tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285825281902714579.post1051433737832718749..comments2023-09-12T00:58:57.476-07:00Comments on Deborah Walker: Virus WarningDeborah Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10120928766455872439noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285825281902714579.post-693850339030775682011-06-17T16:09:05.575-07:002011-06-17T16:09:05.575-07:00Aw man, you mean I'm not getting more popular?...Aw man, you mean I'm not getting more popular? Damn. I did go to the page that had suddenly shot up as the referring site a few days ago, but nothing bad's happened thus far. Perhaps b/c i'm not running Vista and I don't use Internet Explorer. I dropped IE for a browser with more features, but it turns out I also dropped a lot of virus attacks too -- since IE is the most used browser out there, it's the most targeted by malware-makersAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18382258703126540760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285825281902714579.post-51935680273038766122011-06-13T12:44:51.791-07:002011-06-13T12:44:51.791-07:00Regardless, Blogger's been acting WEIRD lately...Regardless, Blogger's been acting WEIRD lately. I never know when my list of followers will suddenly vanish only to reappear days later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285825281902714579.post-81663616650904882752011-06-13T10:03:30.091-07:002011-06-13T10:03:30.091-07:00Thanks DU, looks like I'm back to normal now--...Thanks DU, looks like I'm back to normal now-- touch wood.Deborah Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10120928766455872439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285825281902714579.post-57806119132612423922011-06-13T09:12:22.050-07:002011-06-13T09:12:22.050-07:00Oh man! Thanks for the warning! Hope you don't...Oh man! Thanks for the warning! Hope you don't suffer too much with it!D. U. Okonkwohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12900694425526387930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285825281902714579.post-56884840571796545562011-06-13T06:39:29.738-07:002011-06-13T06:39:29.738-07:00Thanks Michael,
And Misha and Simon, I thought t...Thanks Michael, <br /><br />And Misha and Simon, I thought that I'd gotten really popular for a while.Deborah Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10120928766455872439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285825281902714579.post-38935831169404443612011-06-13T04:41:52.148-07:002011-06-13T04:41:52.148-07:00Thanks for the tip. It's scary how these thing...Thanks for the tip. It's scary how these things happen. I had something similar myself recently, despite up-to-date security, firewalls etc. Still don't know how it got in. Fortunately I was able to tidy it all up manually but I dare say a lot of people are tempted to pay.<br /><br />And always : back up, back up!Simon Kewinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11537163555998763769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285825281902714579.post-42300219665181324012011-06-13T04:38:49.613-07:002011-06-13T04:38:49.613-07:00Oh my word! I've spiked massively and caused s...Oh my word! I've spiked massively and caused spikes on other people's computers. >_<Misha Gerrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06364173848456424521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285825281902714579.post-20908038904500086862011-06-12T09:54:21.696-07:002011-06-12T09:54:21.696-07:00Oh yuck. If this ever happens again, unplug your p...Oh yuck. If this ever happens again, unplug your p.c. immediately from the internet, reboot into safe mode, and run ccleaner plus malwarebytes. Once that is done, reboot and run malwarebytes one more time on desktop and whatever was there should be gone.Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285825281902714579.post-31307457025372824972011-06-11T23:01:16.389-07:002011-06-11T23:01:16.389-07:00Thanks everyone. I've got all my data. I'v...Thanks everyone. I've got all my data. I've been lucky. It's just been a pain, and an expensive business. <br /><br />Len, I'm getting a lot of hits from one site 150 in a week, but they're not reflected in an increase in post views. So it makes sense to me that this might be the virus, knocking at the door. But to be quite honest, I don't know. I can't blame Blogger. <br /><br />The virus I got looked liked 'Windows Vista' and told me I had a hardware problem and asked me for credit card details to buy software to solve the problem. It wouldn't let me get into my files. Dell said it was a deadly virus, but they recovered my files and now I've got to re-install.Deborah Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10120928766455872439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285825281902714579.post-84764179970306752422011-06-11T17:46:56.511-07:002011-06-11T17:46:56.511-07:00I'm not as smart as you. I've noticed a h...I'm not as smart as you. I've noticed a huge increase in page views at my blog. I just thought I was popular. I did click on the offending sites, and so far, nothing bad has happened, thankfully. Any idea what's behind it, or if anyone's doing anything about it?<br /><br />DanDanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01103849952547613477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285825281902714579.post-17336364881588952582011-06-11T17:28:07.235-07:002011-06-11T17:28:07.235-07:00Thank you for the warning, Deborah. So sorry to he...Thank you for the warning, Deborah. So sorry to hear about your comp. Hope it gets sorted soon.Len Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13394563639136301725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285825281902714579.post-11899504332310447532011-06-11T12:41:00.777-07:002011-06-11T12:41:00.777-07:00I'm sorry to hear about your computer! Hope it...I'm sorry to hear about your computer! Hope it recovers soon.Golden Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08721520451194318436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285825281902714579.post-41887404596695749162011-06-11T11:00:18.796-07:002011-06-11T11:00:18.796-07:00Weird. I hope your computer recovers.Weird. I hope your computer recovers.Cate Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634397106201021055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285825281902714579.post-69144268125771652632011-06-11T10:43:23.716-07:002011-06-11T10:43:23.716-07:00Yikes! I hope your 'puter gets well soon.Yikes! I hope your 'puter gets well soon.Joe Romelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16059002667037520395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285825281902714579.post-8289655678886721282011-06-11T10:40:06.168-07:002011-06-11T10:40:06.168-07:00Sorry for the bad news, Deborah. I have totally no...Sorry for the bad news, Deborah. I have totally noticed a spike in my stats, and you're right - 50+ hits are coming from a single blog I follow. Crap. I hope your computer is okay.Elizabeth Twisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133959633383307056noreply@blogger.com