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Post Tue Feb 18, 2014 12:04 am

Realoem.com and bmwfans.info
Are these sites under some kind of cyber attack, or is it just me?
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Post Tue Feb 18, 2014 12:06 am

realOEM is working OK for me.

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Post Tue Feb 18, 2014 12:09 am

Whenever I move off of the E30 home page, it tries to download an exe. file from LinkBucks.com
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Post Tue Feb 18, 2014 12:26 am

Windows


Thats your problem winkeye
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Post Tue Feb 18, 2014 12:24 pm

that doesn't sound right...

i would run a malware scan such as malwarebytes

https://www.malwarebytes.org/

it sounds like some malware/program in running trying to get you to download more crap
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Post Tue Feb 18, 2014 1:41 pm

I've had it happen when navigating on another non BMW related site now, and have done a little Google research.
It is indeed a malware program, that's not a particularly serious problem in itself, but can allow other more dangerous stuff in.
Haven't tried yet, but it looks reasonably easy to get rid of.
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Post Tue Feb 18, 2014 3:57 pm

Nothing more annoying than a malware program attack! Stay off those 'left handed' websites Brian :)
How do you pronounce 'either'? I say 'either', but some say 'either'. Either is correct.
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Post Tue Feb 18, 2014 9:34 pm

Duke137 wrote:Nothing more annoying than a malware program attack! Stay off those 'left handed' websites Brian :)
Unfortunately, to fulfil my moderating duties, I have to check out all those links that get posted in the Kindergarten section!
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Post Tue Feb 18, 2014 9:43 pm

I use firefox myself and never had any problems so far...

Bring back windows 98 and xp.. Windows 7 is ok Windows 8 what a load of just marketing and tracking cookies
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