Ok, I just got this trojan warning from VirusScan On-Access (from Microsoft). Guess what I got it from? The Mess. Plus! Forums! It even says: showthread[4] and showthread[6]. I know this is from plus! because whenever i load a thread, it says that in the adress-bar. One problem is that I can't make a screen-shot. The size would be too big.


What do you think??

Save the screenshot as a gif or something, then its a perfect size to upload.

And those VirusScan On-Access pick up anything, even if someones avatar is from a site they have "blacklisted".

could it be a cookie?

At least post a link

*cough* Shaun's sig *cough*

Norton pops up every time i view shauns sig just the lil "format c" thing in his sig...nothing to worry about did in irc too

see look


[13:21:01] <@Shaun> echo j | format c:

Scan type:  Realtime Protection Scan
Event:  Virus Found!
Virus name: Bat.QuickFormat.Trojan
File:  D:\Program Files\mIRC\logs\#kboy.log
Location:  Quarantine
Computer:  DXTREMZ
User:  Billy & Lauren
Action taken:  Quarantine succeeded : Access denied
Date found: Thursday, February 05, 2004  1:21:01 PM

Thats pretty lame, because text isnt gonna hurt anything

Nice!

So. I just have to point out, You cant throw that much power in there using a modem and windows xp home.... SHAME!

Hehehehehe

It only pops up for me when doing a reply and your sig shows in the thread history.

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Scan type:  Realtime Protection Scan
Event:  Virus Found!
Virus name: Bat.QuickFormat.Trojan
File:  C:\Documents and Settings\williamm.TIMBERCON\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\CPQ345IV\newreply[2].php
Location:  Quarantine
Computer:  GYRO
User:  williamm
Action taken:  Quarantine succeeded : Access denied
Date found: Thursday, February 05, 2004  10:37:28 A

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Making those things too damn sensitive is what make people go "ohhh... msgplus has blah blah in it cause my norton said so!!!"

i don't understand how format c: could be at all harmful, even if it was in a context of attempting to run   because 99% of users run everything off c: so wouldnt be able to format it if they tried (this disk is in use)

Because if someone puts it in a batch file and you are running dos or something it would format it ...Dunno, kinda dumb

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Originally posted by Johnny_Mac
Save the screenshot as a gif or something, then its a perfect size to upload.

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Originally posted by wj
At least post a link

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When you're saving the picture from paint, there's a dropdown menu "File Type" - change that to GIF

your av sure does suck if it picks things like that up

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Originally posted by DXtremz
Because if someone puts it in a batch file and you are running dos or something it would format it ...Dunno, kinda dumb

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I did that. Ummm....the colours seemed to change....uhhh....a lot!

Here it is anyway.

just got the same thing... on newreply.php (i usually use quick reply, was gonna add attachment this time so now i noticed it )

this is it:

newreply virus.

this is all so damn dodgy

norton has never done that for me

"QuickFormat"? you mean to say the mycode inserter was mistaken for a disk formatter or something because of its name?

Stupid anti-virus program... I wonder if it would do the same on a page that tells you how to format your hard drive...

Obviously, this isn't a problem with the forums.

I dunno what to do really.. just click dont tell me again I suppose.

Well put it like this do u trust WDZ lol And you have you ansawer of what todo. Personally id trust him

What is the world coming to, if this kind of *beep* is detected as a virus????? OMG... this is very very very very dodgy indeed... What's next, flashing a bright red screen with MOST DANGEROUS VIRUS FOUND if someone types "Bull Shit" ????....

On the other hand, maybe if you scanned "executables" (exe, com, bat, vbs, pif, scr) instead of "All Files", you won't have this *beep*... Learn to setup your programs right

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Originally posted by Johnny_Mac
Making those things too damn sensitive is what make people go "ohhh... msgplus has blah blah in it cause my norton said so!!!"

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Originally posted by fluffy_lobster
By loading that batch file you're blocking access to c: so it can't be formatted

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Shit .... I have norton antivirus, and it never popped up for me

That's bad, right?

No, you might just have lower security settings, or different options for what to do when it finds them set.  Your version might not scan internet pages.

At least you know that norton won't spontaneously delete your IRC logs when you close mIRC because somebody said the magic word   I only just figured how to fix this.

Blah, stupid ppl configured it to high, I have no problems with it. I got no firewall on this pc , it is run on the server

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Originally posted by Huuf
Blah, stupid ppl configured it to high, I have no problems with it. I got no firewall on this pc , it is run on the server

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I mean, it's a millionaire company, can't they implement a method to distinguish "format c:" when it's in a text or html file from when it's inside a .bat???