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BevF

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Living In: Scottsdale, Arizona, USA

BevF is asking: (4 answers)

I don't believe it. I haven't been here 10 minutes and that Antivirus 2009 thing has appeared twice already? This is beyond frustrating!!!

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Last updated: Nov. 16, 2008 3:09 pm
Posted: Nov. 16, 2008 12:57 pm

Answered by: stacey
	Nov. 16, 2008 1:06 pm I've been seeing people post about it all weekend, but I haven't had it pop up once. Strange. Maybe it is just American?

Answered by: B_HAMILTON
	Nov. 16, 2008 1:11 pm Antivirus 2009 came up for me too, so I looked up info on it. I found an article that said it's a counterfeit program that tries to get you to purchase it and it's very hard to uninstall once you do. That's all I know about it so I'm deleting it when it pops up!

Comments:
	Scotdog Nov. 16, 2008 1:12 pm Weirdly, it has been happening all weekend, but for the last 20 minutes or so hasn't happened.

	Keni Nov. 16, 2008 1:15 pm I've switched to the Canada site...we'll see if it happens, here...I was away for a couple hours, came back, and it sprang up within 10 minutes,so don't hold your breath, scotdog :)

	Scotdog Nov. 16, 2008 1:17 pm Drats, I spoke too soon, just happened again!!

	CookinBug Nov. 16, 2008 1:20 pm It happened to me once a couple days ago and I immediately shut my computer down, started it back up, ran a Norton Antivirus scan and it hasn't happened again.

	gderr Nov. 16, 2008 1:20 pm still happening on mine as well. where's the AR cops?

	Scotdog Nov. 16, 2008 1:24 pm Enjoying a relaxing Sunday?

	Carrie Nov. 16, 2008 1:25 pm It didn't happen to me until today and then it happened every time I tried to come on here. Try running your own anti-virus software scan. I did and it hasn't happened since.

	Scotdog Nov. 16, 2008 1:30 pm We did yesterday. Seems to have slowed down, but it still happens every once in a while.

Answered by: Virginia Mom
	Nov. 16, 2008 1:26 pm I've blocked tacoda.net, am only allowing allrecipes.com cookies and changed my browser settings to not allow any third party cookies. So far, so good...

Comments:
	Virginia Mom Nov. 16, 2008 1:27 pm (And that was AFTER running both Spybot & AVG)

	Scotdog Nov. 16, 2008 1:32 pm VM - How do I check for this again?

	Virginia Mom Nov. 16, 2008 1:38 pm I run Firefox so yours may be slightly different. At the top of your browser window, there should be "tools" or some tab that you can click on to allow/disallow cookies from sites or block/allow sites. pro-scan-online.com is what keeps popping up in the ad here so I've blocked that & tacoda.net I've allowed allrecipes.com & disallowed third party cookies. I hope it works.

	CookinBug Nov. 16, 2008 1:53 pm I was also getting switched to a site called viewallclicks.com (obviously spyware) so I changed my settings to block that site completely.

	Scotdog Nov. 16, 2008 1:59 pm I see delete browsing history or turn off pop up blocker & then pop up blocker settings which doesn't show anything except at the bottom it's set at medium.

	Virginia Mom Nov. 16, 2008 2:03 pm What browser are you using, Scotdog?

	Scotdog Nov. 16, 2008 2:04 pm IE.

	BevF Nov. 16, 2008 2:06 pm Just learning - I ran my Norton last night and it still came back now. I don't imagine running the Norton again would do any good.

	Goodfood Nov. 16, 2008 2:21 pm I also have Norton (it has shown it is blocking whatever that thing is, so no problems with my PC), I think there is a problem from one of there rotating ads, so sometimes is pops up and other times you can post here with no problems. Continuing to rerun Norton is a waste of time, since the problem originates from this site. Haven't yet figured out which of their ads seems to be causing it, but I did send them an email.

	shecancook Nov. 16, 2008 2:26 pm I use McAfee and although I'm Canadian, I use the American site so that I can see the photos. No problems with the virus on my end. You guys all sound super frustrated though!

	Virginia Mom Nov. 16, 2008 2:49 pm Scotdog, using IE, go to the top bar & follow & click on the path: Tools -> Internet Options -> Security -> Restricted Sites -> Site then type in the offending sites you want to block & click "Add" then "Close" & finally "Okay".

	Scotdog Nov. 16, 2008 3:09 pm Thank you!

Answered by: COUGAR3
	Nov. 16, 2008 2:57 pm It happened to me twice yesterday. Never before that. We too got the solicitor, but also had to quarantine the spyware in our antivirus program. Good luck.

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