Bad Virus from a link
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Heel & Toe
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Bad Virus from a link
Well I hope I am posting in the right place, I got a bad virus from the forum wednesday. It attacked my system and started in the windows explorer killing the computers operating system my computer has all the latest virus protection. I having my whole computer operating system reinstalled I lucky did not lose all my data. So I was searching about battery tenders and which ones were the best to use. So I read on different ones members are using checking links of ones to buy and I clicked on someone link it came up with link not working message so I close it and then a few minutes my computer goes crazy I unplug it and call my IT guy about it. So the owners of this site may need to check into someone posting fake links.
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It's possible that a member posted a link to a legit website that was compromised (i.e., the link for the website may have had a security breach), or it is possible the member posted a bad link.
Unfortunately, without knowing the exact post and link, it's very difficult to investigate because if it was an external link, unless the link is a known link, it will be almost impossible to find as there is no way to search external links for the content they have.
I would suggest some security software, make sure your browser is updated, and even think about FireFox or Chrome browsers. Chrome browser has a "sandbox" feature which makes it more difficult for a website to do damage to the computer. Unfortunately, stuff like this is pretty much needed on the Internet.
Unfortunately, without knowing the exact post and link, it's very difficult to investigate because if it was an external link, unless the link is a known link, it will be almost impossible to find as there is no way to search external links for the content they have.
I would suggest some security software, make sure your browser is updated, and even think about FireFox or Chrome browsers. Chrome browser has a "sandbox" feature which makes it more difficult for a website to do damage to the computer. Unfortunately, stuff like this is pretty much needed on the Internet.
Last edited by J T; Jan 13, 2012 at 05:36 PM.
