No, I just typed contesting.com into the address box of my browser. I'm
running IE 8 with XP Pro SP 3 on one PC, IE 8 and XP Media
Edition on the other.
73, Don AA5AU
http://www.aa5au.com
http://www.rttycontesting.com
-----Original Message-----
From: rtty-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces@contesting.com] On
Behalf Of W0MU Mike Fatchett
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2011 9:50 PM
To: rtty@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Possible Virus on contesting.com?
I wonder if they have a bad link or something. I went to the site and nothing
popped up for me. Did you click on other links or
download anything off Contesting.com or those other sites?
Mike W0MU
J6/W0MU November 21 - December 1 2011 CQ WW DX CW
W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net
On 10/1/2011 8:44 PM, Don Hill AA5AU wrote:
> On Friday I got a nasty virus on my work laptop while visiting a couple ham
> websites. I couldn't peg down which one.
>
> Today, on both my home PCs, when I went to contesting.com, I got a
> dialog box that asks me if I want to open a program on my computer.
>
> From: oorqqqq.cx.cc
> Program: Microsoft Help and Support Center
> Address: hcp://services/search?... etc etc
>
> Of course, I canceled the request.
>
> I don't recall allowing this on my work PC but I may have. The virus
> I got was actually a dangerous trojan called Data Restore. It took me a
> couple of hours, but I was able to get rid of it using a
method described on myantispyware.com.
>
> I have sent a message to the webmaster @ contesting.com to have them
> check the website for viruses. I could be mistaken but something doesn't
> seem right.
>
> Here's a screenshot of the dialog box that pops up when visiting
> contesting.com:
>
> http://rttycontesting.com/contestingcom.jpg
>
> 73, Don AA5AU
> http://www.aa5au.com
> http://www.rttycontesting.com
>
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