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#324683 - 05/21/11 10:52 PM Re: Montunoman's Song Thread Missing! [Re: lahawk]
Scott Langholff Senior Member Registered: 06/09/02 Posts: 3163 Loc: Pensacola, Florida, USA	Originally Posted By: lahawk Originally Posted By: Scott Langholff I clicked on the pic the first time rather than the song title link to hear the mp3. What happened was 8 programs were downloaded on my computer. I could not stop the download. The song title link seemed to be OK. It was a goggle MP download. I'm not sure how that could happen. The only way an image can contain a virus, or malware is if it's an execution file. This was a simple embedded .jpg file. I suppose it is possible to embed a malicious link in a photo, but I assure you I didn't do that, because I'm not sure how to do that. Further the image of Paul was not a link, rather a .jpg file that becomes part of the thread, and the only option users have is to right click and download if they so desire. Accidentally left clicking on that image would do nothing because there was no execution to perform. I'm sorry for your inconvenience, and I hope you are up and running 100% real soon, but I doubt very much your computer went crazy by accidentally left clicking on a .jpg file from a trusted fellow SZ member. Good Luck, I feel bad for you, and again we are sorry this has happened. Larry No problem. I'm certain you didn't have anything to do with it. But, when you left clicked on the pic it took me to another site where that pic was posted. It was not google I can tell you that. I thought it was a video and clicked on the same pic and up comes this xVid which says you have to download a codec to make it work. The rest is history.
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#324684 - 05/21/11 10:54 PM Re: Montunoman's Song Thread Missing! [Re: Dnj]
Scott Langholff Senior Member Registered: 06/09/02 Posts: 3163 Loc: Pensacola, Florida, USA	Originally Posted By: Dnj Originally Posted By: Scott Langholff Yes, Donnie. It's the one that even people in AT&T tech support use on their own computers. Great program Scott thanx for the heads up... I had 3 infections removed. How often do you do a scan with it? I run the program every once in a while when I think it's a good idea to see how things are. You can get stuff anyplace these days. I always use the full scan thinking the quick scan may miss something.
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#324692 - 05/22/11 04:46 AM Re: Montunoman's Song Thread Missing! [Re: Scottyee]
Dnj Senior Member Registered: 09/21/00 Posts: 43703	Thanx everyone for the PC help.....
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#324729 - 05/22/11 05:37 PM Re: Montunoman's Song Thread Missing! [Re: Nigel]
Nigel Admin Registered: 06/01/98 Posts: 6483 Loc: Ventura CA USA	OK, now after reading this thread through I do remember that I removed it because of the reports of malware that Scott L was getting when he clicked on it. It was nothing to do with the song itself. I just needed to jog my memory cos I couldn't think of any reason I would remove a link to someone's demo. I really can't afford to leave a thread up where there are any reports of possible malware from the link in the starting post. It now seems that the problem was unrelated to the song link but the link that the picture sent you to on that original thread.
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#324731 - 05/22/11 06:42 PM Re: Montunoman's Song Thread Missing! [Re: Scottyee]
lahawk Senior Member Registered: 06/28/01 Posts: 2781 Loc: Lehigh Valley, Pa.	Geeeszz... now it's not even safe to click on an image Really Can someone explain how a picture may have sent him to a bad link, that in turn filled his computer with all sorts of problems, so much so, he may need to re-insatll windows While I find it hard to believe an embedded image can do such damage, we need to know if clicking an image can do such harm, and what we can do to avoid this problem in the future. If embedded pictures can indeed cause this much destruction, perhaps we should ban images in posts. I embedded that particular image from Image Shack, a site I and others have been using for some time with no problems. Confused...but Concerned. Thanks _________________________ Larry "Hawk" Hawk Music Sadly No More ♫ 🎹🎹 ♫ SX-900
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#324733 - 05/22/11 07:24 PM Re: Montunoman's Song Thread Missing! [Re: lahawk]
Nigel Admin Registered: 06/01/98 Posts: 6483 Loc: Ventura CA USA	Originally Posted By: lahawk Geeeszz... now it's not even safe to click on an image It is nothing to do with the embedded image itself. But if the image is associated with a link then like any link it can take you anywhere. It seems that somehow the link in the original thread was not a URL directly to the image itself.
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#324739 - 05/23/11 01:27 AM Re: Montunoman's Song Thread Missing! [Re: lahawk]
Scott Langholff Senior Member Registered: 06/09/02 Posts: 3163 Loc: Pensacola, Florida, USA	Hi Larry I'm pretty sure Image Shack is the name of the site that I was taken to when I saw the curser show over the pic and then clicked on the pic. Once on the site where the pic was I looked around to see what to do next. Thinking maybe it was a video I clicked on the pic on that site and then I remember xVid and saying I needed to download a codec to make it work, when in fact I find out now it wasn't even a video but a pic. For a while I wondered if somebody hacked SZ and did the dirty trick.
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#324740 - 05/23/11 01:47 AM Re: Montunoman's Song Thread Missing! [Re: Scott Langholff]
Nigel Admin Registered: 06/01/98 Posts: 6483 Loc: Ventura CA USA	Originally Posted By: Scott Langholff For a while I wondered if somebody hacked SZ and did the dirty trick. Nope
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#324743 - 05/23/11 03:20 AM Re: Montunoman's Song Thread Missing! [Re: Nigel]
Scott Langholff Senior Member Registered: 06/09/02 Posts: 3163 Loc: Pensacola, Florida, USA	lol. That guy behind the couch about sums it up
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#324761 - 05/23/11 10:52 AM Re: Montunoman's Song Thread Missing! [Re: Scottyee]
lahawk Senior Member Registered: 06/28/01 Posts: 2781 Loc: Lehigh Valley, Pa.	So in the end it seems like Image Shack was the culprit. It's a safer and better option to link photos from Google's Picasa Web Album, as I as did in the new posting. PS: The guy behind the couch is funny _________________________ Larry "Hawk" Hawk Music Sadly No More ♫ 🎹🎹 ♫ SX-900
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