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AVG Anti-Virus 2012 Starting to Block TUGBBS webpages!

We have gotten warnings using Avast on IE9, Firefox, and Chrome off and on for the past 2 days.
 
Makai Guy said:
T_R_Oglodyte said:
The threat alert is now reoccurring for me.

Firefox browser - all updates installed (latest update was this morning). AVG antivirus up to date. Java up to date.
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I've just tried something on this. Please first clear your browser caches to be sure you get fresh copies of the files, and try again.
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Cleared cache. Still getting message.
 
Passepartout said:
It's back for me as well within the last hour. I have installed new AVG and definitions today, and per suggestion have cleared the browser cache. Same Phoenix Exploit Kit Type 769. GRRRR!

Jim
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Yep, it's back on mine as well - 3 times in the past couple of minutes -and that same message. It was clear for a few hours earlier. WEIRD that it's picking on TUG. Is it happening to threads other than 'Lounge'?

---------------Zach
 
Art said:
I have had zero problems. I am using Windows 7 with the latest up-dates, Firefox 15.0.1 and BitDefender 2012. As far as I can tell (I can't find it listed as a file anywhere), I do not have Java loaded on this machine.

However, I recently loaded Java 7 on a Windows XP machine. While I have not attempted to access TUG on that machine, I have received a variety of
"you are trying to go someplace unsafe" messages from the McAfee antivirus (as provided by Road Runner) on that machine.

I am in the group that thinks the Java 7 up-date is a primary candidate as the source of the TUG access issues.

Art
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It seems blaming the Java update is wrong as many have it & have no problems (I'm one). The fact remains only certain anti-virus implementations are reacting by blocking. It does seem to be a false positive being triggered by other issues in the specific client.

Some have rolled back or forward to change the java version & changed nothing. Keep looking.
 
Picker57 said:
So....is there any danger in just leaving everything as is until it's fixed? Yes, it's annoying but can it cause any damage?

---------Zach
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Well, if you were like me you would actually have the Trojan run and try to get you to click on a program to try to get you to "scan your computer". My guess is that the program would find a bogus virus and try to get you to pay to remove it. When you learn that the program is in fact the problem, you could probably pay even more to get it removed. However once sucked in, you are toast.
 
quick poll.

how many of you (if any at all) are getting this by going through a bookmark or a linke to the forums.

for those of you that do, and get the message...open up a NEW browswer window and just type in tugbbs.com/forums

please tell me if you get the virus warning
 
I have been getting same notices! Just coming to this posting my protection has blocked eight Trojan warnings!

Brian I went back and return to Tugg as you said and it made no difference! Every move I make gives me warning of Trogan blocked!

PHIL
 
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were you browsing to TUG each time using a link/bookmark? or did you type tugbbs.com/forums into a fresh browser?
 
anyone still getting the alerts at all now?
 
I downloaded the Malwarebytes, scanned the computer, restarted, opened TUG in a new window. BANG, virus warning is back.

I'm feeling that users are being asked to do untried, untested moves when with all due respect, I feel that the problem has something to do with TUGBBS- not members' computers. It doesn't seem to affect other parts of TUG, like classifieds, reviews. Just BBS.

Oh, I tried Safari as well as Firefox and Chrome. Chrome is the only one that seems unaffected.

Meanwhile back to Chrome for my BBSing til this is figured out.

Jim
 
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i suggested malwarebytes as a very useful tool to clean computers that might already be infected, not to cure this problem.

(also note that classifieds/reviews/etc are on completely different servers)
 
we replaced the global.js file at approx 6:43pm...did you get the message after that Jim?
 
TUGBrian said:
anyone still getting the alerts at all now?
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Brian,

This 'computer lingo' is WAAAAY above my head,

BUT, I just tried to type in

www.tug2.net

then I went to TUG Forums, and got the
AVG has BLOCKED this threat message.

(Just trying to add info, to solve the problem)

Pat
 
just to confirm...you typed in tug2.net not tugbbs.com and got the message?
 
do you get the same message going to tug2.net?
 
ok...if tug home, advice, and faq all work...its definately the forums.

marketplace and reviews are on a different server.
 
Just cleared cache. Still getting the message on the BBS. All tug2.net addresses checked were fine.
 
id give anything to be able to reproduce this error on my machine...i hate asking you guys to keep doing all this.
 
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