QRZ.COM advert malware???

K8ERV · Apr 27, 2014

I'm my own ad blocker, I just don't look at them. If I want to buy something I usually know where to find it.

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KO6NO · Apr 29, 2014

Don't be too quick to blame the web sites. I was getting a lot of pop-ups and strange behaviors on blog pages. I ran SpyBot and found various malware. Then I ran MalWareBytes Pro and discovered some Trojans. After that, every page was clean. You too could be infected.

KC2UGV · Apr 30, 2014

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I've never seen a dangerous ad when I am not logged in and have ad block turned off (and I do check, fairly often). Nor have I ever seen a pop-up ad.

I would suggest that, before slagging QRZ about popup malware ads, that the people experience them actually get someone else to verify that their own computer is not, in fact, infected with malware since there ARE malware infections that pop up ads.

ever download a tool bar? run a torrent? added an emoticon package to your email? let kids bring software from school to use on your computer? pirate some music or video? get some software from a buddy that he got from some unknown source? install security software from a place other than the actual manufacturer? Clicked a link in an unsolicited email? Run Windows XP? visited a dodgy porn site? These are all great malware vectors.

In my experience, most people complaining about popups and grossly intrusive, inappropriate ads have a malware infection that they got elsewhere.
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Doubtful I have a virus. I don't think there's very many of them for Linux

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