Virus on GenesReunited

[cezza]

I also experienced this on Friday although i didnt connect it with GR til reading this thread, thinking back this happened when i clicked on my hot matches email alert. Up came MalWareAlert saying my computer was in a critical state, so i clicked cancel, which took me to their site regardless. Then Internet Explorer popped up with a message saying it had blocked the site from downloading anything as it was suspicious. I have AVG and it has picked up nothing so far although it did pick up a trojan the day before, dont know if they are connected though

[crystalight]

Welcome to Rootschat Cezza

I am on GRU at moment seems ok,
yesterday when I got the same as Cezza has just explained I tried to connect from their email about hot matches. 
Today I connected through my bookmarks and nothing wrong so far

Crystal 

[Christine in Portugal]

Someone has just posted this link on GR, which you may like to read.

http://msmvps.com/blogs/spywaresucks/archive/2008/02/03/1493184.aspx

Christine

[ankerdine]

I just tried to get on GenesReunited following a notification e-mail. I had a warning that MacAffee had removed a Trojan. Is it now safe to access? How long can this site be allowed to operate like this  if everyone is having the same warning. I am a paid-up member so would like to use GR on a regular basis.

Judy

[Princess Poppy]

So far I've been lucky and haven't encountered it  but I don't usually hang around too long! 

Cheers, PP

[perth tiger]

just had it again

perth

[liverpool lass]

I had an e mail notification fro GR this morning but didn't use it to access the site. I went in through my bookmarked page - no virus warning. Is it happening only if you access it from the e mail link?

[GenealogyPrinters]

After many e-mails it looks like Gr are finally doing something about it. It looks like it's a third party banner advert that's causing the problem, these are hosted on another site not Gr and they are loaded onto the GR page from another server.

GR have stopped all adverts this morning so it looks like they have finally acknowledged that something is wrong.

[crystalight]

I had an e mail notification fro GR this morning but didn't use it to access the site. I went in through my bookmarked page - no virus warning. Is it happening only if you access it from the e mail link?

Hi Liverpool Lass,

Yes it seems ok if you go in via bookmarked page but comes up before you get in using email notifications

Crystal