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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/14/new-york-times-web-site-hit-with-malicious-advertisement/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/14/new-york-times-web-site-hit-with-malicious-advertisement/</guid><description><![CDATA[RECENTLY EXPERIENCED THE REDIRECT TO ANOTHER SITE!  CLOSED OUT FROM THAT SITE IMMIEDATELYAND DIDN'T CLICK ON ANYTHING !]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[FOURDOGSLAUGHING]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 14th 2009 8:09PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/14/new-york-times-web-site-hit-with-malicious-advertisement/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/14/new-york-times-web-site-hit-with-malicious-advertisement/</guid><description><![CDATA[This actually happened to my computer and it is now seriously infected.  A program claiming I had a serious virus turned out to be a copy of another credible sercurity program.  Now everytime I open up anything on my computer this fake system starts running.  The only program that works without it opening is my internet explorer.  I believe they are in hopes that I will purchase something online so they can steal my information. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[mvesurfer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 14th 2009 8:15PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/14/new-york-times-web-site-hit-with-malicious-advertisement/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/14/new-york-times-web-site-hit-with-malicious-advertisement/</guid><description><![CDATA[This happened to me as well.  I "restored" my computer to a prior date and it fixed the problem.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[bjbraxy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 14th 2009 8:29PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/14/new-york-times-web-site-hit-with-malicious-advertisement/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/14/new-york-times-web-site-hit-with-malicious-advertisement/</guid><description><![CDATA[The same thing happened to me, with a faux window of "My Computer" and flashing text that said, "Your Computer Is Infected" or something like that. I put my firewall in lockdown, ran 2 scans (2 different anti-virus software) and the shut the PC down. Luckily, no damage was done, but it looked so real (the window, etc.) that someone like my sis or husband may have entered the malware site.<br>People who write these programs should be shot.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Miss Tarheel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 14th 2009 8:31PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/14/new-york-times-web-site-hit-with-malicious-advertisement/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/14/new-york-times-web-site-hit-with-malicious-advertisement/</guid><description><![CDATA[I had the same issue a few months back, just popped up on the start bar.  The only way to get rid of it is to restore your computer back prior to when the virus started.  If you take it back to two days before, it should get rid of it completely.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Angie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 15th 2009 9:19AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/14/new-york-times-web-site-hit-with-malicious-advertisement/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/14/new-york-times-web-site-hit-with-malicious-advertisement/</guid><description><![CDATA[It's a verry serious virus my sisters computer is infected with it. One of her kids clicked on something in it and know everything you go to pops up a reb page that wont let you do anything<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[rae3160]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 15th 2009 9:31AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/14/new-york-times-web-site-hit-with-malicious-advertisement/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/14/new-york-times-web-site-hit-with-malicious-advertisement/</guid><description><![CDATA[I suggest you download Malware Bytes. It's free to download, and it works very well. I had Antivirus 2010 hit my computer (it's a malicious program run by trojan.brexia). It hijacked my system, including my control panel, and made several attempts to hijack my security system, but I ran a full scan on Malware Bytes, and it cleaned everything off of my computer. Don't take my word for it, by all means, ask friends or businesses who work on computers, but it is a very good program, & it's free. Not sure which website you get it from, b/c our computer guy downloaded it for us, but I'm sure you can google it, or whoever you call might know it.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Erica]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 15th 2009 9:57AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/14/new-york-times-web-site-hit-with-malicious-advertisement/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/14/new-york-times-web-site-hit-with-malicious-advertisement/</guid><description><![CDATA[the same thing happened to my computer. I went into my c drive and deleted the program but i had to go into the task manager to end the process and be very quick with deleting it. i did use malwarebytes and it cleaned up my computer of everything. i had avg but it would find the problems but not fix them. Now i use mcafee and i'm very happy with it. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[iggynantzzz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 15th 2009 1:56PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/14/new-york-times-web-site-hit-with-malicious-advertisement/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/14/new-york-times-web-site-hit-with-malicious-advertisement/</guid><description><![CDATA[you can cll microsoft and they can email you a 'super virus' washer.  it should take care of your problem.<br>if not; then take your computer into such basic tech place as staples, and they can clean your hdrive.<br>should cost about $35-50 without any further issues.<br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[aj]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 15th 2009 3:16PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/14/new-york-times-web-site-hit-with-malicious-advertisement/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/14/new-york-times-web-site-hit-with-malicious-advertisement/</guid><description><![CDATA[It looks like the same thing that infected my computer. It's called Green AV, and downloaded itself without being clicked on. Now I can't get it completely off my computer and have to fight with it daily! I have done all the things recommended by other people and websites, and it's still there. Good luck getting rid of the damn thing!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Beth]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 14th 2009 8:24PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/14/new-york-times-web-site-hit-with-malicious-advertisement/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/14/new-york-times-web-site-hit-with-malicious-advertisement/</guid><description><![CDATA[I had the same problem earlier this week.  I even have software on the computer to stop this type of thing.  I didn't click on anything.  I tried restore - I used anti-virus and trojan updates without success.  The solution: I wiped the entire drive and reinstalled XP and the programs I use.  Thankfully, I had documents and pictures stored on an external hard drive which was 'off' when my computer was attacked.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[stiveri]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 15th 2009 2:03PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/14/new-york-times-web-site-hit-with-malicious-advertisement/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/14/new-york-times-web-site-hit-with-malicious-advertisement/</guid><description><![CDATA[It also happened to me. Interestingly it only happened when I used my Mozilla firefox browser. It did not occur when I used my internet explorer browser .]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[gailannflorida]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 14th 2009 8:30PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/14/new-york-times-web-site-hit-with-malicious-advertisement/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/14/new-york-times-web-site-hit-with-malicious-advertisement/</guid><description><![CDATA[This is what happened to me, as well. I ran Ad-Aware, AVG anti-virus and CCleaner, but they found no threats. It has not happened again.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SciFiOutdoorGuy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 15th 2009 11:11AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/14/new-york-times-web-site-hit-with-malicious-advertisement/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/14/new-york-times-web-site-hit-with-malicious-advertisement/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ah, *that* ad.  I've been seeing that one on and off for several months now, and coincidentally, my computer randomly turns itself off sometimes with no provocation.  I wish there were ways to find the people who make those damned things, because then there would sure be a lot fewer idiots in the world.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[WTMiller8]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 14th 2009 8:33PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/14/new-york-times-web-site-hit-with-malicious-advertisement/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/14/new-york-times-web-site-hit-with-malicious-advertisement/</guid><description><![CDATA[Lol this virus isn't new...I've come across that same fake ad dozens of times over the past months.<br>Anyone here that has Optimum Online, I highly suggest downloading their free anti-spyware program CA, it gets rid of EVERYTHING!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 14th 2009 8:32PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/14/new-york-times-web-site-hit-with-malicious-advertisement/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/14/new-york-times-web-site-hit-with-malicious-advertisement/</guid><description><![CDATA[CA was crap for me.  I didn't click on the virus link, it simply installed itself on my computer and CA just let the stupid thing invade.  No more CA for me - I'm using McAfee from now on.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[stiveri]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 15th 2009 2:04PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/14/new-york-times-web-site-hit-with-malicious-advertisement/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/14/new-york-times-web-site-hit-with-malicious-advertisement/</guid><description><![CDATA[mvesurfer..... What you have is called Antivirus 360. Look it  up. Hopefully this site I am referring you to will help you uninstall this. All is not lost my friend.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[immorsecode]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 14th 2009 8:39PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/14/new-york-times-web-site-hit-with-malicious-advertisement/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/14/new-york-times-web-site-hit-with-malicious-advertisement/</guid><description><![CDATA[When you get these suspicious popups, either right click on the tab on your taskbar and click "close" or when the browser is selected, hit Alt F4 to close it out.  DON"T CLICK on their so-called "X" on the top right since it may just be an "image" and not an actual button.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[robtheblogger6]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 14th 2009 8:52PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/14/new-york-times-web-site-hit-with-malicious-advertisement/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/14/new-york-times-web-site-hit-with-malicious-advertisement/</guid><description><![CDATA[mvesurfer.... What you have is called Antivirus 360. It passes through your security because it was disguised as a windows update. It does not affect Mac computers. All is not lost my friend. Search Antivirus 360 and a site there might be very valuable in helping you uninstall this. good luck. need more help let me know.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[immorsecode]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 14th 2009 8:58PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/09/14/new-york-times-web-site-hit-with-malicious-advertisement/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/09/14/new-york-times-web-site-hit-with-malicious-advertisement/</guid><description><![CDATA[I got tired of the viruses and the constant download of antivirus updates...when time came to replace, I went with an i-Mac and I'll never go back.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Glennuws]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 15th 2009 9:27AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
