Malware Warnings?

[AlxeMen]

On the Blogscape > Rate this > Monster drops topic, when I click to go to page 44, 45, or 46 in that topic a warning message pops up on my computer saying that the page contains malware.

 

I'm a little worried about the presence of malware on tip.it forums, however, I'm sure it's a mid read by my computer. Any evidence to back up either theory?

[Gandalf14141]

I just checked page 46 and had no issues.

[jimmy_jim]

Page 45 gave it to me, this happens when someones avatar or signature has material from the site which has malware on it. I'll poke an admin and see what they can do

[das]

Hi,

 

In the case of that thread, a user had an avatar hosted on a site that contained Malware.

 

To Elaborate, in this case his avatar was from a website for a record company, albeit a small one that has either been hacked or changed their advertising to where the page and contents on them - are no longer secure. Often the hacker modifies things like Images (like free avatars, or images or the main page) to accomplish his goal. Due to the fact that users can host an avatar from anywhere - This can occasionally happen - and often accidentally. If this persists or becomes common - we may look into possibly restricting this feature as is - but as of now the general chances of this happening are farily low.

 

The avatar has been moved, and the site has been added to our filter.

 

 

~Das.

[AlxeMen]

Alright glad to hear it, thanks.