[RTTY] Possible Virus on contesting.com?

[John Merrill]

Nothing here on either sites running Win7 and IE9.

On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 8:32 PM, Don Hill AA5AU <aa5au at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Apparently this is real and it's possible that if you click the X box to
> close the dialog box instead of hitting the Cancel button,
> the virus will trigger.
>
> Don't hit the X box to close the dialog box!
>
> I understand it's on eHam as well.
>
> 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 Don Hill AA5AU
> Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2011 9:44 PM
> To: rtty at contesting.com
> Subject: [RTTY] Possible Virus on contesting.com?
>
> 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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