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Re: ⚠️ Forexfactory viruses Zip and PDF files

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2025 1:55 am
by pamc
traced it back to forex factory 2023 in commercial section.

Re: ⚠️ Forexfactory viruses Zip and PDF files

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2025 10:31 am
by Jimmy
pamc wrote: Mon Jun 09, 2025 1:55 am traced it back to forex factory 2023 in commercial section.
Nice work man, thanks for letting me know. Windows Defender is one of the best virus and malware detectors out there. I've found it to be way better than Malwarebytes and it digs deep into the archive files etc.

Good job on tracing it down, I was beginning to think I might have missed it.

Re: ⚠️ Forexfactory viruses Zip and PDF files

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2025 4:01 pm
by pamc
it seems that because i only downloaded but never attempted to open the zip that it was still dormant on my PC.

Re: ⚠️ Forexfactory viruses Zip and PDF files

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2025 7:01 pm
by moey_dw
Feel bad for this gentleman......... how many other traders involved??? Hard enough to make money then these rats hack and steal it

Re: ⚠️ Forexfactory viruses Zip and PDF files

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2025 8:47 pm
by pamc
moey_dw wrote: Mon Jun 09, 2025 7:01 pm Feel bad for this gentleman......... how many other traders involved??? Hard enough to make money then these rats hack and steal it
Man what a fucked up digital world we are in.