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pirate bay download problem.
Hey, tried to download some of the recent world cup races from basilbrush
and other so i went o my favorite site pirate bay and my virus software freaked out, never had this problem before. closed it down reloaded web page same problem. then got a suspicious popup and comp freaked out so i logged out, restarted etc. anyone else have problems with pirate bay? any other sites i can use that i can trust? help, having skiing withdrawals. JKal. |
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pirate bay download problem.
outsideinmi wrote:
anyone else have problems with pirate bay? Yes, people have had problems with piratebay. I've had issues with isohunt too. I've got a linux netbook that comes in handy for stuff like that. I can download the torrent file and then reload the OS on a reboot. I'm overdue to get acquainted with virtual machines, you can do similar things there. If you pick something up you just delete the machine and load another, they're disposable. Bob Schwartz |
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pirate bay download problem.
On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:27:51 -0400
"outsideinmi" wrote: Hey, tried to download some of the recent world cup races from basilbrush and other so i went o my favorite site pirate bay and my virus software freaked out, never had this problem before. closed it down reloaded web page same problem. then got a suspicious popup and comp freaked out so i logged out, restarted etc. anyone else have problems with pirate bay? any other sites i can use that i can trust? help, having skiing withdrawals. JKal, Which a-v app are you using, and which malware did it identify? The only problem I had was a week ago when the PB files wouldn't play - invalid files. Then I noticed bb's redirection to demonoid, and those came out fine. A SuperAntiSpyware scan picked up a bit of malware last week, but they weren't in the downloaded files. Gene |
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pirate bay download problem.
i use bittorrent as my file downloader, AVG as virus software, media player
and iTunes to watch vids. No specific malware was identified this time as i got outta the site quickly, but last week my wife picked up one there too, can't rememeber the name of it but i did have to reload windows completely after that one and lost a LOT of music and vids after that (at least the stuff i didnt have backed up) JKal. wrote in message ... On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:27:51 -0400 "outsideinmi" wrote: Hey, tried to download some of the recent world cup races from basilbrush and other so i went o my favorite site pirate bay and my virus software freaked out, never had this problem before. closed it down reloaded web page same problem. then got a suspicious popup and comp freaked out so i logged out, restarted etc. anyone else have problems with pirate bay? any other sites i can use that i can trust? help, having skiing withdrawals. JKal, Which a-v app are you using, and which malware did it identify? The only problem I had was a week ago when the PB files wouldn't play - invalid files. Then I noticed bb's redirection to demonoid, and those came out fine. A SuperAntiSpyware scan picked up a bit of malware last week, but they weren't in the downloaded files. Gene |
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pirate bay download problem.
outsideinmi wrote:
i use bittorrent as my file downloader, AVG as virus software, media player and iTunes to watch vids. No specific malware was identified this time as i got outta the site quickly, but last week my wife picked up one there too, can't rememeber the name of it but i did have to reload windows completely after that one and lost a LOT of music and vids after that (at least the stuff i didnt have backed up) I think they're coming from the ads and depend on what is in the rotation. I've had Avast detect stuff at home and I've checked for torrent availability at work and had AV stuff there miss it. I like the idea of web surfing through a virtual machine. Recovery from stuff like this is just a matter of deleting and reloading the vm. Bob Schwartz |
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pirate bay download problem.
Bob's solution is not a bad one, but along the way take a look at the
ad blocker, Ad Muncher - http://www.admuncher.com/. I've been using it for a few years and the premium version, about $27 US, is well worth it. It makes all the difference in viewing pleasure (lol), as well as cutting down on exposure to ad-based malware (probably using Opera helps too). Btw, I hope you did full system scans with AVG, MBAM and whatever else from Safe Mode before deciding to reformat and reinstall Windows. Also last year, after being bitten a lot with AVG, I switched to Avira Personal (free) and then later added MSE (free), in addition to using SAS Pro (cheap), all being resident (not officially advised but I've had no problems). Each is scheduled to do a full scan once a week (tho sometimes it's missed). Problems since have been rare and minimal. Gene On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:20:19 -0500 Bob Schwartz wrote: outsideinmi wrote: i use bittorrent as my file downloader, AVG as virus software, media player and iTunes to watch vids. No specific malware was identified this time as i got outta the site quickly, but last week my wife picked up one there too, can't rememeber the name of it but i did have to reload windows completely after that one and lost a LOT of music and vids after that (at least the stuff i didnt have backed up) I think they're coming from the ads and depend on what is in the rotation. I've had Avast detect stuff at home and I've checked for torrent availability at work and had AV stuff there miss it. I like the idea of web surfing through a virtual machine. Recovery from stuff like this is just a matter of deleting and reloading the vm. Bob Schwartz |
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pirate bay download problem.
Yes yes and yes Gene!! full scans and MBAM scan too.
reloading windows was actually a nice solution because it cleaned up all the crap i had on the comp and now its faster. unfortunately i did lose about 20 gig of good music (Greg Brown, my fave) oh well, life goes on. JKal. wrote in message ... Bob's solution is not a bad one, but along the way take a look at the ad blocker, Ad Muncher - http://www.admuncher.com/. I've been using it for a few years and the premium version, about $27 US, is well worth it. It makes all the difference in viewing pleasure (lol), as well as cutting down on exposure to ad-based malware (probably using Opera helps too). Btw, I hope you did full system scans with AVG, MBAM and whatever else from Safe Mode before deciding to reformat and reinstall Windows. Also last year, after being bitten a lot with AVG, I switched to Avira Personal (free) and then later added MSE (free), in addition to using SAS Pro (cheap), all being resident (not officially advised but I've had no problems). Each is scheduled to do a full scan once a week (tho sometimes it's missed). Problems since have been rare and minimal. Gene On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:20:19 -0500 Bob Schwartz wrote: outsideinmi wrote: i use bittorrent as my file downloader, AVG as virus software, media player and iTunes to watch vids. No specific malware was identified this time as i got outta the site quickly, but last week my wife picked up one there too, can't rememeber the name of it but i did have to reload windows completely after that one and lost a LOT of music and vids after that (at least the stuff i didnt have backed up) I think they're coming from the ads and depend on what is in the rotation. I've had Avast detect stuff at home and I've checked for torrent availability at work and had AV stuff there miss it. I like the idea of web surfing through a virtual machine. Recovery from stuff like this is just a matter of deleting and reloading the vm. Bob Schwartz |
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