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Question Posted Thursday September 4 2008, 12:57 pm

Ok, I'm using a free trial of Avira Antivirus. I have a couple of questions about this.

First off, I'd like to purchase this program. However, I live in the US, and the ads that come up for it on my computer aren't in US dollars.
Is it possible for me to purchase this, and how would I go about doing that?

Also, starting today, every time I click on a question here on the site, I get a virus warning. Options being to deny access, ignore, quarantine.

When I click the link for information on the found virus, it tells me this: (which might as well be in Chinese, as much as I understand it.)

HTML/Infected.WebPage.Gen - Malware

Virus: HTML/Infected.WebPage.Gen
Date discovered: 14/08/2007
Type: Trojan
In the wild: Yes
Reported Infections: Low
Distribution Potential: Low
Damage Potential: Low
Static file: No
Engine version: 7.04.01.62

On both questions, I'm pretty much at a loss. The virus that it claims the questions here have is something that has just recently started today.

If it is any help:
My computer is HP, Windows XP Media Center.
I run two free virus programs Avira (being on a trial basis as of now) and Avast.
I also frequently run Ad-Aware SE (I also use the free version of that program.)

Any help you can give me is greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance!





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DangerNerd answered Thursday September 4 2008, 5:21 pm:
A user ran an attack against the site and this was the result. It has been cleaned up, and I am figuring out how it was done. My host is being very little help. :-(

Sorry I was in an awful rush when I first answered:

I am not intimately familiar with the AV program you would like to purchase. Theymos did a complete review of them all, and I will bet he has a line on this. Drop him an inbox, if you don't mind. If he can't help, let me know and I will look into it when I am done wrangling with my hosting company.

Edit:

I went through the purchase process on the website, and it converts to US dollars on the page you actually enter your info on. :-)

No worries, just enter your info and it will sell to you on your own terms.

DN.

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