Luminiari Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 (edited) No malware on my end. Are you sure it's from that file...? Edited January 5, 2011 by DesuChan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatLucifer Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 I'm sorry, you talking to me? Well, if you are, than yes... I'm sure. I tried it again. It stopped me again. But no worries, I just stopped by, I have no need of that particular mod :D Lucifer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smooth613 Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 No problems from that file on my end. I've been using it for ages and the Megaupload file is clean from my reports. GreatLucifer: I understand you want to be cautious but by what you've said you haven't actually checked the file, you're only going on a warning of other users. Other users can falsely report problems and tarnish a file just as easily as they can hype it up. You need to actually scan the file yourself before just assuming by word of mouth that it's infected. To add further to this... I've seen many many of times where people come here to TESNexus and report downloads as being infected when clearly they are not. They may have had a virus previously or it could just be a false positive. And since the folks reporting that file would be the same folks that would come here (Megaupload) it's very likely a handful of people falsely reported the file as malicious and now McAfee is just warning you of these reports, not of actual infection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonewolfkai Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 (edited) No problems from that file on my end. I've been using it for ages and the Megaupload file is clean from my reports. GreatLucifer: I understand you want to be cautious but by what you've said you haven't actually checked the file, you're only going on a warning of other users. Other users can falsely report problems and tarnish a file just as easily as they can hype it up. You need to actually scan the file yourself before just assuming by word of mouth that it's infected. To add further to this... I've seen many many of times where people come here to TESNexus and report downloads as being infected when clearly they are not. They may have had a virus previously or it could just be a false positive. And since the folks reporting that file would be the same folks that would come here (Megaupload) it's very likely a handful of people falsely reported the file as malicious and now McAfee is just warning you of these reports, not of actual infection.Does McAfee use a warning system based on user reporting? I also want to clarify something. I got the malware from either three sources: File itself, Megaupload website, or from TESNexus. I personally doubt the file itself contained the virus. I suspect the other two, and highly suspect TESNexus since it is notorious for having attacks via advertising. Regardless, I had all three going at the same time, so I cannot really point the finger at any single one. Incidently, I had my Anti-virus and Malware blocker up and they did not catch it. The shop cleaner said this virus was a pretty bad one too. He said it had several layers to it. I'd also like to state for the record that I still plan on using the files once I download them onto a different computer, one that I can jsut simply wipe the harddrive if needed. Edited January 5, 2011 by lonewolf_kai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatLucifer Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 GreatLucifer: I understand you want to be cautious but by what you've said you haven't actually checked the file, you're only going on a warning of other users. Other users can falsely report problems and tarnish a file just as easily as they can hype it up. You need to actually scan the file yourself before just assuming by word of mouth that it's infected. To add further to this... I've seen many many of times where people come here to TESNexus and report downloads as being infected when clearly they are not. They may have had a virus previously or it could just be a false positive. And since the folks reporting that file would be the same folks that would come here (Megaupload) it's very likely a handful of people falsely reported the file as malicious and now McAfee is just warning you of these reports, not of actual infection. Oh yes, you may very well be right. Rather said, you probably are. But that's where my extreme caution steps in, seeing as I've had 11 (:blink: !) trojans sofar, and will not risk anything to get another one... (once even from google, go figure...) But let me emphasize, this just goes for me. You are probably right, and other people could still download this. Lucifer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smooth613 Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Does McAfee use a warning system based on user reporting? I haven't used McAfee in about two years and honestly cannot remember exactly, but by the way GreatLucifer worded his earlier post, emphasized with quotes, it would seem so. McAfee stated that "too much users had reported this file", and advised me to leave it alone... which I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatLucifer Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 That's what it told me, so yeah, it does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eiries Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Are you getting a popup ad every time you click the Megaupload download link? If so, then that's where it's coming from, not the file itself. Right-click>Save Link As avoids the Megaupload popups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatLucifer Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Eiries, you hit the nail on the head. McAfee indeed does not interrupt me when doing that, so it must be the site than, yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonewolfkai Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 (edited) Well that would probably explain where that bad malware that hit me came from as well. Edited January 5, 2011 by lonewolf_kai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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