Basil Market has a virus?

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thread starter knight05 Feb 06 2010 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I went to basilmarket today and suddenly my anti virus scan says there is a virus. I know its not basilmarket, i think it is the google ads that give the virus. Has any1 of u basilers got a msg saying there is a virus when ur on Basilmarket? I got this virus 2wice from basilmarket.

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DeepRuin 02/06/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

It's from the ads.

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raptor11227 02/06/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

yeah its from the ads. Thats why i got mozilla ad blocker. ^-^

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vusys 02/06/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Adverts on this site are not provided by Google. Google's ad services are generally very safe.

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Kevvl 02/06/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] vusys : Adverts on this site are not provided by Google. Google's ad services are generally very safe. [/quote] Actually, we do have Google-Ads, although Google isn't the provider. The irony here is that GoogleAds are the ones causing the problem.

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vusys 02/06/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] Kevvl : Actually, we do have Google-Ads, although Google isn't the provider. The irony here is that GoogleAds are the ones causing the problem. [/quote] [citation needed] All adverts I can find on the site are provided by Giant Realm, a divsion of Burst Media. No assocation with Google.

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Kevvl + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] vusys : [citation needed] All adverts I can find on the site are provided by Giant Realm, a divsion of Burst Media. No assocation with Google. [/quote] [1]Mr. B: "I've just emailed our ad company about taking down google for a bit to see if it helps"

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vusys 02/06/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] Kevvl : [1]Mr. B: "I've just emailed our ad company about taking down google for a bit to see if it helps" [/quote] [clarification needed] I can't find any information about any relationship between the two. And it seems very unlikely to be anything Google related causing a problem here.

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Kevvl 02/06/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I'd screenshot my chat logs, but that'd reveal his email.

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ProIsBlue 02/06/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I thought Google reviewed the ads for malicious scripts to see if they were safe.

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vusys 02/06/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] Kevvl : I'd screenshot my chat logs, but that'd reveal his email. [/quote] I'm not doubting he said that, but it just doesn't make much sense.

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