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Re: Virus on GenesReunited
« Reply #36 on: Monday 04 February 08 17:51 GMT (UK) »
I tired a little earlier, and there were no problems this time.

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Re: Virus on GenesReunited
« Reply #37 on: Monday 04 February 08 17:57 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: meles on Monday 04 February 08 17:51 GMT (UK)
I tired a little earlier, and there were no problems this time.

meles

Excellent news Meles, I did use it a lot yesterday through the bookmarked page and nothing has shown up on the computer this time  :)

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Re: Virus on GenesReunited
« Reply #38 on: Monday 04 February 08 18:00 GMT (UK) »
Yes ,My firewall picked it up last Tuesday,I did get a message from my firewall and it checked the whole computor.
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Re: Virus on GenesReunited
« Reply #39 on: Monday 04 February 08 22:09 GMT (UK) »
Having experienced this Trojan problem (1 Feb 2008), I contacted GR Support and notified them of the problem:
(Extract) "... For your assistance, my Antivirus reported the following:
Trojan Downloader.Gida.A trojan; FILE: GenesReunited.co.uk/image/trees/female_bg_on.jpg. ..."

On 4 Feb 2008 GR Support replied:
"Thanks you for your email. Please accept my apologies if this virus alert has caused you any worry.
There was an advert on the site which was inviting people to download an application. At that point your anti-virus software picked this up and warned you of the various types of viruses that could be contained.
This advert has now been removed from the site. "

My antivirus is NOD32 from Eset. The delay in GR's reply was due to the weekend when Support apparently is not working! Since then, I have accessed the site without further problem.
Do I believe GR's explanation? Not entirely!
Hope this helps those who had a similar problem.

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Re: Virus on GenesReunited
« Reply #40 on: Monday 04 February 08 22:18 GMT (UK) »
Welcome to Rootschat Dr. Doomuch  ;D ;D ;D

and thank you for sharing your experience with GR and the virus so clearly, I like yourself do not entirely believe their explanation  ::) ::) ::)

but at least its something and everyone's anti-virus seems to have picked it up, one way or another and dealt with it - we hope  ???

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Re: Virus on GenesReunited
« Reply #41 on: Monday 04 February 08 22:22 GMT (UK) »
Thanks Crystal, you are welcome.

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Re: Virus on GenesReunited
« Reply #42 on: Monday 04 February 08 22:22 GMT (UK) »
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everyone's anti-virus seems to have picked it up, one way or another

Everyones except GR's.  :o :o

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Re: Virus on GenesReunited
« Reply #43 on: Monday 04 February 08 22:25 GMT (UK) »
I have encountered the same problem, thought it was me until I read this thread.
Thanks for sharing.,

Quote from: Doctor Doomuch on Monday 04 February 08 22:09 GMT (UK)
The delay in GR's reply was due to the weekend when Support apparently is not working!

Hmmm, nice to know they have their weekends off, don't they know thats when most people get the chance to catch up on their research.  
Not to mention this was an urgent matter and they should have made sure their Support staff worked overtime.  We are paying them aren't we?

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Re: Virus on GenesReunited
« Reply #44 on: Monday 04 February 08 22:47 GMT (UK) »
Hi LittleMeg,

I agree, but AT LEAST GR did reply! Perhaps now they will be more careful about the integrity of their site, and stop of lot of those annoying ads which seem to pervade most sites nowadays (I don't mean the pop-up ads, but rather those that are embedded in the site).
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