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Did Freerepublic get hit with an virus?
Roger Wildcat

Posted on 07/03/2009 1:58:59 PM PDT by Roger_Wildcat

I just tried to log in to the freerepublic a few minutes ago and got this message. I didn't have this problem earlier today.

Access to the data has been denied! Warning: A virus or unwanted program has been found in the HTTP Data.

Requested URL: http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/*/index
Information: Contains recognition pattern of the HTML/Spoofing.Gen HTML script virus


My Avira Antivir is blocking access to the forum page of this website. So I had to log on to the freerepublic home page and post a message from there.

Anyone else having this problem?


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: virus

1 posted on 07/03/2009 1:58:59 PM PDT by Roger_Wildcat
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To: Roger_Wildcat

I got directed to the home-page when I clearly clicked the Forum link, and found that strange. The page took a while to load, too.

Avast, usually very good at finding nasties, didn’t find anything worth an alert, though.


2 posted on 07/03/2009 2:02:10 PM PDT by MyTwoCopperCoins (I don't have a license to kill; I have a learner's permit.)
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i got the exact same thing several times... the first two i said deny then i said quarantine and it stopped coming up.
3 posted on 07/03/2009 2:03:02 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - Obama is basically Jim Jones with a teleprompter)
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To: Roger_Wildcat

I thought this is just heuristic false alarm... (not sure). I ignored the warning.


4 posted on 07/03/2009 2:03:17 PM PDT by SolidWood (Palin isn't retreating, but taking the fight in another direction.)
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To: Roger_Wildcat

Me too.

Reloaded and I was fine.


5 posted on 07/03/2009 2:03:45 PM PDT by JimBianchi11 (The 2A is the cornerstone of our free society. Those that don't support it, oppose it.)
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To: Roger_Wildcat

My virus alert went off too...this was about 1/2 hour ago. I moved the virus to quarantine, and my anti-virus program hasn’t alerted me since.


6 posted on 07/03/2009 2:42:42 PM PDT by dawn53
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To: dawn53

The virus alert finally went away and now I can get on the main forum page. Weird.


7 posted on 07/03/2009 3:01:19 PM PDT by Roger_Wildcat
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Did Freerepublic get hit with an virus?

I don't know, haven't had any problems, but the Sarah threads are infected with 0bamabots and Trolls.

8 posted on 07/03/2009 3:59:04 PM PDT by Islander7 (If you want to anger conservatives, lie to them. If you want to anger liberals, tell them the truth.)
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To: Roger_Wildcat

False positive. Avira has had some problems the last couple of days.


9 posted on 07/04/2009 11:43:14 AM PDT by LastNorwegian
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