Genealogy Chat

Errol's done sterling work over on the general thread (at least 250 entries). He recommends:
a virus scan with your usual anti-virus (AVG and Norton AV recommended);
a Spybot etc check for Trojans etc; and
a hard disk check for PerformanceOptimizer.

If you find installed Trojans, he has a fix that needs to followed to the letter - see pages 13-15 or so on that thread.

There also comments there on how the hackers are invading adverts on many websites; how it is a mouse trail across an advert that triggers it; and a recommendation on a McAfee product that steers you away from planted sites (entire websites mocked up by hackers, I think).

NB Best to read the thread on general in full - I barely understand what they are saying, so could well have misunderstood the comments.

This is the thread reference:

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards.asp?wci=thread&tk=1000700

I was just reading a thread on tips and my page disappeared to another website. Fortunately it must have been blocked by Norton's. Now off to do a spybot scan.
Gerry

Just got another Trojan warning Win32:Gida [Trj] and redirected to another site when clicking on a thread. I am going to contact Genes.

Rose

This also happened to me early hours of yesterday.wonderd what i'd done .

Libby, try Tools - Adblock - Overlay flash, then block it in the usual way.

Genes are currently denying that their is a problem, in their response to my message they told me that it was probably something to do with cookies and other sites as theirs was incapable of spreading viruses. Can we say 'delusional'?

Thanks Linda for the tip on the Ad block its fantastic. I have now got a page with out the ads

me to i would have thought Genes reunine would have been more responsible you warn kids about file sharing sites but this

n

*sits and wonders what the chances are of GenesReU actually responding to these threads/problems*

This happened to me last night when I was on GR.

I did not click on the link and have run my antivirus and antispyware programs. Nothing was found.

However, my internet connection has become very erratic and keep playing up.

Is the GR site infected with something nasty?

Performance Optimizer is particularly nasty and gives false error reports - DO NOT DOWNLOAD IT
I have a thread on the General board and have sent a message to GR

Don't download it, never download anything that just pops up.

Christine

Hi, I have just gone to add a reply on my thread on General, and got this pop up.......It was in a blue box.

Not sure what to do now??????

Do I download it, is it a proper Windows pop up or what?

Jenny.



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n

Keith, it was McAfee that stopped me being taken to the site also.

Christine

I am just on work computer, on entering the site, McAfee has just blocked access by the performace optimizer programme, and deleted it, but still tried to take me to the page.

I use Mozilla Firefox as my browser and there is a free add on called AdBlock plus. Since I have downloaded this, I haven't seen one single advert on this site. It stops all the flashing banners across the top and all the adverts which would normally be down the side. The page is beautifully uncluttered.

It only works with Firefox, just google for it. It is very easy to download, well I did it!

You must run spyware programmes to clean up your computer regularly, such as AVG spyware, Spybot or Ad-Aware (all free) because every single site you visit will leave a marker on your computer, most are reasonably harmless, but some trojans are dangerous, especially the key loggers which are looking for sequences of numbers such as bank details or card numbers.

Linda

It is still happening, I didn't have any problems last night but about 15 mins ago when I came on and and changed to the tips board it wanted to take me to another site.

We have Mcafee site advisor installed and that will not let you go to sites they rate as red which is what this one was.

I had already run my spyware scan and it found nothing, so it must be something going on on here.

Christine

I'm so pleased to see that I wasn't the only one that this happened to last night. I was just reading posts on a General thread when Malware popped up. At the same time my anti virus (Panda) also warned me that an unauthorised programme was trying to access my computer. Usually Panda restrains the programme and ask what I want to do but this time Malware was in and scanning and I had to click the little x to get rid of it.

Don't care what GR say, it almost certainly is something to do with them or their adverts.

Linda