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Naraku_Diabolos on 22 December 2008

Everytime that I'm on the site to look at a thread or just anything, I get a pop-up message telling me that I am being redirected to another site. This has happened to me at least 6 times. The 3rd time I was directed to a site that caused me to have a 'virus-scan' and I absolutely COULD NOT get out of it unless I brought up the Task Manager to close my web browser. It scared the crap out of me and I'm now very wary on coming to this site for awhile.

It might have to do with that Internet Explorer exploit/bug, but it's happened on my FireFox the 5th time for redirecting me.

So, has this happened to anyone else besides me??



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pbroy on 22 December 2008

I got the same thing, my computer is all messed up now. My computer wants to virus scan, programs want to access the internet. Internet Explorer opens up by itself with pop-ups, even though I'm using Firefox.

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The_vagabond7 on 22 December 2008

I;ve been redirected a bunch too, and had to clear out a nasty virus.



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pbroy on 22 December 2008

One time it shut off my anti-virus program and I had to turn it back on. Now it shows the red shield with an X in it, saying "Windows Security Alerts"

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Seraphic_Sixaxis on 22 December 2008

Same here man your not alone, its happend a bucnh of times on VG.

Thats why i dont go to VGChartz using my PS3 browser lol not safe. :D



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griffinA on 22 December 2008

ditto here, my comp was screwed up for a while



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Cactus on 22 December 2008

I think that I got a two trojans from here on my main computer. Anybody know a good program to remove them?



exnoctem on 22 December 2008

its happened to me too, but i wasnt affected by any virus as i use safari on OSX. It is mighty annoying though for it to come up when im browsing the site.



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BrainBoxLtd on 22 December 2008

I was redirected some talking website about ringtons, and couldn't leave or start a new tab untill I clicked damn pop-ups to get it to go away.



Seraphic_Sixaxis on 22 December 2008

Wtf is someone hacking VGChartz!? this picture is at the bottom now...

 

...wtf...?