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Trojan on Forum?

post #1 of 3
4/23/10 at 9:15am
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Last night when I read one of the posts here my Avast Anti-virus popped up with a warning about a Trojan. I notice this morning that folks at DIYAudio are talking about the same thing in the PassLabs forum there.

It was late and I neglected to get a screen print but perhaps a moderator could look into it...
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post #2 of 3
4/23/10 at 9:17am
Sometimes bots get in and make a post that looks genuine, but seems a little odd, such as if the thread is very old and the comment seems kind of random. If you check the posts made by the person, you see a link to an image in them which is possibly a trojan -- a fake image hosted on another site designed to exploit a flaw in your browser. If you report the posts by clicking on the red triangle in the corner, you notify the moderators, who will delete them and nuke the bot/user.
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post #3 of 3
4/23/10 at 9:28am
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I will try to find the post again and report it as you suggest. I did email the webmaster but in the past that has never gotten a response.

The odd thing was that I did not click anywhere in the post I just opened it. Also odd that DIYAudio is seeing the same thing...


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Originally Posted by Currawong View Post
Sometimes bots get in and make a post that looks genuine, but seems a little odd, such as if the thread is very old and the comment seems kind of random. If you check the posts made by the person, you see a link to an image in them which is possibly a trojan -- a fake image hosted on another site designed to exploit a flaw in your browser. If you report the posts by clicking on the red triangle in the corner, you notify the moderators, who will delete them and nuke the bot/user.
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