I go on a random website, trojan downloads and norton figures it out after all that!

culubalo · June 17th, 2005, 15:18

I was on google looking for an interesting read, I come across this site that links me to this other site, but then I get norton telling me I got trojan on computer from that original site. It says it can't delete it so i go to norton's website where they have instructions on how to fix it, and it's going to take a bit of a while.
These virus writers are like everywhere!

If anyone was interested though I came across this (I hope you appreciate it) while that virus was downloading on my computer unknowingly *curses norton*

http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/11912305.htm

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Woman accused of attacking snoring husband

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"She then stabbed him with a pen in the arm twice," Skuza said. "After he went back to sleep after the pen thing, she woke him up again with a workout weight.

Mad · June 17th, 2005, 17:03

i can only hope you´ll use firefox...AND install, adware, spybot and spywareblaster...

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culubalo · June 18th, 2005, 13:03

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Originally Posted by Mad

i can only hope you´ll use firefox...AND install, adware, spybot and spywareblaster...

Thats the wierdest thing, I was using firefox!

masque · June 18th, 2005, 18:06

I get trojans downloaded through firefox. They're imbedded in the page somehow. My AV (AVAST) scans everything downloaded so it catches them before they finish downloading half the time. I only get them on somewhat illegitimate sites though.

Wait, Norton AV actually caught a Trojan? every home version I've ever used refuses to acknowledge that Trojans even exist.

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Esturk · June 18th, 2005, 18:19

Firewalls work great when it comes to trojans. I see crap trying to get into my system all the time in my firewall logs.

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Tulac · June 18th, 2005, 19:53

Disable Java/Flash, and there'll be much less problems

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Mad · June 18th, 2005, 23:21

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Originally Posted by masque

I get trojans downloaded through firefox. They're imbedded in the page somehow. My AV (AVAST) scans everything downloaded so it catches them before they finish downloading half the time. I only get them on somewhat illegitimate sites though.

Wait, Norton AV actually caught a Trojan? every home version I've ever used refuses to acknowledge that Trojans even exist.

I dont use the home version....

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Last edited by Mad; June 18th, 2005 at 23:27..

culubalo · June 19th, 2005, 04:39

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Wait, Norton AV actually caught a Trojan? every home version I've ever used refuses to acknowledge that Trojans even exist.

Home versions are cheap crap

Seta-San · June 19th, 2005, 05:24

proof again that Firefox is really no better than IE once it became a wide enough platform to attack

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culubalo · June 19th, 2005, 05:49

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proof again that Firefox is really no better than IE once it became a wide enough platform to attack

So true, I have so had it with viruses and trojans and stuff!

Aided Onslaught · June 19th, 2005, 10:12

I experiance almost no spyware and stupid warnings from norton ever since I started to use firefox...of course you are going to still get stuff. Is it better, it is for me, that's all I care about. Is IE better for you? Good.

Mad · June 20th, 2005, 00:08

Actually, i olny use firefox on certain pages.
Most of the time i still use Maxthon.

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June 17th, 2005, 17:03	#2
Mad AKA snkmad Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Brazil, Fortaleza-Ceará Posts: 4,030	i can only hope you´ll use firefox...AND install, adware, spybot and spywareblaster... __________________ Main PC:Win 7 SP1 PRO X64 - Asus P5G41C-M LX - Intel Q6600@2.4Ghz - OCZ 2x 2GB DDR2 1000Mhz - Sapphire Vapor-X HD5770 1GB GDDR5 - 19" LCD SyncMaster T190 - Samsung SATA II HD322HJ 320GB HTPC:Acer Aspire AR1600 - Windows 7 PRO X86 - Atom 230@1.6Ghz - 3GB DDR2 800Mhz - Nvidia ION LE - SATA II WD 160GB + Seagate GoFlex Desk 2TB USB 3.0 Notebook:Dell Inspiron 14R N4110 - Windows 7 SP1 PRO X64 / Ubuntu 12.04 X64 - Intel Core i5 2410M@2.3Ghz - 8GB DDR3@1333Mhz - Intel HD 3000 - WDC SATA II 640GB + SSD Kingston V200 128GB +WD Scorpio Blue 320GB USB 3.0 CASE

June 18th, 2005, 18:06	#4
masque Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dixon CA Posts: 378	I get trojans downloaded through firefox. They're imbedded in the page somehow. My AV (AVAST) scans everything downloaded so it catches them before they finish downloading half the time. I only get them on somewhat illegitimate sites though. Wait, Norton AV actually caught a Trojan? every home version I've ever used refuses to acknowledge that Trojans even exist. __________________ Current Specs: NForce2 Chipset, Athlon XP 3000+, 1GB DDR400 RAM, 60GB Western Digital 8MB 7200RPM, Some cheap 80GB drive 7200RPM, Radeon 9600 128MB, WinXP Professional SP2

June 18th, 2005, 18:19	#5
Esturk Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Posts: 6,964	Firewalls work great when it comes to trojans. I see crap trying to get into my system all the time in my firewall logs. __________________ Necrosaro: Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Edition SP1 \| Intel Core i5 2500K - 3.30GHz, 8MB L3 Cache \| Asus P8P67 Deluxe, Intel P67 Chipset, Socket 1155 \| 8GB Kingston PC3-10600 DDR3 \| Nvidia GeForce GTX460, 1024MB \| Creative SB X-Fi Fatality Edition \| Western Digital Raptor WD1500HLFS, 150Gb, SATA, Western Digital WD1001FALS, 1000GB, SATA \| LG 16x DVD-RWx2 SATA.

June 18th, 2005, 19:53	#6
Tulac Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Croatia Posts: 102	Disable Java/Flash, and there'll be much less problems __________________

June 19th, 2005, 05:24	#9
Seta-San PCSX2ベータテスター Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Nebraska Posts: 1,446	proof again that Firefox is really no better than IE once it became a wide enough platform to attack __________________

June 19th, 2005, 10:12	#11
Aided Onslaught Ocean Soul Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Charleston, S.C. Posts: 1,420	I experiance almost no spyware and stupid warnings from norton ever since I started to use firefox...of course you are going to still get stuff. Is it better, it is for me, that's all I care about. Is IE better for you? Good.

June 20th, 2005, 00:08	#12
Mad AKA snkmad Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Brazil, Fortaleza-Ceará Posts: 4,030	Actually, i olny use firefox on certain pages. Most of the time i still use Maxthon. __________________ Main PC:Win 7 SP1 PRO X64 - Asus P5G41C-M LX - Intel Q6600@2.4Ghz - OCZ 2x 2GB DDR2 1000Mhz - Sapphire Vapor-X HD5770 1GB GDDR5 - 19" LCD SyncMaster T190 - Samsung SATA II HD322HJ 320GB HTPC:Acer Aspire AR1600 - Windows 7 PRO X86 - Atom 230@1.6Ghz - 3GB DDR2 800Mhz - Nvidia ION LE - SATA II WD 160GB + Seagate GoFlex Desk 2TB USB 3.0 Notebook:Dell Inspiron 14R N4110 - Windows 7 SP1 PRO X64 / Ubuntu 12.04 X64 - Intel Core i5 2410M@2.3Ghz - 8GB DDR3@1333Mhz - Intel HD 3000 - WDC SATA II 640GB + SSD Kingston V200 128GB +WD Scorpio Blue 320GB USB 3.0 CASE