Today's Winner????

Bart Sr.

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I just went online to check the forums and got a separate window that said I was "Today's Winner" from "mediajmp".It said to pick your prize and enter e-mail address.I DID NOT of course.

Has anyone else seen or heard of this??????
 

gonefishie

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Re: Today's Winner????

Was it just a pop up or totally hijacked? Do yourself a favorite and download CCleaner from a reputable source such as CNET, go to the CCleaner website and follow the download link to get a copy. Install it and run it at least once a week, I do it several times a week. Run the registry clean function too. If you want and I recommend it, get malwarebytes and run a deep scan.
 

Bart Sr.

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Re: Today's Winner????

I use Firefox for browsing and it came in as a separate tab.It is in my history under recently closed tabs.I have CCcleaner,malwarebytes,and windows defender with AVG as the main antivirus with daily scan.

I was suspicious because if it was through IBoats I would have been identified by my screen name.
 

aspeck

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Re: Today's Winner????

The only thing I ever win is foriegn lotteries that I never play and inheritances from people I don't know ... :mad:
 

gonefishie

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Re: Today's Winner????

I use Firefox for browsing and it came in as a separate tab.It is in my history under recently closed tabs.I have CCcleaner,malwarebytes,and windows defender with AVG as the main antivirus with daily scan.

I was suspicious because if it was through IBoats I would have been identified by my screen name.

Apparently, this is a spam monster that has gotten past pop-up blocker, and other goodies you got installed. No security threat found by the security companies that tested it but is annoying and pop-up frequently.
 

Admin5

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Re: Today's Winner????

This did not come from our site. Your computer was already infected with a virus that then made the popup happen. :( Sorry. If there were multiple people who had the same thing happen coming here then it would make more sense that it came from us.
 

kenmyfam

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Re: Today's Winner????

Those type of things generally come in from another site that you were on recently from what I have found. I check the history and it was usually one of the children searching for something that brought it in. Since we have had Spyware Doctor installed it has popped up a warning before letting it in. Gives you the option to allow or block.
Works for us.:)
 

Bart Sr.

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Re: Today's Winner????

This did not come from our site. Your computer was already infected with a virus that then made the popup happen. :( Sorry. If there were multiple people who had the same thing happen coming here then it would make more sense that it came from us.

Sorry Admin5--I did not mean to suggest that IBoats was responsible.I was just curious as to whether anyone else had seen this.I am logging off now to debug myself.

Thanks everyone.
 

pduquette

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Re: Today's Winner????

Iz'zat like checkin fer ticks ???? -hope it goes quick for you !! peter
 

Bart Sr.

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Re: Today's Winner????

Iz'zat like checkin fer ticks ???? -hope it goes quick for you !! peter

LOL

Scan,scan and more scans in safe mode picked out a virus and a couple of tracking cookies so all is well now.

Thank You.
 
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