc and there was nothing on my PC. I would have been staggered if there had been anything on my PC , given the way I run it.

So - what raised the Trojan message? It wasn't anything lurking on my PC and nothing else apart from GR raises the error.  I'm not sure how people can be as confident as they are that there's nothing amiss on the GR site  ???

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« Reply #112 on: Thursday 18 February 10 06:06 GMT (UK) »
What I am saying Steve is that when people hover over a name/link on their update list then it might not contain the standard link.

I obviously need someone that has had a problem to confirm whether that is true or not.

Just to re-iterate Genes Reunited is not infected with malware.

I see what you`re after now, but my advice re short links is still valid.

& I agree with your comment re GR.

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Re: Infected file on GenesReunited
« Reply #113 on: Thursday 18 February 10 06:08 GMT (UK) »

It's a Draytek 2820.  Two ADSL lines in, line balancing.   Unfortunately it knows a lot more about networking than I do  ;D



Nice, I`ll have a proper read later, have to get to work early then get to another site because there was an accident late yesterday & I`ve been asked to pop in & have a look.

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Re: Infected file on GenesReunited
« Reply #114 on: Thursday 18 February 10 09:18 GMT (UK) »
I know everyone is saying that GR is fine and I accept that BUT...

I have virus checkers and firewalls coming out of my ears.... I got a blocked trojan message from my virus checker when all I had done was reply to a GR message. I didn't log onto the site or access an ad ro anything - I just responded to the email that said I had a message - it loaded it in GR - I replied to it and BANG - blocked Trojan....

I did, of course, scan my system afterwards and run all the malware-checking software such as MalwareBytes etc and there was nothing on my PC. I would have been staggered if there had been anything on my PC , given the way I run it.

So - what raised the Trojan message? It wasn't anything lurking on my PC and nothing else apart from GR raises the error.  I'm not sure how people can be as confident as they are that there's nothing amiss on the GR site  ???

Regards

Angela


Out of interest, what virus checker and firewall are you using ?

Some anti-virus programs throw up "false positives".  At one time, AVG was well known for this, and MacAffee has had its moments too.  The mark of a good AV program isn't limited to how effective it is at finding malware, it's also about how effective it is at ignoring false-triggers, and how much strain it puts on the computer whilst doing it.

We know that the site isn't responsible, because similar things are being seen on other unrelated sites, and since many of us (including myself) have visited the GR site and had no problems at all, and had no virus warnings, then I doubt whether the actual site is responsible.  Web pages are very complex these days, with Flash, scripting and IFrames, etc, and it's quite easy for scammers and hackers to exploit these.



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Re: Infected file on GenesReunited
« Reply #115 on: Thursday 18 February 10 09:53 GMT (UK) »
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I didn't log onto the site or access an ad ro anything - I just responded to the email that said I had a message - it loaded it in GR - I replied to it and BANG - blocked Trojan....

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That is what Ankerdine, who originated this topic, said happened to her.  She had an email containing a so-called Updates and clicked on a link and then bang.

If your computer is off-line then dynamic links would have a red cross in the corner because they cannot connect to the website.  In order to display some objects in an email you need to be connected to the website - so therefore you were logged-in when this happened.
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Re: Infected file on GenesReunited
« Reply #116 on: Thursday 18 February 10 10:03 GMT (UK) »
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I didn't log onto the site or access an ad ro anything - I just responded to the email that said I had a message - it loaded it in GR - I replied to it and BANG - blocked Trojan....

AngelaR

That is what Ankerdine, who originated this topic, said happened to her.  She had an email containing a so-called Updates and clicked on a link and then bang.

If your computer is off-line then dynamic links would have a red cross in the corner because they cannot connect to the website.  In order to display some objects in an email you need to be connected to the website - so therefore you were logged-in when this happened.

What I meant was that I didn't log in to GR directly. If you click on the link in the GR email telling you there is a message, it takes you straight to the message (presumably logging you in via some back door). In itself, that didn't cause a problem, nor did clicking on the 'reply' button, but once I'd composed a reply and clicked 'send' - that's when the warning came up.

I'm happy that my computer is not infected - just puzzled as to quite how this occurred. My AV is Kaspersky by the way....
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