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[Closed] My PC's just picked up a Malware virus when I opened STW?

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 hora
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Anyone else?

Slowed my PC down a fair bit. 😕


 
Posted : 25/01/2010 8:44 pm
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Hmm my connection to STW timed out there, but Im on a mac so wouldnt notice a malware if it hit me 😆


 
Posted : 25/01/2010 8:47 pm
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poisoned hamster?


 
Posted : 25/01/2010 8:48 pm
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run away for it has knashy teeth


 
Posted : 25/01/2010 8:49 pm
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Its always timing out for me. On a Mac too.


 
Posted : 25/01/2010 8:50 pm
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hmm, something just happened, Im on a MAC too, but the page wouldnt load, seems ok now though


 
Posted : 25/01/2010 8:52 pm
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STW went away for me too a few minutes ago. It'll be them Chinese folk. 🙂


 
Posted : 25/01/2010 8:53 pm
 jedi
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my laptop is ****ed so i wouldnt notice either 🙂


 
Posted : 25/01/2010 8:53 pm
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Not using Kaspersky are you ?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/25/kaspersky_adsense_false_positive/


 
Posted : 25/01/2010 8:54 pm
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Looks like the STW bigwigs are now actively discouraging you Hora.


 
Posted : 25/01/2010 8:54 pm
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Yeah - same issue here (Mac) - hanging for ever but sorted now. There was some random malware going on today on the PC, but when I emailed STW Towers about it, Web Tom said it was a 'false positive' or something like that, so no need to worry.

[edit] - yes, allthepies, I am unfortunate to have corporate Krapspersky on my work PC. I'll go read that link... thanks.


 
Posted : 25/01/2010 8:54 pm
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No alerts here - just the usual variable speed STW


 
Posted : 25/01/2010 8:58 pm
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oh I'm on a mac, using safari and it often hangs, especially when posting


 
Posted : 25/01/2010 9:01 pm
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See, macs are rubbish....


 
Posted : 25/01/2010 9:16 pm
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Which malware/virus?


 
Posted : 25/01/2010 9:18 pm
 Drac
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None here an no warnings.


 
Posted : 25/01/2010 9:18 pm
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No probs here


 
Posted : 25/01/2010 9:30 pm
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On Firefox on a laptop. Damned slow tonight. Keeps timing out, but no viruses or other funny things reported.


 
Posted : 25/01/2010 9:32 pm
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Download [url= http://www.malwarebytes.org/ ]Malware Bytes[/url]

Have had a few issues with viruses, trojans and whatnot recently... Was running a combination of AVG and Windows Defender... Didn't stop em. A mate recommended Malware Bytes as the best software for getting rid of such nasties, and blow me!

Sorted my computer straight out... And my mates laptop which had been ****ed for a while...


 
Posted : 25/01/2010 9:36 pm
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TheFunkyMonkey:
See, macs are rubbish....

Yup. Seems so.


 
Posted : 25/01/2010 9:41 pm