[RTTY] FW: [DDXA] QRZ.com virus?

[Don Hill AA5AU]

Anyone get hit with a virus from QRZ.COM?  I haven't been to the site since W5FKX told me about this a couple days ago.  It looks
like something similar to what I got a couple months ago from contesting.com.
I'm not brave enough to go to QRZ.COM right now.  Anyone know a person we can contact at QRZ.COM to inform them they might have a
virus on the site?

73, Don AA5AU
http://www.aa5au.com <http://www.aa5au.com/> 
http://www.rttycontesting.com <http://www.rttycontesting.com/> 


 

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From: ddxa-bounces at deltadx.net [mailto:ddxa-bounces at deltadx.net] On Behalf Of Don W5FKX
Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 2:19 PM
To: DDXA
Subject: [DDXA] QRZ.com virus?


Just a note of caution for all - while doing some QSL work last week, I picked up a malicious bug claiming to be "Vista Antivirus
2012", that completely interrupted my pc function with exclamations that it was protecting me from multiple attacks as displayed by
a "scan" showing all of these, and blocking access to the internet by other programs while offering to protect my pc for a sign-up
fee! Researching with my laptop, I found that it is variously called "XP Antispyware 20YY", "Vista Antispyware ...", "Win7
Antispyware ...", depending upon your OS, and apparently the "YY" began in '09 and is now '12.  
 
After some tedious cleanup, I got rid of it. Some more poking about brought me to the conclusion that it probably came from QRZ.com.
After several days of "clean" operation, I returned to QRZ.com today to lookup another callsign, and  ... bingo!! ... back came the
virus! 
 
My browsing exposure to malicious software is probably exacerbated by the fact that I run as Administrator, allowing a greater
degree of exposure. Unfortunately, my anti-virus program, Zone Alarm, did absolutely nothing to protect me on either occasion. A
complaint to them elicited the comment ".. we can't always keep up with permutations ...".  Guess I will have to quit using QRZ.com
... sigh!
 
73,
Don W5FKX
http://www.deltadx.net/
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