Subject: Oh woot. Thanks for the tip.
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Posted on: 2011-12-08 03:19:00 UTC
Ad-free browsing, hel-LO. :D
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Viruses by
on 2011-12-06 16:47:00 UTC
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As in, I think either this board or a PPC spinoff is giving me some.
As such, I am avoiding the board and spinoffs for a while to avoid getting viruses.
You guys might want to do something about that; viruses will decrease board traffic. -
You know what... by
on 2011-12-08 10:27:00 UTC
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My Google Chrome has been acting up ever since I've joined the board...it sometimes refuses to show sites I've been in countless times, and sometimes it's just turns right around and lets me in. Same thing for Firefox...haven't tried it with IE though...
I call it the Troll Virus. -
Happened to me too. by
on 2011-12-07 02:22:00 UTC
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My Norton firewall was blocking intrusion attempts from both the Board and the Wiki. Then after a while, I tracked down my attacker's IP and set my firewall to automatically block all connections to and from that address. That solved it for me.
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Re: Viruses by
on 2011-12-06 18:03:00 UTC
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I doubt that the Board is giving you viruses. I really can't comment on any of the spin-offs, though. I do think we would have noticed that before now, in either case.
Unfortunately, I can't offer any other reasonable explanation for your virus troubles. -
It always used to. by
on 2011-12-06 22:16:00 UTC
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That was before your time, I guess, but the Board has had trouble with viruses on a number of occasions. We never did get to the bottom of it - just sat around recommending blockers and such.
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It's the ads somewhere by
on 2011-12-06 18:57:00 UTC
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Virus are now being spread through banner ads. If you haven't visited any shady sites, that's most likely where they came from (and why ad blockers are becoming necessary).
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Adblock Plus and Firefox, and you're all set. (nm) by
on 2011-12-06 19:06:00 UTC
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Oh woot. Thanks for the tip. by
on 2011-12-08 03:19:00 UTC
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Ad-free browsing, hel-LO. :D
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Add No-Script by
on 2011-12-08 19:05:00 UTC
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Or at least, add the No-Script plugin if you don't visit a lot of sites that require Java. (You can tell the plugin to allow a given site, though.) Not only do you get safer surfing, but it seems to speed things up a bit.