[Dx-qsl] QRZ.com virus?

[Ron Notarius W3WN]

I'm not so sure the problem is on QRZ's site; I haven't had any problems all
day.

There's a notice on one of the web forums I use that they had a similar
attack earlier today, but they traced it back to one of the advertisers on
the DX Summit site.

So the issue may not be the site, it might be one of the linked advertisers.

73

-----Original Message-----
From: dx-qsl-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx-qsl-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of Don W5FKX
Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 3:16 PM
To: dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Dx-qsl] QRZ.com virus?

Wonder if anyone else has had this experience? While doing some QSL work
last week, I picked up a malicious bug claiming to be "Vista Antivirus
2012", that completely interrupted my pc function with exclamations that it
was protecting me from multiple attacks as displayed by a "scan" showing all
of these, and blocking access to the internet by other programs while
offering to protect my pc for a sign-up fee! Researching with my laptop, I
found that it is variously called "XP Antispyware 20YY", "Vista Antispyware
...", "Win7 Antispyware ...", depending upon your OS, and apparently the
"YY" began in '09 and is now '12.  After some tedious cleanup, I got rid of
it. Some more poking about brought me to the conclusion that it probably
came from QRZ.com. After several days of "clean" operation, I returned to
QRZ.com today to lookup another callsign, and  ... bingo!! ... back came the
virus! 

My browsing exposure to malicious software is probably exacerbated by the
fact that I run as Administrator, allowing a greater degree of exposure.
Unfortunately, my anti-virus program, Zone Alarm, did absolutely nothing to
protect me on either occasion. A complaint to them elicited the comment "..
we can't always keep up with permutations ...".  Guess I will have to quit
using QRZ.com ... sigh!

73,
Don W5FKX
http://www.deltadx.net/
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