Bulletguy Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Just wondered if anyone has been getting this? It kicked off on my computer a couple of hours ago when on another Forum. I've Googled and it seems to have affected a lot of forum sites today. Cannot get rid of it and a full scan is showing clear. I'm running Chrome on win 8.1 http://oi58.tinypic.com/2i0b4lj.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowtelse2do Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 I've not come across it Paul. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest peter Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Me neither. But Iwon't be opening the link provided either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletguy Posted January 9, 2015 Author Share Posted January 9, 2015 peter - 2015-01-09 10:27 PM Me neither. But I won't be opening the link provided either. Don't worry about the link....that's simply a screenshot uploaded to Tinypic. Here are rucks of Google sites about it and it appears to targeting Forums. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=redirect+lemode-mgz.com&oq=redirect+lemode-mgz.com&aqs=chrome..69i57.2239j0j1&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=119&ie=UTF-8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody. Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Im not going to open it either but give it a scan with adaware or spybot , from filehippo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 The shooting forums have had this problem for several days, chrome seems to be the main culprit, but then chrome has been criticized of late for being full of security holes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletguy Posted January 9, 2015 Author Share Posted January 9, 2015 woody. - 2015-01-09 10:32 PM Im not going to open it either but give it a scan with adaware or spybot , from filehippo.com PC been fully scanned.....twice and there was nothing. It's 'clean'. Also Windows Defender is always on. Looking through that list of Google sites many posters are saying it's NOT malware or a virus but appears to prioritise forum sites (i've been knocked off this once already whilst posting). That Tinypic link was nothing more than a screenshot of what the monitor screen looks like before it redirects to stupid sites such as Beauty or MumsNet. I've no idea why anyone would feel nervous about opening the link i gave to the Google page either as it's simply a Google search page listing numerous complaints about it. Anyone who is THAT nervous......how do you cope when coming on here?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolero boy Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 try either Spybot or Malwarebytes. i run these alongside Avast antivirus and dont get any issues on my old windows box. I stopped runnin IE years ago and switched to Chrome, seems ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peter James Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 If its just a photo can't you upload it here? I will upload a photo I took with a camera of an infected computer screen. As its only a photo there is no possibility of the virus being transferred. You can download the picture to view it in full size. (I formatted the hard drive and re installed Windows to be sure of getting rid of the virus) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeti Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 I got it this afternoon at about 2p.m. security blocked it and I deleted it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spospe Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Here are some tips on how to remove this and similar hijacker software: http://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-police-trojan/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletguy Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 Peter James - 2015-01-10 9:35 AM If its just a photo can't you upload it here? I will upload a photo I took with a camera of an infected computer screen. As its only a photo there is no possibility of the virus being transferred. You can download the picture to view it in full size. (I formatted the hard drive and re installed Windows to be sure of getting rid of the virus)Pretty much all i did with that Tinypic link. Photo uploaded to Tinypic (image sharing site), copy n paste here....job done. Same as the Google page i posted with endless folk complaining about it. I posted a link to that page.....a bit like this here listing motorhome forums; https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=motorhome%20forums Nervy folk please look away as you might catch a "disease!" :D :D FWIW my PC is 'clean'.......also i've never heard of an infected monitor! I wonder how some folk ever connect to the internet at all and imagine they must spend hours trawling through Risk Assessments before pressing the power switch. Anyone would think they are about to launch a nuclear device. *-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletguy Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 colin - 2015-01-09 10:34 PM The shooting forums have had this problem for several days, chrome seems to be the main culprit, but then chrome has been criticized of late for being full of security holes. Appears to have targeted forums. Easy i suppose as most use adverts to finance the running. I don't mind the ads as long as they aren't with audio and one forum i use had a problem over that as their agreement was 'static ads' only (no audio). But companies abused the forum and stuck audio ones on which would 'kick in' the minute your mouse scrolled over the ad. The forum owners kicked 'em off as they were getting cheap advertising, but they still sprout up every now n then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leake Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Now that I've seen the photo its a nasty bit of malware that's been about for ages. I got it from a fake web site some time ago on my old now defunct computer. At the time there was nothing available to get rid of it. Fortunately I knew the date and time it arrived so I went through the computer and deleted all the files with that date. Had to do it three times to get rid of it as it tries to protect itself. I understand that the likes of PC World can get rid of it. Do most searches on the IPad now. If I use the PC I only go on sites that have been approved by Norton. I also use Spyware on a regular basis and Nortan scans making sure any updates are installed before running the scans. One nasty aspect of this malware is that you can think you've got rid of it but it retains enough of a presence to come back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletguy Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 Colin Leake - 2015-01-11 7:10 PM Now that I've seen the photo its a nasty bit of malware that's been about for ages. I got it from a fake web site some time ago on my old now defunct computer. At the time there was nothing available to get rid of it. Fortunately I knew the date and time it arrived so I went through the computer and deleted all the files with that date. Had to do it three times to get rid of it as it tries to protect itself. I understand that the likes of PC World can get rid of it. Do most searches on the IPad now. If I use the PC I only go on sites that have been approved by Norton. I also use Spyware on a regular basis and Nortan scans making sure any updates are installed before running the scans. One nasty aspect of this malware is that you can think you've got rid of it but it retains enough of a presence to come back You'd best not read through some of the comments on the sites listed on Google! I always thought iPads were 'virus exempt' but someone posted they'd had the same silly Phising alert and they were running an iPad. I've used Malwarebytes in the past. It's like everything else.....good but not faultless. Similarly i've run pc's with Norton installed yet once had one of the worst virus attacks ever experienced. Absolutely everything shut down to a blank screen. At the time i was relatively new to computers so a friend came and looked at it. Took an entire day to get it sorted and had to format the drive and do a fresh install of windows. So don't take Norton as the 'dogs doo dahs' because i'm afraid it's not! There are numerous AV apps that claim to do this 'n that and give armour plated protection. As long as folk accept 'anything is better than nothing' whilst acknowledging nothing can ever give 100%......they are ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody. Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 I also have had stuff getting through norton etc , one easy way to find stuff that has installed on your computer is to install CCCcleaner , open it up click on tools and all the installed programmes come up , look for the one you want to delete , highlight it right click and delete , then clean the register , works for me . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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