I also viewed the source of QRZ web callsign pages and the "ads" if you see
them are nothing but animated GIFs hosted by QRZ. After you click one, you
are redirected through QRZ to the site to the actually ad site. I don't
think those animated GIFs would be the cause as they are just images
without any code. The bottom of the QRZ pages show a single Google hosted
advertisement.
I don't use Norton so I can't test what it might flag but as I mentioned in
an earlier post, Norton has been known to improperly flag completely
clean/legit executables as being infected (N1MM and others as I mentioned)
when they are not infected.
David - K2DSL
On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 8:19 AM, David Levine <david@levinecentral.com>wrote:
> And the useful & important info - what were the calls? What web browser
> are you using? What anti virus program/suite are you using? What did it say
> it blocked?
>
> David - K2DSL
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 8:04 AM, Doug McDuff <w4ox@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>> Norton advised me and blocked an attack while I was simply looking up a
>> call. In fact, this has happened on at least two occasions in the last
>> few days. In neither instance did I click on any ad.
>>
>> 73, Doug W4OX
>>
>> On 12/31/2011 12:29 AM, David VE3VID wrote:
>> > From: ve3vid@hotmail.com
>> > To: wa8hc1@charter.net
>> > Subject: RE: [RTTY] QRZ.com virus
>> > Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:28:58 -0500
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Is QRZ.com still infected? How were you picking up the mal-ware? A
>> QRZ search?
>> > David
>> >
>> > http://www.ve3vid.webs.com/
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >> From: WA8HC1@charter.net
>> >> To: rtty@contesting.com
>> >> Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:16:03 -0500
>> >> Subject: [RTTY] QRZ.com virus
>> >>
>> >> I think this is a Scareware type attack.. Scared the H___ out of me..
>> Trying to sell bogus Anti Virus software.. I’ve had it happen also from
>> other sites.. The fix has been to reset your computer to a safe start point
>> a couple of days before this happened..
>> >>
>> >> GL,
>> >>
>> >> Harry N Coates
>> >> WA8HC1@charter.net
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