Have You Run Into A Virus Issue When Visiting The Site?

by Akula Wolf on Mar 22, 2011 8:40 PM EDT

There have been some reports across the network from people who have run into virus warnings and/or popups. Apparently it can take the form of a fake antivirus popup (AVG) and attempt to have you download something malicious.

SBN's tech team is working on it, but I wanted to check with you guys and make you aware of the problem. We've been told that it happens most commonly to folks using IE. I use Firefox and haven't seen anything out of the ordinary. If you've seen anything strange, let me know.

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Nope

and I usually use IE.

by PACKHOOLIGAN on Mar 22, 2011 8:51 PM EDT reply actions

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by PACKHOOLIGAN on Mar 22, 2011 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions

that's what we're here for

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by Akula Wolf on Mar 22, 2011 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Yes

Notron360. Internet explorer.

by Redjacket on Mar 22, 2011 9:03 PM EDT reply actions

But

No problem on iPad… :)

by Redjacket on Mar 22, 2011 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions

hey fellas

Mizzou fan here, checking in on sites where bball coaching searches r taking place & hoping we don’t join that list soon. Reason I’m posting is b/c I had a popup much like described RIGHT b4 coming to your site. Was on Team Speed Kills & got a phony “you need to start a virus scan” popup. I did a hard shutdown & everything seems fine since I didn’t click anything on it? Was using IE.
Just thought I’d post. Good luck to the pack, wish you all well since you ain’t UNC or Duke!

by J in JC on Mar 22, 2011 10:49 PM EDT reply actions

Thanks

Are you relieved that Anderson re-upped his contract?

by PACKHOOLIGAN on Mar 23, 2011 8:31 AM EDT up reply actions

Looks like I spoke too soon.

by PACKHOOLIGAN on Mar 23, 2011 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions

Yep

Honestly, we offered the guy 2 mil/yr to stay and he got 2.2/yr to go “home” to Arky. That’s 2.2 for a guy w/ an elite 8 & two sweet 16s to his name. Seems steep to me no matter who’s paying the bill… best o luck to ya razorbacks.

by J in JC on Mar 24, 2011 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions

would guess it comes from an ad...usually the case.

by J in JC on Mar 22, 2011 10:50 PM EDT reply actions

yeah, they've been looking at their ad stuff specifically

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by Akula Wolf on Mar 22, 2011 11:58 PM EDT up reply actions

I got the virus.

Not sure if it came from here, as it DLed itself to my computer while I slept, but I got it.

If you get the virus (AV Defender was what it was called for me), download MalwareBytes, and it gets rid of it really well, better than anything else.

by garik16 on Mar 22, 2011 11:10 PM EDT reply actions