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07/01/2005 01:39:43 PM · #1 |
Reffered a friend to this site and just got this message from him:
cindi, everytime I try to go to the dpchallenge site, norton activates and is saying my computer is being attacked by a coockie virus called dpc.. you don't have that? :(
Anyone know anything about it? How to get around it? What it is? I've never heard of such a virus.
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07/01/2005 01:42:41 PM · #2 |
Solution: Uninstall Norton and install something else.
Message edited by author 2005-07-01 17:43:55. |
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07/01/2005 01:44:59 PM · #3 |
| Don't worry, this is no virus. dpchallenge.com uses cookies, which are files that the browser takes and stashes in some folder. And whenever you are on dpchallenge.com it takes that cookie from you and takes a look at it to see if you are registered or not and if you are registered, who you are and other information, like what sites on dpchallenge.com you visited. Norton misinterprets that as a cookie virus (or a tracker), because alot of cookie viruses use these little files to see on what sites on the internet you go to and let the little cookie send the information to somewhere. Ok, my point is.. don't worry. |
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07/01/2005 01:45:39 PM · #4 |
| I have Norton and it has never been an issue. |
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07/01/2005 01:49:44 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by dickwilhelm:
I have Norton and it has never been an issue. |
Ditto. And I update my definitions list regularly too.
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07/01/2005 01:52:29 PM · #6 |
As someone who works in the internet security industry, without more information I would agree with pyrotic.
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07/01/2005 02:04:23 PM · #7 |
As someone who works in the internet insecurity industry, i'd say pyrotic is right too. =P
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07/01/2005 02:12:17 PM · #8 |
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07/01/2005 02:37:33 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by totaldis:
As someone who works in the internet insecurity industry, i'd say pyrotic is right too. =P |
LOL! |
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07/01/2005 04:37:13 PM · #10 |
I dunno about viruses, but these cookies look pretty moldy...
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07/01/2005 05:31:48 PM · #11 |
idnic, your friend has cookies disabled on her system. She needs to allow the cookies. She can do that in Internet Explorer or whatever browser she is using. Some versions of Norton also have a setting for monitoring cookies. She can either disable this service or add dpchallenge.com to her allow website list.
I hope that helps someone.
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07/01/2005 07:25:54 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by kpriest:
I dunno about viruses, but these cookies look pretty moldy...
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Ewwwwwie I hope you didn't eat those!
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