Tried to log on, to reply to a couple of contact messages. I was immediately redirected to the "Performance Optimiser" rubbish with no sign at all of GR.
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Have you tried Dave's solution?
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Originally posted by gloryer View PostJust tried going on there and straight away got a trojan horse warning from our anti virus so had to abort connection again.Joan died in July 2020.
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Originally posted by Muggins in Sussex View PostIt certainly is - I wonder whether we will see a rise in membership here as a result
Roger
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Uncle John,,, I have been on GR for my Hot Matches 5 pages and not one that was mine-
then it blow a raspberry at me and throught me off. I guess that is what happens when you have Ian Smith (?) in your tree. It would be nice if the Smith's I got were in the UK and not all over the world
SheilaI think, therefore I am. Descarte
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John, there are several threads on there about it. The optimiser and another one - the one beginning with Q - try to hijack your computer when you go on there. It may be wise for you to run your avg scan and do what Dave has instructed on the other thread.
I can go on there now without it jumping on my puter - Im using firefox instead of IE7 and even before I did what Dave said using firefox a little bubble came up saying "phishing site" and then the page wouldnt open. So that was saving it from downloading.
GR have, as usual, denied any responsibility for the problem. People are rightly up in arms as there are many older/less knowledgeable people on there who may be carrying the trojan on their puter and not knowing they are.
I remember when I complained that someone had accessed my account on there and changed my name - GR said it was not possible - though it certainly happened! OC and some others reckoned all that sort of thing which has happened on there but which they always deny was possibly due to disgruntled techis who work on the GR server in the USA - it does make you wonder because Id have thought this sort of virus and trojan had to be added to the GR set up for everyone to be getting it on there.
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I did as Dave suggested and have checked that the info re Qu... has been added to the Host list But I tried GR last night and that trojan came up again . I kept pressing the X but it would not go. I was panicking again for a few secs then my puter asked me if I wanted to close all tabs, (I'm on ie7) so gratefully I did:D I t obviously had not been diverted to 0.0.0.0
Someone suggested on a thread to use ie7 pro instead. Will this make a difference?
Does firefox have tab system Heather?
Just been in and re added as info from Dave is slightly different to his first posting and noticed that SPYBOT which I installed last night have added masses of sites to the list. Hope this works now.
Will try GR tonight after work if I dare go on it again.Last edited by Katarzyna; 04-02-08, 09:17.Kat
My avatar is my mother 1921 - 2012
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Looks as if the problem has been fixed now - GR have removed ALL adverts from the site (temporarily, I'm sure!) and Colin From Hampshire has put up a copy of a message from Estelle, saying they have found the culprit and removed it.
But what a pity GR didn't put up a sticky message for EVERYONE!
OC
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