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Thread: Beware Of Virus

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    Old Fella
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    Watch out using Novasearch. AV picked up potential virus when trying to open a pop-up. Didn't get detauls, well actually AVG had no information on the virus.

  2. BitTorrent   -   #2
    Can you get a virus from a pop up

  3. BitTorrent   -   #3
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    dotn think u can but u can from the internet files u are getting when going to site

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    S!X's Avatar L33T Member BT Rep: +5
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    theres spyware that changes your homepage on there

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    vampiro's Avatar Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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    you can get a virus in a pop up if it encoded in the HTML coz i got nimda from a pop up and totaly fucked me hardrive

  6. BitTorrent   -   #6
    Surely it's best to just install some kind of pop-up blocker?

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    Samurai's Avatar Usenet Fanboy
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    don't think they thought that far... it was probably spyware

  8. BitTorrent   -   #8
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    Unless you've run most/all the latest windows/IE patches, it's possible for a web page to use a script to FORCE a download-and-run on your computer even without using a pop-up. Blame Microsoft's accidental bugs for that, not their malice.

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