Trojan virus in ad

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  1. teresa8go profile image68
    teresa8goposted 13 years ago

    Somebody should be more careful about the ads automatically placed on peoples hubs beneath the author's picture. I think accidently clicked one and McAfee stopped a Trojan from entering my computer. I wish I could remember which ad was there. I just left the hub.

    1. IzzyM profile image86
      IzzyMposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      You clicked your own ad?? Wasn't a real virus - that was a warning to you!

      1. teresa8go profile image68
        teresa8goposted 13 years agoin reply to this

        No, it wasn't my ad or my hub! I was moving my cursor to the scroll bar to scroll down the hub I was reading and accidently clicked the ad. McAfee sent me a message telling me that it had stopped a Trojan. And trojans are viruses.

  2. paradigmsearch profile image60
    paradigmsearchposted 13 years ago

    There are ads that use activex and java and who-knows-what-else… These sometimes make security software nervous. Then again…, who the heck knows these days…smile

    1. teresa8go profile image68
      teresa8goposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I've only had this happen once before and that must have been 3 or 4 years ago (not at Hubpages) when an ad caught my eye and I clicked on it to check it out. When I notified the person who ran the site I was on he checked it out and let me know pulled the ad off the site, because there was a trojan embedded in the ad.

      But you are right my security software could have been nervous. I figure it is better to let the "Hub Powers That  Be" know of a potential problem rather than take the chance of less protected computers becoming infected by ads on hubs. Hubpages doesn't need that problem or that reputation.

  3. Cagsil profile image70
    Cagsilposted 13 years ago

    I would agree with Para. It could have been a false warning. I don't think HP would allow any links to be infected with viruses. smile

 
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