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From: Denver Metro Area, CO
Turn it in to the site admins... At the top of the site is a colored bar with Home Forums
Galleries etc.... Choose Misc -> Support and tell them what happened, the name of the
Trojan your scanner identified, and anything else you think is relevant. Hopefully, you still
have the PM in your Inbox, that makes it MUCH easier to identify the problem; if you've
still got it, tell the admins that, they can get into your Inbox and check it out. If you don't
have it, then they need some other way of identifying the PM you're having the issues with.
If the problem can't be identified, it can't be fixed, simple as that.
Just because a scanner identified it as a trojan doesn't mean it's true, it could be a false
positive. For example, AVG has recently been wrongly claiming the Web site of a local TV
station is spreading malware; AVG acknowledged the bug/misidentification, fixed it, and
pushed out changes to their user base.
I really doubt Internet Brands and Eastwood would be knowingly spreading malware,
that'd be a bad business move and they know it.
I opened an ad from Eastwood today but run Linux so I don't have those kinds of problems.
Galleries etc.... Choose Misc -> Support and tell them what happened, the name of the
Trojan your scanner identified, and anything else you think is relevant. Hopefully, you still
have the PM in your Inbox, that makes it MUCH easier to identify the problem; if you've
still got it, tell the admins that, they can get into your Inbox and check it out. If you don't
have it, then they need some other way of identifying the PM you're having the issues with.
If the problem can't be identified, it can't be fixed, simple as that.
Just because a scanner identified it as a trojan doesn't mean it's true, it could be a false
positive. For example, AVG has recently been wrongly claiming the Web site of a local TV
station is spreading malware; AVG acknowledged the bug/misidentification, fixed it, and
pushed out changes to their user base.
I really doubt Internet Brands and Eastwood would be knowingly spreading malware,
that'd be a bad business move and they know it.
I opened an ad from Eastwood today but run Linux so I don't have those kinds of problems.
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From: Charles Town, W bygod Va
I reported the thread to admin, and sent eastwood a link to this thread, it is eastwood, right?
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I got an ad from Eastwood today, I'm assuming we all did. It would generally follow that
this Eastwood ad is what the OP is talking about but that'd be an assumption only....
this Eastwood ad is what the OP is talking about but that'd be an assumption only....
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Spot on 
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"It's for newer trucks"
That's completely incorrect. Eastwood if anything is more geared towards older vehicles. I'd say 90% of our products are based around restoration and preservation of vintages and classics. In fact the ad has a picture of a old Ford truck right in the header...
If anyone has any other questions or concerns let us or the admins know and we will do the best to help out.
-Matt/Eastwood Company
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I've got a friend who's doing a frame-off restoration of a 1971 Camaro and who buys a lot of
Eastwood stuff to help, I hope to be buying some of that same stuff when *I* get to the
point of doing restoration work like that on my truck.
Eastwood & Internet Brands are both reputable, U.S.-based companies, not fly-by-night
offshore operations and, as I've already said, I can't imagine either would knowingly be
spreading malware.
Eastwood stuff to help, I hope to be buying some of that same stuff when *I* get to the
point of doing restoration work like that on my truck.
Eastwood & Internet Brands are both reputable, U.S.-based companies, not fly-by-night
offshore operations and, as I've already said, I can't imagine either would knowingly be
spreading malware.
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From: ON
Could someone who received the affected PM, please forward a copy to my account?
Thanks very much!
As has already been stated, there's not really any technical way to send a virus via a private message, there are no file attachment, or script running capabilities present within a PM.
Thanks very much!
As has already been stated, there's not really any technical way to send a virus via a private message, there are no file attachment, or script running capabilities present within a PM.