Saw this on 2peas. Virus from Photobucket

[BernardandMissBianca]

http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=display&thread_id=2783160

Not sure if it's true but better safe than sorry. DH says don't click on any links!!!! DH says either buy a Mac or become Amish! LOL

Ok i got a virus last night from Photobucket, i had been looking at some pics and saved 2 gifs to my computer, seconds later i get a box popping up saying my computer may be at risk from a virus, and it starts scanning. Well it wasnt my virus protection that was running this scan it was some other software which i DID NOT install. I run my virus protection and sure enough i have 2 Trojan viruses on the computer. More boxes kept popping up every 10 seconds or so wanting me to click activate virus protection now....IF YOU GET THIS DO NOT CLICK YES....the program was called Spyware protect 2009...look it up and you will see it is a virus programme and a destructive one it will log keystrokes etc etc. Luckily my Dh was able to call our virus protection tech support people and they talked him through it, as we couldn't find where it had installed itself.
I know it was photobucket as i got one a few weeks ago, i should have learnt my lesson then but went back like a dodo and look what happened. I dare not even log on to their website to tell them they have got viruses hidden in the pics on there.
So an FYI i thankfully have a savvy hubby and i never click on boxes that i dont understand!! and i knew i had not downloaded that program, it was in my bottom tool bar and everything and you cannot get rid of it until you find out where it is hidden.

 

[disneynut14]

Oy! Do I feel your pain. We had that a couple of weeks ago, but I did not get it from photobucket. I can't even remember what site I was on when it appeared. Just some random site on the internet. I managed to uninstall the software and had my husband do a system restore to our last backup.

Be careful!

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

Oh no, it's not me. lol

I just saw it on 2 peas so I posted it as a PSA.

 

[123SA]

Oh no!!! I was just on photobucket yesterday afternoon. I am terrible with computer stuff. Can I just turn the whole thing off until DH gets home on Monday morning? (I'm on the laptop now)

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

Did you click on any pop ups?
I'll ask DH what you should do when he comes home with dinner.

 

[123SA]

Did you click on any pop ups?
I'll ask DH what you should do when he comes home with dinner.

No, but I can't be certain that the kids didn't.

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

DH said if you don't know how to run your own anti virus software then the best bet is to shut it down until your DH comes home.

do you know if you have any anti virus protection on your PC?

 

[123SA]

Running it right now. Thanks so much to you and DH!!!

 

[123SA]

1 virus -- it is telling me to check out the archived files and then delete I wrote down the name of the file but I can't find it to delete it..

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

how did you search for it? the file I mean.

 

[New England Eeyore]

So this was my fun evening last night. DsD (who was on myspace and who knows what other horrid virus-filled sites) says, "Suzanne, I think you have a virus or something because this box keeps coming up." Um - you don't keep ignoring that - you come get me as soon as that happens!

You would know if you had this spyware - it pops up every five seconds asking you to do a scan. I ran my virus protection - the quick sweep (60 minutes) isolated a trojan horse and some other things, then recommended I run the full sweep (3+ hours) where they found the virus. In the meantime, I googled "Spyware Protect 2009" and found the step by step instructions to stopping the .exe file that kept popping up. After the 4+ hours, I think everything is okay. No more myspace!

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

UGH!!! I hate viruses, real and virtual!