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[phildunford]

I've used a company that used to be called Lab Pack Chemicals and then changed it's name to LP Chemicals. Used to be good.

Just went to their website and got a virus warning. The .co.uk domain seems to have been mapped to a .com domain and it tries to hit you with a trojan.

Am I getting a false positive or is something fishy going on here. Anyone know?

Won't publish the link here for obvious reasons, those who have used it will know it.

Be careful if you try in case it really is a virus!

[digger]

Our lab at work uses them for many of the reagents that we use!

I have to say I have used them in the past for a few items myself. mmm I wonder what you may have been looking for phil.

[phildunford]

Lol - I was about to advise our friend Wjames to take a look, but when I saw the virus warning, I was not so sure.

I've used them for various things. Stuff as simple as iron filings is cheap as chips.

I've changed to Avast anti virus as I was fed up with AVG taking all my CPU time, so may just be a bug - bit mysterious.

[RFD]

Had the same problem as you Phil,dont know whats happened but didnt hang around to find out,try Lindchem never had a problem with them and they stock more chems.

[plastics]

Hmm

I have a direct url to their chems list and this works fine. If I go via .co.uk I get redirected to a .com and am then asked if I want to download 'Remote Data Services Data Control' from Microsoft. Not sure what this is, but if I decline the main page opens with some empty frames

[StephF]

I too found the trojan which was immediately flagged by Avast AV.

I checked the source code and found an inserted iframe link to a bounceme.net dynamic dns redirector.
I e-mailed the webmaster and notified them of its existence and a few hours later received a reply thanking me for notifiying them and confirming it had been deleted.

[phildunford]

Good man! Action this day...

[StephF]

I've noticed that the entry for LP Chemicals Ltd at Companies House
is shown as "Proposal to Strike Off"

Are they going out of business I wonder ?

*edit* I've been in touch with them.
They've been taken over by Euro Lab Supplies Ltd

Edited by StephF, 09 August 2010 - 08:50 AM.

[PyroSkitz]

Hi guys, i use a mac so im not really afraid of trojans or what ever, im not trying to show of, but if you want to send me the link id be happy to check it out fully and tell you what i think, might just be a driver which is unlisenced or unregistered or what ever but be happy to look at it thanks

[Creepin_pyro]

Hi guys, i use a mac so im not really afraid of trojans or what ever, im not trying to show of, but if you want to send me the link id be happy to check it out fully and tell you what i think, might just be a driver which is unlisenced or unregistered or what ever but be happy to look at it thanks

Macs aren't immune from trojans you know... far from it.

[Richard H]

Hi guys, i use a mac so im not really afraid of trojans or what ever, im not trying to show of, but if you want to send me the link id be happy to check it out fully and tell you what i think, might just be a driver which is unlisenced or unregistered or what ever but be happy to look at it thanks

Are you sure? This report makes for interesting reading...

[PyroSkitz]

hrm that is an intresting read, but sadly guys i still trust my mac by far than a PC, even though it may have more holes, doesnt mean there is more people trying to get it, maybe its a decoy, apple leave it open coz there proud that even if you can get it your not figuring it out lol joking haha, meh, the sorta C**** i had with my PC is so much more, i couldn't stand it that's why i switched, always blue screen, reports of malware or malicious software ect ect, yet i haven't had 1 thing in the 3 years ive had this mac

[Creepin_pyro]

hrm that is an intresting read, but sadly guys i still trust my mac by far than a PC, even though it may have more holes, doesnt mean there is more people trying to get it, maybe its a decoy, apple leave it open coz there proud that even if you can get it your not figuring it out lol joking haha, meh, the sorta C**** i had with my PC is so much more, i couldn't stand it that's why i switched, always blue screen, reports of malware or malicious software ect ect, yet i haven't had 1 thing in the 3 years ive had this mac

Just run a good anti-virus/malware programme and stop clicking on those popups

[PyroSkitz]

popups ? what are those haha, and yeh true, my friend just got hacked last week, lost all of his contacts, poor guy, had to add them all again, that happened to me with my stupid pc, and my passwords are very strong so it wasnt just guessed lol

[dave]

hi,
lp chemicals website still seems ok to me

http://www.lpchemicals.com/

dave321