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Panic Mode on (80) is reporting malware in Chrome !
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Gone Send message Joined: 31 May 99 Posts: 150 Credit: 125,779,206 RAC: 0 |
I am getting this when I try to access the thread. Anybody else seeing malware there ? Google Chrome has blocked access to this page on setiathome.berkeley.edu. Content from valid.canardpc.com, a known malware distributor, has been inserted into this web page. Visiting this page now is very likely to infect your computer with malware. |
Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14650 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874 |
I am getting this when I try to access the thread. I'm using Google Chrome, and I'm getting no warnings when either reading or posting in that thread. I have user signatures disabled via community preferences - they are the most likely vector for any malware on this board. Edit - yes, I get warnings too when I turn user signatures back on. |
Gone Send message Joined: 31 May 99 Posts: 150 Credit: 125,779,206 RAC: 0 |
Yes, it stops when I disable signatures too. I wonder who has the fancy malware enabled signature block ? |
Dimly Lit Lightbulb 😀 Send message Joined: 30 Aug 08 Posts: 15399 Credit: 7,423,413 RAC: 1 |
I have show images as links and get no warning, if I switch that off I get the warning. Member of the People Encouraging Niceness In Society club. |
Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14650 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874 |
Yes, it stops when I disable signatures too. By setting one message per page, and stepping through: I got the first warning on a message by Siran d'Vel'nahr. |
Gone Send message Joined: 31 May 99 Posts: 150 Credit: 125,779,206 RAC: 0 |
My Spock-like logic has deduced that it is an externally linked image in a signature block. That narrows it down a bit. lol |
Gone Send message Joined: 31 May 99 Posts: 150 Credit: 125,779,206 RAC: 0 |
CMDR Siran d'Vel'nahr XO USS Vre'kasht NCC-33187 ? A Vulcan in the Federation, posting malware ? |
Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14650 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874 |
My Spock-like logic has deduced that it is an externally linked image in a signature block. Siran has "http://valid.canardpc.com/cache/banner/1662584.png" in his signature block - that's the hosting site in the Chrome warning. His other image (his personal website) doesn't cause any warnings in Chrome. |
Gone Send message Joined: 31 May 99 Posts: 150 Credit: 125,779,206 RAC: 0 |
Well tracked Richard. I don't think a .png can have any active content in it, it must be that canardpc.com are a very naughty bunch.. French Duck computers.... |
j mercer Send message Joined: 3 Jun 99 Posts: 2422 Credit: 12,323,733 RAC: 1 |
The png is a 'CPU-Z' validation of his computer. ... |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
Earlier today at work the Panic Mode thread just stalled while loading. This happened on both Explorer and Firefox. I suspect our firewall was choking on something, possibly that same image, but it wasn't sticking at that point or simply refusing to load the image like you might expect. A few weeks ago the whole page was getting blocked by the firewall, but it cleared when the thread grew to a new page. This time it was different. And right now, I'm using Chrome at home and not getting a problem, with signatures fully enabled. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
Siran d'Vel'nahr Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 7379 Credit: 44,181,323 RAC: 238 |
Greetings guys, This is a total surprise to me. I have had that link in my sig for years with no problem until now. I have removed the link from my sig. My guess is that the server has been hit. I experienced this same thing in the club I am in; a website was no longer accessible because Google had it blocked as an attack site. My apologies for this. I am not one for advocating the spread of malware. Keep on BOINCing...! :) [edit] I do not use Chrome myself, do not really care for it personally. I use, and have used, Firefox since the early days. I have received no warning from going into a thread here that I have posted in. Strange, strange indeed. :/ [/edit] CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\// Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker "Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath |
Ex: "Socialist" Send message Joined: 12 Mar 12 Posts: 3433 Credit: 2,616,158 RAC: 2 |
What a nice guy! Everyone appreciates it. It's not the first time someone's sig, or a posted link/pic here has triggered anti-malware software. Sometimes it just happens. #resist |
James Sotherden Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 10436 Credit: 110,373,059 RAC: 54 |
Now that the problem is resolved I will lock this thread so as not to confuse posters in to thinking that this is a new panic thread. [/quote] Old James |
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