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Malware infection?

Discussion in 'Tech Support' started by ashura, Jul 28, 2010.

  1. ashura

    ashura Third Year DLP Supporter

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    I don't know if the site has been attacked or not but if it has, couldn't hurt to give you guys a headsup. Every forum/subforum link now has https instead of http on it and I'm getting this warning from Chrome:

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    EDIT: Wow, that was fast. Thread links are back to http already.
     
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  2. Militis

    Militis Supreme Mugwump

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    Alindrome A bigger, darker mark DLP Supporter Retired Staff

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    I get it on the same thread.

    If you didn't know, HTTPS is HTTP Secure. It's designed to protect you from potentially malicious attacks by encrypting and decrypting user page requests and the pages you're visiting. I get this on a portion of the site, but most of it is HTTP.

    Anyway, the reason you're getting this warning is, I assume, that someone's linked something from the site the warning message mentions. The site has been flagged by google for suspicious activity recently. It's flagged because Google thinks the site is hosting malware.

    Edit: It's likely to be a legitimate site, but hijacked to host malware. If you wait it might get cleared up - try asking Google to review the site to see if it's still malicious.
     
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  4. Militis

    Militis Supreme Mugwump

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    @Palindrome: I get it on HTTP, since that's all I use for DLP. (It's not like we're hiding National Sekrets here, amirite?)

    Anyway, yeah, that's most likely the problem.
     
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