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Old 7th Aug 2016, 18:10
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SpringHeeledJack
 
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Virus in osx

So, this is not a tale of how whilst visiting a transvestite donkey witch porn website a virus was downloaded, but on a totally innocent mountain walking website……Trying to view a series of mountain views, an Adobe message box came up to say that i didn't have the latest version to view the series of photos. All kosher and that went well, but thereafter i have been plagued with pop up pages (despite being blocked in settings) of various ads for 'getting rid of viruses', 'cleaning up your slow mac' and so on. The virus seems to be (e.tre456_worm_osx) and despite running ClamX no viruses were found, despite clearing all cookies, doing clearings with Onyx, and of course getting rid of the Adobe download, it's still happening, seemingly set off by pressing either the page down button, or the space bar which brings up various new windows…VERY ANNOYING indeed. Anyone have a clue as to what to do ? Is this all it's doing ? Any help appreciated chaps.
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