is there any viruses in second life?
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Mick Waffle
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Join date: 10 Aug 2008
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08-10-2008 16:19
ok a newbie (just thaught id get that out there)
while playing, i was talking to this dude and he did something that kept made a pop up appear at the top right, i cant get it away cause more of them keep coming and logging off and back on doesn't do anything!
what should i do? please help.
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Ghosty Kips
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08-10-2008 16:20
It's not a virus, its a notification of some sort. What do the popups say, exactly?
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Damien1 Thorne
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08-10-2008 16:20
What does the "pop-up" say? /me shakes fist at Ghosty for being faster. 
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Mick Waffle
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08-10-2008 16:22
it just says things like "west side for life"  he was a homey), and stupid things like that but it keeps appearings and they keep pileing up and up |
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Yumi Murakami
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08-10-2008 16:23
From: Mick Waffle it just says things like "west side for life" he was a homey), and stupid things like that but it keeps appearings and they keep pileing up and up It's a script which targets you with dialog boxes, but it's not a "virus" in the sense that it doesn't spread to you. |
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Ghosty Kips
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08-10-2008 16:28
From: Mick Waffle it just says things like "west side for life" he was a homey), and stupid things like that but it keeps appearings and they keep pileing up and up Right, not a virus. But it doesn't "just" say "west side for life" either. It's an indication of him giving you a notecard or some other object, or perhaps a landmark. Or, money. Or, a group invite, or a friendship invite. Something!
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Lola Whittenton
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08-10-2008 16:37
Not a virus, but not necessarily an offer of anything from him. I have a friend who has some kind of "device" that will drive you crazy with pop-ups. He can have whatever message he wants there, and once he targets you there's no way to stop them they just keep coming and coming. I would think relogging would fix the problem tho. He was playing with his new toy and I happen to be online at the time. Maybe you need to clear your cache before logging in next time?
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Salvador Nakamura
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08-10-2008 16:53
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Crunch Underwood
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08-10-2008 16:54
double check your not wearing something that might be scripted to give you annoying pop ups by typeing in 'worn' in the top of your invintory screen (this will show you all the items your wearing) i'd also suggest finding new people to hang around with  -Crunch
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Annabelle Babii
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08-10-2008 17:01
yeah. what Crunch said.
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Jig Chippewa
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08-10-2008 18:06
I swear that's how I caught "gono" one time ...
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Anti Antonelli
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08-10-2008 18:13
From: Ghosty Kips Right, not a virus. But it doesn't "just" say "west side for life" either. It's an indication of him giving you a notecard or some other object, or perhaps a landmark. Or, money. Or, a group invite, or a friendship invite. Something! Not true, one can easily script a dialog box with arbitrary text and arbitrary buttons (or nothing but "OK" and "ignore"  to appear on anyone's screen.
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Hope Zinner
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08-10-2008 19:45
Maybe it wasn't something that guy did. Maybe it is just coincidence that the popups started when you met him and he did something.
For example, did you join any groups right before he did whatever he did? I have joined some groups that were just plain annoying by pestering me with pop up boxes every few minutes. And then when you log out and then log back in, you have to wade through all those pop up boxes and close each one. I hate it when that happens. I leave groups when they are like this.
Good luck
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Dana Hickman
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08-10-2008 21:12
From: Anti Antonelli Not true, one can easily script a dialog box with arbitrary text and arbitrary buttons (or nothing but "OK" and "ignore" to appear on anyone's screen. Very true.. even MystiTool lets you annoy your friends with popup boxes, though not a huge flood of them I don't believe. |