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Message for Lance: I've been getting a torrent of Trojans, virus etc. when logged in to the forum. Maybe something to check out...

I'm outa here...

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Trevor Gore, Luthier. Australian hand made acoustic guitars, classical guitars; custom guitar design and build; guitar design instruction.

http://www.goreguitars.com.au

nope , i have had no issue . what antivirus , I use trend Micro

Edit : I do have ( 1 ) computer that has no antivirus at all , I check here on occasion and have had no issue on it either . Did you perchance open one of the Spammer post?

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I've not had a problem getting viruses while logged in here and I'm on the Windows platform. You might look elsewhere. Also, if you are on-line you should be running virus protection software no matter which website you use.

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Formerly known as Adaboy.......

well armed with Norton...never had a problem...

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MK5acoustics.com

I'm running a Windows computer and a Mac at home. Neither have had issues logging onto this site. Could be a problem with redtube or xtube maybe?

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http://www.CostaGuitars.com
PMoMC

Hmm, Windows 7 at work, XP and Vista at home, McAFee and no problems here or home, PC or iPad or iPod.

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No issues here. In the past I have seen where people have had viruses/malware or browser add-ons that show up in the form of hyperlinked text on php message boards like this one, making them think the site has issues when it's actually their computer or browser that has the problem.

If you're seeing random words and phrases turned into links or similar this could be the source. Do a malware scan on your computer and check your browser's add-ons for suspicious items.

Widows 7 and pro using AVG
no issue to report.

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John Hall
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You Don't know what you don't know until you know it

I'm on a Mac, with no problems, no AV software. I also run with scissors.

Pat

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formerly known around here as burbank
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http://www.patfosterguitars.com

I hope Trevor is still monitoring, because in all likelihood, he has a PC issue and needs to address it.

Glenn

...yeah homeboy B trippin'...

avast! here; it rocks and its free!

I've had no problems - 3 separate machines - 1 WinXP with AVAST free, 1 Win XP with AVAST purchased and 1 Win 8 with AVAST purchased version.

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Waddy

Photobucket Build Album Library

Sound Clips of most of my guitars

4 machines here - 3 windows one apple, no issues. One of the windows machines has a freeware virus program on it - others are more sophisticated.

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Steve Smith
"Music is what feelings sound like"

Kaspersky (one of the best of the best) has NEVER shown any warnings on this site...and it WILL block items or links that are bogus/suspicious/etc...heck it is even warning me of a .jpg that is apparently bogus in some way on a gaming site...it simply refuses to load that image and allows access to the rest of the page..

I second the motion that Trevor checks his machine out as I am very confident that any issues he is experiencing are not from this site (unless they are part of a spammers post, which I am not stupid enough to even waste my time on clicking on any link)..

Window 7 here and no issues at all.

+1 for Kaspersky. I haven't had any problems since I started using it.

Alex

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"Indecision is the key to flexibility" .... Bumper sticker

Sounds like an over compensated nut issue. T

+1 for Kaspersky.....nary a problem here either!

Been getting so much spam here lately, doesn't surprise me at all to hear of other malicious crap showing up & causing some people problems.

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Dave
Milton, ON

Not unless a persons silly enough to open one of the spammers post !

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The Shallower the depth of the stream , The Louder the Babble !
The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/GatewayA ... rAssembly/

Yup!
No "infections", just my anti-malware going ballistic fighting them off (and it letting me know about it!)

I disconnected and ran whole systems scans using two different brands of anti-whatever ware. Clean as.

So, maybe just coincidence, but it started when I logged in and stopped when I logged out; but I'm no computer guru.

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Trevor Gore, Luthier. Australian hand made acoustic guitars, classical guitars; custom guitar design and build; guitar design instruction.

http://www.goreguitars.com.au

I'm no computer guru either, but I use the dang things a lot and have had issues with most AV software I've used. If it didn't fail to clean the buggers, it caused some sort of issue with other software trying to operate.

Lots of AV software testimonials here. I'll add one: -- I read a few years ago a review of MSE (Microsoft Security Essentials) -- Microsoft's free anti-everything one-app-does-all program. The reviewer was stunned at how simple it was to use and tweak, and how he'd been unable to trip it up or detect any downgrade of performance. So I switched. I can vouch for it being easy to use -- just remove ALL of your exisiting AV and malware detectors, including Microsoft Defender (if you use it). Download and install MSE, schedule whatever times for quick and thorough scans, and for signature updates, then forget about it. I can vouch that it's easy to use, and I've had no further issues with conflicts or slowing systems down. Did it find everything? I dunno -- how would I?

I'm not usually a fan or promoter of Microsoft, but I'm glad they developed MSE and quietly made it available for nothing (maybe it's even include in Win 8? I dunno, haven't gone there yet).

Hey Trevor -- do you know if ANZLF has suffered some kind of meltdown? Since I changed countries over Christmas (New Zealand to Kenya), I haven't been able to see the site -- is it just me?

I'm no Trevor but ANZLF is fine for me here in the US.

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formerly known around here as burbank
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http://www.patfosterguitars.com

So it IS me -- I feared it might be. I'm currently accessing through an institutional firewall, but it tells me when access is blocked and why. But ANZLF is not registering anything for me. Might be some sort of Kenyan government confusion over the initials that is resulting in the block (Australia New Zealand Leadership Forum?). Or maybe I finally got banned.

Thanks, Fillippo. As far as I can tell right now, no problems. I got a bunch of warnings/notifications from my AV, the AV won (as far as I can tell) and all is now quiet on the western front.
The ANZLF is doing fine, so I guess something is blocking you.

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Trevor Gore, Luthier. Australian hand made acoustic guitars, classical guitars; custom guitar design and build; guitar design instruction.

http://www.goreguitars.com.au