Buckleysmom
Member
Hi Michelle. Sorry to hear about your legs. Are the lumps hard or soft? My hubby has lumps on his legs and it turned out they are vericose veins. Believe me, these do not look like vericose veins at all. That was the last thing we expected. Hope it turns out to be nothing serious. You'll be in my prayers too.
Robert, I followed all the steps and got the same result as before. In addition....as the game is "trying" to download/install the Gamehouse website in the background keeps flashing......like it's trying to load but can't stabalize. This is getting to be very annoying. Thank you so much for all you've been doing to try to resolve the issue. If you give up I don't blame you. :)
Littlemaggit
Member
It is good to see you back, Michelle and I also wish you all the best.
I've had a major problem since yesterday when I downloaded Faded Reality and played a bit of it. All seemed fine then, but when I switched my computer on this morning, all my games have acquired a virus according to AVG (Win32 Heur). I find it hard to believe that something nasty has arrived from Gamehouse as I've never had that sort of problem with them, and they have a good reputation. Anyway, I've run a full scan in safe mode and on switching back on I'm not getting any nasty messages. Whether or not I'll be able to play any games is an unknown at present, but I'll see what happens.
Littlemaggit
Member
Update on the above: after an awful lot of searching around, I've found that the recent update of AVG Free has given rise to a lot of false positives. This is a new one on me as I've never had any problem with it before. Consequently, I've currently lost a lot of my games and am going to have to get them back from a backup, but how long it will be till they sort out the problem, I don't know. Trouble seems to be that if it's detecting something as a virus, it won't let me get at it even though it's actually OK. I confess that I'm rather lost here as I'm not a techie!
Michelle
Member
Thank you all. My grandmother, I never knew her but my dad said she had those kinds of veins, but my doctor on the other hand thinks they are fatty lumps. He said the only way they are cancer if I have cancer somewhere else. Thanks a lot doc! He asks me do you feel lumps anywhere else? No doc, I told you where I feel the lumps. Then I was worried about bone cancer and he tells me you don't have bone cancer. He tells me not to look online and try to diagnose myself, but I do because finding things online is a lot quicker than seeing a doctor.
It feels like a lump in my fat on my leg.
Michelle, it may be a "fibroma". I found one some years ago and the doctor cut it out and had it tested - just a mass of fibers. He said they are just a part of aging. He said that he rarely sees anybody under 40 with them and just as rarely sees anybody over 50 without them! I was in my forties then. I think I have another one now. They're benign and cause no problems. Just a bit unsightly if they get bigger.
I hope your problem is as benign!
Michelle
Member
I am 30, but overweight. Well my doctor doesn't seem to concerned about it, but I am. I guess if he was that concerned he would have done testing. I guess he is holding off on that till next time. I thought about writing all my problems down and just handing him the paper.
Buckleysmom
Member
I am still not able to download from Gamehouse.....is anyone else still having a problem?
Here's the exact message I'm getting...
Game Installer
A network related error has occurred. Please ensure your computer is connected to the internet and click yes to retry or no to exit.
I've tried everything suggested and nothing helps. This isn't just with free games, there's one I want to buy and I can't even do that. UGH!!!!!!!
--------------update-------------
I was finally able to get a live chat with them and after some troubleshooting we found it to be a firewall problem. I just have to disable it when I do a d/l from them. I don't mess with the firewall so I have to see if hubby can change a setting that will fix the problem (I don't dare do it myself or he'll....well......we won't go there.....lol).
Quantum Dragon
Member
@Terri218
In short, it is another form of Adware as it is similar to Google AdSense, except it displays advertisements in installation programs instead of websites.
According to Wikipedia, OpenCandy is a company based in San Diego which produces a Web 2.0 advertising software module. It is a Microsoft Windows library which can be incorporated in a Windows installer.
When a user installs an application which has the OpenCandy library, they are presented with the option to install additional software that it recommends (based on a scan of the user's system and geolocation).
It has attracted some criticism due to privacy concerns.
Past versions of OpenCandy were considered adware by Microsoft Security Essentials as they 'may send user-specific information...without obtaining adequate user consent'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenCandy
You might also look at these links to understand more:
http://winscp.net/eng/docs/opencandy
http://www.opencandy.com/faqs/
Hope this helps you
Paul
MarjoryM
Member
There also this from Malwarebytes
http://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?showtopic=18938
It's one thing to offer me ads because the advertiser bought space - it's another icky kettle of fish to SCAN my PC and offer me stuff..
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