[RTTY] Possible Virus on contesting.com?

[Don Hill AA5AU]

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 at contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of W0MU Mike Fatchett
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2011 9:50 PM
To: rtty at 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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