Thanks to all for your replies.
Sounds like I could again use my Photobucket account.
runtime
I used it durning that time frame no problems to date
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
http://rtssite.shutterfly.com/
It was infected .... but has since been cleaned and is safe .... no they never acknowledged it and it was infected for quite a while ....
Yes, I did. But I don't go there every day. Anyone can get hacked. If they got hacked I doubt that it went on for two months because I never encountered it.
They were redesigning the website during that time, it's possible that something they tried tripped some Trojan detectors. But you would have to ask someone who actually had a problem themselves. Take with a grain of salt anything that someone just heard about.
Dave
Lackawanna Route of the Phoebe Snow
Phoebe Vet I have been using Photobucket for years. I have never contracted a virus from them and my anti-virus software has never blocked anything from them or alerted me of any threat.
I have been using Photobucket for years. I have never contracted a virus from them and my anti-virus software has never blocked anything from them or alerted me of any threat.
Phoebe Vet,
That is good to hear. Question: Did you use Photobucket at all during the January-February time frame when the web site allegedly had problems?
Rich
Alton Junction
Back in January, when I first heard that Photobucket was infected with viruses and that users were finding Trojan horses on their computers, I stopped uploading or downloading or, for that matter, even accessing the site.
Recently, when I wanted to post some photos and diagrams on this forum, I looked to my wife who is more computer literate than me. After some research, we decided to use Photobucket once again. I have had no problems whatsoever.
Interestingly, as far as I can tell, Photobucket has never acknowledged this incident.
I've never had any problems with it and been using it for about 6 years now.
How do we know if any of them are safe. Anything that has public access like this or Facebook etc. could be attached and cause problems. You have to have a good anti virus program on you computer if you want to use any of these sites.
Terry Thomann Fredericksburg, Virginia That is me on the left. My brother got the train TCA 09-64381
A while ago there were some posts about a virus in Photobucket, and I haven't used my account since.
Does anyone know if it's still contaminated?
Or should I just create a Picassa account?
-runtime
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