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Malware Popup on Covers.com

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fastbreaker

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Joined: Jul, 2016

Posts: 43

Posted: Jul. 27, 2016 - 7:03 AM ET #1

Several times as I'm surfing covers.com using Google Chrome a large pop up has appeared recommending a google chrome update. My anit-virus service has alerted me that this pop up is likely to be malicious. Further web researching indicated that it is not legitimately from Google Chrome and that it is malware

sports_Network

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Joined: Feb, 2009

Posts: 8426

Posted: Jul. 27, 2016 - 7:21 AM ET #2

thank you, your assessment is correct, I also use Google Chrome, and have found the pop-up to be malicious, and nothing more than malware..and no, it has absolutely nothing to do with a Google Chrome

update in any form

Hugh_Jorgan

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Joined: Sep, 2002

Posts: 22961

Posted: Jul. 27, 2016 - 7:27 AM ET #3

Covers refuses to acknowledge anything might be wrong with this site.

I've thrown an old lap top in the garbage as a result of a virus from this site.

I've had two other devices infected from this site, although it was easy enough to save them both.

This has been going on for a few years now.

The only site I ever have problems with is this site.

Covers either doesn't care, or they have no one in their IT department with a clue as to how to fix it

bigreds daddy

fastbreaker

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Joined: Jul, 2016

Posts: 43

Posted: Jul. 27, 2016 - 7:36 AM ET #4

I'm going to start using IE when surfing covers. I'm thinking that there are probably less holes in IE then in Google Chrome.

Nut_Flopper

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Joined: Jan, 2004

Posts: 2413

Posted: Jul. 27, 2016 - 8:21 AM ET #5

Install adblocker plus and your problems are solved.

TheGoldenGoose

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Posts: 32362

Posted: Jul. 27, 2016 - 1:08 PM ET #6

Quote Originally Posted by Nut_Flopper:

Install adblocker plus and your problems are solved.

Firefox with adblocker plus and no problems here.

~~~~~ZOSO~~~~~

scalabrine

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Joined: Sep, 2006

Posts: 28221

Posted: Jul. 27, 2016 - 1:40 PM ET #7

Quote Originally Posted by Hugh_Jorgan:

Covers refuses to acknowledge anything might be wrong with this site.

I've thrown an old lap top in the garbage as a result of a virus from this site.

I've had two other devices infected from this site, although it was easy enough to save them both.

This has been going on for a few years now.

The only site I ever have problems with is this site.

Covers either doesn't care, or they have no one in their IT department with a clue as to how to fix it

I got a new PC too because of this site

fastbreaker

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Joined: Jul, 2016

Posts: 43

Posted: Jul. 29, 2016 - 11:04 AM ET #8

2 more malicious attacks blocked by Norton when surfing covers.com. I don't want to install adblocker. I'm only going to use covers.com at the library from now on.