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Re: Infected file on GenesReunited
« Reply #81 on: Tuesday 16 February 10 18:24 GMT (UK) »
Like the others on this thread I only had the problem on Genes.   When I tried to install malware bytes my McAfee advised me not to so I didn't.    However, Silas did so and found he had no problems anyway so definitely something funny going on at Genes I think.   Visited the site this morning and had no problems this time but will refrain from doing so again for a while.

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Re: Infected file on GenesReunited
« Reply #82 on: Tuesday 16 February 10 19:58 GMT (UK) »
I complained to Gr and provided further details, including a link to this thread
I received the following reply
It is not possible for the virus alert to have been originated from one of our website pages so the only possible source could be an advertisement on our website.

All advertisements displayed on Genes Reunited  are scanned for viruses but we have asked our Advertising company to thoroughly investigate this matter.

I confirm that they have now removed any relevant adverts from our website while we examine them individually.

You have my assurance that there will be a thorough investigation and that, if a virus is definitely identified, we will be sure to take action to prevent any advert of that type being displayed on our websites again.
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Re: Infected file on GenesReunited
« Reply #83 on: Tuesday 16 February 10 23:04 GMT (UK) »
Ok.
Not quite the same topic but attached.
Do you think that sites where you manage to pick up these trojans ought to be told and that they ought to ensure that their site is clean so that others visiting cannot become infected.  kThat they should be responsible for their inhouse cleaning to ensure that trojans etc are not passed on.

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Re: Infected file on GenesReunited
« Reply #84 on: Tuesday 16 February 10 23:09 GMT (UK) »
Annette

that should also apply to Ancestry.  That and Genes were the last places that I visited kbut I did not take a look at the adverts on genes, so it is either other peoples family trees or some such thing on there, or with Ancestry it must be passed on by American family trees which are public on the site.

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Lanark/Argyll/Renfrew/Ayr:Smith, Steele,Kirkwood,Hamilton,May,orO'mayscott and anderso, craig , forbes taggart Kirkwood, milloy and steel apart ftom others which are numerous, graham mcilroy. stewart.brown battonisle of sku rothsay etc.
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Re: Infected file on GenesReunited
« Reply #85 on: Wednesday 17 February 10 00:32 GMT (UK) »
if you also visit digital spy forums, there are also issues on there, just in case some have visted there THEN genes,
and thought it was that

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Re: Infected file on GenesReunited
« Reply #86 on: Wednesday 17 February 10 08:15 GMT (UK) »
I still haven't heard anything from GR. It came directly through an e-mail they sent me, giving 4 close matches, 3 of which were already in my contact list. The new contact was a Susan on which I clicked and Hey Presto = the warning came from my security site.

Interestingly since then we've received several rubbish spams which we were free of before.

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Re: Infected file on GenesReunited
« Reply #87 on: Wednesday 17 February 10 08:21 GMT (UK) »
The trojan won't have come from the web pages themselves, and it's not really a serious problem - it's only someone exploiting the way that some web sites display adverts on their pages.  The sequence of events is this - you pick up a trojan which is not essentially a virus, so virus checkers don't pick it up.   All this trojan does is sit there on your PC, until a web site script (desgned to do something else entirely) activates it, and all it does is to put a warning message on the screen.  And, judging by the posts of some people here, it had the desired effect.

What I find rather ironic is that people are getting all hot and bothered over a trojan which has caused a minor amount of inconvenience, when there are bigger threats out there which don't announce themselves.  The majority of spam emails come from infected computers - this is why the people behind it are rarely caught, because the emails don't originate from them, and yet some people here have openly said that they don't use virus scanners.

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Re: Infected file on GenesReunited
« Reply #88 on: Wednesday 17 February 10 08:23 GMT (UK) »
Like the others on this thread I only had the problem on Genes.   When I tried to install malware bytes my McAfee advised me not to so I didn't.    However, Silas did so and found he had no problems anyway so definitely something funny going on at Genes I think.   Visited the site this morning and had no problems this time but will refrain from doing so again for a while.

Annette



You're obviously unaware that MacAfee are the laughing stock of the security industry, having had their own web site hacked twice during 2009 ?

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Re: Infected file on GenesReunited
« Reply #89 on: Wednesday 17 February 10 10:47 GMT (UK) »
It would be interesting to know how many of you who didn't get a trojan warning have some kind of adblocker? 

I know I have it on firefox, which explains why I didn't see anything.

Nick are you running an adblocker of some description?


Before Tristan and the mods throw a fit and close this thread, I don't usually use firefox for rootschat  :)
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