ChatterBank1 min ago
Warning On My Computer
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WWW.answerbank has been reported as an attack page and has been blocked on my security preferences"
Hosted1 network including AS20473 (CHOOPA)
This was a little message waiting for me when I tried to get on this evening!Probably a good job I don't understand it!!!
WWW.answerbank has been reported as an attack page and has been blocked on my security preferences"
Hosted1 network including AS20473 (CHOOPA)
This was a little message waiting for me when I tried to get on this evening!Probably a good job I don't understand it!!!
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Aaaagh! Not another thread! (There are loads already!).
You must be using Firefox, Chrome or Safari. Those browsers refer all of your requests for web pages to Google's security system, to check whether they host any malicious content. That system has detected that AB has been taking feeds from bit.ly which, knowingly or otherwise, has been hosting potentially malicious content.
AB's techies have spent the past few days trying to sort the problem out (because users of Norton security products were getting warnings before Google's system picked it up) so it's likely that Google's warnings are out of date anyway.
AB's team will probably get the site 'white listed' again soon, so there's almost certainly nothing to worry about.
You must be using Firefox, Chrome or Safari. Those browsers refer all of your requests for web pages to Google's security system, to check whether they host any malicious content. That system has detected that AB has been taking feeds from bit.ly which, knowingly or otherwise, has been hosting potentially malicious content.
AB's techies have spent the past few days trying to sort the problem out (because users of Norton security products were getting warnings before Google's system picked it up) so it's likely that Google's warnings are out of date anyway.
AB's team will probably get the site 'white listed' again soon, so there's almost certainly nothing to worry about.
Bit of an awkward one this - it doesn't sound like it's a good idea merely to ignore these warnings. At least Answerbank, by its nature, is likely to provide info to anyone "brave" enough to go there/here :-)
I'm not going to disable the warnings from my firefox browser all the same. Just trust to luck ... :-)
I'm not going to disable the warnings from my firefox browser all the same. Just trust to luck ... :-)
Hi johnty. I also had this today. I fixed it by clicking on TOOLS/OPTIONS/SECURITY then click Exemptions and add http://
That's all very well bestdriver but all that does is remove the warning, not the underlying problem (if there is one). Although these warnings may be (probably are in all honesty) unwarranted, they do come from a reputable source.
My problem with them is that they don't say where they are coming from, and they also are a gift, ironically, to virus writers, who can use imitation warnings to scare people into downloading harmful stuff under the guise of some sort of fix
My problem with them is that they don't say where they are coming from, and they also are a gift, ironically, to virus writers, who can use imitation warnings to scare people into downloading harmful stuff under the guise of some sort of fix
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Quote bestdriver "I fixed it"
No you didn't, you just took the ostrich option.
I feel safe over-riding the warning at the moment because Google says:-
"The last time Google visited this site was on 2013-02-23, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2013-02-21."
so at the moment it would seem to be OK (but maybe we all got infected 2 days ago?) but Google hasn't yet given it a full 'all-clear'. No warning 2 days ago - Nothing like shutting the stable door . . .
I think this is going to put a lot of people off visiting AB.
No you didn't, you just took the ostrich option.
I feel safe over-riding the warning at the moment because Google says:-
"The last time Google visited this site was on 2013-02-23, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2013-02-21."
so at the moment it would seem to be OK (but maybe we all got infected 2 days ago?) but Google hasn't yet given it a full 'all-clear'. No warning 2 days ago - Nothing like shutting the stable door . . .
I think this is going to put a lot of people off visiting AB.
