Anyone else have browser hijacked?

Submitted by derpDerpDerp on September 18th, 2009 at 7:55 PM

Was just viewing the comments on the mouton article and the page went to a "virus doctor" that was trying to install malware. Anyone else get this also?

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bennis

September 18th, 2009 at 7:59 PM ^

I got a popup yesterday.

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fredsaysbtdabks

September 18th, 2009 at 8:01 PM ^

no good.

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harmon98

September 18th, 2009 at 8:03 PM ^

hijacked here w/ firefox. damn hijackers. Tressel!

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The King of Belch

September 18th, 2009 at 9:32 PM ^

Firefox hijacks me occassionally and closes me out of all open browsers! Son of a bitch. I thought computers were supposed to make life easier to enjoy MgoBlog?

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Jim Harbaugh S…

September 18th, 2009 at 8:04 PM ^

a minute ago.

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OMG Shirtless

September 18th, 2009 at 8:12 PM ^

Every time I think about turning it off one of these threads pops up again.

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Lofter4

September 18th, 2009 at 11:17 PM ^

It just did it to me so I added that, so much nicer. And whoever keeps negging everyone in this thread who said it happened to them is a douchenozzle.

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Brhino

September 18th, 2009 at 8:13 PM ^

I got it twice. did a system restore to two days ago, but then got it again when I came back here. Running spybot S&D now, found about half a dozen things which may or may not have been from here.

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BrayBray1

September 18th, 2009 at 8:15 PM ^

I thought the computer was going into meltdown status.

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Steve Levy Sucks

September 18th, 2009 at 8:24 PM ^

also.

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DC Wolverine

September 18th, 2009 at 8:53 PM ^

just happened. running firefox. yikes.

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jericho

September 18th, 2009 at 9:09 PM ^

Just happened to me. I was stupid enough to fall for that gag a couple of years ago and it took me forever to get that virus doctor crap off my computer. This time I just did a quick re-boot and it clears all the things its trying to download.

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Rescue_Dawn

September 18th, 2009 at 9:32 PM ^

Ctrl + Atl + Del, and "end task" under the application tab....do not click anything else on the screen.

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mgomiller

September 18th, 2009 at 9:34 PM ^

Just got it when opening a link to a board post from mgoblog home page. Brian, HELP! What is going on? Using Windows Explorer.

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formerlyanonymous

September 18th, 2009 at 9:40 PM ^

It's embedded into one of the ads. It's being worked on again. Status update to come.

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BlueFab5

September 18th, 2009 at 9:40 PM ^

My IT guy said a lot of free anti spyware or adware programs actually put their own spyware or adware on your cpu. Here are links to two programs he has suggested to me: http://malwarebytes.org/ http://www.superantispyware.com/

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S.G. Rice

September 18th, 2009 at 9:46 PM ^

Just got it as well.

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bighousechris

September 18th, 2009 at 10:07 PM ^

Using safari on my iPhone and I get that crap too. Annoying.

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TripleLindy

September 18th, 2009 at 10:20 PM ^

just happened to me trying to respond to the Boise game open thread.

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Stephen Y

September 18th, 2009 at 10:27 PM ^

And I thought it was from all the free porn I stream. Go figure...

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Zone Read Left

September 19th, 2009 at 1:26 AM ^

if it didn't give you spyware.

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ThaLastProphet

September 18th, 2009 at 10:39 PM ^

I just got it too.

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jrt336

September 18th, 2009 at 10:45 PM ^

If you get it use malwarebytes. Just run it and come back 15 minutes later and its gone.

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aenima0311

September 18th, 2009 at 11:41 PM ^

I'm running NoScript and AdBlockPlus, and twice today the site wouldn't load anything at all on JUST this site until I closed and restarted Firefox. Related? Probably.

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helloheisman.com

September 18th, 2009 at 11:49 PM ^

Happened to me too, now I have a virus. What the F kind of ad company do you use, because this is not the first time your ads have given readers viruses. UNACCEPTABLE

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formerlyanonymous

September 19th, 2009 at 12:27 AM ^

He's sent complaints to yardbarker. Not sure what can be done about it though. This yardbarker contract can't end soon enough.

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Captain Obvious

September 19th, 2009 at 11:35 AM ^

for recission of the contract. I mean come on, their product is breaking people's computers.

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aenima0311

September 20th, 2009 at 7:01 PM ^

This happened to me today on my work computer (can't install AdBlockPlus) and a family member's computer. Not good. Not good at all.

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TIMMMAAY

September 20th, 2009 at 5:01 PM ^

I just got it now too, and I'm getting pop-ups all of the sudden, and I never get popups. Also, I seem to be signed in all the time. Edit: mine could be unrelated (this is my backup pc), but I don't know, it's worrying because for some reason my AV software won't finish a scan.

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