Who is spreading the germs?
 

I keep getting a reoccuring virus on my computer at work. :eek: YT is safe, right? The only places I visit during the day are YT and Facebook aside from work associated with online sites. For the 3rd time in two weeks, my computer has gone in to be cleaned up. The first places I go when I get it back are....YT and FB. LOL. I am paranoid our IT person is going to come back and tell me these places are what's causing my problem and I'm going to be banned during the day....:thumbdown:thumbdown (by my boss). The virus, whatever it is..is a root kit. It automatically redirects my computer and disables my anti-virus program and my malware program, then has a party at my expense. It seems to be a popluar one going around right now. Please tell me it's not likely YT. I can do without FB :D:D..... What ever is going on at work, is not affecting my computer at home, but I have a different antivirus program.

***Knock on wood*** my pc has been ok, but Facebook carries tons of problems. A lot of losers have nothing better to do than find ways to cause pc chaos in our lives.:rolleyes::mad: There are links on there that have seemed super legit, posted by close friends & when I've clicked them my anti-virus immediately blocks this or that & warns me to never return to the site.

If it's happening frequently can you try an 'elimination diet'?:p Stay off a site for a while then add another frequently used one & see if you can find the source that way?

I'm betting it is Facebook.

I have heard FB can be bad for viruses, and I am pretty cautious there. Our company does not skimp on our computer needs, yet it still got through. It just goes to show I guess that they are everywhere and getting smarter all the time. So frustrating.

YT is safe from viruses, but I've sure had my share of picking them up elsewhere. And sometimes, you pick them up - but don't really see their full effects until later. Also, it could be one of your coworkers who picked up a virus at some other site...and then it made it over to your system. Always blame it on the coworker :D!

Yes, blame the coworker! LOL. Email attachments. :D

I like the co-worker plan :D. There are only 3 of us, but one of them sends the majority of the emails that go through our office. I dont' even open them and read them all. Can she send a virus, but not have the effects of it herself?

Her machine would probably be affected too.

Facebook is really bad place for getting viruses

I have always heard that FB was bad. But I will be honest, the last virus I got was when I looked up recipes. My machine also had to be taken in. So, honestly I think you can get them anywhere. This was something I never understood. Why you could be so bored to sit around and think up ways to give people's computers a virus. :mad:

About FB, is the whole site vulnerable or is it just clicking on links, advertisements and playing games that put you at "higher" risk?

How did you know it was the recipe site? As of right now, our tech can't tell me where my virus is coming from.

I think the whole site is vulnerable, but the links, etc. increase your risk even more.

One of the pages that got blocked was some celebrity dirt that I knew had just happened & it was like my ex co-worker posted it so I went to see. :thumbdown A couple months back it showed my sister's bf was tagged in a photo & the photo looked to be a girl in a bra. I went to see wth it was & the whole page was trouble, tagging & adding people without their knowledge at all then hacking your fb or whatever.I've also seen comments with trampy looking girls saying dirty things...click my site, and these are on friends/family pages that I know are not provoking such things.

I was checking my dd's email a while back, she's on yahoo, well it had an email from me at an aol account I haven't used in years. I apparently sent it to her, then she sent it to all of her friends w/out knowledge. The subject line said something like "Boss Finally I Am" or some other improper English line.:rolleyes:

Im on a different computer tonite because between the virus and the protection software,my hard drive is gone gone. I go to FB & YT,the other evening I was looking up knitting patterns and my computer caught something there. My tech support (husband) was able to salvage my personal information. Pretty sure he will have to reload the operating system inorder for me to get my computer back.

My antivirus popped up something while I was on the site and I wrote it down. However, it didn't stop it. Whatever it was just kept multiplying. I think he said I had 170 + bad things by the time he got to it. :eek::eek::eek:

Facebook especially apps carry all kinds of stuff and it could also be your browser .... Internet explorer is my FAVORITE but...:( it carry's all kinds of crap ...so now my friend Scott (Computer Programmer) Has banned me from it so I have Firefox and Goggle....they are ok!Hope this helps!

We have very secure servers and firewalls since we are a bank and have internet banking. The gov't requires it. One of the girls at work was on google and went to a religious site and our firewalls stopped the virus, but if it had been a normal home computer our IT tech said it would have been bad. You have to be so careful when you open a link.

Well, it was late in the day before I got my computer back and things up and running again. :( Our tech ended up having to do a fresh install which means pretty much, a new computer. She didn't lecture me on on FB, although she did say it's a good place to pick up viruses. Interstingly she did not like seeing Smilebox and Photoscape on my computer and removed those two programs. I also like to use dogpile for a search engine and she told me to STOP! using that. I think they form opinions based on what they've seen, not necessarily because they are bad places. I still feel that it had to be something work related because I use all these same programs at home. I have a different anti virus program at home, but if it's that serious of a virus, I'd think I would be noticing it here too and I am not, not even warnings. It's also possible my computer has some hardware damage that's adding to my problems. So, we'll see how long it goes before it crashes again.

Businesses are targeted at a much higher rate than are home computers.

I would stay off FB at work and I agree about not using DOGPILE. I hope you have better luck now.;)

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