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beargirl Sep 1st, 2007 02:11 AM

Be Careful
 
I accessed one of the the links sent by someone giving a link to venice accomodation and it contained a virus (trojent) be careful when you access the links in the forum. Make sure you have anti virus software.


virginia Sep 1st, 2007 03:42 AM

beargirl, i have been doing lots of reading on here about venice and italy in the past couple days. could you please list the poster and the specific link. obviously you have me very worried.
also please please report this to the editors so they can take down the post or remove the link.
running my virus scan now.

ira Sep 1st, 2007 06:15 AM

thanks for the heads up, B

beargirl Sep 1st, 2007 05:18 PM

I cant remember the post as it was a couple of weeks ago. Yes I will report it to the editor.

quokka Sep 2nd, 2007 06:23 AM

Well it's no news at all that anyone accessing any site on the internet should make sure to have anti virus software, right?

beargirl Sep 3rd, 2007 05:51 PM

I did have anti virus software, however the virus was still detected, it was no problem. I was warning users to made sure they do have anti virus software. I find it a bit annoying that people add links with viruses connected to them.

quokka Sep 4th, 2007 01:00 AM

It's absolutely impossible to check links for hidden viruses when posting them. It's not that poster's fault. That's one of the dangers of the internet which can occur anywhere.


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