Pooshock.ru virus?
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birdz last edited by leocg
Hi,. a couple months ago, I download Opera GX, everything went fine like the installations until, when it was fully downloaded, a opera GX icon with the name "Pooshock.ru" was downloaded within the installatio,s I never clicked on it, cause it was kind of strange to me, but then a friend later got opera gx as a virus threat or something, I Definetly know that the Pooshock.ru wasn't intentional, anyone know what's up?
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birdz last edited by leocg
@leocg Downloaded from the official website from it, of course? https://www.opera.com/gx
My friend also downloaded from the website. Also I just asked him a couple hours ago what kind of virus it was, he said pooshock and coin wallet was the virus he got I guess from Opera GX.
My friend told me because he was warning me of it when I downloaded Opera GX. Although one problem, I cannot guarantee if he is lying or not, and I don't know what coin wallet or pooshock virus is, What I can guarantee though is that there was a app installed with Opera GX called "Pooshock.ru", but I sadly do not have any screeshots because I deleted Opera GX a while ago out of fear my PC might get infected.Yes I checked my PC for malware, nothing was found, but the thing is I never clicked on the Pooshock.ru app or whatever it was. What I don't understand though is why was it on my desktop? super suspicious af.
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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.
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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.
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birdz 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. ;/.
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jkels 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.
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twitchypsd 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.
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TaraaV 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).
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thisismyuser45 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?
