Stonetree67 Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 I don't go to many web sites at all.. And preaty much after last Virus I got, I only go to 3-4 web sites now. Or new game sites..But today I logged on and when I came to nexus. The bells and whistles went off. The stupid JAVA(hatred of) opened wide and droppen in Trojan:win32/Alureon.fk on me. lucky it was caught..please check your site!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitualBlack Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 I would think the problem has to be on your end. I haven't had that happen on the nexus ever so if I were you I would probably boot your computer into safe mode and deal with any potential viruses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bben46 Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 As of yesterday, Firefox is blocking certain Java apps as unsafe.Reference: http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/04/mozilla-moves-to-block-firefox-from-loading-unpatched-java-plugins.ars Waterfox (Firefox for 64 bit) also blocked it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitualBlack Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 That is a bit scary :ohdear: . So could you actually have stuff automatically download onto your computer simply by having your browser load a java plugin? Not even a click of a button needed? Good thing I havn't been getting adds on the site for a while I suppose :laugh: . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattlittlej Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 :dry: Yeah, I don't think so. Perhaps you're going to nexusBods instead of mods? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimpleGlitch Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 (edited) Well... you can but as long as you have an antivirus you should be fine. Though in order for that to happen here on nexus someone would have to gain control of the site to put in on your computer. You're more at risk of someone planting a virus in a mod file and submitting than you are from just getting one from browsing the site, and it always seemed to me the nexus staff does a really good job in removing dangerous files when users report problems. If your really paranoid about viruses look into installing some VM software on your computer. For those who don't have a tech background, its a virtual machine that runs isolated from your host files. In the virtual machine you can create a snapshot before going online and if your machine picks up a malware you can just revert to the snapshot to get rid of it (though you lose all changes and files you made after making the snapshot). Edited April 5, 2012 by SimpleGlitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubjectProphet Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Oh God! Then I've infected my base's computer with a virus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor. Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Oh tthat would explain the Alien Invasion to eh, Blasted they gave us a virus. :teehee: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubjectProphet Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Well, I'll probably get kicked out of the corps for causing the base to think it's under attack by aliens or something. Why? Why does this always happen to ME? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor. Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 A virus i wouldn't think would cause that much chaos, especially with the really bad internet. lol as you kept complaining about. :teehee: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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