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    Weird Viruses from Recruitment companies!

    Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by MaXimus, Jun 7, 2009.

  1. MaXimus

    MaXimus Notebook Deity

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    This has happened twice with me now from two different recruitment companies? What the heck is going on? :rolleyes: Thank god NOD32 caught them immediately and blocked the site on meh, and I was wondering why does it take forever to access teh registration form. LOL


    Site 1: www.sosrecruitment.net

    Site 2: www.ecae.ac.ae
     

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    MaXimus, Jun 7, 2009
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  2. swarmer

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    Probably false positives I'd guess... at least that one in the screenshot you took. I get that with Avira a lot. Then again, who knows... but if the site/company is reputable then it's probably just a false positive. If you want to be safe, use a browser nobody targets, like Opera or Chrome.
     
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  3. MaXimus

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    any more suggestions?
     
    MaXimus, Jun 7, 2009
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    Avast also spotted it and warned me. I reckon these websites have been hacked. Avast reports a Trojan Horse on both sites.
     
    TeeJay 44, Jun 7, 2009
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    I get a trojan report for the SOS recruitment site with Kaspersky - nothing on the other - 21:59GMT - 8th June 09
     
    DetlevCM, Jun 8, 2009
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