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Title: I just got a bomb virus from FW
Post by: famiac on July 17, 2009, 12:40:22 pm
A bomb virus is a virus that triggers a window to open a certain amount of times until your computer crashes, i was on the mario on mega drive thread and i clicked the link that was the subject of the first post like right next to the username because i thought it was the auction link and i got it and had to shut down.  :(
Title: Re: I just got a bomb virus from FW
Post by: JC on July 17, 2009, 12:46:30 pm
You mean the link in this thread:

http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=3689.0

If so, I just clicked it and it took me to eBay -- nothing else happened.
Title: Re: I just got a bomb virus from FW
Post by: ericj on July 17, 2009, 12:57:27 pm
I got the Conflicker worm from a link to an imageshack pic about 6 months back on here. I don't remember specifics, but it was planet_haxxor's for sale thread. I had to reformat my hard drive and reinstall everything.
Title: Re: I just got a bomb virus from FW
Post by: famiac on July 17, 2009, 01:04:24 pm
Nevermind it happened AGAIN, what you do is click open in new tab then close it before it loads then it happens. you mistook the link here is the link (attached)

Title: Re: I just got a bomb virus from FW
Post by: UglyJoe on July 17, 2009, 01:08:00 pm
This is a problem with your browser, not the forums.

Are you using IE7 or IE8?  Have you run Windows Update recently?

I would recommend doing a malware scan using Spybot or MalwareBytes AntiMalware.  If you don't think you're infected with anything, then try these troubleshooting steps from Microsoft:

Disable Add-ons.  If the problem goes away, one of your add-ons is causing the problem:
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/07/25/678113.aspx (http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/07/25/678113.aspx)

Reset your IE7 settings.  This is kinda extreme as it wipes all your settings and plugins and stuff:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737)
Title: Re: I just got a bomb virus from FW
Post by: famiac on July 17, 2009, 01:15:46 pm
No idea this is my sister's laptop. But yeah it is most probably my browser.
Title: Re: I just got a bomb virus from FW
Post by: FamicomFreak on August 02, 2009, 12:20:49 am
I suggest you use Mozilla! har har!
Title: Re: I just got a bomb virus from FW
Post by: manuel on August 02, 2009, 08:21:02 am
Yes, I never had any problems with Firefox so far.
Title: Re: I just got a bomb virus from FW
Post by: nensondubois on December 13, 2009, 04:57:30 pm
Firefox 3 ownz!