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Offline bjs229

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Virus ?
« on: November 23, 2012, 06:48:31 AM »
I cannot connect to the play store or some other links when I search anymore. It happens on Chrome and Firefox. I get error messages that look like this. This was when searching for Nexus10 and clicking on the play store link. Is it a virus?



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Re: Virus ?
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2012, 08:47:12 AM »
Have you tried to clear the cache in Chrome?

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Re: Virus ?
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2012, 10:04:33 AM »
I cleared the cache and cleared the data of the Chrome app. It still happens. Even if I use Firefox ,I get an error message as well. Its freaking me out.

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Re: Virus ?
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2012, 10:30:15 AM »
Try an antivirus program, it may be a malware redirecting browser pages. Not too dangerous, unless it's phishing for passwords but annoying. Anyone else getting this?

Or it could be a server malfunction looks like clickserve is an ad site.
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Re: Virus ?
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2012, 02:36:57 PM »
I got the same message, when I clicked on a link in an email from Google about Cyber Weekend Sale.

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Re: Virus ?
« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2012, 02:42:01 PM »
I would bet the clickserve server is down. Should clear up on its own. Doesn't hurt to scan for viruses although there haven't been many on android so far.......

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Re: Virus ?
« Reply #6 on: November 23, 2012, 05:52:50 PM »
Agreed.  I can't understand why you guys aren't filtering ads like those, though.
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Re: Virus ?
« Reply #7 on: November 23, 2012, 07:17:20 PM »
Is there a non-root ad blocker? I'd love that.

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Re: Virus ?
« Reply #8 on: November 23, 2012, 08:45:38 PM »
I think it is a Google server error, and we can look for its correction.

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Re: Virus ?
« Reply #9 on: November 23, 2012, 09:47:31 PM »
I defer to your judgement. Any reported instances of viruses to watch for?

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Re: Virus ?
« Reply #10 on: November 24, 2012, 01:24:04 AM »
I am going to run avg and see what happens. Says I'm OK. So what are these blisters all over my screen?
« Last Edit: November 24, 2012, 01:34:32 AM by bjs229 »

 


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