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Eclipse98RS

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this site gives you virus and potential identity theft
« on: March 02, 2010, 08:30:41 am »
Ive been registed on this site for 3 days and I just ran a virus scan. I just happen to see my nortan antivirus scannig through a file called infostealer.snifula.b Sounds great right? INFO STEALER?!? It did not detect it as a virus or risk. The only 2 sites I have downloaded ANYTHING from in the past 2 months is this site and snapdollars.com.
Also I was trying to uninstall many programs that I downloaded from here and it would not let me delete/uninstall them. So now I have to reformat my whole computer that I just paid over $1000 for. So to the owners of this site...you keep can your lousy $25 (I can't even make it past $17 becuase none of the stupid offers credit) and I'll keep my $1200 pc running and keep my identity. Sounds like a plan.
By the way i could not find the file infostealer.snifula.b i searched everywhere. Where ever it was installed it is hidden well. People who use this site might want to run a antivirus scan and just watch every file it scans through.

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Re: this site gives you virus and potential identity theft
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2010, 08:52:35 am »
I have used this site for quite some time now and have run both norton and mcaffee neither one has produced a "virus" as you have said! I am sorry for your trouble but I really think that you may have downloaded something else that you caught the virus from!

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Re: this site gives you virus and potential identity theft
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2010, 08:54:13 am »
i try to not download anything, and if i do i have phishing and other types of filters to boot it out........ :BangHead:

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Re: this site gives you virus and potential identity theft
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2010, 08:56:55 am »
That's why I never download anything from sites like this.  :thumbsup:

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Re: this site gives you virus and potential identity theft
« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2010, 09:19:00 am »
The fusion cash site is safe, but some of the sites connected with it aren't. Don't download any toolbars, software, etc. unless you are sure the site is safe. McAfee give each site a rating.

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Re: this site gives you virus and potential identity theft
« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2010, 10:06:08 am »
Sorry to hear of your problems.  I haven't had a single problem with any of the sites I have visited but Norton and AVG keep my PC running smoothly.  As for downloads, you have to be careful and use common sense.  Toolbars and games are always vessels for problems.  Avoid them completely. 

As for the cost of rebooting your PC, you were ripped!  You could have done it yourself by erasing your hard drive then reloading your comp with the original discs that came with it.

Again, sorry for your problems but it isn't this site that is doing it. 

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Re: this site gives you virus and potential identity theft
« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2010, 11:46:58 am »
Sorry to hear about your problems as well.  I have been here since last July, and have not had any issues with viruses, spyware, etc.  Not once has my anti-virus or firewall suspected a thing.

Like a few others said, you need to be careful of downloading anything, whether it be from here or any other site.  Due diligence should always be made before installing anything on your computer.  Even the best antiviruses, firewalls, and scanners can miss something, especially if it is fresh/new on the 'net.

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Re: this site gives you virus and potential identity theft
« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2010, 01:15:49 pm »
Sorry for all the problems that has happened with your computer.  That is the major reason I do not complete offers that tell me I must download  and install their toolbars or software.  You never know what kind of viruses have attached to those downloads which will cause havoc on your computer.

That has happened to me in the past which caused so many problems because of downloads from sites that were risky.  Now I use different virus scanners, antispy ware on my laptop to block trojans that attach to files and viruses.
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« Reply #8 on: March 02, 2010, 03:18:14 pm »
Hmm...I haven't had any problems, but am going to run my virus scan.  Thanks for the update!

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Re: this site gives you virus and potential identity theft
« Reply #9 on: March 02, 2010, 03:54:54 pm »
Ive been registed on this site for 3 days and I just ran a virus scan. I just happen to see my nortan antivirus scannig through a file called infostealer.snifula.b Sounds great right? INFO STEALER?!? It did not detect it as a virus or risk. The only 2 sites I have downloaded ANYTHING from in the past 2 months is this site and snapdollars.com.
Also I was trying to uninstall many programs that I downloaded from here and it would not let me delete/uninstall them. So now I have to reformat my whole computer that I just paid over $1000 for. So to the owners of this site...you keep can your lousy $25 (I can't even make it past $17 becuase none of the stupid offers credit) and I'll keep my $1200 pc running and keep my identity. Sounds like a plan.
By the way i could not find the file infostealer.snifula.b i searched everywhere. Where ever it was installed it is hidden well. People who use this site might want to run a antivirus scan and just watch every file it scans through.


I understand you are mad but it is not that this site has viruses i have been a member of this site for about 2 years and never had that problem I also complete most offers whether it be free,trials and downloads of all kinds. I wouldn't trust that anti-virus as such I used to have it and it would always tell me I had a virus until I uninstalled it I found out it was just trying to get me to buy the updated version so it makes up "threats" to your pc. JMO
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« Reply #10 on: March 02, 2010, 03:57:38 pm »
My computer is messed up bad. I am on my older computer right now. As for the people who said they ran virus scans, I did the same thing it scanned right through infostealer.snifula.b and many other suspicious file names. It did not detect any virus and did not say anything about them. It was just dumb luck that I opened the scan and saw the file it was scanning through (info stealer). I have norton antivirus that i update daily. So chances are if you dled anything from this site and run a virus scan your antivirus software won't even bring it to your attention. And whoever said I was ripped off for the cost of rebooting my pc... I never said I paid anything to reboot my pc.
If anyone is good with computers maybe you can help me? Alot of the programs I dled from here don't even have unistallers. So I open and folder and try to just delete every file manually. It won't let me, it says you do not have permission to perform this action. I am the only user of the pc and adminstration. Also my computer didn't come with a recovery disk so I can't just erase my harddrive and install everything again. I tried syster restore... went back about a week and when it reboots I get a message saying system restore did not work. Tried that 3-4 times. Also I cannot find the files that norton was scanning. And my internet explorer wil not open. So im really not to sure what to do. Any suggestions will be appreciated...

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Re: this site gives you virus and potential identity theft
« Reply #11 on: March 02, 2010, 04:00:04 pm »
You might want to try running Malwarebytes. You can download it at Malwarebytes.org.

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Re: this site gives you virus and potential identity theft
« Reply #12 on: March 02, 2010, 04:03:03 pm »
I have antimalware on system mechanic. Ran that and nothing...

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Re: this site gives you virus and potential identity theft
« Reply #13 on: March 02, 2010, 04:04:43 pm »
So can you get online at all on it? I had a similar problem some time ago and I went to this site through a moms social network I use and they helped get my pc back. It was bad I was getting popups even when I wasn't online. try it if you are able to log in I know for sure they can help you but you have to be able to get online so they can have access to your pc. http://www.4ComputerHeaven.com
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« Reply #14 on: March 02, 2010, 04:06:01 pm »
Can't get online on the infected pc, Im on my very old dell right now lol

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