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jestergoblin
11-16-2003, 03:26 PM
Has anyone else here encountered a problem where you AIM Info automatically says "Whoaaa....look at what I found, click here" as a link to www.talkstocks.net?
My sister was on the computer and clicked that link and now my sn is also infected. I've virus scanned, and everything.
Any advice?
Reznorite420
11-16-2003, 03:39 PM
I know not what you are talking about, and I've been signed on AIM for a while now. Could you be more specific?
MTN889
11-16-2003, 03:41 PM
Its also with WWW DOT REALPHX DOT COM in peoples profiles... it makes so your profile cannot change back. NEVER CLICK ON THAT LINK!!!
jeff the cheff
11-16-2003, 04:02 PM
Its also with WWW DOT REALPHX DOT COM in peoples profiles... it makes so your profile cannot change back. NEVER CLICK ON THAT LINK!!!

I was wondering why everyone has that in their profiles...I cliked on it and it didnt do it to my profile tho....maybe cause I have AIM+?
Relay
11-16-2003, 04:14 PM
More than likely this is spyware instead of virus related. You can go to http://www.safer-networking.org/ to download SpyBot Search & Destroy, which is very handy for getting rid of such things on your computer. It's free and will remove a lot of spyware from your computer that you never even knew you had. That might help you AIM problem.
Cascadia
11-16-2003, 04:26 PM
I do not touch any unfamilar links or e-mail......my computer has been affected several times and fixing it is a big problem.
jestergoblin
11-16-2003, 05:09 PM
HOORAY! I got rid of it!
If anyone has problems with this go to http://www.computing.net/security/wwwboard/forum/7362.html it has a walk-through
CookSux
11-20-2003, 12:32 AM
Another virus which is common with my circle of friends...
"Hey Check out the camera I'm getting PiC" Anything along those lines is a virus. It's funny cause usually the font is default, while their standard font is different.