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[Pedro_The_Swift]

I'm getting a few of these lately,, just random, not on the first search,,,
this one actually turned up from the bottom seach bar inside aulro..

[incisor]

something on your system is probing ports I would suggest...

run Sophos Home Premium over it and see if something out of the ordinary turns up...

[Pedro_The_Swift]

well yes and no,, it found two things that had been on there for a while,, cleaned them and "it" turned up again 5 minutes later

[incisor]

interesting....

man would have to play with it to give a definitive answer i think...

[incisor]

well yes and no,, it found two things that had been on there for a while,, cleaned them and "it" turned up again 5 minutes later

and has anything returned when you scan it again ?

[Pedro_The_Swift]

will run it again,, this is a web based scan? yes?
takes a while---

[Pedro_The_Swift]

still running,,
up to 27 threats,,
but I am doubting any of these are responsible,,
I'm thinking more Express VPN,,

[incisor]

still running,,
up to 27 threats,,
but I am doubting any of these are responsible,,
I'm thinking more Express VPN,,

could be but it isn't something I personally have seen and I use all sorts of vpns during the course of a month and use google for heaps of things

but you never know till you go digging :p

[Pedro_The_Swift]

not sure if it makes any difference, but none of those "threats" are on C drive,,
all of them are many months old.

[incisor]

why do they have to be a on c drive to be a threat..

if they are something that can be loaded by something they could be anywhere, but if they are standalone things then they won't be the issue.

have you tried turning the vpn off to see if the messages go away ?

[Pedro_The_Swift]

yes, makes no difference.
and now its EVERY google search... have stinger and sophos running again,,

[rick130]

I'm getting the same on every search over the last week or so, I just put it down to using a VPN?

[incisor]

sounds like a hacked router

have a look at the dns settings in your router

reset your router then set it up again, if you can

update the router with the latest bios from the manufacturer if you can as well.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Stinger has been running for 36 hours now ( 1x256GB X C. 1X1tb=C backup. 1X1TB=Games Drive. 1X2TB Download Drive) ,, up to 26 trojans,, aparently.. a LOT in Steam,,, ??
This has all happened after just running WIN 10 security,,,,

[incisor]

Stinger has been running for 36 hours now ( 1x256GB X C. 1X1tb=C backup. 1X1TB=Games Drive. 1X2TB Download Drive) ,, up to 26 trojans,, aparently.. a LOT in Steam,,, ??
This has all happened after just running WIN 10 security,,,,

I'd like to see what said "trojans" actually are myself before passing judgement.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

PM with screenshot sent.

[SBD4]

It's likely because of your VPN. all your searches are conducted via the VPN IP address. This is likely the same for all the other users the VPN provider services. When google sees lots of searches originating from the same IP address in a short space of time, they will throw this up to validate that a person is performing the search rather than a robot.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Finished after 57 odd hours,,, ( :Thump:)

30 trojans, all able to be deleted.

Has this fixed the issue?
wait one ---

No.

Cant be Sean.. millions of vpn users around the world "say" it just cant be that...
besides,, it does it without the vpn...

[Pedro_The_Swift]

I wonder if I can run Stinger on my Qnap?

[SBD4]

P.S... here's some info for you:

vpn google search robot - Google Search (https://www.google.com.au/search?q=vpn+google+search+robot)

[SBD4]

Cant be Sean.. millions of vpn users around the world "say" it just cant be that...
besides,, it does it without the vpn...

Betcha it is. Log out of VPN and try a different browser and see if it still does it.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

already know it doesnt happen in duckduckgo...

[rick130]

I switched the VPN server from Brisvegas to Sydney #3 and can now do a google search without captcha

[Cannon]

I too have been getting these over the last couple of weeks.

I thought it was because I started searching gun stuff.

Express VPN as well.

duckduckgo still works but I'll try changing VPN locations.

[Warby]

Noticed the same thing last week, my suspicions are pointing to express VPN. Switch it off and it runs fine....Back on and I’m a suspect robot...

[Cannon]

I changed my smart location from Brisbane to one of the Sydney ones & all is back to normal.[bigsmile]