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FinalBraveNUT 05/02/24 3:11:20 AM #1:	Well which one? - Results (60 votes) A email you opened 1.67% (1 vote) 1 A link you clicked from an ad 8.33% (5 votes) 5 A private measage(for example like FB messenger) 1.67% (1 vote) 1 An adult material related search 36.67% (22 votes) 22 Other 35% (21 votes) 21 Never got a virus 16.67% (10 votes) 10 Just curious what the results may be. I think it was something back in the AOL days when they got me I was like 16 ... it was that or adult option --- FFBE friend ID 958,168,629 Rank 156 <cite>FinalBraveNUT posted [p:980199693] in What cause... [t:80760458]...</cite> <quote> Well which one? - Results (60 votes) A email you opened 1.67% (1 vote) 1 A link you clicked from an ad 8.33% (5 votes) 5 A private measage(for example like FB messenger) 1.67% (1 vote) 1 An adult material related search 36.67% (22 votes) 22 Other 35% (21 votes) 21 Never got a virus 16.67% (10 votes) 10 Show Voting Form Just curious what the results may be. I think it was something back in the AOL days when they got me I was like 16 ... it was that or adult option </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PMarth2002 05/02/24 3:13:36 AM #2:	P2P programs were kinda rampant with them. Either music or porn, i don't know which. --- When money talks for the very last time, and nobody walks a step behind When there's only one race, and that's mankind, then we shall be free <cite>PMarth2002 posted [p:980199705] in What cause... [t:80760458]...</cite> <quote>P2P programs were kinda rampant with them. Either music or porn, i don't know which. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Raiden2909 05/02/24 3:17:16 AM #3:	Me personally? being an tired idiot who didnt even have my glasses on clicking on a link in an e-mail I 100% knew better then to click on but was to exhausted for my own good <cite>Raiden2909 posted [p:980199719] in What cause... [t:80760458]...</cite> <quote>Me personally?being an tired idiot who didnt even have my glasses on clicking on a link in an e-mail I 100% knew better then to click on but was to exhausted for my own good </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
OriginalPlain2 05/02/24 3:20:45 AM #4:	A message from messenger (facebook) that I didnt even click (my wife went through it one day and actually thought I was having conversations with other women) yep --- 41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. 3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life? <cite>OriginalPlain2 posted [p:980199739] in What cause... [t:80760458]...</cite> <quote>A message from messenger (facebook) that I didnt even click (my wife went through it one day and actually thought I was having conversations with other women)yep </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Airhammy 05/02/24 3:23:12 AM #5:	Within the first week of having my first computer... As a joke someone I knew sent me something which set off this looping gif filling my screen with the sound 'You are an idiot, you are an idiot, HA HA, HA HA!' on repeat. Restarting got rid of it. Sometime after I must have done something as someone claiming to be from my ISP called me attempting to "fix what I'd done" and help clear up a virus they said I had. I don't recall if the subject of paying for anything ever came up, but I assume if that were the case and they realized I had no method to do so they finished up the call. Never heard from them ever again. --- http://air-hammer.deviantart.com/ <cite>Airhammy posted [p:980199750] in What cause... [t:80760458]...</cite> <quote>Within the first week of having my first computer...As a joke someone I knew sent me something which set off this looping gif filling my screen with the sound 'You are an idiot, you are an idiot, HA HA, HA HA!' on repeat. Restarting got rid of it.Sometime after I must have done something as someone claiming to be from my ISP called me attempting to "fix what I'd done" and help clear up a virus they said I had. I don't recall if the subject of paying for anything ever came up, but I assume if that were the case and they realized I had no method to do so they finished up the call. Never heard from them ever again. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
008Zulu 05/02/24 3:35:55 AM #6:	It was a banner saying I'd won... I forget, a phone I think. I guessed it was fake before I had clicked on it, I was curious to see what would happen next. Didn't know at the time that ads could be vectors for viruses. It was the early mid 90s. --- If you're not smart enough to survive, you are basically just food for something smarter. <cite>008Zulu posted [p:980199800] in What cause... [t:80760458]...</cite> <quote>It was a banner saying I'd won... I forget, a phone I think. I guessed it was fake before I had clicked on it, I was curious to see what would happen next. Didn't know at the time that ads could be vectors for viruses. It was the early mid 90s. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mad-Dogg 05/02/24 4:52:37 AM #7:	I think it was downloading a fake anime episode of either outlaw star or gundam wing off kazaa. I remember trying to play the fake episode only to find out it was a executable file that all kinds of fucked up my PC. Turned my desktop to this ugly green and yellow theme with a skull and nuclear symbol as the wallpaper. Almost all of my programs and such deleted or hidden away to only show links to buy this virus scan and remover. Took me like 5 days of messing with my PC on and off before I got it all straightened out. I had to hop on my dad's PC, do a ton of searching to find out what exactly this shit that was infecting my PC was, learn how to use torrents just so I can download bootleg retail versions of these specific malware/trojan etc. removers I needed, download a bootleg windows XP because lord knows what happened to the one that came with my PC, burn all of these to blank CDs so I can run them off safe mode on my PC and whatnot. --- GTag:MadDogg730 PSN:lMadDogg NNID:xMadDoggx NS friend code:5313-0564-0819 Go buy cyber shadow like right now. <cite>Mad-Dogg posted [p:980200055] in What cause... [t:80760458]...</cite> <quote>I think it was downloading a fake anime episode of either outlaw star or gundam wing off kazaa. I remember trying to play the fake episode only to find out it was a executable file that all kinds of fucked up my PC. Turned my desktop to this ugly green and yellow theme with a skull and nuclear symbol as the wallpaper. Almost all of my programs and such deleted or hidden away to only show links to buy this virus scan and remover.Took me like 5 days of messing with my PC on and off before I got it all straightened out. I had to hop on my dad's PC, do a ton of searching to find out what exactly this shit that was infecting my PC was, learn how to use torrents just so I can download bootleg retail versions of these specific malware/trojan etc. removers I needed, download a bootleg windows XP because lord knows what happened to the one that came with my PC, burn all of these to blank CDs so I can run them off safe mode on my PC and whatnot. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Axiom 05/02/24 4:54:39 AM #8:	PMarth2002 posted... P2P programs were kinda rampant with them. Either music or porn, i don't know which. Lol yeah anyone downloading porn was playing russian roulette including the kind of video they would get. Most of the time the description was completely wrong sometimes on purpose >_> <cite>Axiom posted [p:980200068] in What cause... [t:80760458]...</cite> <quote>PMarth2002 posted... </cite><quote>P2P programs were kinda rampant with them. Either music or porn, i don't know which.</quote>Lol yeah anyone downloading porn was playing russian roulette including the kind of video they would get. Most of the time the description was completely wrong sometimes on purpose >_></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lazy_Haar 05/02/24 5:01:41 AM #9:	Airhammy posted... As a joke someone I knew sent me something which set off this looping gif filling my screen with the sound 'You are an idiot, you are an idiot, HA HA, HA HA!' on repeat. Restarting got rid of it. That was the first one I remember seeing, too, though it was from one of the AOL chatrooms back in the day. --- You haven't set a signature for the message boards yet <cite>Lazy_Haar posted [p:980200093] in What cause... [t:80760458]...</cite> <quote>Airhammy posted... </cite><quote>As a joke someone I knew sent me something which set off this looping gif filling my screen with the sound 'You are an idiot, you are an idiot, HA HA, HA HA!' on repeat. Restarting got rid of it.</quote>That was the first one I remember seeing, too, though it was from one of the AOL chatrooms back in the day. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
shironinja 05/02/24 5:12:25 AM #10:	Other.. disassembling software and making modifications with unexpected consequences. --- Now or never. <cite>shironinja posted [p:980200136] in What cause... [t:80760458]...</cite> <quote>Other.. disassembling software and making modifications with unexpected consequences. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Whiterun_Guard_ 05/02/24 5:12:52 AM #11:	Probably a rom website. --- No lollygaggin'. <cite>Whiterun_Guard_ posted [p:980200138] in What cause... [t:80760458]...</cite> <quote>Probably a rom website. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Sufferedphoenix 05/02/24 5:25:59 AM #12:	Never been hacked that I'm aware of. Sure I've had plenty of viruses though from porn sites. I've always been skeptical of emails I wasn't expecting ot links in text messages from numbers I don't recognize. Where as porn and viruses is kinda like you expect the risk and just hope for the best. I almost fell for one coming from a friend that got hacked claiming g he had video footage of me doing something embarrassing. And right as I was about to click it I was like wait... I never go anywhere but work and they don't allow recording devices inside. --- I put my heart and soul into my work and I fear I have lost my mind in the process <cite>Sufferedphoenix posted [p:980200192] in What cause... [t:80760458]...</cite> <quote>Never been hacked that I'm aware of. Sure I've had plenty of viruses though from porn sites. I've always been skeptical of emails I wasn't expecting ot links in text messages from numbers I don't recognize. Where as porn and viruses is kinda like you expect the risk and just hope for the best. I almost fell for one coming from a friend that got hacked claiming g he had video footage of me doing something embarrassing. And right as I was about to click it I was like wait... I never go anywhere but work and they don't allow recording devices inside. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FF_Redux 05/02/24 6:19:49 AM #13:	Downloaded random shit on Bearshare when I was young. Had to reboot eveeything. --- http://i.imgur.com/hRsG4.jpg I realized the gifs prob aren't allowed anymore <cite>FF_Redux posted [p:980200413] in What cause... [t:80760458]...</cite> <quote>Downloaded random shit on Bearshare when I was young. Had to reboot eveeything. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Fluttershy 05/02/24 7:10:03 AM #14:	i downloaded a program off of cnet-owned download.com way back when and it came with a rootkit. --- https://imgur.com/a7zbPmp.gif <cite>Fluttershy posted [p:980200693] in What cause... [t:80760458]...</cite> <quote>i downloaded a program off of cnet-owned download.com way back when and it came with a rootkit. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Nukazie 05/02/24 7:11:08 AM #15:	those shiny mouse pointer --- We suffer from the delusion that the entire universe is held in order by the categories of human thought. <cite>Nukazie posted [p:980200702] in What cause... [t:80760458]...</cite> <quote>those shiny mouse pointer </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Guide 05/02/24 7:13:50 AM #16:	Never got one. Just... don't fuck with suspicious shit. It's not hard. --- evening main 2.4356848e+91 https://youtu.be/Acn5IptKWQU <cite>Guide posted [p:980200711] in What cause... [t:80760458]...</cite> <quote>Never got one. Just... don't fuck with suspicious shit. It's not hard. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Irony 05/02/24 7:18:12 AM #17:	Limewire --- See profile pic <cite>Irony posted [p:980200740] in What cause... [t:80760458]...</cite> <quote>Limewire </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Solar_Crimson 05/02/24 7:41:05 AM #18:	Downloaded a Mario fangame sometime back in the early 2000's, and it came with a virus that messed up the PC. --- "Be good to yourself, because everyone else in the world is probably out to get you." - Dr. Harleen Quinzel <cite>Solar_Crimson posted [p:980200887] in What cause... [t:80760458]...</cite> <quote>Downloaded a Mario fangame sometime back in the early 2000's, and it came with a virus that messed up the PC. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lvaneede 05/02/24 7:44:30 AM #19:	a PC game crack or something like that --- Fact: Nintendo is the best, there is no point denying it. <cite>Lvaneede posted [p:980200907] in What cause... [t:80760458]...</cite> <quote>a PC game crack or something like that </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Steffenfield 05/02/24 7:44:30 AM #20:	Metallica_full_album.exe :( <cite>Steffenfield posted [p:980200908] in What cause... [t:80760458]...</cite> <quote>Metallica_full_album.exe :(</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
R_Jackal 05/02/24 7:48:42 AM #21:	Clicked a link on the World of Warcraft forum when I was a teen, lost my first WoW account shortly after <cite>R_Jackal posted [p:980200939] in What cause... [t:80760458]...</cite> <quote>Clicked a link on the World of Warcraft forum when I was a teen, lost my first WoW account shortly after</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GRlFFITH 05/02/24 7:52:33 AM #22:	limewire downloads for sure --- I Love Rice <cite>GRlFFITH posted [p:980200957] in What cause... [t:80760458]...</cite> <quote>limewire downloads for sure </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Euripides 05/02/24 7:57:51 AM #23:	Using a campus computer lab that was infected, then transferring that via a floppy disk to my home computer. Yes, I'm that old --- he/him/his <cite>Euripides posted [p:980201004] in What cause... [t:80760458]...</cite> <quote>Using a campus computer lab that was infected, then transferring that via a floppy disk to my home computer.Yes, I'm that old </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Trumpo 05/02/24 8:00:09 AM #24:	cnet download for a music downloader --- Lancool II \| Z690 Tomahawk \|12700K \| Fuma 2 \| RTX 3070Ti \| 16GB 3600MHz \| FireCuda 530 1TB \| Inland NVMe 1TB \| RM750x <cite>Trumpo posted [p:980201019] in What cause... [t:80760458]...</cite> <quote>cnet download for a music downloader </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Error1355 05/02/24 8:03:41 AM #25:	My first geocities account got 'hacked' because I used the password '123456'. lol. I was like 11. --- I'm a long, long way from giving up Call me old-fashioned, call me a fool <cite>Error1355 posted [p:980201044] in What cause... [t:80760458]...</cite> <quote>My first geocities account got 'hacked' because I used the password '123456'. lol.I was like 11. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ItzKnightz 05/02/24 8:07:47 AM #26:	My Roblox account got hacked into because I tried to sign into roblox from another website. Stupidest mistake I've ever made. I'm pretty sure that as soon as they saw that was account had parental control t,hey just quickly logged off and never came back then I changed my password. --- Can I have a Cookie? No? then I'll have to kill you <cite>ItzKnightz posted [p:980201077] in What cause... [t:80760458]...</cite> <quote>My Roblox account got hacked into because I tried to sign into roblox from another website.Stupidest mistake I've ever made.I'm pretty sure that as soon as they saw that was account had parental control t,hey just quickly logged off and never came back then I changed my password. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Sufferedphoenix 05/02/24 8:26:07 AM #27:	Just wanna add I don't belive I've ever gotten anything bad. I just feel I've had viruses cause I noticed a sharp decline in the computers performance after visiting a seedy site or two. Also reminded of a funny one. Dude I knew clicked on a link for a "free virus scan" which then told him he had like 130 some viruses but for a fee they would get rid of them Instead he decided to start dumping everything on his computer. We caught him like half way through and stopped him --- I put my heart and soul into my work and I fear I have lost my mind in the process <cite>Sufferedphoenix posted [p:980201198] in What cause... [t:80760458]...</cite> <quote>Just wanna add I don't belive I've ever gotten anything bad. I just feel I've had viruses cause I noticed a sharp decline in the computers performance after visiting a seedy site or two. Also reminded of a funny one. Dude I knew clicked on a link for a "free virus scan" which then told him he had like 130 some viruses but for a fee they would get rid of themInstead he decided to start dumping everything on his computer. We caught him like half way through and stopped him </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
kind9 05/02/24 8:28:08 AM #28:	Kazaa, downloading a "movie" that was a 3MB .exe file. --- http://i.imgur.com/NkZUeFd.gif <cite>kind9 posted [p:980201215] in What cause... [t:80760458]...</cite> <quote>Kazaa, downloading a "movie" that was a 3MB .exe file. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
doesntcare 05/02/24 8:29:40 AM #29:	As others have said kazaa/limewire music. Or the annoying toolbars from some random click that would install. <cite>doesntcare posted [p:980201229] in What cause... [t:80760458]...</cite> <quote>As others have said kazaa/limewire music. Or the annoying toolbars from some random click that would install. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Virus 05/02/24 8:46:49 AM #30:	You're all probably hacked right now and don't know. They can see you through the cam. I'm sure not a lot of you use virus scans frequently. --- Flash <cite>Virus posted [p:980201401] in What cause... [t:80760458]...</cite> <quote>You're all probably hacked right now and don't know. They can see you through the cam. I'm sure not a lot of you use virus scans frequently. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
kind9 05/02/24 8:49:35 AM #31:	Virus posted... I'm sure not a lot of you use virus scans frequently. Literally never. Used to be on top of that, but never found malware. I don't think it's a huge problem like it used to be. --- http://i.imgur.com/NkZUeFd.gif <cite>kind9 posted [p:980201429] in What cause... [t:80760458]...</cite> <quote>Virus posted... </cite><quote>I'm sure not a lot of you use virus scans frequently.</quote>Literally never. Used to be on top of that, but never found malware. I don't think it's a huge problem like it used to be. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Error1355 05/02/24 8:51:10 AM #32:	Virus posted... They can see you through the cam. My PC doesn't have a camera hooked up to it, so I'd be damn impressed. --- I'm a long, long way from giving up Call me old-fashioned, call me a fool <cite>Error1355 posted [p:980201444] in What cause... [t:80760458]...</cite> <quote>Virus posted... </cite><quote>They can see you through the cam.</quote>My PC doesn't have a camera hooked up to it, so I'd be damn impressed. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
rivers 05/02/24 8:59:12 AM #33:	I was reading a health blog on Blogspot in Internet Explorer, which was a rare browser for me to use at the time--2013 or 2014--and I suspect the proprietor had unknowingly partnered with some unscrupulous entities for his embedded ad panel because when I came back my stuff was locked out by ransomware, including after restarting the computer. Fortunately, it wasn't so sophisticated that it transmitted any data or encrypted my files. I booted into Linux on a live USB and removed the relevant files, never used IE again, and installed Debian on my hard drive shortly thereafter which was my primary OS for a few years. --- equites quattuor in aeternum 4h4l <cite>rivers posted [p:980201503] in What cause... [t:80760458]...</cite> <quote>I was reading a health blog on Blogspot in Internet Explorer, which was a rare browser for me to use at the time--2013 or 2014--and I suspect the proprietor had unknowingly partnered with some unscrupulous entities for his embedded ad panel because when I came back my stuff was locked out by ransomware, including after restarting the computer. Fortunately, it wasn't so sophisticated that it transmitted any data or encrypted my files. I booted into Linux on a live USB and removed the relevant files, never used IE again, and installed Debian on my hard drive shortly thereafter which was my primary OS for a few years. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lazy_Haar 05/02/24 9:06:37 AM #34:	Error1355 posted... My PC doesn't have a camera hooked up to it, so I'd be damn impressed. You ever see/hear about those scam emails that say they hacked your webcam and recorded you as an attempt at extortion? I once got one, myself, despite the fact that my desktop doesn't have one and my laptops always have a piece of electrical tape over the built-in ones. I think I started to do it after I saw a story where they were interviewing Zuckerberg years ago and you could see the tape on his laptop, though I also try to make sure any webcam drivers are uninstalled, too (though who knows when a laptop might decide to try to reinstall things on its own). Anyway, I'm also reminded now that I once clicked on a link to a news article about something gaming-related that was posted in a topic here, from a gaming website I'd never heard of, and I immediately started having pop-ups and redirects when trying to browse afterwards. I took it as an excuse to do a reformat and fresh install, then started using NoScript for a while after that one. --- You haven't set a signature for the message boards yet <cite>Lazy_Haar posted [p:980201582] in What cause... [t:80760458]...</cite> <quote>Error1355 posted... </cite><quote>My PC doesn't have a camera hooked up to it, so I'd be damn impressed.</quote>You ever see/hear about those scam emails that say they hacked your webcam and recorded you as an attempt at extortion? I once got one, myself, despite the fact that my desktop doesn't have one and my laptops always have a piece of electrical tape over the built-in ones. I think I started to do it after I saw a story where they were interviewing Zuckerberg years ago and you could see the tape on his laptop, though I also try to make sure any webcam drivers are uninstalled, too (though who knows when a laptop might decide to try to reinstall things on its own).Anyway, I'm also reminded now that I once clicked on a link to a news article about something gaming-related that was posted in a topic here, from a gaming website I'd never heard of, and I immediately started having pop-ups and redirects when trying to browse afterwards. I took it as an excuse to do a reformat and fresh install, then started using NoScript for a while after that one. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PoopPotato 05/02/24 9:07:56 AM #35:	Limewire --- http://i.minus.com/i5EWBMXTN4ERv.gif <cite>PoopPotato posted [p:980201594] in What cause... [t:80760458]...</cite> <quote>Limewire </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Fluttershy 05/02/24 9:29:03 AM #37:	You ever see/hear about those scam emails that say they hacked your webcam and recorded you as an attempt at extortion? i once had to remove ransomware from someone else's computer that did this. --- https://imgur.com/a7zbPmp.gif <cite>Fluttershy posted [p:980201827] in What cause... [t:80760458]...</cite> <quote>You ever see/hear about those scam emails that say they hacked your webcam and recorded you as an attempt at extortion?i once had to remove ransomware from someone else's computer that did this. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
blasster 05/02/24 9:36:33 AM #38:	Downloading and installing 'free' music app back in the 90s or something. So I quickly learned there's no such thing as downloading stuff for 'free'. Even if you can download stuff without catching a virus, the site owner prob benefited in some ways the moment you click the download button. --- Mobage: Fire Emblem Heroes 8793571220 https://card.psnprofiles.com/2/Atelier_Ragna.png <cite>blasster posted [p:980201911] in What cause... [t:80760458]...</cite> <quote>Downloading and installing 'free' music app back in the 90s or something.So I quickly learned there's no such thing as downloading stuff for 'free'. Even if you can download stuff without catching a virus, the site owner prob benefited in some ways the moment you click the download button. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Whiterun_Guard_ 05/02/24 9:37:21 AM #39:	Virus posted... You're all probably hacked right now and don't know. They can see you through the cam. I'm sure not a lot of you use virus scans frequently. I put masking tape over my cam and my mic doesnt work anymore. --- No lollygaggin'. <cite>Whiterun_Guard_ posted [p:980201919] in What cause... [t:80760458]...</cite> <quote>Virus posted... </cite><quote>You're all probably hacked right now and don't know. They can see you through the cam. I'm sure not a lot of you use virus scans frequently.</quote>I put masking tape over my cam and my mic doesnt work anymore. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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