i was on e621 the other day and got a popup that downloaded some java thing that was actually a virus. i deleted it and everything was ok. two days later i was on e621 and the same thing happened. is this a coincidence or does e621 have a virus?

i looked at the forums and saw that olddoom was having the same problem.

Well, it's definitely Java that's doing it, AVG earlier got a virus in my Java folder, but I didn't report it in the other thread considering it had been a system scan, and I presumed it was from another site I visited.

it's from an ad. which one it is, no one knows for sure yet

zappy1215 said:
i was on e621 the other day and got a popup that downloaded some java thing that was actually a virus. i deleted it and everything was ok. two days later i was on e621 and the same thing happened. is this a coincidence or does e621 have a virus?

No god damn it, it does not have any kind of viruses or treaths.

Fox2K9 said:
No god damn it, it does not have any kind of viruses or treaths.

we already came to the conclusion that e621 itself doesn't, the ads do

The ZeneRX ad is the one that is doing it for me.

Arc, you might want to talk to your ad providers about this :(
If you haven't already..

Of course I already have, but what exactly can I do?

Arcturus said:
Of course I already have, but what exactly can I do?

I'm not sure of the software you use ads with, but is it possible to block non image/flash content?

Ehh, ain't ads delivered via cross-site iframe? I don't think that it's possible to filter it on server then

Though, I think site visitors could help keeping their antivirus up to date

Jazz said:
Ehh, ain't ads delivered via cross-site iframe? I don't think that it's possible to filter it on server then

Though, I think site visitors could help keeping their antivirus up to date

My antivirus was up to date when I got it. It uses a random string in its name so I think that makes it harder to detect.