Norton Blocked Virus message

TUGBrian · Jan 18, 2014

any old users other than fastrr getting the warnings or notifications?

csxjohn · Jan 18, 2014

I did not get any warnings from my avast today or yesterday.

Makai Guy · Jan 18, 2014

Fasttr said:
I have a hard time believing its a cache/history issue anyhow, as the attacker URL changes each time. This time it was ysguhildm.myftp.biz/.... At home, it seems to always be XXX.myftp.biz where the XXX=an apparent random string of letters, but changing each time. At work, it seems to be XXX.serveftp.com and I have seen one other post where it was XXX.myftp.org. It seems like it is variable enough to be pesky to find and inoculate.

The. actual malware comes from a remote site. If something in your cache sends you out to some server, and THAT server links you to a varying URL, then I can see how the cache could be involved. I'm not saying that's what is happening, only that it is one possibility.

Fasttr · Jan 18, 2014

BMWguynw said:
Try doing what I did - a System Restore to sometime before the popups started happening. For me, it was a week or so back. When it booted up clear, I did a malwarebytes full scan, and cleaned things out. It found traces in my user profile folders. The popups were gone after that.

Dave

My computer is not infected...my anti-virus software keeps doing its job. My Norton 360 keeps blocking the attack each time, and what I keep reporting are the Norton anti-virus system flags notifying me that they stopped the attack. If my anti-virus was not doing its job, then I would get the pop ups that you are referring to. I keep reporting the flags in an attempt to help Brian know they are still there.

That said, so far this morning.....I have received no flags....so fingers crossed!!

TUGBrian · Jan 18, 2014

well thats certainly a good sign!

lalahe · Jan 18, 2014

I chanced it and brought this back up on my computer (I have been accessing TUG through my tapatalk on my phone after being infected) and so far so good. No notifications or anything while on the site.

Fasttr · Jan 18, 2014

lalahe said:
I chanced it and brought this back up on my computer (I have been accessing TUG through my tapatalk on my phone after being infected) and so far so good. No notifications or anything while on the site.

Been clear for me all day as well.

pranas · Jan 20, 2014

Works fine for me also.

pedro47 · Jan 20, 2014

No problem now. I am using Google Chrome.

jules54 · Jan 20, 2014

computer virus

This happened to my computer also. Three days in a row last week. Once it started right in the middle of reading some resort reviews on TUG same messages other saw. What a mess it just went deeper and deeper. Finally hubby came home from work and had to call his IT guys to tell him what to do. I told him what happened, but I did not want to blame tug. Could someone infect the website just to be malicious?

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