Fake Virus Malware

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I had a fake virus scanner malware attack from this site earlier.

(Note it had to be this site because it was the only site I had visited this morning)

My history shows that is was a link to (I suggest you don't click this)

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http://www1.protect-and-secure.in/?p=p52dcWtkal%2FCj8bYbn2Ai1ik12qYVp%2FZatralZxqWJjOxaCbkX1%2Ba16orKWeXZXMZWNjmWeZlmGIo6THodjXoGJdo3OL1cytnpl2Wp6dpJ6eU9rPlqdqWpuooV6bZV6YXpWSlGVlZ2yL08ifb1qtp3Vlam%2BWZpqcaWNdWqarlmqTYmabZpmam2RnWJnInqp7

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I had a fake virus scanner malware attack from this site earlier.

(Note it had to be this site because it was the only site I had visited this morning)
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Sure? Run a complete virus/spyware scan on your computer recently?

That's not to say you're wrong - and you've absolutely done the right thing letting us know, just in case, as there could well be something dodgy in an advert or a post that escaped the moderators' eyes - but it's rarely as clear-cut as "I visited this site and something happened, so it must be the site".

I'd advise running deep virus/spyware scans and then trying to recreate what you were doing when the "attack" occurred. If it is this site, it'll help us identify what page/post/advert is causing it.
 
I was just navigating the website and it happened...

The PC I'm running from definitely has no virus' on it... the PC is secured deep in the bowels of IBM behind multiple firewalls et al!

C.
 
Is it PersonalAV?

I remember a couple months back quite a few of us had the same Malware attack.

The site we got it from had to be (I don't know the term) fixed, it was a mess, almost lost about 8 years of info.
 
Similar thing happened to me a few days ago. I visited this website's homepage and then my anti-virus popped up a bunch of warnings. It caused a ton of pop ups, some of which were pornographic, but most were pushing fake anti-virus programs, and it also would redirect Google links to advertising websites.

It took a few attempts to remove, tons of safe mode boots and even corrupted Malwarebytes. Since then, I've been pretty hesitant from visiting this website on anything other than my PS3 browser.

From what I gather it was a trojan that goes by the name Virtumonde.
 
This sounds worrying, I'm using Linux so not a huge problem for me but I still haven't seen any pop ups. The fact that you said you only visited this site all day doesn't mean it was this site, but could of been ad-ware from a while back just popping up. Have you tried spybot search and destroy and A-Squared? I fully recommend them.
 
As far as free malware/spyware scanners go, I'd recommend downloading Malwarebytes free version here: http://www.malwarebytes.org/ Update it, then run a full scan. This is one of the more reliable scanners around. See what it comes up with.

Also, some AV/Internet Security programs can be bad for returning false-positive alerts. I've used Kaspersky for years now, and it's one of the best around, but occasionally it returns false-positive alerts. Just a thought. Although I haven't ever had any problems browsing the forums here with Kaspersky.
 
-Cheezman-
Similar thing happened to me a few days ago. I visited this website's homepage and then my anti-virus popped up a bunch of warnings. It caused a ton of pop ups, some of which were pornographic, but most were pushing fake anti-virus programs, and it also would redirect Google links to advertising websites.

It took a few attempts to remove, tons of safe mode boots and even corrupted Malwarebytes. Since then, I've been pretty hesitant from visiting this website on anything other than my PS3 browser.

From what I gather it was a trojan that goes by the name Virtumonde.
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My mum had the same problem. It was a Windows brand pop-up that came up saying it had found a trojan. Next thing you know, she's got over 1000 key loggers, and 500 trojan packages. As well as google links taking you to random websites, being redirected to websites even if she types in the correct address, and then her C: drive crashed.

That left me with a question; why do people bother? I mean, sure you can steal a lot of money doing it, get passwords and even steal their identity, but they haven't earned any of it. And their life ends up being a lie.
 
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While I have never gotten a virus from this site, I'm not taking any chances now, so all of my computers are equipped with Firefox and AdBlock. I'm lucky enough to have a netbook with a pre-install environment on it, so in the case I get a virus like the last one I got, AntiVirus 2009 (A notorious and extremely difficult to get rid of virus) I can just back up all my files, and cu the reinstall.

But yes, I had AVG until it proved useless against said virus, and now I have Avast! which is as annoying as bamboo under the fingernails.

And, as a final note, all of the sites I go to, including this one, are completely safe, it's the ads that are sketchy.
 

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