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#1 2011-07-14 16:22:30
- silentslayer7
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Scratch might have a virus
I'm not saying it does, but it might. Why do I think it might? Well, Scratch may be the cause of my computer getting the blue screen o' death like, 4 times because it's mainly one of the only sites I go on (besides clubpenguin, google, gmail, and game sites (safe ones) like miniclip) but really Scratch is pretty much it. Please if you're on the Scratch Team I'd appreciate it if you'd search for one. 
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#3 2011-07-14 17:14:52
- silentslayer7
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Re: Scratch might have a virus
catfan8 wrote:
It may be gmail. Got any strange mail or spam mail lately? Also, how old is your computer?
No spam mail but my computers been around for like, i don't know, maybe 14, 15 years?
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#4 2011-07-14 17:18:17
- silentslayer7
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Re: Scratch might have a virus
maybe longer, I don't really know. I just know it's been around before the time my sis was born and she's going into high school.
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#6 2011-07-14 17:23:58
- silentslayer7
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Re: Scratch might have a virus
catfan8 wrote:
Your computer is so old, it may just not be able to handle scratch. Anything abnormal around the time of the a blue screen?
What do you mean, like, popups? Well, the internet just freezes a couple times (can be fixed) than it gets stuck (like, nothing works at all (once I waited an hour and noting happened O.O) and I restart then I go on the internet and the blue screen shows up.
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#7 2011-07-14 17:27:29
Re: Scratch might have a virus
I mean you got a security message shortly before the first, or something like that. Here are a couple more questions that could help determine the cause. Does anybody else use the computer? How are you able to post this right now? What were you doing during the first blue screen?
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#9 2011-07-14 17:33:26
- silentslayer7
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Re: Scratch might have a virus
catfan8 wrote:
Does anybody else use the computer?
My parents do but only when they do virus checks.
catfan8 wrote:
How are you able to post this right now?
Well right now there is no blue screen and I just went to the forums to find out what was happening.
catfan8 wrote:
What were you doing during the first blue screen?
I was on my old account, lucari0, watching one of scratchU8's projects. It was called Nezzymessers or something.
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#10 2011-07-14 17:34:48
Re: Scratch might have a virus
If your computer is really that old, it's likely a case of something just going bad in your computer. Blue screens are most commonly caused by hardware malfunctions, overheating or driver issues. Scratch is definitely a safe site, (and for the record, game sites are probably more likely to cause a problem than Scratch) so whatever is causing your problem, I almost guarantee it's not Scratch.
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#12 2011-07-14 17:45:22
- silentslayer7
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Re: Scratch might have a virus
catfan8 wrote:
Ok I tested the project you said might have gave you the virus, and it was fine. Your system is so old that it probably broke down.
Thank you. But the thing is, I was using Scratch on my dad's computer (along with Neopets) and it wouldn't turn on later but it works now. Do you think anything could be wrong with Neopets? I know this shouldn't be discussed on Scratch but it's the only place I can discuss it.
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#16 2011-07-14 17:57:05
- silentslayer7
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Re: Scratch might have a virus
catfan8 wrote:
What browser do you use?
Internet explorer, like I usually do. I usually only use chrome for da free apps :3
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#17 2011-07-14 17:58:35
Re: Scratch might have a virus
If you seem to be interested in finding which site, if any, may have given you a virus, you may want to check out Google's Safe Browsing diagnostic page. It's not a catch-all solution, but it does perform checks on websites to see if they have in some way delivered or linked to malicious content in the past. To use it, visit www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=urlhere, replacing "urlhere" with the URL of the webpage you want to test. For example, this is a diagnostic page of the Scratch site:
http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diag … ch.mit.edu
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#20 2011-07-14 18:14:37
- silentslayer7
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Re: Scratch might have a virus
catfan8 wrote:
Ok, the virus could only be recieved on Internet Explorer. You got any pop ups on neopets?
yes but I never click on them. after some research, the 3 things with the most suspicions are (in order):
1. Old computer
2. Google (Seriously, use the thing Harakou mentioned and search google. Google even admitted it that they've had over 200 suspicions in the last 90 days)
3. Neopets
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#21 2011-07-14 18:18:39
Re: Scratch might have a virus
silentslayer7 wrote:
Google (Seriously, use the thing Harakou mentioned and search google. Google even admitted it that they've had over 200 suspicions in the last 90 days)
That's because Google links to whatever you search for. If you search for things that will lead you to malicious sites, of course Google is going to show those results. It's only related to what you look for on Google, not Google itself.
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#22 2011-07-14 18:22:24
Re: Scratch might have a virus
Harakou wrote:
silentslayer7 wrote:
Google (Seriously, use the thing Harakou mentioned and search google. Google even admitted it that they've had over 200 suspicions in the last 90 days)
That's because Google links to whatever you search for. If you search for things that will lead you to malicious sites, of course Google is going to show those results. It's only related to what you look for on Google, not Google itself.
If you didn't understand that, It searches everything the website links to. And since google can link to everything. It shows every single virus!
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#23 2011-07-14 18:33:36
- Paddle2See
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Re: Scratch might have a virus
I don't think Scratch has given your computer a virus - we'd be hearing about it from a lot of people if that were the case. Have you verified that a virus or spyware is the problem? Have you run some sweeps for those yet? That would be a good thing to do.
It could well be that a hardware problem is causing the problem and not a virus at all.
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#24 2011-07-15 06:32:06
- Blackdog100
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Re: Scratch might have a virus
I know some good anti viruses. I found a good post on dA. I'll see if I can find it as it helped me a lot when I got a virus 
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#25 2011-07-15 07:24:12
Re: Scratch might have a virus
silentslayer7 wrote:
catfan8 wrote:
It may be gmail. Got any strange mail or spam mail lately? Also, how old is your computer?
No spam mail but my computers been around for like, i don't know, maybe 14, 15 years?
Time to get a new computer. 15 years?!!?! That's the oldest operational computer I've ever heard of! Most computers are cannot operate properly after about 7 years. I think it's just because you're running win 95 or something. MY computer only crashes when I run Chrome, IE's competitor. Then Windows 7 has a fit and gives me the dreaded blue screen,
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