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Vkernel.org spyware redirect?

post #1 of 10
1/26/12 at 6:05am
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Saw this in general chat and thought I'd repost here. Has anyone else been redirected to a fake Firefox update site while browsing the forums? This has apparently happened to a few of us here.
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post #2 of 10
1/26/12 at 9:42am

The download at that site is toxic

 

https://www.virustotal.com/file/1aa80f99b4fb8f6cccefb8bf6d6ee0cc659f0ba21d8f9d2163a7360edf95ca8a/analysis/

 

Is the analysis of the binary that site tries to push on you - 10 different antivirus/malware packages say EVIL.

 

No idea what is directing you there in the first place.

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post #3 of 10
1/26/12 at 9:48am

Happened to me a couple days ago while browsing the WAYWRN thread.

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post #4 of 10
1/26/12 at 9:56am
Happened to me too. I had just turned off adblock plus and I got their aggressive prompt. It was really aggressive and fairly believable. Entirely closing the tab/window was the only way to avoid/escape it.
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post #5 of 10
1/26/12 at 10:05am
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Originally Posted by bullswin View Post

Happened to me too. I had just turned off adblock plus and I got their aggressive prompt. It was really aggressive and fairly believable. Entirely closing the tab/window was the only way to avoid/escape it.

I use Adblock Plus too! Still scary though, that should not be happening.
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post #6 of 10
1/26/12 at 10:14am
am i right in assuming thos only happens when browsing in firefox?
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post #7 of 10
1/26/12 at 12:06pm
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Originally Posted by blackstone View Post

am i right in assuming thos only happens when browsing in firefox?

have not seen it in Chrome.
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post #8 of 10
1/26/12 at 12:08pm
Happens to me in Explorer. frown.gif
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post #9 of 10
1/30/12 at 9:45am
I'm on this. (At least, I think that some engineers are.)

Cheers,

Fok.
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post #10 of 10
1/30/12 at 10:12am
FWIW, this has happened to me with both IE and FireFox after logging out of my Hotmail account.
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