Is it a Firefox fault.?

[vivandorron]

Hi Ed.

At the moment there is a lot of concern about a supposed virus which has hit AB.

In view therefore of the number of threads which are being woven on this matter in different sections of AB., you may wish now to consider my suggestion of your issuing an official statement as a starter to your own Thread.

I am aware that you did try to put members at ease in the following :-

http://www.theanswerb...y/Question938143.html

However , I feel sure there are a lot of ABers who didn't read your advice which was posted in the 'Technology Section.'

Best wishes .....Ron.

[Buenchico]

It's not a Firefox error.

It's an over-reaction by Google's software (which provides the information to Firefox) to something it believes it has detected on the AB site.

Chris

[jno]

Chris, the thing is, at first when it started showing errors, someone posted the Google report, which showed there were 0 errors. At that stage I (on Firefox) wasn't getting the attack-page warnings.

I started getting the warnings this afternoon and still have them. The Google report now shows that there are problems after all.

I don't really know what to make of all this but it is a pain. I have to click to disregard the warning for every page I view and every answer I post.

[vivandorron]

hi jno...I may have been the person who posted the Google report as part of my answer to Dris in 'Suggestions' ....Q. " Ed seems to be a virus affecting users of AB.

But as you have correctly said the report from Google has now altered to :-

Advisory provided by Google
Safe Browsing
Diagnostic page for theanswerbank.co.uk/answerbank-suggestions

What is the current listing status for theanswerbank.co.uk/answerbank-suggestions?

Site is listed as suspicious - visiting this website may harm your computer.

Part of this site was listed for suspicious activity 2 time(s) over the past 90 days.

What happened when Google visited this site?

Of the 3 pages that we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 3 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time that Google visited this site was on 2010-09-15, and the last time that suspicious content was found on this site was on 2010-09-15.

Malicious software is hosted on 2 domain(s), including silverdisc.co.uk/, 212.117.161.0/.

1 domain(s) appear to be functioning as intermediaries for distributing malware to visitors of this site, including silverdisc.co.uk/.

This site was hosted on 1 network(s) including AS20473 (CHOOPA).

Has this site acted as an intermediary resulting in further distribution of malware?

Over the past 90 days, theanswerbank.co.uk/answerbank-suggestions did not appear to function as an intermediary for the infection of any sites.

Has this site hosted malware?

No, this site has not hosted malicious software over the past 90 days.

How did this happen?

In some cases, third parties can add malicious code to legitimate sites, which would cause us to show the warning message.

Next steps:

23:41 Wed 15th Sep 2010

[Greedyfly]

When is this malware problem going to get fixed does anyone know?

Mine just keeps threatening virus'

[Greedyfly]

BTW I cannot even enter the link in vivandron's OP so I cannot see an answer to this issue

[funnygirl]

And mine especially here at work as we use Firefox!!!!

[squarebear]

Just ignore it for now. We have been told the techies are on the case.

[Greedyfly]

Ignore the message or the site?

I shall stay away I think until it is fixed as I do not want a virus and fear I will probably get one. This has happened a couple of times now due to the advertising.

[Robinia]

Ed has now put a sticky post in Technology
http://www.theanswerb...y/Question938327.html

[squarebear]

Ignore the message. Answerbank is safe.

[Greedyfly]

As stated before I cannot view any links posted. Never mind. Thanks for all your help guys. I shall return when it is fixed!

[vivandorron]

I recall an Advert on TV ( can't really remember the product being advertised) but the punch line was "Follow the Bear" Consequently, I go along with our member squarebear.

Ron

[Jan1957]

That was for Hofmeister Lager Ron. I had a pub at the time so I remember it well.

[bibblebub]

that is squarebear before he discovered AB

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkR0krOm9M4

[vivandorron]

Does the ED think that only the technicologions need the info which he has posted in:-

http://www.theanswerb...y/Question938327.html

Why not in his own blog. which is likely to be viewed by more members than a posting in a single section.

Surely it is not beyond his Techies to enable his postings to be in all sections of AB.

Regardless!! Ron