WTF virus from GameSpot website?!!?

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#1 kingeliran

Member since 2005 • 1069 Posts

i got into gamespot and when i enter the to check c&c new game a massage pop and said i got a virus from gamespot, that it cant reaiper!!

wtf?!

17 years ago

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#2 Full-Throttle

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Are you using Vista?

17 years ago

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#3 kingeliran

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no, xp pro..

17 years ago

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#4 Full-Throttle

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hmm, odd. Not sure. It can't be that bad though.

17 years ago

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#5 Toshan1337

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It happened to me too! Or something similar. Norton anti virus said it was (can't remember exactly) infosteal.gamepass.Then i deleted all the files in the temporary internet files folder and then norton said it was deleted. I think it's some sort of cookie because there are only cookies in the temporary internet files folder.

17 years ago

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#6 Dust24311

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Gotta love Norton mistaking tracking cookies for viruses. Norton AV... giving IT professionals headaches since 1993.

17 years ago

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#7 Smithgdwg

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Solution:

1.)Uninstall Norton

2.)Download AVG free edition

3.)Install AVG free edition

All problems solved!!!

17 years ago

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#8 monco59

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Gotta love Norton mistaking tracking cookies for viruses. Norton AV... giving IT professionals headaches since 1993.Dust24311

Indeed. I had Norton for three iterations (2002, 2003 and 2005 I think) and my comp always ended up getting screwed and I had to reformat. Norton never actually stopped any viruses, it merely told me I had a boat load of them. After I got Antivir PE Classic for FREE, I have had no such problems... *knocks on wood*

17 years ago

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#9 Krall

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It is probably a false report, but do you have any more details?

17 years ago

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#10 Dust24311

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Agreed. I heard Leo Laporte talking about a recent antivirus software roundup, and AVG was rated the best free AV program. It did just as well as the top VA that you pay for.

17 years ago