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are these forums infected with malware?

By cpkdude · Aug 26, 2010in Welcome/Site News💬 7 posts👁️ 1,483 views
Posted Aug 26, 2010 · 15:31 UTC#1

I am getting random security warnings from both Malwarebytes and Microsoft Security Essentials when I open this site in IE 8 on the Windows 7 platform.

Is it possible this site has been infected with malware?

 

When I open the Avic411 links pushed to me from thread subscriptions in my email client, these two urls are blocked by Malwarebytes:

IP-BLOCK 82.146.49.67

IP-BLOCK 208.43.86.171

 

and IE 8 has this response:

There is a problem with this website's security certificate.

The security certificate presented by this website was not issued by a trusted certificate authority.

The security certificate presented by this website has expired or is not yet valid.

The security certificate presented by this website was issued for a different website's address.

Security certificate problems may indicate an attempt to fool you or intercept any data you send to the server.

 

Is it possible the Avic email links are infected, or my cable companies email client?

are either one of those urls connected to Avic in any way? One is a service provider and the other seems to be in India

 

thanks

cpkdude

Posted Aug 28, 2010 · 00:02 UTC#2

There aren't any SSL pages on the site so I wouldn't worry about the certificate thing, it's just on one bothered paying $200 for a signed SSL certificate that wouldn't be used. I've got no clue about that other stuff.

Posted Aug 28, 2010 · 04:47 UTC#3
There aren't any SSL pages on the site so I wouldn't worry about the certificate thing, it's just on one bothered paying $200 for a signed SSL certificate that wouldn't be used. I've got no clue about that other stuff.

 

Okay, I guess. It's the only site I visit regularily with this warning. Good to hear there are no worries

Posted Aug 28, 2010 · 06:45 UTC#4

Its because Windows is paranoid. :twisted:

Posted Aug 28, 2010 · 14:55 UTC#5
Its because Windows is paranoid. :twisted:

 

it certainly is of certain pages on this site

Posted Aug 28, 2010 · 17:04 UTC#6

If you only get that URL warning on certain pages that probably means someone posted a link to something questionable. I'd download Firefox if I were you and dump IE, Firefox is more secure and less vonulable to a lot of stuff.

Posted Sep 07, 2010 · 06:43 UTC#7

Are you by chance going to: https://avic411.com or http://avic411.com

 

Notice the "s" in http

 

You want to be at http, not https, otherwise you will get messages like that.