slickbob

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Hey just wanted to let everyone know that twice today I'm been hit by Drive-by malware on this site. If it is from one of the ads, then I'm not sure which. Guess everyone should run anti-virus and spyware software after they've left the site.

tuathal

What ads? No ads on gold. PM waldo if you think its from here. Let him know.

cruzinazn420

i dont know if this is the same thing, but every so often, i get a pop up that says to scan my drive for errors using error safe. does anyone else get this? is it safe or a virus?

CWB

hmmm ... i use firefox , no popups/warning ... there is something though , i have the "loading" hourglass on my cursor ... never goes away ... "waiting for tribal fusion" ... but i would bet this is an issue on your end .

spybot s&d , avg and adaware give a clean report .

from what i can find "errorsafe" is also known as ; winsoftware / winfixer2005 / winantispy2005 , etc etc ... this can be viewed at spywarewarrior.com or some other anti-scum/mal/spyware sites . install it and you get "agressive popup ads" ! it is a pos-1 , i see several references to users trying to remove it .
i have had to remove it from a comp that also had some other crapware (spy sheriff , etc etc) ... the owner dl'ed them trying to fix the problem caused by the smith/barney virus .

ps ... the tribal fusion problem cleared ... took about 10 minutes to load on each page .

icarus

i get spyware and adware from every single site i go to now it seems like, i cant get rid of it. I use Zone alarm full scan and all the detection addons, along with ad-aware. It gets rid of it for the moment, but after a day its back. I know that myspace has alot the second you get on the site. All the internet related problems are getting out of control, who honestly wants to mess up someones computer, seems like a boring job

karearea

One way to help reduce the problems you guys get is to never click on any ad that pop's up on your computer in the first place. Use Task Manager to shut them down. some of those X signs are just clever graphics and buttons with a send this comp more shi* link embedded in them. Zonealarm and Ad Aware and Spybot are only effective when updated daily or when the next lot of definitions come out.

fluffer

Yeah... If you've got them on your computer, Ad-Aware and ZA are your best bet, but as that didn't help, I'd reccomend backing up the programs and files you want to keep on your computer, and reformatting the hard drive. The problem is that some of the spyware that gets on your computer either hides itself, or manages to get itself put somewhere where antivirus programs can't touch it. (ZA usually can, but I guess not in this case).

Shame :P But yeah, as with many things, the best solution to adware is prevention.