a few moments ago I was looking for a link on Buddhism
the first link I found on a YA search was a wiki link
and even though it gave me some content of the page on the search page ... when I clicked on the link it took me to the wiki page
but all it had on the page was
" Buddhism sucks " by anonymous
I think it had been hacked ... and then my pc went nuts and I had to close it down
I will probably have to do a virus check now
can someone do this ? hack into something like wiki ?
anyway thought I would warn you all just incase
2007-11-03 13:10:19 · 14 answers · asked by ☮ Pangel ☮ 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
it maybe was coincidence mind you
but was just warning you guys just in case
2007-11-03 13:17:26 · update #1
hey dont worry
I only use wiki for quick references
2007-11-03 13:48:43 · update #2
The Wikipedia page was probably just vandalized, but you may have a virus from an unrelated source. To be sure, you should install an anti-virus. AVG is available free:
http://free.grisoft.com/
2007-11-03 13:14:00 · answer #1 · answered by STFU Dude 6 · 6⤊ 1⤋
I have books on every major religion, but thanks for the heads up. I do use wiki rather than my books sometimes, but if it is a serious question you have, back it up with another site. Wiki has left a few with their QorA torn to shreds with a more reliable source. For intance, if you were having trouble remembering a particular Pagan practice, you could probably use wiki, because I'm sure you would spot out and out misinformation. Make sense? {{{Pangel}}}
2007-11-03 13:42:14 · answer #2 · answered by One Wing Eagle Woman 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My Yahoo Answers went down at the same time. It is ok now.
Twice today on searches I encountered some virus checker trying to download on me, my own virus protection saw it off.
2007-11-03 13:44:23 · answer #3 · answered by Zappster (Deep Thunker) 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I had a look at Marvin Gaye's Wiki page the other day to look up something and it had something not very nice on there.
Just had a look at the Buddhism page on Wikipedia and it looks okay.
2007-11-03 13:14:07 · answer #4 · answered by Gavin T 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes, a trojan or worm can be on a site which will infect your pc just by visiting that page.
2007-11-03 13:14:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Poor Pangelhugs, have you considered System Restore?
2007-11-03 13:30:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
As anyone can edit wikipedia, there is some vandalism. It's probably coincidence that your computer crashed at this point.
2007-11-03 13:13:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 1⤋
if it is on the net i supose it can be hacked but what page was it exactly
2007-11-03 19:41:29 · answer #8 · answered by manapaformetta 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anyone can be a contributer to wikipedia. That's why it isn't a reliable source for information
2007-11-03 13:14:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
oh my God i use it for alots of stuff, JazakAllah for the warning, i will layoff it for a while
2007-11-03 16:00:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋