Off to Mels Forum

http://hitched.freeforums.org/

I can't access it at work

I'm doomed to actually having to do work during the day, calamity

I was happily ensconced over there, then got a virus pop up warning & something appeared to be scanning all my files, so I had to close it sharpish. Does anyone know if I could have got a virus from the site?

sadly yes you could have, do a proper virus scan (update your scanner first)

Are you sure it was'nt one of the ads that pop up on there? I think theres a thread about turning the ads off

It would have been a pop up, but a mean and nasty one

Oh bum (is bum allowed?). Will have to get H to do the checking for me when he gets home (techo-dunce that I am).

BOBK - I don't think it was an ad, as I actually saw some of my own folders pop up when the 'scanning' started. I'd better log off everything & be internetless for the day .

I had this - but I didn't run the 'scan' it asked me to or download the virus protector.  I then ran my own Norton full system scan and had nothing.  So I think as long as you don't donwload and run the things it asks you to it will be fine!  I must admit though - the pop ups where impressively real looking.

Yes got exactly the same. My firm's anti virus came up with nothing but this one wants you to buy their antivirus package as it is saying my machine is infected with Trojan.  Annoying though as the message keeps popping up every few seconds.

Joined Mel's forum this morning; al the usual Hitched people on there so think I will stay with that.  Not a lot of traffice on the official Hitched site today and no response from Darren to the posts on the swearing thread (surprise, surprise)

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My main machine won't even boot up this morning after using the other site.  And that's the only new thing I did yesterday.  Am now having to run the machine in Safe Mode and virus check it to see if I can load it normally.   What a shame because it was nice over there

it's not affected mine, of course the other new thing you did was use the new server here. 

It hasn't affected mine either, but then we're using Firefox.  How annoying.

Unfortunately, my system has been infected with the Trojan virus and I think it was from that site as it happened just after I had registered and started to use the site.  It may have come from one of the ads and I have gone on there today and it seems fine but others did have a similar experience yesterday.