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| Porn Scout Deactivated User 3735 Posts 10/02 |  Posted - Dec 22 2008 : 5:38PMIs anyone else seeing this behavior on Wikipedia? When I go to wikipedia and type in a topic, the article comes up but I'm getting a sidebar that serves up ads that the ad server thinks are related to whatever I just typed in. The sidebar comes up on the left hand side of the screen. I've also noticed that when I type in a google search, something similar is happening. My normal results come up, along with the paid search results on the right hand side of the screen, but now there is a sidebar on the left that serves up "sponsored links", and I have no idea where those are coming from. I've tested this on computers that belong to other people and it only seems to be happening to me.  [Link] |
| Zoid Senior Member Boobies and Anal 2004 Posts 5/04 | Posted - Dec 22 2008 : 6:28PM So, my guess would be is that you have some malware (adware) running on your PC. If you have up-to-date antivirus software that can also deal with spyware and suchlike, scan the entire system. Alternatively, you can get free versions of Lavasoft Ad-Aware and Spybot Search and Destroy, and try scanning your system with those.  [Link] |
| Porn Scout Deactivated User 3735 Posts 10/02 | Posted - Dec 23 2008 : 3:12AM Still, I am tempted to wipe my machine and reinstall XP. It's just the hassle that stops me. [Link] |
| Porn Scout Deactivated User 3735 Posts 10/02 | Posted - Dec 24 2008 : 4:41AM |
| Porn Scout Deactivated User 3735 Posts 10/02 | Posted - Feb 14 2009 : 10:35PM One more REALLY INTERESTING development: periodically when I do a search on Google, when I click on one of the search results, I get redirected somewhere else, to some other commercial website - usually to a page that has aggregate results for whatever it was I was looking for. Say, for example, I do a search on "Yoga Mats". Google responds with a billion or so results and I click on one of the top unsponsored links. Instead of taking me to that web page, I go to some other page with a bunch of choices for Yoga Mats. But this doesn't happen every time. It's happened maybe three times now in the last 10 days, enough so that I know this is deliberate. This is really frustrating. I really don't want to do a complete wipe of my machine but I guess I don't have any real options left. This is such an invasion too. I don't understand why cracking down on spyware isn't a bigger priority for the federal government. [Link] |
| Harri Patel Senior Member #SDNY he's all yours. -- Michael Steele 5110 Posts 3/03 | Posted - Feb 14 2009 : 11:04PM [Link] |
| Drew Black broken crankshaft 8011 Posts 9/99 | Posted - Feb 14 2009 : 11:32PM [Link] |
| Jordan1 Member Fishing, a fun hobby! 490 Posts 7/08 | Posted - Feb 15 2009 : 12:59AM This is a recent updated version. [ invalid url ] [Link] |
| Bornyo Deactivated Member 803 Posts 12/04 | Posted - Feb 15 2009 : 9:45AM [Link] |
Gentleman Jon  All-Star Member 1881 Posts 6/05 | Posted - Feb 15 2009 : 12:57PM [Link] |
| Zoid Senior Member Boobies and Anal 2004 Posts 5/04 | Posted - Feb 15 2009 : 1:42PM Here's a comprehensive tutorial on it. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial42.html [Link] |
| Porn Scout Deactivated User 3735 Posts 10/02 | Posted - Feb 18 2009 : 2:28AM Yes, I'm using IE, but I'll definitely give FireFox a try. I'm also going to look into those resources mentioned by Harri and Jordan1. Thanks guys! [Link] |
| Porn Scout Deactivated User 3735 Posts 10/02 | Posted - Apr 1 2009 : 6:35PM The major virus I was dealing with was something called Vundo. Both Symantec and Webroot would find instances of it in every sweep, but it was embedded deeply enough that it would regenerate itself almost immediately. [Link] |
| Jeff @ IAFD Webmaster IAFD.COM 931 Posts 6/00 | Posted - Apr 3 2009 : 12:27AM http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/malware-removal/remove-vundo-virtumonde [Link] |
| Porn Scout Deactivated User 3735 Posts 10/02 | Posted - Apr 3 2009 : 4:23AM [Link] |
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