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RuneField Site - PLEASE READ

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Posted 27 August 2005 - 03:50 AM

Someone came to our site earlier today and posted a link to Runefield. While I do not believe the site itself spreads a virus, I think that one of their ads does. Through certain ad services a person can potentially spread viruses through many websites (those which host the ads), which is another reason to get a good ad blocker and perhaps Firefox. That's also a big reason why we are using the Google text banners instead of others, since our site would not be affected by such ads. grnwink.gif

However, if you visited the site through Internet Explorer you could have received a trojan. It is not a keylogger by itself, but if left on your computer long enough it could force your computer to download more viruses without your knowledge. It also allows someone to remotely access your computer and potentially hijack it.

According to Bigrat it is pretty obvious if you got it (crashes the browser), but regardless I would recommend that you run a virus scan if you clicked the link. The thread with the link has been removed, and if you did not click it you are fine (it was just an external link).

Information on the particular trojan can be found here
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