Malware and viruses
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Le Mans Master
Joined: Mar 2010
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From: St. Louis
Malware and viruses
posted this on the c7z forum and now here
Guys, going into the forum beware of viruses and malware. I have 5 websites I go to. After going to each one individually then running virus and malware scans it appears the problem is the corvettecforum.
They are malware called zedo, mediaplex and webtrends along with a couple of Trojan viruses.
After going to rhe forum my PC slows way down and the screen begins blinking.
I notified the moderator a few days ago but they have not responded.
Guys, going into the forum beware of viruses and malware. I have 5 websites I go to. After going to each one individually then running virus and malware scans it appears the problem is the corvettecforum.
They are malware called zedo, mediaplex and webtrends along with a couple of Trojan viruses.
After going to rhe forum my PC slows way down and the screen begins blinking.
I notified the moderator a few days ago but they have not responded.
Safety Car
Joined: Jun 2016
Posts: 3,882
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From: Auburn Ca
posted this on the c7z forum and now here
Guys, going into the forum beware of viruses and malware. I have 5 websites I go to. After going to each one individually then running virus and malware scans it appears the problem is the corvettecforum.
They are malware called zedo, mediaplex and webtrends along with a couple of Trojan viruses.
After going to rhe forum my PC slows way down and the screen begins blinking.
I notified the moderator a few days ago but they have not responded.
Guys, going into the forum beware of viruses and malware. I have 5 websites I go to. After going to each one individually then running virus and malware scans it appears the problem is the corvettecforum.
They are malware called zedo, mediaplex and webtrends along with a couple of Trojan viruses.
After going to rhe forum my PC slows way down and the screen begins blinking.
I notified the moderator a few days ago but they have not responded.
It is not this website
Its just piggy backed off it, it is malware inside YOUR pc
No problem here on two machines, that are 100% clear.
IB Staff
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You need to scan and remove the offending software and then find out why your machine is allowing the software to be installed (meaning, why isn't your software preventing it from installing in the first place)?
Moderators don't operate the server or software. Moderators enforce the rules & guidelines.
Moderators don't operate the server or software. Moderators enforce the rules & guidelines.
posted this on the c7z forum and now here
Guys, going into the forum beware of viruses and malware. I have 5 websites I go to. After going to each one individually then running virus and malware scans it appears the problem is the corvettecforum.
They are malware called zedo, mediaplex and webtrends along with a couple of Trojan viruses.
After going to rhe forum my PC slows way down and the screen begins blinking.
I notified the moderator a few days ago but they have not responded.
Guys, going into the forum beware of viruses and malware. I have 5 websites I go to. After going to each one individually then running virus and malware scans it appears the problem is the corvettecforum.
They are malware called zedo, mediaplex and webtrends along with a couple of Trojan viruses.
After going to rhe forum my PC slows way down and the screen begins blinking.
I notified the moderator a few days ago but they have not responded.
Thread Starter
Le Mans Master
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 5,909
Likes: 651
From: St. Louis
I scan my PC and clear all viruses, Trojans and malware using mcafee, spyware cleaner and registry cleaner, then do another scan with windows malware cleaner. I go to my bank website , , my credit card login, my brokerage account with Charles Schwab, my work portal with oracle corporation and re-run the all the virus scans and everything is clear. I come to the forum and my PC gets loaded up with malware.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Apr 2001
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From: Bridgewater NJ
Not too happy about the thread in the C7Z forum being closed, because I spent a good amount of time writing a thoughtful post. So I'll just go ahead and post it here too.
It is responding to a post about cookies being a problem to someone's PC.
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Cookies have NOTHING to do with popups, malware, spyware, or anything else. They are NOT the "evil" things that companies like Norton (Symantec), McAfee, Kaspersky, and others have been saying. Those companies say that because they need to justify having you pay them $100 a year to "protect" you from "evil" cookies. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Cookies are small text files on your computer that take up almost no space and are simply ways for websites to store information. For example, it is likely that corvetteforum uses cookies to store your login token. If you clear your cookies, the login token will be erased, and you'll need to login again.
The only time I ever clear cookies is when a website screws up their cookie and I'm forced to clear cookies to fix the glitch on their website. I certainly never block cookies, as that is counter-productive. I wouldn't worry about blocking cookies even if I were to visit the worst spyware-ridden website on the planet. It matters that little.
Any malware spread by a website is almost exclusively from its advertising. This is one of the reasons I rely on a Google ad server to power most of my own websites (I own the largest lottery-related website on the Internet). Google does a good job of detecting and disabling malware-containing advertisements, so I don't end up delivering malware to people who visit the site. Maybe Corvetteforum should be looking into different ad delivery technologies.
In any case, if you want to have a better experience on the Internet, don't block cookies (although it's OK if you want to disable third party cookies), and don't waste brain power worrying about a non-existent threat from cookies.
If you're using Windows 7 or later (especially Windows 10) definitely don't feel the need to install any third-party malware protection like Norton, McAfee, etc. The built-in Windows Defender is just fine -- and free. When I get a new computer one of the first things I do is uninstall the junkware installed -- including McAfee or whatever company paid to have its software installed. (Or buy a computer directly from the Microsoft Store, which does not install any junkware.)
Third party malware software is packaged with stuff to protect you against non-existent threats, and is designed to frequently "find threats" on your computer in order to justify the cost of annual payments. Meanwhile, I've been running Windows Defender on dozens of computers since the days it was first called "Security Essentials", and I've never had a single problem. Funny that when I stopped using third party malware software I had to focus on security issues less, and the number of detected threats shrunk to almost nothing. Not because they weren't being detected, but because they weren't there to start with.
It is responding to a post about cookies being a problem to someone's PC.
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Cookies have NOTHING to do with popups, malware, spyware, or anything else. They are NOT the "evil" things that companies like Norton (Symantec), McAfee, Kaspersky, and others have been saying. Those companies say that because they need to justify having you pay them $100 a year to "protect" you from "evil" cookies. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Cookies are small text files on your computer that take up almost no space and are simply ways for websites to store information. For example, it is likely that corvetteforum uses cookies to store your login token. If you clear your cookies, the login token will be erased, and you'll need to login again.
The only time I ever clear cookies is when a website screws up their cookie and I'm forced to clear cookies to fix the glitch on their website. I certainly never block cookies, as that is counter-productive. I wouldn't worry about blocking cookies even if I were to visit the worst spyware-ridden website on the planet. It matters that little.
Any malware spread by a website is almost exclusively from its advertising. This is one of the reasons I rely on a Google ad server to power most of my own websites (I own the largest lottery-related website on the Internet). Google does a good job of detecting and disabling malware-containing advertisements, so I don't end up delivering malware to people who visit the site. Maybe Corvetteforum should be looking into different ad delivery technologies.
In any case, if you want to have a better experience on the Internet, don't block cookies (although it's OK if you want to disable third party cookies), and don't waste brain power worrying about a non-existent threat from cookies.
If you're using Windows 7 or later (especially Windows 10) definitely don't feel the need to install any third-party malware protection like Norton, McAfee, etc. The built-in Windows Defender is just fine -- and free. When I get a new computer one of the first things I do is uninstall the junkware installed -- including McAfee or whatever company paid to have its software installed. (Or buy a computer directly from the Microsoft Store, which does not install any junkware.)
Third party malware software is packaged with stuff to protect you against non-existent threats, and is designed to frequently "find threats" on your computer in order to justify the cost of annual payments. Meanwhile, I've been running Windows Defender on dozens of computers since the days it was first called "Security Essentials", and I've never had a single problem. Funny that when I stopped using third party malware software I had to focus on security issues less, and the number of detected threats shrunk to almost nothing. Not because they weren't being detected, but because they weren't there to start with.
