Spam/Malware/Trojans on GameCopyWorld

[Grumpy]

Sorry to hear both of you have experienced so much trouble with the ads etc.
I too still use IE and I have NEVER experienced any problems like the ones you two have explained.
The ads are location dependent so I am obviously not seeing the same ads you guys are.
I use Bitdefender and I also use a seperate popup program called PopUpCop.

I can appreciate your frustration, it is annoying to get this type of crap from any site let alone GCW and Fileforums.

I can however suggest an easy fix for your problems.

Google 'Malwarebytes Anti-Malware' and download the Free version. From experience of helping members of my gaming clan it is an awesome program for ridding your system of any malicious content.

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will fix your current problems. It wont stop you from getting the crap again but it will solve you current problem!

Btw, the Windows Firewall is crap.

Good luck

[Joe Forster/STA]

Originally Posted by Grumpy

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will fix your current problems. It wont stop you from getting the crap again but it will solve you current problem!

So will any firewall/virus scanner that also has an Internet filter module, e.g. NOD32.

Originally Posted by Grumpy

Btw, the Windows Firewall is crap.

So is Micro$oft Internet Explorer. Use Firefox (or Opera) instead. (Both are free.)

[Grumpy]

So is Micro$oft Internet Explorer.

I do also use Firefox but I have no issues with IE 6.5.
IE7 is crap.

99.9% of the time I still use IE. Works a treat when setup correctly.

[EMPiRE]

Again... It is possible to get "infected" as we use third party advertisers over which we do not have any control. So if a third party is spamming or sending crap then it is possible it is shown @ GCW, even when we are totally against this crap. Usually the advertising company showing the 3rd party advertiser will remove the crap asap but sometimes it is quite hard to see who is doing this as most ads are geo-targeted to a specific country or region, this means most users (including us) will never see this crap!

Most of the free sites in existence are using 3rd party ads and they have exactly the same problem...

If there was other/better alternative advertising then we would use it but this simply does not exist anymore... The hosting bills have to be paid and this ain't cheap running 10-12 servers worldwide!

So just be prepared that it can happen and make sure you are protected (but this is nothing new... if you are well protected nothing can "screw-up" your system, unless you are stupid to trust the contents of "popups", you have to be suspicious if something happens that never happened before!)

We are getting at least 20-30 emails per day from people who genually think a certain file is infected but in all cases they are false positives, this is something we can never fix unless AV software is updated properly. It's frustrating but we are getting immune about this and just delete these emails...

Some people think that we are sending this crap on purpose, if you are one of these people then just go elsewhere and do not come here complaining about it. It's the current state of the internet and it will only get worse!

Our policy over the past 10 years has been (or at least try) to never show malware, trojans, virusus & popups of any kind, this policy has not changed!

[Frum]

Originally Posted by EMPiRE

Again... It is possible to get "infected" as we use third party advertisers over which we do not have any control. So if a third party is spamming or sending crap then it is possible it is shown @ GCW, even when we are totally against this crap. Usually the advertising company showing the 3rd party advertiser will remove the crap asap but sometimes it is quite hard to see who is doing this as most ads are geo-targeted to a specific country or region, this means most users (including us) will never see this crap!

Most of the free sites in existence are using 3rd party ads and they have exactly the same problem...

If there was other/better alternative advertising then we would use it but this simply does not exist anymore... The hosting bills have to be paid and this ain't cheap running 10-12 servers worldwide!

So just be prepared that it can happen and make sure you are protected (but this is nothing new... if you are well protected nothing can "screw-up" your system, unless you are stupid to trust the contents of "popups", you have to be suspicious if something happens that never happened before!)

We are getting at least 20-30 emails per day from people who genually think a certain file is infected but in all cases they are false positives, this is something we can never fix unless AV software is updated properly. It's frustrating but we are getting immune about this and just delete these emails...

Some people think that we are sending this crap on purpose, if you are one of these people then just go elsewhere and do not come here complaining about it. It's the current state of the internet and it will only get worse!

Our policy over the past 10 years has been (or at least try) to never show malware, trojans, virusus & popups of any kind, this policy has not changed!

First of all let me say how much I have enjoyed using this site over the past five years and thank everybody that has been involved in keeping it running....

However

Sorry dude I am no expert... but when I download a file and upon downloading before Ive run it or unzipped it, it opens java, disables my firewall and sends me nice stuff like trojan.downloader.. then I think you have a serious problem..

Your policy may well be not to show malware, trojans, viruses or popups of any kind, but turning a blind eye or telling people to go elsewhere, its the current state of the internet??? lol sorry I wonder why that is??

Sorry that attitude sucks dude

Yours hopeful of a clean website

Frum

[EMPiRE]

Some people just do not "get" it... I am not surprised, again a useless reply

[Joe Forster/STA]

The current state of the Internet can be thanked to malicious hackers sponsored by malicious capitalists, and that has nothing to do with GCW or its forum.

The administrator - did you recognize that it is him whom you're criticising?! - will do his best to get rid of malicious advertising but he can only do that afterwards, not beforehands. As there are some other sites - not this one! - that send you infected files on purpose, you should have an able firewall and virus scanner anyway.