Is there a virus on realgm?

d-train · Post #1 » by **d-train** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 7:27 pm

When I'm browsing realgm, my antivirus program detects the HEUR/Exploit.html virus. It has happened several times and only when I'm browsing the realgm website.

MagicFan3 · Post #2 » by **MagicFan3** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 7:28 pm

Get AdBlock Plus, because it's probably something coming from the ads.

Post #3 » by **DelaneyRudd** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 7:35 pm

At work I had a trojan show up while I was on RealGM. I can't pinpoint that it was RealGM though, as my job involves opening web pages and emails from all sorts of scammers and weirdos. It just weirded me out that a bunch of weird ads started popping up right when I clicked a RealGM ad on accident.

d-train · Post #4 » by **d-train** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 8:10 pm

MagicFan3 wrote:Get AdBlock Plus, because it's probably something coming from the ads.

That kind of makes sense because recently I changed my firewall to stop blocking ads. I thought it might make browsing faster if loading pages weren't hung-up by my firewall blocking ads. I guess maybe there are good reasons to block ads other than the annoyance factor.

Comet · Post #5 » by **Comet** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:12 pm

Actually, blocking ads makes things go FASTER.

d-train · Post #6 » by **d-train** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 1:20 am

Comet wrote:Actually, blocking ads makes things go FASTER.

Are you sure? Doesn't that depend of whether the blocked ads timeout before the webpages would otherwise load them?

Comet · Post #7 » by **Comet** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:45 am

d-train wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Are you sure? Doesn't that depend of whether the blocked ads timeout before the webpages would otherwise load them?

Yes. The ads here slow things down a bit. Adblock doesn't hide the ads, it prevents them from ever loading up on your screen.

Post #8 » by **DelaneyRudd** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:49 pm

Is nyone else getting yazzsnet.exe or 17PHolmes.cmt?