Key Press Virus?
#1
Posted 05 June 2009 - 03:17 AM
http://home.att.net/..._generator.html
Thats what pops up every time I press my seven key... it makes no sense. I don't know what a... circuit library or a dial tone generator is, but I haven't touched the link. Probably another viruses no doubt. I wouldn't recommend anyone else press it either unless you're really really sure its not anything... but I'm sort of curious and would like to know. Has anyone heard of anything like this / know how to fix it? It really is annoying...
#3
Posted 05 June 2009 - 04:40 AM
#4
Posted 05 June 2009 - 05:01 AM
If those come back clean, you begin looking into other possibilities.
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#5
Posted 05 June 2009 - 05:56 AM
Yea, checked with anti-virus software and came up clean. That's where I got to thinkin' it wasn't a virus, and it's the first one I got too since I had my laptop and had it about a year now. I find it odd...
#6
Posted 05 June 2009 - 06:24 AM
What operating system are you running?
do you have the latest/up to date virus scanners and whatnot?
I know you can configure shortcut keys but thats usually linked to ctrl+*whateverkey*
(eg. ctrl+C for copy, ctrl+A selects all, etc)
Maybe some virus or something has somehow set a shortcut for your 7 key to open that link
(or someone has manually done it just to annoy you/some other unknown reason :X a pesky roommate or family member perhaps?)
#8
Posted 05 June 2009 - 07:48 AM
Yea, short-cut / function keys sound like something that could have done it. Never used em', so need to know how exactly. Should figure that out...
And no-one I know has the brains to manually reconfigure a keyboard button. Not even me.
#9
Posted 05 June 2009 - 02:33 PM
#10
Posted 05 June 2009 - 05:17 PM
If anything, use avast! for a boot up scan and Avira for every day use.
PROTIP - Don't run both at the same time. Evilness occurs.
Secondly. Run Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware. It has a much deeper scan and finds more buried objects than Spybot. Not saying Spybot is bad but MBAM is best for those really deep scans.
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#11
Posted 06 June 2009 - 05:10 AM
http://home.att.net/..._generator.html
Sort of gettin' used to it actually.
#12
Posted 10 June 2009 - 01:57 PM
I know there is some special antivirus which is deeper than all of these standard antiviruses, but I can't remember it's name,
all I can remember now is that it takes several hours to scan, but no virus has chance against this one...
"Soviet Union was a superpower and each superpower needs at least 1 war at 5 years to keep army in a good condition." ... my grandpa. USA create wars more frequently.
#14
Posted 12 June 2009 - 04:16 AM
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