[Dx-qsl] QRZ.com virus?

[Don W5FKX]

Thanks, Dick ... may have to try that, but HamCall is still free.
73,
Don W5FKX
http://www.deltadx.net/

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick Flanagan" <dick at k7vc.com>
To: "Don W5FKX" <w5fkx at cox.net>
Cc: <dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 22:03
Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] QRZ.com virus?


>I pay qrz.com $20 a year for "ad free" searches.  If you don't do this, it 
>is possible one of their garbage ads is giving you the virus.
>
> Dick
>
> --
> Dick Flanagan K7VC
> dick at k7vc.com
>
>
> On 12/26/2011 12:16 PM, Don W5FKX wrote:
>> 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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