Gunbroker site - be careful - potential virus

[Pete Lester]

I am not 100% certain but it appears that Gunbroker.com may be attempting to attack older versions of Internet Explorer by forcing you to some site which will supposedly upgrade it. The site was not a Microsoft site so I am skeptical and believe this to be a ploy to give your computer a virus.

The machine I am on is Windows 7 running IE9. I would suggest closing out Explorer with the Ctl-Alt-Del command if it tries to redirect you and use an alternative browser such as FireFox or Chrome for GB.

[Mills Morrison]

Thanks for the heads up.

[Rick Losey]

gun broker can be a virus on its own- it attacks your wallet

:rolleyes:

[Stephen Hodges]

Thanks Pete. I have been getting that pop-up and have just been closing it.

[Pete Lester]

Steve be careful how you close a potential attack on your computer. Hackers are clever and sometimes clicking on the red X in the upper right of your web browser will lead to an infection. When in doubt use Ctl-Alt-Del and then ending the suspect process is safer.

[Dean Romig]

When in doubt use Ctl-Alt-Del and then ending the suspect process is safer.


Good advice Pete - Ctl-Alt-Dlt is the ONLY way to prevent infection.

[scott kittredge]

Good advice Pete - Ctl-Alt-Dlt is the ONLY way to prevent infection.

Whats Ctl-Alt-Dlt I don't know much about these things :corn:

[Pete Lester]

Whats Ctl-Alt-Dlt I don't know much about these things :corn:

Hold down the Ctl and Alt keys with left hand then press Del key with right. That brings up the Task Manager. Look under Applications for what is running on your computer. Select the suspected attack page, then click End Task.

[John Campbell]

An alternative solution: Scrap that liberal-supported PC and get a Mac with Safari. No problems... LOL

[Pete Lester]

An alternative solution: Scrap that liberal-supported PC and get a Mac with Safari. No problems... LOL

That is so far off it's funny. The Apple/Mac world is predominantly higher education, enuff said. Mac's are no longer immune from computer virus' either.

[scott kittredge]

An alternative solution: Scrap that liberal-supported PC and get a Mac with Safari. No problems... LOL

When you say "Mac" you mean Big mac? wright?:corn:

[John Campbell]

When you say "Mac" you mean Big mac? wright?:corn:

In all good humour... I will let you and Mr. Lester deal with GB and PC. I'm sitting here in front of my iMac which still remains totally virus-free. No matter how many times I visit Gunbroker... (thank you, Steve Jobs & Co)

This is all in good fun. I don't want to start a debate here...

[scott kittredge]

In all good humour... I will let you and Mr. Lester deal with GB and PC. I'm sitting here in front of my iMac which still remains totally virus-free. No matter how many times I visit Gunbroker... (thank you, Steve Jobs & Co)

This is all in good fun. I don't want to start a debate here...

Hi, Yes all in good humor. I do mean I know nothing about computers. I have not even seen a Mac, this one I have here will be my last one because windows 8 is next and I can figure out how to use it, scott