theanswerbank.co.uk site compromised??

[trastevere]

I have just had to run a system restore in order to visit theanswerbank.com I use McAfee site adviser and over the past few days every time I go to www.theanswerbank.co.uk the home page comes up momentarilly then it is replaced by another page with a very serious warning from McAfee. http://www.siteadvisor.com/exploit.html?domain =http://ad2.adecn.com/here.spot?v=2.2;time=011 ;spotId=11797;c=0;ms=1218365426156&originalURL =1218365426&premium=false&client_ver=2.8.255&c lient_type=IEPlugin&suite=false&aff_id=0&local e=en-us&os_ver=5.1.3.0&pip=true

The text on McAfee's page includes the following:- http//ad2.adecn.com/here.spotv2.2time011spotId1179
7c0ms1218365426156 may cause a breach of browser security.
Why were you redirected to this page? When we tested, this site attempted to make unauthorized changes to our test PC by exploiting a browser security vulnerability. This is a serious security threat which could lead to an infection of your PC.


What has been happening?

[Postdog]

I don't get any problems and I have software in place too. Not Mcafee tho, used it before so wouldn't touch it again.

[Jugglering]

How peculiar... I have McAfee and my site advisor tells me that there are no particular problems with this site...

[Buenchico]

McAfee seems to be over-cautious. It's probably simply blocking the page because it's identified some weird Javascript. It's not necessarily anything malicious.

The easiest solution is to do what most of the 'regulars', here in AB's technology section, do. We nearly all use Firefox (which is less prone to security attacks than IE anyway), together with AdBlock Plus (which blocks the ads and makes AB load in the fraction of the normal time).

Firefox:
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/

AdBlock Plus for Firefox:
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/1865

Chris

[sir.prize]

Buencho. Please can you tell me, do I have to remove IE before downloading Firefox, or do they run alongside one another?

I had the same McAfee message as trastevere, and since then I have been getting random screen freezes on many websites.

Thanks for any advice.

[BillySugger]

IE is a part of windows itself so it's not possible to remove it . Just download Firefox & use it instead .