AnneinMpls Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 I'm on a Windows Vista machine, running IE. When this mess first started up, I got the message at the top of the IE window asking my permission to run that Data Control thingy. I did a search for it in Windows Help, and online. Nothing untoward popped up there, and it said it was from Microsoft, so I oked it. Since then, and still today, I am getting weird extra text at the top of the window, sortof a descriptor for the website, but not quite grammatical, and ending with a >. So there's still something fishy in Denmark Peace and all good! Anne in Mpls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneinMpls Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Ok, I've been checking my history, and nothing fishy is showing up there, but I did just notice that that scr thinky is showing up at the vbery top in the title bar sometimes. It's there sometimes when I'm reading a forum, but it's not there now as I'm typing this reply. Is this something that might need to be cleaned from each of our machines?? How do we get a fix for it? Thanks! Anne in Mpls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneinMpls Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 I just googled xvgaoke to see if there's any fixes out there. Apparently nothing yet, and google hit on 3 pages of completely unrelated websites that all seem to be infected with this same thingy. It also came up with the actual site address, but I am loathe to click on it or even on the chached version of it to see what it really is. How do we report this to folks who write the fixes for these things?? Anne in Mpls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSScout Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Ditto the above on my end. When Scouter .com opens, or when I click on "Today's Active Topics", the bottom activity line shows "opening page www.xvgaoke***", then shows "display picture" ((etc stuff)) and this repeats several times, before the Scouter page displays and "Done" shows on the bottom activity line. Things are very slow here, relatively. I operate from a server with a very tough fire wall, so I'm not concerned about my end, but from my experience and the above comments, something is in or trying to be in Scouter.com that shouldn't be. No unusual pictures, but still slow to display Scouter pages. Terry, How can we help?? Please don't post spam links in messages - moderator (This message has been edited by a staff member.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators SCOUTER-Terry Posted August 22, 2007 Administrators Share Posted August 22, 2007 The storm should be mostly over, now. I think I've mentioned before, it's a little like herding cats, to thwart off these sorts of attacks. At this time, I believe all symptoms of the problem have been eliminated. TERRY HOWERTON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo1 Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Thank you Scouter Terry! Thanks for a great service and speedy repair! Gonzo1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evmori Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Thanks Terry! Everything seems to be back to normal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scouter-mom Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Drat! The mal-function (virus??) is back again. Help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutNut Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Yep - IT'S BACK! So far it does not look like the history is involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutNut Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Whoops - back button is unusable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators SCOUTER-Terry Posted August 25, 2007 Administrators Share Posted August 25, 2007 Swat! Got it! TERRY HOWERTON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scouter-mom Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Terry, Many thanks!!! S-M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutNut Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Still coming up, although not every time I access the site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John-in-KC Posted August 25, 2007 Author Share Posted August 25, 2007 I'm getting it when I go www dot scouter dot com slash forums , which is how I usually start to drill into the site. Time is 1714 CDT Sat Aug 25. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hops_scout Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 John, I just come in www . scouter . com and it brings me right to the forums. I've only encountered the problem a couple times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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