[Dx-qsl] QRZ.com virus?

[Don W5FKX]

Thanks, Ron - yes, I agree that it is more than likely one of the ads - mean 
world out there today!
73,
Don W5FKX
http://www.deltadx.net/


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Notarius W3WN" <wn3vaw at verizon.net>
To: "'Don W5FKX'" <w5fkx at cox.net>; <dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 22:08
Subject: RE: [Dx-qsl] QRZ.com virus?


> 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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