Computer Threats
04-25-2010, 01:29 PM
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I was on the Quilting Board site and all of a sudden I had something that said, Computer threat on Quilt Board site. Do not go to this site as it may take financial information etc from me. What Is This?????
04-25-2010, 01:31 PM
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Not sure about that but I was on here last night and Norton popped up a message that a trojan tried to access my system. I love this site so much, I would hate to have to stop visiting because of something like this.
04-25-2010, 01:47 PM
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A few people have reported something similar.
Make sure it's real antivirus and not adware posing as antivirus.
For example, here is the scan information straight from Norton:
http://safeweb.norton.com/report/sho...ltingboard.com
If you have popups claiming to be Norton antivirus, it might be malware that pretends to be a Norton application, while in reality it's adware.
Make sure it's real antivirus and not adware posing as antivirus.
For example, here is the scan information straight from Norton:
http://safeweb.norton.com/report/sho...ltingboard.com
If you have popups claiming to be Norton antivirus, it might be malware that pretends to be a Norton application, while in reality it's adware.
04-25-2010, 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Born2Sew
This is the info that norton gave me:
Risk name: HTTP Trojan Mebroot Request
Attacking Computer: 67.18.213.122.80
access was blocked
Risk name: HTTP Trojan Mebroot Request
Attacking Computer: 67.18.213.122.80
access was blocked
This board's IP address is: 66.135.53.75. So with port 80, it would be 66.135.53.75.80 or 66.135.53.75:80. If some post was infected, it would come from the same IP, not from 67.18.213.122.80.
It's either adware or rogue ads.
Can you take a screenshot of the page next time you see it happen?
If possible, try to make sure the ads are visible. That could shed some more light.
04-25-2010, 03:11 PM
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It looks like someone posted about it on Norton's forums:
http://community.norton.com/t5/Norto...on/td-p/224672
If you use Norton, then you might want to keep an eye on that thread.
And here is a screenshot from someone talking on Google forums about a similar attack:
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o.../Capture-1.jpg
Is that the kind of popup you get?
http://community.norton.com/t5/Norto...on/td-p/224672
If you use Norton, then you might want to keep an eye on that thread.
And here is a screenshot from someone talking on Google forums about a similar attack:
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o.../Capture-1.jpg
Is that the kind of popup you get?
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