Hacked Antivirus Site Serves Up - a Virus »

Posted By TechnologyExpert 1 year, 9 months ago in Science & Technology
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Remember StopBadware.org and its labeling of RealPlayer as badware? Now it's "picking on" the website of an antivirus (AV) vendor, and rightfully so: it's been hacked and is serving up viruses.

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    grungeplunge1 year, 9 months ago

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    Evil stuff and no end in sight...

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      engineer1 year, 9 months ago

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      I hope they corrected it right away!!

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      akhodiodi1 year, 9 months ago

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      thanks

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        progressive-bum1 year, 9 months ago

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        Good thing I haven't been using Windows in years. Thanks TE!

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          RobbieWilliams1 year, 9 months ago

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          AV site cracked and serving viruses rofl.

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            BigBadJohn6661 year, 9 months ago

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            They are right about real player. It's been on my computers a few times in the last 10 years and I couldn't get it off fast enough. It was about the closest thing to a virus that I ever had. Real player should be called Real Junk.

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              Cityslicker1 year, 9 months ago

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              Use Linux or OSX .

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                TweekerchickQC1 year, 9 months ago

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                Well, that certainly explains a thing or two. UGH.

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                  luna21001 year, 8 months ago

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                  Real Player always messed up my computer. Great info, here.

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