FAO NEAL: Reported Attack Site? Anyone else getting this too? - Page 4

Onkel Neal · 10-18-10, 10:10 PM

Seeing how Google is the #1 problem we have with spammer email here, they should clean themselves up first.

I've asked the IT security team to do another sweep.

Reece · 10-18-10, 11:00 PM

Hi, for some reason I can't access any subsim forums whilst using firefox, I am currently using IE, this is the warning:

Seems like a virus to me that has effected firefox though all other sites seem to be ok!

TLAM Strike · 10-18-10, 11:02 PM

Already noted on the GT board...

Neal is working on it.

Sailor Steve · 10-18-10, 11:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Already noted on the GT board...

At least four times, and at least once in other forums.

Reece · 10-18-10, 11:14 PM

Whew!!

That's a relief, I thought I had a virus, thanks all!!

Reece · 10-18-10, 11:21 PM

Seems to be only FF on my system, IE works fine, maybe that's just a setting though!

krashkart · 10-18-10, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Reece

Seems to be only FF on my system, IE works fine, maybe that's just a setting though!

It is a setting on the Security tab: 'Block reported attack sites'

I unchecked that and haven't had any problems at all with this site. Pretty sure the AV and/or firewall would have thrown a red flag at me but nothing happened there, so I'm trusting that it's just that Subsim is on Google's "Badware" list.

WarlordATF · 10-19-10, 12:27 AM

This was really messing with me today until i finally said the hell with it and clicked ignore and checked this message. Like Krashkart said i'm sure my AV would have detected if something was really wrong.

Anyway, Glad to be back and i hope this gets straightened out so other users are not kept away because of it. Stupid Google!

Castout · 10-19-10, 02:13 AM

The appropriate comment for google . . . .

Dowly · 10-19-10, 06:40 AM

No point in blaming google. We had few people getting actual trojans not too long ago (check the "java problems and more" thread at Comments to Subsim Review forum), that's probably the reason SS is now flagged.

papa_smurf · 10-19-10, 07:12 AM

I had to reset my security settings on Firefox to get here, but as a precaution ran a anti-spyware check. All is well as my firewall/AV software picked up nothing.

Quote:

It is a setting on the Security tab: 'Block reported attack sites'

Turn it off, and all will be well.

August · 10-19-10, 08:20 AM

I wonder if Reported Attack Sites just means that someone, perhaps a disgruntled former poster, is trying to cause trouble?

Raptor1 · 10-19-10, 08:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by August

I wonder if Reported Attack Sites just means that someone, perhaps a disgruntled former poster, is trying to cause trouble?

Don't think so, since it's apparently based on data Google collected themselves.

Onkel Neal · 10-19-10, 08:30 AM

It probably is. And the original problem was with the Google ads on thie site, so it's ironic that Google caused the problem and then reported it.

[501]Otto · 10-19-10, 08:43 AM

This is what I get, using Google Chrome browser

Yesterday I was having just a warning advice when I connected to subsim, but since this morning it has increased to 2 advices each time I try to acces. Getting worse?

10-18-10, 10:10 PM	#46
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,284 Downloads: 534 Uploads: 224	Seeing how Google is the #1 problem we have with spammer email here, they should clean themselves up first. I've asked the IT security team to do another sweep. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

10-18-10, 11:00 PM	#47
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 32,747 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Subsim forum access denied by Google as unsafe! Hi, for some reason I can't access any subsim forums whilst using firefox, I am currently using IE, this is the warning: Seems like a virus to me that has effected firefox though all other sites seem to be ok! __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

10-18-10, 11:02 PM	#48
TLAM Strike Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Rochester, New York Posts: 8,633 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 6	Already noted on the GT board... Neal is working on it. __________________

10-18-10, 11:14 PM	#50
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 32,747 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Whew!! That's a relief, I thought I had a virus, thanks all!! __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

10-18-10, 11:21 PM	#51
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 32,747 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Seems to be only FF on my system, IE works fine, maybe that's just a setting though! __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

10-19-10, 12:27 AM	#53
WarlordATF Frogman Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: SW Florida Posts: 288 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	This was really messing with me today until i finally said the hell with it and clicked ignore and checked this message. Like Krashkart said i'm sure my AV would have detected if something was really wrong. Anyway, Glad to be back and i hope this gets straightened out so other users are not kept away because of it. Stupid Google! __________________

10-19-10, 02:13 AM	#54
Castout Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Jakarta Posts: 4,794 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 6	The appropriate comment for google . . . . __________________ My blog: http://exposingsingapore.wordpress.com/

10-19-10, 06:40 AM	#55
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,005 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	No point in blaming google. We had few people getting actual trojans not too long ago (check the "java problems and more" thread at Comments to Subsim Review forum), that's probably the reason SS is now flagged.

10-19-10, 08:20 AM	#57
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 22,667 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I wonder if Reported Attack Sites just means that someone, perhaps a disgruntled former poster, is trying to cause trouble? __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

10-19-10, 08:30 AM	#59
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,284 Downloads: 534 Uploads: 224	It probably is. And the original problem was with the Google ads on thie site, so it's ironic that Google caused the problem and then reported it. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

10-19-10, 08:43 AM	#60
[501]Otto Commander Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Spain Posts: 455 Downloads: 87 Uploads: 0	This is what I get, using Google Chrome browser Yesterday I was having just a warning advice when I connected to subsim, but since this morning it has increased to 2 advices each time I try to acces. Getting worse?