malware on sailnet?

[johnnyandjebus]

Hello all

I am currently running google chrome for my browser, and it came up with the following msg when I tried to visit sailnet. Any reason to be concerned?

[smackdaddy]

I've seen it many times as well. And I'm seeing issues with avatars and other pics suddenly betting broken links.

The world is coming to an end. We're doomed. DOOOOOOOOMED!

[tdw]

These things seem to pop up from time to time. I've had it happen to me and there have been a few , no more than a handfull, of posts on the subject.

I've got Chrome on my PC but its not my default browser. I did just switch over to Chrome and did not get that pop up warning when I opened SailNet.

I'll ask Admin to have a look at is and see if we can get a definitive answer for you.

[johnnyandjebus]

Originally Posted by smackdaddy

I've seen it many times as well. And I'm seeing issues with avatars and other pics suddenly betting broken links.

The world is coming to an end. We're doomed. DOOOOOOOOMED!

smackdaddy

If the world is coming to an end we can blame people like Obama, Bush or Harper, not some dip-sh#$t writing malware in a basement somewhere.
On second thought the Inca calendar is coming to an end so maybe we should blame them....?

John

[smackdaddy]

Oh great, now it's a bunch of Incans in a Siberian basement writing malware? Crazy, man, crazy.

[deniseO30]

Never.. Don't ever click on one of those bogus pop ups! you will be very sorry! they can have what are called "rootkits" which are nearly impossible to remove with ANY anti virus.. I had a get another hard drive for my laptop.

[2Gringos]

We just went through an extensive little exercise to get rid of a bad trojan on my laptop. It was most helpful to go to the guys who run SpyBot. They will custom-help you, and pick solutions for your specific computer and setup.

They were so much help I actually PayPal'ed em some $$$ in thanks.

[johnnyandjebus]

Thanks for all the replies. I kinda assumed it was a pop -up rather than a genuine msg about sailnet. The computer has been swept and all is well.

John

[hellosailor]

Denise-
"I had a get another hard drive for my laptop."
Sometimes that can be the most effective thing to do, if you either don't have much to recreate or you are Real Damn Sure you have an uninfected backup to restore from.
But from a technical point of view? It is never, ever, necessary to replace a hard drive in order to get rid of malware.
Simpler and easier sometimes, but never actually necessary. Of course with the plummeting prices of hard drives, sometimes the upgrade is a good thing either way. (G)

[kootenay]

It is so nice having a Mac No virus's and no problem with getting rid of unwanted cookie trackers etc. I love my Mac.