COMPUTER PROBLEMS DUE TO INTERNET SURFING

@llecis (109)
Portugal
December 2, 2006 4:26pm CST
DID IT EVER HAPPENED TO YOU, WHILE YOU ARE VISITING A SITE, TO SEE A POP-UP WINDOW OF YOU ANTI-VIRUS PROGRAM (MINE IS MCAFEE) SAYING: ""WE JUST DETECTED AN UNAUTHORISED CHANGE TO YOUR COMPUTER"". THEN THEY ASK YOU IF YOU WANT TO ALLOW OR BLOCK THIS CHANGE. I THINK THIS IS CAUSED BY SOME SITES (GENERALLY WORK AT HOME, FREEBIES OR SURVEY SITES), WHICH INSTALL UNWANTED PROGRAMS ON YOUR COMPUTER. TODAY I SAW THE MCAFEE WARNING 3 TIMES WHILE I WAS VISITING A FEW WORK AT HOME SITES FOUND HERE AT MYLOT.
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@blueman (16509)
• India
2 Dec 06
i think there can be problems if you have not installed any firewall or antivirus in your computer, especially if you are using winxp or any other popular operating systems as there are more virus and hackers for them.
@llecis (109)
• Portugal
3 Dec 06
TKS FOR YOUR ANSWER. I HAVE EVERYTHING INSTALLED ON MY COMPUTER THROUGH A COMPLETE MCAFEE SECURITY SYSTEM, SO THE PROBLEM IS SOMEWHERE ELSE. ANYWAY, MCAFEE ALWAYS SEND A POP-UP TO INFORM ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND, IF IT'S A VIRUS OR UNWANTED PROGRAM, IT AUTOMATICALLY REMOVES THEM, BUT WHEN IT'S A CHANGE IN THE COMPUTER SYSTEM, IT ASKS ME IF I WANT TO ALLOW IT. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS HAPPENED SO SOMEONE ELSE, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT VIRUSES ETC., BUT ABOUT A POSSIBLE CHANGE IN THE SYSTEM.
@alladisada (2305)
• India
2 Dec 06
your computer is infessted
@llecis (109)
• Portugal
2 Dec 06
TKS FOR ANSWER. NO MY COMPUTER IS OK. THE ANTI-VIRUS PROGRAM JUST SCANNED IT TODAY AND DID NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM. AS I SAID, I KNOW THAT SOME SITES INSTALL UNWANTED PROGRAMS IN YOUR COMPUTER WITHOUT YOU KNOWING ANYTHING ABOUT IT AND SOMETIMES THEY EVEN TRY TO MAKE SOME CHANGES IN YOUR SYSTEM. I KNOW BECAUSE A FEW MONTHS AGO, AFTER SUBSCRIBING TO TWO SURVEY SITES, I HAD PROBLEMS AND THEN I DISCOVERED THEY HAD INSTALLED SOME SOFTWARE WITHOUT SAYING ANYTHING. I THINK THIS IS REALLY AWFUL. NO SITE SHOULD DO ANYTHING TO YOUR COMPUTER WITHOUT BEING AUTHORISED BY YOU, EVEN IF IT'S JUST SOME SIMPLE SOFTWARE CHECKING THE SITES YOUR VISIT. THERE SHOULD BE A LAW AGAINST THIS KIND OF THING AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO POST A MESSAGE SOMETHERE ON THE INTERNET WITH THE NAME OF THE SITE THAT DID SUCH A THING.
@TerryZ (22076)
• United States
2 Dec 06
Needless to say Yes I was surfing a site and the next day I had a virus. And I am almost positive it was from that site. Well I no longer do that, it is a joke anyway they dont pay you. And I am sticking to it.