Does dustygoldemail.com sends out viruses??

[pierina]

It has happen twice now (both yesterday and today) that dustygoldemail.com's email caused me multi-never-ending-pop ups invading my computer when clicking on the paid links.
That must have been viruses and I am very angry about that.
I had to restart my computer from the computer and everybody knows what time it does take to wait for that to be finished.
But that is not the worst about this. What do they let advertisers pay for? Do they at all care about their members. Is anything possible to send out to the none suspecting members?
It is a shame to express it gently!!
Aand I just don't know what to do!
That must be a crime!
I just wonder what else than a virus could possible start a pop up-terror like that!
It is horrible!!!

[rick2002]

pierina

You do not know me but I have found that there are a lot of pop-ups poping up all over if it is so upseting then get a pop-up stopper and you will not have to worry. I also recieve emails from dustygold and have not ever found one virus in any of her emails. Lot of paid emails set-up pop-ups when they send their ads to different email sites. They have pop unders,pop overs,fly-ins and all different types. So the best idea is just down load a pop-up killer and then you will not have that trouble anymore.

[pierina]

I know that there are programs that stops and eliminates pop ups. I don't need advices about that.
The thing is that the webmistress at www.dustygoldemail.com is sending out viruses and that is not a normal pop up cavalcade if you know what I mean. You maybe haven't heard about pop upviruses that crashes your hard disk??!!!
But that is what it is all about here.
And it is a shame that some person in that position is sitting and sending out viruses to her members.
It is unforgiveable.
Now I have been thinking what could be the reason to the whole thing.
And some days ago she did send out a email telling the members that if there were some people that had not been doing searches in the search-mails they send out every now and then she would delete the all of their accounts if they didn't write to her and gave a real good explaination about why they had not made an search.
She also said that she could controle it because she is herself an owner of some searchengines.
It was an angry and threatful mail she did send out. I did write to her and told her about that I do always make a search when it is possible to do that.
And to be friendly I gave her some examples when it is not possible.
As I live in Sweden some searchengines are blocking my country from searching.
When my computer stops to work ( my mouse can't be mooved and every thing else freezes too) must restart it.
And when the searchengine doesn't give a searchresult regardless of how many words you try to make a search with .And gave her these two searchengines as an example:
http://www.searchlikecrazy.com
and:
http://www.djump2it.com
Which are almost impossible to get searchresults from.It is not the meaning I shall sit for hours trying to get a result, is it?! It has happened that I had got an result a few times but that is very rare.And a word that works one day doesn't work another day.
I used the word my computer crashes when it sometimes will just stop working. And now she is taking revenge for that.
She is in the mood of act of vengeance and that is terrible that a person in her position can not controle her feelings better.
To be a webmistress means you must act confiding. And not act like a hacker or cracker. It is a scandal!!!Disgraceful it is!

[rick2002]

I know that there are kinds of viruses out there but like I said before I've been with dustygold for over two years and never have I ever gotten a virus yet. You do know that sometimes if you do recieve a lot of pop-ups that your computer will freeze and if you wait a little bit it will start up again. If not then there are times that you might have to restart and reboot your computer. That does not mean that it is being sent from dustygold.com or anyone it just sometimes happens. You have run a virus check on your computer right and what viruses did it say you had??? I would like to know because I run one every hour on mine just to be safe and non so far. Yes she did state that there were a lot of people out there not doing the searches and that she had a way of finding out who. But if you ran a search eng. and a lot of people just clicked on it to get the money but did not at least try to do a search would you not be upset?? I know I would because then I would be paying people who did not earn the money. What I thought she was saying is if you at least try that would be better then the ones who do not try and are out for the money only. She did say that there would be times when you could not get a search [popup]. How could you then do a search you could not. She was mad at the people who do not even try not at people like you and me who at least do try. I live in TN in the USA but even here sometimes there are problems getting the search eng. to work right. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

[pierina]

You know, I don't accuse people for no reason. I think that I have got reasons to suspect that the webmistress is sending viruses to me. What else can I think when I will have all that pop up-attacks to my computer. I am not 100% for sure.But it seems very likely that they are involved in the pop ups. Can it be a coincident that it happens just when I open their files? Maybe there is a puny chance that there is another explanation to it. But I think you do know less than I do about that.
And I want to know the truth!
I don't want to defame I just want to clear up the difficulties .And that's that!
I haven't got any other complaints about the site. And to be honest I do wish I am wrong about it.That there is another explanation and I will try to find the facts. And I want to know if somebody else have been exposed for something like this.Or is it a personal attack pointed to only me? Or what is it? I can see a connection to the search-issue here. I agree with you that people should make searches if they are paid to do so. But sometimes they do delete the accountholders account when they think they are using spam and mass-sending emails etc.. Simple don't follow the rules. And this do they mostly have no check on the paid-for-email-webmasters/webmistresses.Which means that their account isn't searchable. Besides the other reasons I mentioned before in my letter so can that be another reason for not making a search. Who is perfect anyway!?
I understand she doesn't want to pay for it. And she should maybe have a system that could controle it.

[rick2002]

I can see your point also. I too would like to know if this has happened to anyone else. I have not had that problem with this site so please if there is anyone else who has had a problem let us know ok. But,also from what you said you do not have any viruses on your computer from all those popups am I right about that??


May you have a nice day also.

PS what time is it there?? It is 12 noon here just asking that is all?

[pierina]

Hi! The time here is 18 minutes past 6 p.m.
I don't mind that you are telling your opion and so on. I hope the virus is gone , but you can never be to sure .Bye!

[pierina]

Here is the links I don't think they work without name and password.But I think it is the third one or the fourth one that is the popup terror-link.
If you dare to try!
Voluntarly!



http://www.dustygoldemail.com/scripts/runner.php?EA=3727b375





http://www.dustygoldemail.com/scripts/runner.php?EA=3728e69c





http://www.dustygoldemail.com/scripts/runner.php?EA=372927d6





http://www.dustygoldemail.com/scripts/runner.php?EA=3730810c





http://www.dustygoldemail.com/scripts/runner.php?EA=37314bbf





http://www.dustygoldemail.com/scripts/runner.php?EA=3732361b





http://www.dustygoldemail.com/scripts/runner.php?EA=3733d976





http://www.dustygoldemail.com/scripts/runner.php?EA=3734350a





http://www.dustygoldemail.com/scripts/runner.php?EA=373544a0





http://www.dustygoldemail.com/scripts/runner.php?EA=373629ec




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[rick2002]

I tried them all and all they did was say I had already gotten credit for them no pop ups nothing so I do not know what happened when you clicked on them. I know that you know that people put popups and popunders on a lot of their ads and you do not know it until you click on them. Then bang you get hit with them all. That could be what happened and not dustygold at all. I know that I keep getting people wanting me to put those on my ads they say that you get more people to sign-up under you that way,me I find them to be a pain so I will not do that to anyone but some people will and do.

[pierina]

Well I have now checked the link again and it is number two and I don't know if it is programmed to only start when my username and password is filled in .But it is most certainly a virus. Don't know how serious it is though.
But it is still a big scam to practise abuse of power and confidence and a real bad overstep as well.
Disqualify her as an webmaster/webmistress if she did do that intentionally!
If I wouldn't have stopped the popups by restarting my computer it would probably have crashed my hard disk. I haven't tried it and will not !But believe me it would!

[DAzHiredGun]

Originally posted by pierina
Well I have now checked the link again and it is number two and I don't know if it is programmed to only start when my username and password is filled in .But it is most certainly a virus. Don't know how serious it is though.
But it is still a big scam to practise abuse of power and confidence and a real bad overstep as well.
Disqualify her as an webmaster/webmistress if she did do that intentionally!
If I wouldn't have stopped the popups by restarting my computer it would probably have crashed my hard disk. I haven't tried it and will not !But believe me it would!


Try this: http://housecall.antivirus.com/housecall/start_corp.asp

If there's a virus present somewhere, it will locate, identify and clean it for you. I've used it a number of times.


Ron

[lil crusader]

ty for that link Ron -- I'm going to try it myself after work this afternoon.

I wonder if pierina ran it.....I have a strange feeling the answer is no. ;) (Is there such a thing as a virus that just drops in for a visit and then goes away if you reboot your computer? Serious q here -- I've never heard of anything like that. I thought when you were infected, you were infected until you took the necessary steps to remove it.)

[DAzHiredGun]

Never heard of one that goes and comes as it pleases.

Someone told me this tool is so good, that if your chillun have a virus, just have 'em grab the computer while you're runnin' the program.........


Ron

[pierina]

I have got hard to believe that you tried the link.
But maybe you did. And maybe it is designated to work only on my user name .I haven't tried it another way.
I call it a virus what else could it possibly be. There are many kind of viruses and I know very little about them.
But I know I dislike getting a pop up-attack very much.
I don't know if I shall delete my account at dustygoldemail.com now.Maybe I should better do that.I don't know if I can stand receiving emails from her that long time it will take to reach payout-amount.The minimum pay out is $ 345 and I have earned only $ 26.3481 hard-earned money. I wonder if it would take a lifetime to reach the minimum pay out.
It is really not making any sense. She must have changed the sum during the time I have been a member.
I think they shouldn't have got right to change that like that.

[DAzHiredGun]

Before you go so far as to delete your account, try running a virus check through the link I posted. It's 100% free. It takes a little while to complete the virus scan; but, it's well worth the time. It checked 34-38,000 files on my computer in about 20 minutes over a 56k modem. When finished, it listed every virus it had found. All you do afterward it select "clean" and it rids your computer of the viruses. The first time I ran it, six different ones were found.

Try it out. You only lose a little time, but gain a lot of confidence.


Ron

[pierina]

Thanks very much for the advice. I will consider doing that.
Hope it will do!

[lil crusader]

A virus is something that infects your computer -- just like a virus infects your body. Different ones have different results (none of which are multiple pop up ads tho).

Multiple pop ups are known as pop-up he double hockey sticks...yes they can freeze your computer requiring you to reboot - sometimes they're in a loop that it seems you'll never get out of -- and yes they are amazingly annoying!

BUT....they aren't a virus in any shape or form (nor are they a worm or a trojan) and a link can't be programmed to recognize one particular user out of everyone that might click on it so that only that user is bothered.....pop up he** is an equal opportunity annoyer --- unless you have a pop up blocker activated.

Run your virus check as Ron suggested, download a pop up blocker, and you'll live happily ever after.

[pierina]

I find your comment somewhat contradictory .You says that it is not virus and nor a worm.Well, but you think I need the anti-virusprogram to fix it. I don't want to complaint. But it is rather confusing. What is it you wanna say.
Apart from that so was the info okay.

[lil crusader]

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be confusing. I suggested running that virus scan just for your own peace of mind. I honestly do not believe any sort of virus was involved with the pop-up ads you described, but thought it might make you feel better if you verified this yourself with a virus scan.

[emailmatters]

Seems like we are up against spyware, parasites, and virii these days. There are lots of them and they do different things. Spyware can be considered a trojan. Trojans are classified as virii (by Symantec, perhaps). Parasites are just parasites. They can't be classified as virii becuase they do not replicate themselves and spread as most virii do.

Here are two other tools I have been able to use the past few weeks while I am on the go.

This one is a quick scan for spyware. It's an online detector. You can use it free of charge. It's pretty quick.

http://www.spywareinfo.com/xscan.php

This is I found found it very informational. It's a parasite detector. It works online and is easy to run. It takes a little bit longer, but is very good. I didn't have any parasites, but people I knew had a few.

http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/

I hope that helps. Please use them. Read the information on both sites. It can help you become more aware of what's out there and how to fix it.

[pierina]

I appreciate the tip and the information about the two scans. That was a nice gesture of you to give me the two adresses. Thanks a lot!

[snyder25]

I just did the Parasite scan on my computer and it found one. The cool part was that it told me where to locate it and remove it from my computer.

Thanks for the info. I'll be doing parasite scans on a regular basis.

[Rob]

The parasite scan informed me that I had a MySearch/MyWay search toolbar parasite, and provided useful uninstall instructions.

Thanks for posting this!

Rob

[Rob]

I just did a scan for spyware/adware, and I deleted the infamous Cydoor Client.

Thanks for these invaluable tools,

Rob

[brela101201]

Pop-ups are advertisements, not viruses. I have never heard of a virus or a worm that generates multiple pop-ups.

DustGoldEmail does not send out viruses. I am a member there, and I do notice the popups, but my computer has never been infected by any link I have clicked from that program (and I do them all, including the searches)

Install a pop-up blocker, pierina. That will solve all of your problems.

As far as LilCrusaders comments about the virus coming and going as it pleases, believe it or not, I ran into such a virus. It' called Win32/Hantaner. It is a virus that you will find if you are a Kazaa user. It imbeds itself in files that you download, and seems to a lot of funny stuff;)

[stapledmustard]

I would like to start by saying that I am quite knowledgeable in the area of computers. Running a virus scan is a VERY VERY VERY VERY good idea, but if you have never run one before, its likely youll have many. That does NOT mean they came from these emails. If anything, the popups are caused by either the site that is being advertised or by spyware. I recommend either adaware which you can get here (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/) or spybot which you can get here (http://download.com.com/3000-2144-10122137.html?part=104443&subj=dlpage&tag=button) Now you have to make sure you update the program before you run them so that you can get rid of all the newest spyware out there. Now spyware is rarely spread through emails, it is usually spread by either popups (the infamous gator pop up would be the perfect example. it tricks people into thinking they NEED whatever its displaying so they click yes. Then they install their evil software) Spyware CAN cause a lot of popups. You have to be careful though, if you are running some stuff that you WANT. If you have some toolbar of sorts that you like or something then you have to make sure not to let it get rid of that. Okay I feel better now. Good luck! :)

[BobbiePolk]

Originally posted by pierina
<<SNIP>>
But that is what it is all about here.
And it is a shame that some person in that position is sitting and sending out viruses to her members.
<<SNIP>>
She is in the mood of act of vengeance and that is terrible that a person in her position can not controle her feelings better.
To be a webmistress means you must act confiding. And not act like a hacker or cracker. It is a scandal!!!Disgraceful it is!

:\ I can not believe that you are actually acusing a webmaster of intentionally sending out a virus to her members, and not only that, but thinking that the link is targeted to only your username??
I'm sorry, but I have been a member of DG and have never had a problem with her emails or program.
I have spent the last few hours reading these boards, and have gotten the general idea that you like to trash webmasters for some odd reason. Last thread I read was about poor Mike at EmailMatters....but in the end, I got a good laugh out of it.
Seriously though, I have had my computer freeze up on certain websites, but have found no viruses, it's just an occurance that happens. I don't go around making accusations that someone is getting revenge on me.
Just my opinion, but maybe the PTR~PTC world just isn't for you if you have many WM out to get you....

[DAzHiredGun]

Originally posted by Rob
The parasite scan informed me that I had a MySearch/MyWay search toolbar parasite, and provided useful uninstall instructions.

Thanks for posting this!

Rob


Mine had the MySearch/MyWay parasite, too; and:
(1) Aornum, also known as: iwon Ornum;
(2) FreeScratchAndWin, also known as: free scratch cards FSC2K FSW FSC, that opens pop-up adverts every few minutes and highjacks your home- and search-page settings to point to xzoomy.com, and complains if you try to change them back;
(3) Virtual Bouncer, also known as: spywarelabs, that claims to be an adware remover, drive-by installs, phones home after install, gives itself the right (in the EULA) to download and install software from its servers, and you have to "pay for a subscription," via credit card, to have it removed, then opt out of having the "subscription" automatically renewed; also, it stays resident in the background and hides itself from the user;
(4) Xupiter, also known as: XupiterToolbar, that will allow advertisments, makes changes to browser settings and connects to the internet by itself.

THANKS, Mike !!!


Ron

[pierina]

Thanks to all kind people who has become involved into my virusproblem. I think I know a little bit more now thanks to :
http://www.stop-sign.com free antivirus-scan.
It has detetected several trojans on my computer.
Among others Trojan.Madise, Trojan.Dyfuca, Trojan.Virisign.10176, Trojan.Stubby.113 and Dialer.Coulumb and more.....
But that doesn't mean that I can explain why the problem occured ( with dustygoldemail.com). But I want to give a tip about a program to remove trojans with and that is :
http://www.pestpatrol.com/pestinfo/d.asp


and this one too:
http://esp.drweb-online.com/news.asp?sprache=en


I don't download just any file . But some hackers are really very sly and find new ways to hoax people with them.

[pierina]

Maybe it wasn't pop up-virus.If we shall be so finicky with the definitions. But it was a bombardment of new empty windows ,never ending until the computer would crash or
simply forced one to restart the computer. Not a difficult choice to make ( crash or restart).
But I hope the problems are gone now. When the trojans are removed and all that.
I don't know if it was someone who played a trick on me or why that happened. I just know that it was unpleasant . And I hope that I will not have to experience that again!

[pierina]

Hello!I did get plenty of trojans. I was informed by the http://www.stop-sign.com free scanner. The other day I did gét the shock of a life-time when I scanned my computer at :
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/Msie/index.php and was told I had the trojan: Trojan.Downloader.Gen in file:
C:\Documents and Settings\Datorn\Lokala inställningar\Temp\EACDownload\defscan_install.exe suspect: Trojan.Downloader.Gen
I could hardly believe my eyes when I search for the file (defscan_install.exe) and trojan and found this site:

http://www.pestpatrol.com/PestInfo/S/StopSign.asp

I who trusted them (stop-sign) so much! I feel so utterly duped, completely taken in and credulous.Even though I think one should ought to trust such companies. But now I know better. It is a scandal!
But that doesn't mean that dustygoldemail.com did not send out viruses or what ever it was to me.
One thing does not autmatically eliminates another.It is possible that the both of them have sent viruses and things. But that stop-sign had a trojan downloader couldn't I believe in my wildest imagination. That is quite simply one of the worst kind of treachery someone can expose somebody else for. Too bad!!
I feel so disappointed that I can't describe it with words. That was a real anticlimax. My computer was for a while so soiled with all kinds of trojans that I couldn't even surf for days. I had to empty the entire hard disk to straighten out the problems it caused me. They really owe me an apology , to say the least.
I hope that it is gonna be well known over the net that they are those kind of rabbles and imposters.
They do download trojans to cause a feeling of panic, like I have to buy the product right now to protect my computer. Of all business tricks must this one be the very worst one and a criminal act as well. I regret I ever tried their program and won't do the mistake again for sure!!

[rambo007]

ifyou read paid to read emails you had better have a good spyware program they are in mails and on popups and install themselves be ware good free one ad aware 6 since i been reading get paid to read i had to use it over 20 toimes something needs to be done betty

[rambo007]

Pop-ups are advertisements, not viruses. I have never heard of a virus or a worm that generates multiple pop-ups.

DustGoldEmail does not send out viruses. I am a member there, and I do notice the popups, but my computer has never been infected by any link I have clicked from that program (and I do them all, including the searches)

Install a pop-up blocker, pierina. That will solve all of your problems.

As far as LilCrusaders comments about the virus coming and going as it pleases, believe it or not, I ran into such a virus. It' called Win32/Hantaner. It is a virus that you will find if you are a Kazaa user. It imbeds itself in files that you download, and seems to a lot of funny stuff;)



pop up rotaters are a bug they install themselvesfrom emails and possiable ads so advertiisement is just not allways advertisement nd the ones sending them out know they are there ummmm explain that away

[pierina]

I have got a pop up stopper and an antivirusprogram.They stop many of those popups but not all of them.Some are prompting and are including
a script that is like a virus. I have been warned several times. And have deleted them too.
But even if one install a spyware-program they can't find and remove all of
those spy-wares. It is a huge problem.
Once in a while I do clean my hard disk completely .And that will remove them for good. I have also been more aware of their existance so I am not
falling in to traps that easy any more.
I have heard that anti-virus-programs will begin to have spyware-removals too in the future. But there are plenty of them and there is nothing that protects to 100% . There will always be a threat and a risk to get something regardless of how much one protects one's computer. And they find out more
ways too. Always one step ahead before the protection-programs.