Wincustomize.....and the new pictures virus...

[lesman]

Ok, so I'm sure many have heard the news about the new type of virus that can get on your computer simply by viewing a webpage in the form of a picture format "jpeg, gif, yada yada yada".....now, here's what happened to me:

I visit www.wincustomize.com frequently on my windows computer to download themes. I was sitting there one day and my download box pops up as if I'm downloading something and BOOM-up pops the ""Norton Antivirus has detected and failed to delete a virus" dialog box...it was bloodhound dot something-or-other, and it said it was located in temporary internet files. So I cleared them all out, lo-and behold, it was gone. I didn't think much of it, but noted it happened when I was on wincustomize.com.

Just yesterday I visited wincustomize again...all the sudden my little download box pops up saying "download beginning". So quickly I scurry to the download manager.....the file it's downloading is a very small .gif file. Then up pops the Norton Antivirus box again. I couldn't close out of msn explorer, as it said "an operation hasn't finished". After a little while, it closed. So I cleared out the temp files and cookies again, and it's gone....

Is wincustomize to blame for this? Or is it a user image that they are showcasing on the frontpage? I am not sure, but it is bugging me. Feedback please.

 

[djnes]

They may have updated the content on the page, but I'm not getting anything to happen.

 

[lesman]

Thanks for the reply.

The content changes on the page all the time, in between the times I got that "virus", I visited there a few times with nothing happening. I will try to narrow it down.

 

[djnes]

I'll keep checking as well, just to see if I get anything.

 

[lesman]

I'll keep checking as well, just to see if I get anything.

Thanks a lot, man. It's a risk, ya know!

 

[N_Raged]

I haven't noticed anything different lately, nor have I gotten any strange popups from that site.