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SamIam · 05-08-2011, 01:32 PM

Well, I ran the malware program and I'm now using Firefox. Crossing my fingers!

skysidhe · 05-08-2011, 03:31 PM

As a test,( when you go to work ) try unplugging your pc from the modem. Or shut the modem off. It would be impossible for the same thing to happen from your pc.

SamIam · 05-08-2011, 08:21 PM

OK, I caught my PC in the act! It wasn't attempting to get into the Cellar, but instead it was attempting repeatedly to log into another, quite large forum. I guess they're big enough that such things don't bother them?

Sky, it's too hard to get at my plugs and modem - they're behind my desk and bookshelf.

What I will do is shut down my computer. It still seems to me that there should be a command to tell my computer to not attempt multiple log-ins.

This is a recent thing and if it's a virus, neither malbytes nor AVG caught it. But I can only use the free versions - too poor to buy the complete program.

limey · 05-09-2011, 04:47 AM

Try Spybot SEarch & Destroy as well!

Undertoad · 05-09-2011, 07:30 AM

What was it doing Sam? Was the screen refreshing or something?

SamIam · 05-09-2011, 12:02 PM

Even though I was already logged into "Samsforum.com," small print was flashing in the lower left hand corner of my screen. It read:

"sending request to Samsforum.com"

followed by:

"waiting for Sansforum.com"

These messages cycled very rapidly. The last thing I had done there was reply to a post (my response did appear on the thread).

Undertoad · 05-09-2011, 12:07 PM

Yup, that's surely the same thing going on. Weird.

skysidhe · 05-09-2011, 12:11 PM

Can she search for the auto runs in task manager or the firewall? Or block that auto run in the firewall?

...something like that. It sounds more nefarious than that but ...it's worth a try.

lookout123 · 05-09-2011, 12:35 PM

I think it is the vast right wing conspiracy preventing her from sharing the secret to fix the country.

SamIam · 05-09-2011, 02:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lookout123

I think it is the vast right wing conspiracy preventing her from sharing the secret to fix the country.

Well, you would know, Lookout!

lookout123 · 05-09-2011, 02:43 PM

I know the real way to fix the country but I can't tell you. You probably wouldn't agree with killing all the poor people and enslaving the brown ones anyway.

DanaC · 05-09-2011, 07:37 PM

I knew it!

Bet you were the top hat in Monopoly.

monster · 05-10-2011, 09:19 AM

I always wanted to be the hat. But I ended up with the dog more often than not, and I hate dogs. Not sure how that came to be. I'm always the hat now, though

footfootfoot · 05-10-2011, 09:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

I always wanted to be the hat. But I ended up with the dog more often than not, and I hate dogs. Not sure how that came to be. I'm always the hat now, though

infinite monkey · 05-10-2011, 09:38 AM

What the hell is that?

I liked the iron. I hate ironing. I'm anti-domestic. When I was young I would iron a shirt and my mom would take one look and say "give me that! Looks like you ironed it with a rock!"

But there was no rock piece, so I liked the iron.

05-09-2011, 04:47 AM	#49
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Try Spybot SEarch & Destroy as well! __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

05-09-2011, 12:35 PM	#54
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	I think it is the vast right wing conspiracy preventing her from sharing the secret to fix the country. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

05-09-2011, 02:43 PM	#56
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	I know the real way to fix the country but I can't tell you. You probably wouldn't agree with killing all the poor people and enslaving the brown ones anyway. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

05-10-2011, 09:19 AM	#58
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I always wanted to be the hat. But I ended up with the dog more often than not, and I hate dogs. Not sure how that came to be. I'm always the hat now, though __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-08-2011, 01:32 PM	#46
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	Well, I ran the malware program and I'm now using Firefox. Crossing my fingers!

05-08-2011, 03:31 PM	#47
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	As a test,( when you go to work ) try unplugging your pc from the modem. Or shut the modem off. It would be impossible for the same thing to happen from your pc.

05-08-2011, 08:21 PM	#48
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	OK, I caught my PC in the act! It wasn't attempting to get into the Cellar, but instead it was attempting repeatedly to log into another, quite large forum. I guess they're big enough that such things don't bother them? Sky, it's too hard to get at my plugs and modem - they're behind my desk and bookshelf. What I will do is shut down my computer. It still seems to me that there should be a command to tell my computer to not attempt multiple log-ins. This is a recent thing and if it's a virus, neither malbytes nor AVG caught it. But I can only use the free versions - too poor to buy the complete program.

05-09-2011, 07:30 AM	#50
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	What was it doing Sam? Was the screen refreshing or something?

05-09-2011, 12:02 PM	#51
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	Even though I was already logged into "Samsforum.com," small print was flashing in the lower left hand corner of my screen. It read: "sending request to Samsforum.com" followed by: "waiting for Sansforum.com" These messages cycled very rapidly. The last thing I had done there was reply to a post (my response did appear on the thread).

05-09-2011, 12:07 PM	#52
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Yup, that's surely the same thing going on. Weird.

05-09-2011, 12:11 PM	#53
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	Can she search for the auto runs in task manager or the firewall? Or block that auto run in the firewall? ...something like that. It sounds more nefarious than that but ...it's worth a try.

05-10-2011, 09:38 AM	#60
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	What the hell is that? I liked the iron. I hate ironing. I'm anti-domestic. When I was young I would iron a shirt and my mom would take one look and say "give me that! Looks like you ironed it with a rock!" But there was no rock piece, so I liked the iron.

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