# Myspace Viruses?
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/myspace-viruses/21214
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [December 5, 2006, 6:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/myspace-viruses/21214 "2006-12-05T18:16:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2006, 6:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/myspace-viruses/21214/1 "2006-12-05T18:16:59Z")
So yeah there have been alot of viruses that put like adware on your profile. I just went threw the HTML line by line deleting the shit…is there any way to prevent them from gettin on there? it is rather irksome.
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### Author:  [@Mrs\_Karus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mrs_Karus)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/myspace-viruses/21214/2 "2006-12-05T18:17:29Z")
change your password
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### Author:  [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2006, 6:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/myspace-viruses/21214/3 "2006-12-05T18:32:56Z")
I did…multiple times. But always end up with it again.
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### Author:  [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2006, 6:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/myspace-viruses/21214/4 "2006-12-05T18:33:43Z")
🤣 Myspace Viruses = STD’s
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### Author:  [@Mrs\_Karus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mrs_Karus)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2006, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/myspace-viruses/21214/5 "2006-12-05T18:34:24Z")
then stop clicking on people’s profiles or blogs or bulletins that say " Win a free cell phone!"
the way to get rid of it is to change the password. Tom said so.
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### Author:  [@Haenszel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Haenszel)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2006, 6:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/myspace-viruses/21214/6 "2006-12-05T18:36:29Z")
> [@JEG](#):
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> I did…multiple times. But always end up with it again.
Stop choosing shitty passwords.
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### Author:  [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2006, 6:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/myspace-viruses/21214/7 "2006-12-05T18:44:35Z")
Someone told me that when the “you must run activeX” thing pops up that is one way they get you :gotme:. it is a mass phishing thing that has been goin on lately. I dunno…I’m not a comp tech.
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### Author:  [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2006, 6:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/myspace-viruses/21214/8 "2006-12-05T18:45:54Z")
its actually a worm… its a quicktime exploit. upgrade quicktime now or pay the price 🙂
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### Author:  [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2006, 6:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/myspace-viruses/21214/9 "2006-12-05T18:48:13Z")
oh and change your password… the hotness was right about that… but at the same time today, the worm is going through all of the myspace servers.
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### Author:  [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2006, 6:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/myspace-viruses/21214/10 "2006-12-05T18:52:18Z")
Yeah I’ve had to delete this shit like 4 times now. Its anoying.
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### Author:  [@Mrs\_Karus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mrs_Karus)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2006, 7:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/myspace-viruses/21214/11 "2006-12-05T19:20:06Z")
call tom up.
that’s your best bet.
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### Author:  [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2006, 7:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/myspace-viruses/21214/12 "2006-12-05T19:27:12Z")
lol yeah right.
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### Author:  [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2006, 8:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/myspace-viruses/21214/13 "2006-12-05T20:56:31Z")
just do a spyware scan after each time u visit myspace
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2006, 9:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/myspace-viruses/21214/14 "2006-12-05T21:04:07Z")
lol
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### Author:  [@intense98rt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/intense98rt)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2006, 9:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/myspace-viruses/21214/15 "2006-12-06T09:21:48Z")
or you could just stop going on myspace…
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### Author:  [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2006, 9:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/myspace-viruses/21214/16 "2006-12-06T09:51:19Z")
delete your myspace account fast, its infecting your pc…
and myspace is lame, so it’ll help you in the long run to get rid of it fast 🙂
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### Author:  [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2006, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/myspace-viruses/21214/17 "2006-12-06T12:48:56Z")
use Mozilla Firefox with the No-Script plugin, problem solved 🙂
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### Author:  [@Sc1chik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sc1chik)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2006, 12:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/myspace-viruses/21214/18 "2006-12-06T12:55:34Z")
change password.
delete your stupid pre-made layout if you have one…my friend had a problem with hers with hidden banners and ads…
and yeah update quicktime.
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### Author:  [@66impalass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/66impalass)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2006, 1:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/myspace-viruses/21214/19 "2006-12-06T13:14:58Z")
> [@ryanmcell](#):
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> delete your myspace account fast, its infecting your pc…
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> and myspace is lame, so it’ll help you in the long run to get rid of it fast 🙂
says the kid with a myspace account
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### Author:  [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2006, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/myspace-viruses/21214/20 "2006-12-06T13:24:09Z")
Can’t delete myspace…great place to meet hot girls with low self esteam lol.
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