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Malware warning.

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  • 21-05-2014 7:12am
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    Liam McPoyle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,846 ✭✭✭✭


    Hi, didnt know where else to post this.

    When I click on todays post of the day a malware warning appears, Im using the 40 posts per page setting.
    Post edited by Shield on


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    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,312 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    There should be a domain name in the malware warning, that's what will help the devs/admins most.


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    LoLth
    Registered Users Posts: 10,339 ✭✭✭✭LoLth


    it could be an ad that is being identified as linking to a known or reported malware site (if you are using Norton internet security for example), or it could be an attachment in someone's post...just looked at the potd and its in a thread with all attached / linked imagery.

    as Spear says, the domain name would be needed or at the least the AV software that's doing the reporting so we can check their AV signatures ourselves.


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    Liam McPoyle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,846 ✭✭✭✭Liam McPoyle


    Balls, it was appearing on my laptop and I'm currently sitting on the luas. I will check when I get home this evening if it's still there but there didn't seem to be anything of note in the warning, just the stock standard Chrome warning flag.


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    D2D
    Registered Users Posts: 8,391 ✭✭✭D2D


    From the warning
    Google Chrome has blocked access to this page on www.boards.ie.

    Content from cdn.memegenerator.net, a known malware distributor, has been inserted into this web page. Visiting this page now is very likely to infect your computer with malware.

    Google's diagnostic page of the malware link


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    Dav
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,840 ✭✭✭Dav


    I'd imagine it's an image someone's posted into that thread, I'll take a look for it now. Thanks for the heads up.

    Edit: Yea, was just an image someone posted, so no harm done. I've deleted the post anyway to avoid further warnings.


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    Cathmandooo
    Registered Users Posts: 17,324 ✭✭✭✭Cathmandooo


    Got another one http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057197040&page=3

    It's the stickied By-Election thread in the Dublin 15 forum. Somewhere between post 81 and 120


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    Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Employee Posts: 12,597 ✭✭✭✭✭Boards.ie: Niamh
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    Cathmandooo wrote: »
    Got another one http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057197040&page=3

    It's the stickied By-Election thread in the Dublin 15 forum. Somewhere between post 81 and 120
    Got it, thanks.

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