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Post by Chrissie on Feb 27, 2011 22:19:26 GMT
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Post by Perpetua on Feb 27, 2011 22:31:14 GMT
Thanks Chris . . . Ebay seems to be prone to so much these days.  |
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Post by Scylla on Feb 28, 2011 2:53:09 GMT
I haven't come upon anything today except extreme slowness on the boards  It's inexcusable that eBay have no staff monitoring the boards at weekends > |
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Post by Pinhead on Feb 28, 2011 10:20:06 GMT
My AVG has blocked 2 threat pages from eBay in the last week... Sean  |
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Post by Chrissie on Feb 28, 2011 11:07:38 GMT
According to a post on the eBay tech board thread from an un pinked pink, it's coming from "compromised syndicated advertisements". Scylla, I guess like me you have an ad-block? If so that is most likely why we & many others haven't been infected?
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Re: AVG Alert on Ebay page
Feb 28, 2011 05:42 AM
Hello,
We wanted to let you all know that we believe this to be caused by compromised syndicated advertisements. We're working with the advertisers to correct this problem as quickly as possible.
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Post by jerryrm on Feb 28, 2011 17:16:47 GMT
I use Web Of Trust, with Firefox. WOT gives me a status symbol of each page/website that I visit, green for safe, yellow for questionable and red for potentially dangerous. If the site is potentially dangerous, a WOT page will come up and warn me of the site and give me the option to proceed or to leave. All About is green, so I guess it's safe to post here. |
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Post by camperman on Feb 28, 2011 18:23:04 GMT
as a computer builder/repairer of 20 odd years ive always put norton internet security on all my new builds as its a fantastic bit of software these days, years ago it used to slow your pc down but these days its light on resources.
i wouldnt recomend AVG to anybody for its false positives and false sense of security its crap.
you can pick norton up pretty cheap £15 to £20 or buy a serial off ebay, its well worth it.
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Post by Ian on Feb 28, 2011 20:08:42 GMT
I cant get logged in today ??? Keeps saying failed connection
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Post by vaped on Feb 28, 2011 21:09:05 GMT
Not been on Ebay lately but would recommend anyone using AVG to replace it, as its not very good. If you want free I'd suggest Comodo IS (best free suite) Avast or Avira free. 3 free options much better than AVG. Theres plenty more but these are best free ones imo.
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Post by Chrissie on Feb 28, 2011 21:11:10 GMT
(((Ian))) I don't know why that's happening Camper, you have got to be the first person I've seen in years to recommend Norton  Looks like AVG wasn't throwing up false positives & the viruses/trojans/malware, where coming from syndicated advertisements & not just via using eBay, the London Stock Exchange's site & Autotrader's where also affected : - www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02/28/tainted_ads_blight_uk_sites/Fruits, I agree, AVG used to be good but I now use Avast. |
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Post by vaped on Feb 28, 2011 21:13:22 GMT
Nortons really turned itself around, and is one of the best nowdays.
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Post by jerryrm on Feb 28, 2011 21:37:46 GMT
I use McAfee and have had very good luck with it. I also use F-Secure Blacklight to check for any problems in the Rootkit and as I mentioned before Web Of Trust.
Norton did have a bad reputation for a while, so I never tried it.
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Post by camperman on Feb 28, 2011 21:43:20 GMT
I use McAfee and have had very good luck with it. I also use F-Secure Blacklight to check for any problems in the Rootkit and as I mentioned before Web Of Trust. Norton did have a bad reputation for a while, so I never tried it. and everyone thinks the same but its been the best for the last few years, its so simple to use and very light on resources |
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Post by vaped on Feb 28, 2011 21:45:23 GMT
I wouldn't touch McAfee either, sorry  |
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Post by mrlimbo on Mar 1, 2011 11:48:07 GMT
ESET smart security , always been good for me !!!
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