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katatonic
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posted February 04, 2010 12:46 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for katatonic     Edit/Delete Message
now i have already mentioned this on another thread. i have recently been experiencing some weirdness on LL...it seems ONLY on my daughter's laptop but it is ALSO ONLY ON LL...some random words being highlighted in colour and underlined (creating links from normal posts). i did click on one and immediately closed it when an ad popped up. i will NOT TOUCH them again!

however i also am getting an audio "welcome please take our survey" announcement when i come here and then a window pops up with a survey regarding LL...which i also close immediately.

so i'm wondering a) has anyone else noticed this or is it just on my computer?
b) anyone know if it is worth worrying about?

tho i did click once, i have seen no further evidence that anything has invaded the computer...

for instance the word laptop above is green and underlined.

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WinkAway
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posted February 04, 2010 12:49 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for WinkAway     Edit/Delete Message
that's strange.. I haven't had that happen.

I had something where I wasn't able to access LL for a few months on my home puter. Then when I switched puters, I was able to log on.

It's probably something with your puter. I don't know much about them, but sounds like you might have a virus....?

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AcousticGod
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posted February 04, 2010 02:25 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for AcousticGod     Edit/Delete Message
It isn't LL.

I think it's some software that may be infecting your computer. Website owners can opt for a service like that in order to make some money, but it makes their site really annoying.

Um, is this one of those computer deals, like where she gets the computer for free, or for low payments? If so, it may have come pre-installed as the seller's way of making money.

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cpn_edgar_winner
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posted February 04, 2010 02:50 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for cpn_edgar_winner     Edit/Delete Message
it is the vundo virus i think. browser hijack?

go to yahoo and type something in the search engine and see if it redirects your browser. i think it is a vundo virus which is a browser hijacker.

microsoft security essentials removes it. it will make your other virius software not woork, so go to the microsoft site and download security essentials and run it. that should work.

the site survey thing makes me think that. i have battled this one before and microsoft security essentials was the only answer.

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katatonic
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posted February 04, 2010 04:52 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for katatonic     Edit/Delete Message
is that free? or reasonable at least?? her last machine got eaten up!! and why only on LL?? the universe telling me to stay away?

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GypseeWind
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posted February 04, 2010 05:05 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for GypseeWind     Edit/Delete Message
I don't think the universe wants you to stay away Kat!

Anyway, my daughters computer has the same problem, only random words are underlined in blue. I never clicked on them though, like I said, I thought she had some sort of spell check or something on.

But, my daughter is 11, and she goes to all kinds of sites, and downloads tons of ringtones and all that stuff.

I think it's a virus. Then, right after that happened, (when we were talking about this the other day) her charger went out. Just completely died.
Her computer was still under warranty, so Dell sent us a new one.

I haven't got on there and checked it since then.

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katatonic
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posted February 04, 2010 07:29 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for katatonic     Edit/Delete Message
and is security essentials a good protection otherwise cpn??

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cpn_edgar_winner
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posted February 04, 2010 07:35 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for cpn_edgar_winner     Edit/Delete Message
it's free. its on the microsoft site. some survey popped up and my hunny took the survey thinking it was real and it was vundo virus. on the laptop a few months ago. it disabled the mcafee and norton and spybot. it redirected my browser too. nothing got rid of it, i was going to scrap it out and the microsoft security essentials got it.

i think it is pretty good. i rely on it now.

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GypseeWind
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posted February 04, 2010 09:10 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for GypseeWind     Edit/Delete Message
I just did the 2 hour virus scan on my daughters laptop, there were 3 virus' on it. No more underlining now, hope that was the problem.

Good luck Kat.

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Spanky Butler
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posted February 05, 2010 03:27 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Spanky Butler     Edit/Delete Message
I use avg free version & it never fails me.

Google avg free or grisoft & you will find it.

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Yin
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posted February 05, 2010 09:12 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Yin     Edit/Delete Message
If you are running a Windows Operating System on your computer, note that Microsoft puts out updates every Tue eve. so you can (should really!) download and install them on Wed. Do the express install with essentials only.
Never, ever run your Windows PC without an antivirus. AVG, avast!, Panda Cloud are all fine, free antivirus programs.

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juniperb
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posted February 05, 2010 09:52 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for juniperb     Edit/Delete Message
Yikes Kat. I had 2 rounds of the trojan antispyware called FAKEAV. It infiltrates and locks your antivirus and all virus/maleware scanning capabilities.
Trend Micro says it is one of the newest & potentially dangerous malwares. ( it infects ipad as well}
http://www.trendmicroupdate.com/11153/issue19/spotlight.htm

I use avg free and Trend Micro`s HouseCall free online scanner and it blocked both of them. The only way I got rid of it was with malwarebytes download.

malewarebytes.org.

Node had some good info and she warned me of the loaded search engines before Trend Micro did!
http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/Forum25/HTML/000863.html

good luck!!!!

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katatonic
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posted February 05, 2010 01:17 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for katatonic     Edit/Delete Message
thanks guys. AVG is obviously not up to the task, whatever it is seems to have stopped the scheduled scans but AVG is telling me we're protected. will try the MS program!

for the record although the "links" are still there the survey invite has ceased and i still am not seeing any other effects. maybe ignoring it will make it go away?

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katatonic
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posted February 07, 2010 08:57 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for katatonic     Edit/Delete Message
well we loaded microsoft security essentials which found something but the random links are still there...and not just on here now...dunno what to do next!!

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Yin
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posted February 08, 2010 08:19 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Yin     Edit/Delete Message
Did you try malwarebytes.org?

It sounds like a virus unless you downloaded plugins/ add-ons to your browser.
Try a different antivirus as well.

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katatonic
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posted February 08, 2010 01:48 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for katatonic     Edit/Delete Message
she is going to take it to the local "geek squad" who operate out of best buy apparently...

thanks for all the suggestions!

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Randall
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posted February 17, 2010 06:35 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message
It's not Lindaland.

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Yin
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posted February 18, 2010 08:45 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Yin     Edit/Delete Message
What was the problem with the computer, katatonic? Did you/she find out?

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katatonic
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posted February 18, 2010 02:25 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for katatonic     Edit/Delete Message
still haven't really identified the problem. the underlines are still there and i don't see them anywhere but lindaland again...there is also a voice that invites me to take a survey sometimes but not always!!

however it does seem to have settled down. we removed limewire from the computer and i am hoping continued avoidance will eventually allow it to fade away. excuse me my illiterate approach but machines and i have a special understanding...

thanks for all the input, all of you!!

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Yin
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posted February 18, 2010 02:39 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Yin     Edit/Delete Message
kat, what browser are you using?
There was this SnapShot add-on in Firefox that used to do the same thing on my computer so I took it off. I am really curious what may be causing this.

Actually it could be so many things... I wonder what other downloaded software you have on that machine.

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katatonic
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posted February 18, 2010 09:32 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for katatonic     Edit/Delete Message
its not my machine but i think everything dicey has been removed. i don't download on here at all...and i go to the library to play games! but limewire was present when her last machine got devoured by something so i am hoping its removal will help the general health situation!

so far it is much less intrusive than before and i am leaving it to her to deal with!

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