Virus Allert

I was downloading,

This missing Shader for the Shader Pack: http://www.mediafire.com/download/wl37kh3e1xwye9c/#Building_Enhanced_v2.fx#Building_Enhanced_v2.fx

From tutorial:
Let’s start 3D-Moddeling for Cities XL
Very Basic Tutorial by Mr.X² - Part I

When I went to Mediafire to download, I picked up a browser highjacker virus.

I downloaded this file once before with no trouble. Not sure what happened, but be careful with this download.

So far, I have managed to get rid of it, with the exception of, I had to delete Google Chrome.

I have everything back up now.

I was a little upset so I don't remember the name of the file, but if this happens to you, you will know the name!

To get rid of it,

1. Go to your control panel, select uninstall a program, and uninstall it.
2. Next go to your web browser, it's going to load it's own search engine page. When it does, go to another search engine.
3. In IE, open the little gear Icon at the top right side of the page "Tools" and select "Manage Add-ons"
4. Select "Search Providers" look to the right and you will see it there, mouse over it and delete if you can, or disable it.
5. Now you will need to reboot your system.

Google is about the same way,

1. Go to tools on the top right.
2. Scroll down to "More Tools", in the pop out, select "Extensions".
3. Look for that extension and delete it if you can, or disable it.
4. Reboot your system.

I hope no one runs across this like I did.

Good luck.

 

I found the problem.

When I was downloading the first time, there was a problem and as always, the minute I see something out of the normal, I close the page.
Well, When I did, I did not realize that it had opened a popup in the background that read "Your file is ready for download". Like a moron, I went ahead and selected it thinking it was this file, by then it was too late, I could not get it to stop loading.

Now that all is good, I went back to download that file. The file downloads just fine. However, I am not sure if it happens to everyone, but after downloading that file, it drops that same pop-up in the background, in a new page "Your file is ready for download". DON'T TOUCH THIS!!! Just close it.

I checked, and it happens on a different systems as well, so it isn't a virus on my system. It's just a pop-up on that site.

Just be careful.

 

I will look into this. I thought it was malware at first.

I agree, I have downloaded it 2 times before. Don't know why it is dropping that pop-up now. But you are right, the file does need to be on a little cleaner host.

When I got this one, I was using IE, and it infected all my browsers. Well, IE, Google, and Firefox. I don't have Safari or Opera on this system, so I'm not sure if it would have gotten them too. LOL

Adblock Plus - I see a download for each browser. Do you need to download this independently for each, or will one download apply to all browsers?

Just answered that myself. It's an independent extension, needs added to each browser.

Thanks