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Post by 190mech on Feb 20, 2011 19:43:07 GMT -5
Hey Ya'll,Ive had some wierd stuff go on with my computer when going to upload on PhotoBucket,I did a Google search on this and it seems that there is a bad virus on that site!I wouldnt go there till it is safe..I'm now looking for another photo hosting site...
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Post by shakerdriver on Feb 20, 2011 20:05:08 GMT -5
Ok thanks for the heads up John.
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Post by Goosey on Feb 20, 2011 21:27:44 GMT -5
Well, just out of geek curiosity I had to check it out. Only thing I noticed was an advertizement, probably run with "Flash" if your flash player isn't up to date it could cause some issues. But it was all fine for me. If you've been getting that fake virus warning pop up, claiming to scan your system, just completely close your browser, or restart the computer to close the damn thing. It's a pain to clean up, and has popped up on several sites for me, including this one.
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Post by 90GTVert on Feb 21, 2011 1:20:35 GMT -5
Running an anti-spyware program might be a good idea. I sure hope photobucket is OK. I have a hell of a lot of pics there.
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Post by shakerdriver on Feb 21, 2011 16:12:18 GMT -5
I went to photobucket today (forgot about this thread) and my norton 360 spyware popped up a message about a spyware bot and blocked it so i had no problems there myself.
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Post by billw129 on Mar 8, 2011 22:46:57 GMT -5
the problem comes from the ad's that photobucket runs. They don't actually run the ad's they sell the space to advertising company's and the are not the best of pages most of the time. The ad's end up getting hacked and that is how you get the virus. That is why this has even happened to people on this site (although I am not speaking from experience). Most of the web pages that you will visit in life have advertising run the same way. The best way to fix this problem is to use Mozilla Firefox and download a program called Ad Block Plus. It is free and it runs as an add-on so you never even know it is there. It blocks the advertisements from loading so it keeps you safe and it also makes pages load faster. Here is a link to it. adblockplus.org/en/ If you need help installing Firefox or ad block plus let me know and I can do a tutorial. |
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