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    Posted: December 14 2007 at 23:27
Originally posted by Easy Livin Easy Livin wrote:

Members in the US and UK appear to have been affected. Any memebrs in other countries come across this too?
 
Yes. It's happened twice and has seriously f**ked up my computer. Whenever I read the forum now I get a message from a good friend of mine (through msn chat/hotmail) with the same passage I have just read on (any given) forum:
 
 
aki の発言:
I took a screenshot of my pc, do you know what this error is?
aki の送信:
 
承諾(Alt+C)  名前を付けて保存...(Alt+S)  辞退(Alt+D)
 
 
Aki can't speak or type a word of English and this is the 100th plus time this has happened. The above says 'aki says...' and 'aki sends you...'' and then I always get an option to download something. I called Aki the last time this happened and she wasn't even using her computer then.
 
Sorry guys. I'm not best pleased.
 
 
 
 
 
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Points: 46828 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 12 2007 at 15:44
Originally posted by darqdean darqdean wrote:

Originally posted by StyLaZyn StyLaZyn wrote:

Originally posted by darqdean darqdean wrote:

Originally posted by StyLaZyn StyLaZyn wrote:

Originally posted by ghost_of_morphy ghost_of_morphy wrote:

Now if only the malicious free Ipod attack can be eliminated, life will once again be serendipitous.
 
OMG! That has got to take the prize for most annoying ad on this or any website.
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A Free iPod!!!!  LOL
Bada-tsh! LOL


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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 12 2007 at 09:46
Originally posted by StyLaZyn StyLaZyn wrote:

Originally posted by darqdean darqdean wrote:

Originally posted by StyLaZyn StyLaZyn wrote:

Originally posted by ghost_of_morphy ghost_of_morphy wrote:

Now if only the malicious free Ipod attack can be eliminated, life will once again be serendipitous.
 
OMG! That has got to take the prize for most annoying ad on this or any website.
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A Free iPod!!!!  LOL
Bada-tsh! LOL
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Points: 4079 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 12 2007 at 09:41
Originally posted by darqdean darqdean wrote:

Originally posted by StyLaZyn StyLaZyn wrote:

Originally posted by ghost_of_morphy ghost_of_morphy wrote:

Now if only the malicious free Ipod attack can be eliminated, life will once again be serendipitous.
 
OMG! That has got to take the prize for most annoying ad on this or any website.
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A Free iPod!!!!  LOL
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Originally posted by StyLaZyn StyLaZyn wrote:

Originally posted by ghost_of_morphy ghost_of_morphy wrote:

Now if only the malicious free Ipod attack can be eliminated, life will once again be serendipitous.
 
OMG! That has got to take the prize for most annoying ad on this or any website.
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Originally posted by ghost_of_morphy ghost_of_morphy wrote:

Now if only the malicious free Ipod attack can be eliminated, life will once again be serendipitous.
 
OMG! That has got to take the prize for most annoying ad on this or any website.
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Points: 2755 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 12 2007 at 04:16
Now if only the malicious free Ipod attack can be eliminated, life will once again be serendipitous.
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M@x has taken steps to eradicate the recent Malware incident which affected us. We were by no means the only major site to be affected, it was sophisticated attack on the Internet. More information on it can be found here:http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/13/doubleclick_distributes_malware/ 
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Paypal donation idea is a great one  to get rid of these malicious problem causing adds its worth approx by estimation about $400 a month thats how much other sites who do donations get,  you maybe will get more because we all love prog and want to see this site remain .. I dont want a Trojan (who does)  I feel at risk just being here now.  please do something as I dont want to have to reformat my pc again so soon.
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I havent had this in a while (I just jinxed myself I suppose) but it's not a legitimate ad, its a hijacking virus that can infect and damage your computer it seems


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I have no problem with the legitimate ads- I use them from time to time, yet I wouldn't mind a paypal donation either. M@x you have every right to go to the ad broker and lodge a complaint, with all your members I would say you have a bit of leverage. The broker probably has one or two dog advertisers responsible for the malware and may not even realize it, I can't imagine this broker wants a bad rap. After enough surfing there are lots of sites suffering the same fate, they probably have a common broker. If you get other sites involved it can impact them even more.
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Points: 15585 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 09 2007 at 11:37
Cheers guys, keep the observations coming. Hopefully the present issue is indeed resolved.
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Points: 3659 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 09 2007 at 10:51
Am I right in thinking the malware problem is solved? I haven't come across it the last 3 visits. Thumbs%20Up
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 09 2007 at 03:10
Originally posted by Soul Dreamer Soul Dreamer wrote:

Originally posted by Easy Livin Easy Livin wrote:

Members in the US and UK appear to have been affected. Any memebrs in other countries come across this too?
 
Oh Yes, many times! I just press cancel cancel cancel and then close the window...and then I'm out of PA, but I can start it again and then it doesn't appear. But the site it redirects me to is: www.schijfbewaker.com. The initial culprid though seems to be http://newbieadguide.com/statsg.php?u=23423424&campaign=remain0r
 
So it also happens outside of UK and America, since I'm from the Netherlands


The website I posted at the top of this page, mentions that newbieadguide website and I believe it has some solutions as to how to solve it.  It may help anyhow.

The quicker we rid the site of it, the better.
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Points: 24392 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 09 2007 at 02:54
As I wrote in another thread, in the past few days I've come across an Italian malware site called ToolSicuro (http://toolsicuro.com), which Italian PC users have been warned against in several IT discussion boards over the web. Of course, after having removed the cookie and cleaned the temporary Internet files, there has been no disturbance at all.
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Points: 997 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 09 2007 at 00:15
Originally posted by Easy Livin Easy Livin wrote:

Members in the US and UK appear to have been affected. Any memebrs in other countries come across this too?
 
Oh Yes, many times! I just press cancel cancel cancel and then close the window...and then I'm out of PA, but I can start it again and then it doesn't appear. But the site it redirects me to is: www.schijfbewaker.com. The initial culprid though seems to be http://newbieadguide.com/statsg.php?u=23423424&campaign=remain0r
 
So it also happens outside of UK and America, since I'm from the Netherlands
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Points: 15585 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 08 2007 at 17:43
Re M@x's post at the bottom of the previous page, please use this thread:
to discuss the funding of the site.
 
Please continue to use this thread to discuss the malware. Those who have experienced the bug, have you come across it since M@x''s post?
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Points: 15585 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 08 2007 at 17:28
Members in the US and UK appear to have been affected. Any memebrs in other countries come across this too?
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 08 2007 at 17:10
I think maybe a PayPal donation system could work.  Obviously not everyone is with PayPal, so maybe some additional donation method could be used as well.
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excellent. M@X.. .congrats.... some clappies for you

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listen.. I'm a dumb sh*t when it comes to this computer stuff... how about leveling with us with the costs .. and just what the ads bring in...  I can be persuasive and an effective fundraiser... 

you can contact me in private if you wish....I have been a bit of a proponent of this... I can take the bull by the horns so to speak.  We can talk about it if you interested ...
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