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Yesterday I bought some gumbie shoes, as there was no information provided with them and they were so comfy, thought I'd google and find out what they were made from etc. Going through sites with the word gumbie I somehow got into a porn sit, after only a quick flash (!) I closed it down immediately - it was not nice. Then I got a microsoft warning to say the site was blocked - would have been grateful if they'd done that before not after, I'd have to clean my computer of the file and among other dire warnings said it could affect my credit rating. Who is monitoring this??

When I entered the grapevine this evening was reading through and then felt moved to reply to a thread when I found I was blocked and I've had to reregister.
Is this connected???
God knows how I got on to this wretched site, but worringly easy to come across this digusting stuff
Sue

sue how awful, don't know what to say really! maybe someone on here can advise u, good luck!

How could it possibly affect your credit rating???????

I don't know, it was just one of those messages that come up via microsoft, perhaps they are just trying to scare you into taking on some more software? I just cleared out all the cookies and then emptied the recycle bin.
But the credit rating thing, if it is correct, must mean that companies can access your computer surely, how else would they know?
But it worries me that I got kicked off the forum on the same day, is there some message flagging up on my computer saying Unclean, unclean....
Sue

Not a nice experience sue .
Tools - Internet options - Delete browsing history - Delete all and tick the box to delete add ons .
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A RECORD OF YOUR PASSWORDS ETC FOR ANY SITES ETC YOU VISIT AS THIS WILL WIPE THEM ALL and you will have to put in your password when you come to log in again. It would also be a good idea to update your anti virus and anti spyware programmes and run them all. When you have done all this empty your recycle bin and restart your computer.

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I use a program called crap cleaner to get rid of useless files. Each time I run it I have to re-log into all my programms as it wipes out the good cookies as well as the bad ones. I am aware of this and just need to re-log once. If you have any anti spyware installed it will do this as well depending on how it is setup!

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Beefy
Thanks for the instructions, I haven't got spyware, what's that?
and Snadger where do I get crap cleaner?
As I work at home, I only have the one computer so will also tell our IT bloke and get him to update/strenghten my protection.
Sue

A god one is Spybot Search and Destroy which can be down loaded here - http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html
Another good one is Adware SE personall Edition found here- http://www.lavasoft.de/products/ad_aware_free.php

Both are free and do the job . Cant say much more than that.

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Lesley
Does that mean that the wretched thing has still left a trace on my computer? I seem to be OK now I've reregistered though.
What with this and the plumbing in my flats going up the creek - today has not gone smoothly.
Sue

ermm I presume you've run your anti-virus software, just in case?

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Manda.

"Wouldn't it be nice
For maybe an hour
To not have a care."

So says the mistress of the 'accidental porn site visit'

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to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

Spotted or Black ? I can never remember.

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This is starting to look like the Sunday night chat!!

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http://www.honeyjukes.co.uk

another one that pops up every now and then is a page that states you are been tracked and need to down load this software and it dosn't matter how many times you restart your computor and log on the net it will not go away.
all you have to do is change your home page when you sign on the net , as this is what they did in the first place.
this one is a scam so anti virus or firewall will not stop it as its just a normal type page of writing and on it will be your computor id to make you feel unsafe and buy there download.

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now in blog form ! UPDATED 01 / 04 / 08

I use CCleaner as well - it does have a feature so that you can let it know which cookies you don't want deleting. When you run the program it will delete everything EXCEPT the cookies that you don't want clearing.

The problem with logging on to 'unregistersd sites' isn't that you will pick up a virus but that the site will nearly always try to download some of its own software to your computer. This may be simply advertising for that site, in which case,you will get unwanted popups every so often, these are easy to delete IF you can find them. One of the worst offenders I found was Macafee AntiVirus. I got so annoyed with them I stopped using them. I now use AVG AntiVirus as advised by MicroSoft. It helps if you have a programme installed to check if anything is trying to access your machine without your knowledge or permission. Again MicroSoft use Windows Defender. I run this programme every night after using my computer. It is free from MicroSoft as is AVG. Spybot is supposed to be one of the best protectors from malicious software downloads, I can only say that I use it and have never had a problem. Also, there are quite a few free registry cleaners on the web that will do a good job. At the moment I use Eusing Registry Cleaner; it's easy to use and seems to do a good job. One of the scams 'unregistered sites ' use is if you accidently (or otherwise?) open the site and click onto ANYTHING and that includes the close button, your computer is programmed to dial (without your knowledge) a premium rate number. You only find out when you get your phone bill! So be VERY carefull what sites you open and if in doubt, switch your machine off immediately. If it's switched off, nothing can be downloaded. Reboot and start again afresh. If you are unfortunate enough to pick up a virus on your computer, you'll be happy to know that it was probably from an Email sent by someone you know who hasn't looked after their computer protection adequately!!

Check out this link, it's made to scare! Lol!

"5 Years ago, "malware" simply referred to viruses. Today, hackers and spammers have developed all sorts of ways to invade computers. Here's the worst of it....."

Nastiest malware trends

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Manda.

"Wouldn't it be nice
For maybe an hour
To not have a care."

Unfoutunately SBP its pretty much the truth. The Internet has become a very dangerous place and there are more bad guys than good ones out there at the moment.

I would consider it very foolish to go on line without a good anti virus(eg Norton , AVG etc). Also use at least two anti spyware programmes (eg Spybot , Adware etc).

Another programmme I have running in the background is WinPatrol. It monitors your computer and tell you if anything is being changed on your computer. It has saved me a couple of times . Find it here -http://www.winpatrol.com/

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Agreed, and free too. Oh and a firewall on my adsl wireless router.

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Manda.

"Wouldn't it be nice
For maybe an hour
To not have a care."

So if you have these anti-virus programs and Spybot on your PC, do they run themselves or do you have to physically turn them on to get em to do their thing? And if so, how often?
thanks guys

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They run in the background but you have to update them about once a week and run a full scan .With all my programmes it takes me about 45 mins once a week to update and scan everything . Sounds like a long time but once its set up and going you just go and leave it to get on with it.Anti virus and spyware should start when you start your computer up .But why? I hear you say - so you dont forget to switch them on when you do connect to the web.

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We run a program called Winpatrol. It stops any program from runnin g without your express permission (plus various other things). The nice part of it is, that you can list the Cookies which have been added to your computer in a session and delete those you do not want on.
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/downloa...9785/winpatrol for more info. It runs all the time in the backgtround doing various jobs for us.