"Questionable Website" Topic
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| Dave0564 | 07 Dec 2018 2:07 p.m. PST |
I came across a link to this website of Forum a few days ago: warfarehistorynetwork.com that's "//warfarehistorynetwork.com" in case this just says "link". Sorry, I can't find the original post I found this link in. The site does what it says on the tin. BUT, after a while of browsing, I got an interrupt message about "Your windows is out-of-date; click here to update; nasty threat, etc" Unsure if this is:
1 a spoof message on the site to discourage guest browsing
2 an indicator that the website is insecure, therefore a warning shot
3 a real virus/attack Whatever, I found this to be a real pain, and thought I would share my experience. |
| whill4 | 07 Dec 2018 2:44 p.m. PST |
If there are ads in the margins, typically the nastiness is coming through them. |
| Old Contemptibles | 07 Dec 2018 6:51 p.m. PST |
It is a scam. I would recommend you ignore it. In fact I would stay away from that website. |
| Chris Wimbrow | 07 Dec 2018 6:55 p.m. PST |
When I get those warnings, especially when I can't just close them, I reboot and as Rallynow said, don't go back. |
 Parzival  | 07 Dec 2018 10:18 p.m. PST |
It may not be the fault of the site, but their advertisement provider. Every few months or so one of my regular websites— sometimes even a major commercial news site— will generate a pop-up window that offers a prize or some other "click now" suggestion. Invariably, these windows fill the entire browser window, ghosting over the background, and offering a choice to accept the proposal or cancel/ignore it. I know better than to click on either option (both are lies). The only way out is to close down the tab or the window entirely. If I go back, the same action (usually an article click) typically generates the window again. So if I need to see the site that day, I turn off JavaScript, which is how these malicious "ads" function, and they don't appear again. Usually after a few hours it's safe to turn JS back on. This, by the way, is another reason why I despise JavaScript. And on-line ad providers. Grrrrr. |
| Parzival | 09 Dec 2018 9:52 a.m. PST |
By the way, if the site does appear to be a good information site on the topic, I think that's probably evidence that the site itself is not malicious. A crook's not going to waste time building a military history site when he can get more visitors/victims with slap-dash pictures of cats. |
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