worried

[lindsay1982]

Hi, i was just on another forrums not hexus and i got a warning from my virgin media security.

it told me that the site was fraudulent (unsure with spelling) it told me to leave site and delete any emails i got from them i left site and deleted 2 emails i recieved and currently doing a scan.

Just wondering if anyone think's i should worry now?

[peterb]

Depends what the site was. If it was a well known shopping site, then you are probably OK.

It also depends on what the warning was and where it came from. Firefox (for example) flags up untrusted x509 certificates. They can be an indication of a dodgy site - more often than not it is a self signed certificate with no root certificate authority.

If it was from a Virgin Media installed app - then you need to look at the nature of the problem.

If it was an alert via e mail, advising you to click on a link - then be very very wary. Look at the e mail headers to see where it has come from.

Without actually posting the link, (for obvious reasons) what site was it? And what was the exact message you got?

[lindsay1982]

the site was a vampire forrum vampireforum and i closed the link darn i wish i didn't where it said fraud i could have posted it here

sorry i put link by accident took it away

[HSK]

Vampires...dangerous folk them, stay away. Along with any form of werewolf forum, and annoy American teen drama forums.

[lindsay1982]

Vampires...dangerous folk them, stay away. Along with any form of werewolf forum, and annoy American teen drama forums.

Lol i Love reading books about vampires you could say i'm obessed with Vampires

[HSK]

I knew it! I don't get this recent obsession. I guess I'm way too old now.

[lindsay1982]

I knew it! I don't get this recent obsession. I guess I'm way too old now.

you can never be too old i'm in my late 20's i feel old sometimes lol but your always as young as you feel xx

[lindsay1982]

Thanks peterb for your advice

[lindsay1982]

Thanks HSK for telling me to stay away from Vamps/werewolfs

[peterb]

Ok - well, leaving aside your interest in Vampires (I'm more a Buffy man myself ) - I had a look at the site (I'm using a Linux based (machine) and it didn't come up with any warnings.

However there are some adverts on there which I suspect would definitely trigger some warnings, given the content, so that is probably what did it. I wouldn't worry too much.

[lindsay1982]

81% through scan for viruses etc *fingers crossed*

[lindsay1982]

Thanks peterb you've made me feel so much better *hugs*

[lindsay1982]

However there are some adverts on there which I suspect would definitely trigger some warnings, given the content, so that is probably what did it. I wouldn't worry too much.

i did acidently click one i think your right about that i will let you know outcome of scan though

[lindsay1982]

Cookies:
there was 16 it deleted all of them thank god

[peterb]

Thanks peterb you've made me feel so much better *hugs*

Cookies:
there was 16 it deleted all of them thank god

Cookies themselves aren't in themselves malware, but they can enable sites to track other sites you have visited.