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leeds6 · 01-02-12, 06:36 PM

in the last few days when connecting to tech watch and not just on my pc i end up on a filestore page whatever that is and get asked to do a quiz to win a 47inch tv or an ipad 2 is this a techwatch ad or is something weird going on

forgot to add i dont use direct link i just google techwatch then click on forums and i'm usually in but now i have to get past this irritating page

http://file2store.info/download.php?id=E9A1A0A0

the link is above just did it to me again this time in firefox

andyjill · 01-02-12, 07:27 PM

Same here with google, started yesterday with me.

brian · 01-02-12, 09:05 PM

If you click on a link on Google to a site you know, and end up on a completely different one, almost certainly malware.

Got that showing on my laptop periodically so have downloaded and installed Malwarebytes and am running a scan now.

leeds6 · 02-02-12, 09:29 AM

seems to be a google thing

brian · 04-02-12, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by leeds6

seems to be a google thing

No, it looks like adware - it looks very much like the same thing that automatically posts to Facebook accounts after it infects users.

Google will not send you to an unrelated site unless you're clicking on sponsored links.

leeds6 · 05-02-12, 12:48 PM

i only said that because when i use yahoo it dosent happen when i use google in ie i go to a filestore page not all the time just sometimes and if i use google in firefox i go to a dollaraid page which wants me to disable addblock or noscript also happens at work not just at home ,on my pc i have run malaware bytes spybot and eset they show nothing .The only site where i get this is techwatch no other site i go to does this its very odd

andyjill · 05-02-12, 02:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leeds6

i only said that because when i use yahoo it dosent happen when i use google in ie i go to a filestore page not all the time just sometimes and if i use google in firefox i go to a dollaraid page which wants me to disable addblock or noscript also happens at work not just at home ,on my pc i have run malaware bytes spybot and eset they show nothing .The only site where i get this is techwatch no other site i go to does this its very odd

Still the same with me, even after Iv'e ran malwarebytes.

andyjill · 06-02-12, 04:58 PM

I can come into tw with no problems now.

leeds6 · 07-02-12, 09:08 AM

yep back to normal

01-02-12, 06:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
leeds6 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 264 Thanks: 5 Thanked 50 Times in 47 Posts	filestore in the last few days when connecting to tech watch and not just on my pc i end up on a filestore page whatever that is and get asked to do a quiz to win a 47inch tv or an ipad 2 is this a techwatch ad or is something weird going on forgot to add i dont use direct link i just google techwatch then click on forums and i'm usually in but now i have to get past this irritating page http://file2store.info/download.php?id=E9A1A0A0 the link is above just did it to me again this time in firefox Last edited by leeds6; 01-02-12 at 06:48 PM.

01-02-12, 07:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
andyjill Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 890 Thanks: 155 Thanked 366 Times in 278 Posts	Re: filestore Same here with google, started yesterday with me.

01-02-12, 09:05 PM	#3 (permalink)
brian Administrator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inverness, Scotland Posts: 3,801 Thanks: 286 Thanked 1,697 Times in 595 Posts	Re: filestore If you click on a link on Google to a site you know, and end up on a completely different one, almost certainly malware. Got that showing on my laptop periodically so have downloaded and installed Malwarebytes and am running a scan now. __________________ Sky+, 1m motorised dish, Vu+ Duo HD PVR, Panasonic 42" G15 Plasma HDTV, Playstation 2 + 3, Not enough time...

02-02-12, 09:29 AM	#4 (permalink)
leeds6 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 264 Thanks: 5 Thanked 50 Times in 47 Posts	Re: filestore seems to be a google thing

05-02-12, 12:48 PM	#6 (permalink)
leeds6 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 264 Thanks: 5 Thanked 50 Times in 47 Posts	Re: filestore i only said that because when i use yahoo it dosent happen when i use google in ie i go to a filestore page not all the time just sometimes and if i use google in firefox i go to a dollaraid page which wants me to disable addblock or noscript also happens at work not just at home ,on my pc i have run malaware bytes spybot and eset they show nothing .The only site where i get this is techwatch no other site i go to does this its very odd

06-02-12, 04:58 PM	#8 (permalink)
andyjill Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 890 Thanks: 155 Thanked 366 Times in 278 Posts	Re: filestore I can come into tw with no problems now.

07-02-12, 09:08 AM	#9 (permalink)
leeds6 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 264 Thanks: 5 Thanked 50 Times in 47 Posts	Re: filestore yep back to normal