Virus threat!!

Almoxil · 06-16-2007

Hello,

I was browsing the forums earlier when I suddenly got a virus after following a link to a review on DAPReviews. The link is in the first post of "Meizu E3c [user-review]" thread. The link worked and the review page loaded, but just after that I got alert windows from Norton Antivirus and AVG Anti-virus. Nevertheless a trojan (Hacktool.IE.Exploit) infected my PC; it took me some hours to remove the pest completely. I recommend alerting someone at DAPReviews about this. For the sake of completeness, both my anti-virus programs are up to date and I run a complete scan once a day with AVG. I also run daily scans with anti-spyware programs (Spybot and Ad-Aware SE) and a complete scan with Norton Anti-virus weekly.

Best regards.

Edit: wrong references to the original poster of thread "Meizu E3c [user-review]" removed.

djmesh · 06-16-2007

Damn wow, what kind of browser do you use? Im running Firefox....

mfb · 06-16-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by djmesh

Damn wow, what kind of browser do you use? Im running Firefox....

I guess internet explorer,as this virus installs itself by abusing an exploit in internet explorer. You don't have to worry about it if you use firefox.

greetz
mfb

lite · 06-16-2007

I use IE with siteadviser , It

Susanna · 06-16-2007

Motherly, I should say, "With linux and firefox ..." :-)

Enjoy your exiting times, if you are surfing with windows and ie, maybe you have a user for surfing with admin-rights too! It's much more exiting :-))

wizaado · 06-16-2007

I'm not questioning your choice in broswers, Almoxil but if your using internet explorer, you should find alternatives because as you have found out IE can cause you many headaches. Though some sites require that you use IE most do not. Now I'm not necessarily saying move to Firefox, but some other alternatives are there too. and now you even have Safari for windows. Crazy apple and their porting of their apps to windows. Besides IE is not fully up to web standards.

But it is good to hear you removed it, but I try keep my front line defense as tight as possible.

Later.

plg6067 · 06-16-2007

no problems here and I am using firefox

djmesh · 06-16-2007

Yeah, I havent used IE for years except for Windows Update..... Opera is decent too is you dont like firefox for some reason, but I really recommend not using IE....

Zaan · 06-17-2007

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Originally Posted by Almoxil

The link is in the first post of "Meizu E3c [user-review]" thread from Zaan. The link worked and the review page loaded, but just after that I got alert windows from Norton Antivirus and AVG Anti-virus. Nevertheless a trojan (Hackertool.IE.Exploit) infected my PC; it took me some hours to remove the pest completely. I think Zaan may not be aware about the problem. I recommend alerting someone at DAPReviews about this.

Excuse me, but:

1) that is not a thread I started
2) the links you followed are not in a post I made

I don't like seeing my name mentioned in relation to a virus threat.

Almoxil · 06-17-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zaan

Excuse me, but:

1) that is not a thread I started
2) the links you followed are not in a post I made

I don't like seeing my name mentioned in relation to a virus threat.

Apologies for mentioning your name in that post, Zaan. I recognize my mistake, and already edited the post to remove the wrong references.

About using FireFox, yes, I'll consider it. Nevertheless, I think someone at DAPReviews should be warned about that link, since they can't assume everyone browsing their site is using FireFox and not IE.