Site unsafe??
12-15-2013, 06:10 AM
#11
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Ontario
Posts: 1,230
For the past few days I get a message (only when I am on here) saying that my Java needs updating. Silly me clicked on it the first time I saw it, and I got a whole bunch of spyware stuff on my laptop. I purchased SpyHunter and it cleaned up all the nasty stuff.
I know that I have the most up to date Java, but I keep getting that annoying message. Only on quiltingboard. I wonder if some nastiness has hi-jacked the board? Should we be reporting this officially somewhere?
I know that I have the most up to date Java, but I keep getting that annoying message. Only on quiltingboard. I wonder if some nastiness has hi-jacked the board? Should we be reporting this officially somewhere?
12-15-2013, 06:31 AM
#12
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 76
It's happened several more times and this is the only place where it happens. I ran a scan and deleted spyware and the only site I went to after was this one ... new scan, more spyware found. I do believe there's something going on with this site. Sorry, I look forward to coming here and hope this gets fixed soon. I tried a screen shot but couldn't get it to paste.
12-17-2013, 02:32 AM
#15
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Southeast Georgia, USA
Posts: 9,146
the techs have completely blocked a provider.
they need to know whether or not anybody still gets the pop-up after having scanned their computer to ensure it is clean of adware/spyware/malware/viruses.
they need to know whether or not anybody still gets the pop-up after having scanned their computer to ensure it is clean of adware/spyware/malware/viruses.
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12-17-2013, 04:57 AM
#17
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Holland, PA
Posts: 4,157
How do you get screen shot
i will send a link to this post to tech support.
there is nothing wrong with the site.
those might be deliberately misleading advertisements.
our marketing department and tech support work together to do everything they can to block stuff like that.
unfortunately, people who are sleazy enough to create those ads are also sleazy enough to work around-their-clocks to find ways around the defenses all decent sites put up to keep them out.
they might also be the results of your having unwittingly clicked on something from somewhere else.
hard to say without a visual.
if you get something odd, please take a screen shot and post it here in this thread.
there is nothing wrong with the site.
those might be deliberately misleading advertisements.
our marketing department and tech support work together to do everything they can to block stuff like that.
unfortunately, people who are sleazy enough to create those ads are also sleazy enough to work around-their-clocks to find ways around the defenses all decent sites put up to keep them out.
they might also be the results of your having unwittingly clicked on something from somewhere else.
hard to say without a visual.
if you get something odd, please take a screen shot and post it here in this thread.
12-17-2013, 07:03 AM
#18
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Posts: 474
I just did all my 'normal' browsing throughout this site and everything was fine! Thanks so much! And no more 'search conduit' etc spyware discovered when I run the cleanup software!
12-22-2013, 06:45 AM
#19
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: North East Lower peninsula of Michigan
Posts: 6,231
I have read about others having this happen and now it happened to me. It will not let me on here at all. For two days I have not been able to get on and I had to come in through the digest today. I didn't change a thing, use google chrome and have Avast for virus protection. If I can get a screen shot I will try to post it but it closes the site pretty fast.
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12-22-2013, 09:11 AM
#20
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: British Columbia
Posts: 8,168
I have firefox and was having that Java update plugin needs to be updated for about a week, only when coming to this site. I googled it and it said it was a virus but my Spyware, antivirus and Malware products didn't pick it up. The only way I could get rid of it was to clear the cache, so I did that for both my firefox and IE and "touch wood" haven't had the pop-up since. Of course you lose all your automatic type fill in and passwords so hopefully you have them written down before you clear the cache.
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