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    • TehWenus on Thu 14 May 2009
    • 03:46:47 AM UTC

    Wtf...

    Hi

    How do you turn off the "Loading website" page. It seems to be annoying and adds time when loading pages.

    84/99 Fishing (R00nScape (RuneScape))

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    • Xp54321 on Thu 14 May 2009
    • 04:24:57 AM UTC

    Blocking vs. Warning

    You have the block option set for at least one of the four rating categories. Go to Tools-->WOT-->Settings then "Warnings" and check that all the switches are thrown towards Warning rather than Blocking. Blocking does unfortunately currently slow down browsing a bit since it needs to check the site's rating before loading it. Note that the warning screen does not stop malware from loading onto your computer. Blocking will stop a malicious site from loading, however.

    Hope this helps.
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    • Hendrick4life on Thu 14 May 2009
    • 06:03:23 AM UTC

    Blocking V. Warning

    Sadly that is the case, I have to turn of Child Safety blocking now. Its slows it WAYYY to much. Hopefully a WOT update can fix this issue. :/
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      • Sami on Thu 14 May 2009
      • 07:27:22 AM UTC

      Re: Blocking

      There's no way to fix the issue. If you want the add-on to block access to sites before they load, it obviously needs to load the site's reputation first.
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    • YoKenny on Thu 14 May 2009
    • 09:31:40 AM UTC

    Bad sites end up in the HOSTS file

    Bad sites end up in the HOSTS file to prevent known bad sites from displaying.

    Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File
    http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
    hpHosts
    http://hosts-file.net/?s=Download
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    • Anonymous on Thu 14 May 2009
    • 10:39:54 AM UTC

    Child Safety

    Try K9 web filter.Its freeware and has a lot of different settings you can utilise.Its password protected and can be used to block adult sites,things like facebook if you want,it also blocks some malware and spyware.(G.O.M.with Honours).
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    • primo2316 on Thu 14 May 2009
    • 07:08:02 PM UTC

    Transferring files from infected computer.

    I'm new to this forum and I would appreciate any help. I had to buy a new computer because my older one had a hard drive that was making noise, no usb functions, and a virus named GenericFakeAlert.h which no cleaner could remove or quarantine. Would transferring my pictures and music files from the old unit infect my new unit. Thank you and peace be with you!
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    • g7w on Thu 14 May 2009
    • 09:48:59 PM UTC

    Use an AV

    GenericFakeAlert.h commonly known Trojan with most all AV software.

    On the new computer, ensure that you have an AntiVirus program installed and active. Also install MBAM

    I assume that you are going to connect the hard drive as a slave drive on the new PC?
    (you didn't clarify as to how you intend file transfer)

    Using MBAM, scan the old drive (drive D)
    Then copy folder by folder from the old drive (drive D) to the local drive (drive C) if there's a malicious file the AV will catch it.

    free software:

    MBAM - MalwareBytes AntiMalware scanner

    Avast! - Free Home edition
    Avira - Personal Free edition

    There are many others, Avira has popups but works quite well, I'm satisfied with it.
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    Thank you all
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      • primo2316 on Tue 19 May 2009
      • 05:37:52 AM UTC

      generic fake alert

      I just wanted to thank you for your valuable help. It appears your advice got rid of the problem. Thank you and peace be with you! P.S. I plan to transfer using re-writable CD's.