Pooshock.ru virus?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @birdz last edited by

@birdz And you didn't install anything else?

[birdz]

birdz @leocg last edited by

@leocg no? the pooshock came with the installer, meaning when installation was complete, the opera gx browser and the pooshock was downloaded with it.

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

If it has an Opera icon that means it is a file type that Opera handles - either a URL (web link) or an HTML document.. You'd have to examine the properties of the file (right-click, Properties) to see which it is. Neither file type is in itself a virus, though I have no idea where it came from.

[samotxave]

samotxave last edited by

pooshock.ru is a Russian-language site for program repacks. You downloaded some repack program from pooshock and installed an advertisement for this site along with it.

[birdz]

birdz @samotxave last edited by

@samotxave dude no I downloaded opera GX from the official website i mentioned above, I didn't even know wtf POOSHOCK.RU was.

@sgunhouse well I'm just as confused, I literally see every other video with installment working and only Opera GX installed, but nah I got one that had Opera GX and that pooshock. ;/.

[jkels]

jkels @birdz last edited by

@birdz samotxave doesnt imply that you downloaded Opera from pooshock, but that for whatever reason pooshock was already installed and now has placed an advertisement on your desktop, which happens to be a .html file and by that is associated to open with Opera. Thats why it shows the Opera icon.

[birdz]

birdz @jkels last edited by

@jkels No idea, I deleted opera a couple months ago, nothing has happened to my pc at all, I don't even know how would a POOSHOCK html file would get in my pc, I would have probably known by now.

[twitchypsd]

twitchypsd @birdz last edited by

@birdz Hey, I know this is from october. But i would like to explain what it is. It is a russian made html file managed by whatever your default browser is in settings. I got it from downloading a AE (after effects) plugin. But when I heard it spits out ads on ur screen i did not click on it at all. Then i went onto reddit to see what it is. Then I found out its just a plugin download html that auto downloads from AE or other stuff aka they (AE) will download this onto your pc, then if u click it spams ads on your pooshock tab.

[TaraaV]

TaraaV @twitchypsd last edited by

@twitchypsd Hi! So my friend got same problem as u did and she deleted plugins that she downloaded for Ae and she scaned her pc (scan said that there is no sus files) and I wanted to ask is she safe now? Does she need to do something again or? Ty for your reply because we would never knew what that was. Have good day/night (ik this topic was from January, sorry for replying now).

[thisismyuser45]

thisismyuser45 @birdz last edited by thisismyuser45

@twitchypsd Hi, so does this mean that if you don't click on the html and delete it immediately, that your laptop is safe? This same thing happened with me, I saw it as a chrome shortcut on my desktop, but I deleted it and nothing has happened. I'm just wondering if I should go back and uninstall the plugin anyway, or if I should be good now?