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    Posted: April 26 2010 at 20:56
Both Scott and Jim have mentioned viruses on either MMA or PA.

I'm reporting that just now I opened the homepage on PA and my antivirus software caught what  appears to be a Trojan.

M@X please investigate. 
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Yeah, the same thing happened to me.
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Hooray for using Macs! No viruses for me!
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The one that hit me was on Friday around 11am central standard time, USA.  It went right through our Trend-Micro anti-virus and took out the machine.  I don't know the details of what it did as they just gave me a different computer to use. 

All I know is it started by putting up a large window warning of disaster, and recommending immediate action with the fake software offered.
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Points: 5148 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 26 2010 at 21:07
Originally posted by thellama73 thellama73 wrote:

Hooray for using Macs! No viruses for me!
The world's only conservative Mac fanboy.LOL
 
I have a Mac too, it was just using my PC at the moment and my anti-virus software caught it.
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Originally posted by gottagetintogetout gottagetintogetout wrote:

Originally posted by thellama73 thellama73 wrote:

Hooray for using Macs! No viruses for me!
The world's only conservative Mac fanboy.LOL
 
I have a Mac too, it was just using my PC at the moment and my anti-virus software caught it.


Actually, I do prefer PCs generally. I just use a Mac right now because I was required to have one at the Berklee school of music and am now in the habit.
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Points: 65760 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 26 2010 at 23:10
I had PA and MMA open in IE8, just reloading it every once in a while to see if I could get the warning, I eventually did.



This is what Microsoft Security Essentials says:



And here is the link that is in the MSE report.
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Points: 19535 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 26 2010 at 23:48
Last friday as soon as I opened ProgArchives, my screen turned to blue and said that a trojan was detected.
 
Probably it's on the advertising, Google is probably sending cookies and one of them is infected.
 
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Edited by Ivan_Melgar_M - April 26 2010 at 23:49
            
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Points: 19643 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 27 2010 at 00:04
I still haven't gotten anything (Using Firefox on XP) and I've refreshed the homepage/forum front page a few times in IE and haven't got anything there either.
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Points: 19535 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 27 2010 at 00:29
I would recommend to close and delete his thread.
 
This thread already appears in Google with the name viruses on PA when searching
 
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Both Scott and Jim have mentioned viruses on either MMA or PA.I'm reporting that just now I opened...
 
This can be used by malicious people to discredit the site.
 
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I've installed MS Security Essentials and run Progarchives.com and no report of virus .

Also , according to GOOGLE WEBMASTER CENTRAL , there is no SpyWare on the site.

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M@X, I'll report if anything occurs.

No virus is going to stop me from visiting my favorite web site!  Evil Smile
https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays
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I just asked for a report on WOT (Website of Trust)
 
 
And the reputation of PA couldn't be better:
 


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Points: 3196 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 27 2010 at 13:43
So far I haven't gotten anything... but lately I've been using school and library computers so it will be society who will bear the brunt of it!
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i have no problems to report.
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Points: 29630 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 27 2010 at 14:44
Originally posted by M@X M@X wrote:

I've installed MS Security Essentials and run Progarchives.com and no report of virus .

Also , according to GOOGLE WEBMASTER CENTRAL , there is no SpyWare on the site.

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Spies perhaps, no spy ware.

All clear at the two computers I've been using.

Just beware of the bacteria as there's no anti-bacterial software out there that I know of.
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Points: 16715 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 30 2010 at 01:59
I got this just now, so clearly there's still a problem.
Sorry, I tried to get more information out of Avast but I couldn't manage it.

Edited by Henry Plainview - April 30 2010 at 02:02
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