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ShatteredWings
July 25th, 2009, 08:27 AM
Actually, more like 100-something.

Between the 18th and yesterday over 100 came in ALL in the iTunes folder.. I downloaded about 40-something tracks on the 19th, and updated the program the day before... Somehow the most recent ones were dated 24th (yesterday)


What the fuck?
JackOfClubs
July 25th, 2009, 11:32 AM
Not to be rude, but I doubt they came from iTunes. Have you tried running some sort of an Anti-Virus scan to get rid of them?
ShatteredWings
July 25th, 2009, 11:41 AM
Duh, that's how i KNOW they came in. My avg picked them up... and in the prossess of deleting them has removed itunes entirely
JackOfClubs
July 25th, 2009, 11:46 AM
Oh ok. And it is weird that you are having so many problems with iTunes.
ShatteredWings
July 25th, 2009, 11:47 AM
Yeah. it is fishy..
zoltan99
July 26th, 2009, 12:24 AM
AHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA ITUNES SUCKS but i need it for my iphone 3g..... but i keep it isolated on its own little sandbox partition with windows xp corporate on it.
Aneklusmos
July 26th, 2009, 06:41 PM
Try contacting apple support. other than that, what other sites were you on that day?
Antares
July 26th, 2009, 07:00 PM
The only way you could have got it is if you downloaded a botched app I think.

Otherwise I think it came from something else.
Run your virus scanner and quarrentine or make it delete the trojans then call support and bash their asses.
Bougainvillea
July 26th, 2009, 08:22 PM
quarrentine

"Quarantine"

Anyway, I'd go with John on this one. :)
Viral Death
July 26th, 2009, 09:49 PM
Mainly they come from online porn so I guess they are currupting itunes
ManyPearTree
July 26th, 2009, 10:05 PM
Viruses do copy themselves and spread to other files or can simply just migrate. There is no possible way that you can download a virus from
iTunes. Only human error...
ShatteredWings
July 27th, 2009, 09:17 AM
1- its the only place i've downloaded ANYthing in the past three months
2- i did delete it. AND I LOST ITUNES ENTIRELY.
JackOfClubs
July 27th, 2009, 10:50 AM
Then just reinstall it. Simple. If the virus is gone, then so are your problems.
ShatteredWings
July 27th, 2009, 12:45 PM
Um. hello, it's COMING OFF ITUNES. If i re-instal it, then i'm re-installing whatever apple is trying to dump on my computer
The Batman
July 27th, 2009, 12:48 PM
Gwyn you don't have to be so aggressive they are just giving you some advice.


It's actually a bug in AVG there is no virus in iTunes. http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2092831&start=0&tstart=0
Donkey
July 27th, 2009, 01:06 PM
If free, get Avast.

But I suggest you pay for ESET NOD Antivirus