Cornflakes Posted March 7, 2011 Posted March 7, 2011 I installed Chrome, got no warnings. This I can't test, since I don't have a Mac.
Xepha Posted March 7, 2011 Posted March 7, 2011 I'm also getting it... the site was fine last time I checked it (over 2hrs ago). I sent an email to Ian so we can know what's up.
jesse_rocket Posted March 7, 2011 Posted March 7, 2011 Yeah, I'm getting these warnings, both from Chrome's built-in protection, and from Avast! Antivirus. Both on the site itself, and the forum.
livvy Posted March 7, 2011 Posted March 7, 2011 This is rather concerning. =\ I'm sure we're not intentionally sending out malware or whatever Chrome is accusing us of, but I suppose it's best to be careful.
Spritzie Posted March 7, 2011 Posted March 7, 2011 I've notified Ian and the site Admins so they can address this. I've seen something similar, where a member's avatar was taken from a site that sent out a warning, though there was no harm done. Ian or TJ should hopefully be around soon to look into it, and let you all know what's going on. Possibly if someone could post a screenshot of the error, that would be helpful.
Scartic Posted March 7, 2011 Posted March 7, 2011 AVG didn't notice anything wrong with the site, better scan anyway
Mouseykins Posted March 7, 2011 Posted March 7, 2011 I'm not too worried I just find this interesting. It could be one of the adds that are displayed on the main site. That was the problem with another site, one of their advertisements had malware or linked too it. If you have a good virus program that detects malware then don't worry until you have to. I hope whatever the issue here gets fixed soon those error messages from chrome are annoying having to always click let me proceed anyways. :)
Masaryk Posted March 7, 2011 Posted March 7, 2011 Apparently, Opera doesn't care. XD This happened on another forum I visit a few weeks ago. In that case, it was because ads running on the site were from a server with content reported as potentially malicious. It got resolved there pretty quickly.
jumpingbeans Posted March 8, 2011 Posted March 8, 2011 ....I just want to make sure, you're 100% certain that there's no virus. If there is one, please PM me about it, because I've heard many stories on whether there is or is not a virus.
riopk217 Posted March 8, 2011 Posted March 8, 2011 If any of you are worried but want to keep using TDN, just install NoScript and block scripts on the site until this is resolved. The site works (with minor awkwardnesses) with NoScript on (I'm posting this with it on). I know that they wouldn't intentionally send out malware, but personally I feel that the risk of an SQL injection attack or something embedded in advertising code could be inadvertantly sending it out.
Kuroida Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 Oh good I'm not the only one getting this. I'm on chrome and it says the following (sorry no screenie) Warning: Something's Not Right Here! www.tdnforums.com contains malware. Your computer might catch a virus if you visit this site. Google has found malicious software may be installed onto your computer if you proceed. If you've visited this site in the past or you trust this site, it's possible that it has just recently been compromised by a hacker. You should not proceed, and perhaps try again tomorrow or go somewhere else. We have already notified www.tdnforums.com that we found malware on the site. For more about the problems found on www.tdnforums.com, visit the Google Safe Browsing diagnostic page. It's fine on IE though. I'd really like it if a site admin could address this some time.
riopk217 Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 It's not 'fine on IE', IE just doesn't find malicious scripts. My suggestion is to script-block the site for now because it looks like something is embedded which is causing trouble.
Anime Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 Ian posted about this here. It should be just about fixed now.
Tank Girl Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 I was on the TDN Dailies page today and my computer was attacked by a trojan virus :/ what's goin on?
Cornflakes Posted March 9, 2011 Author Posted March 9, 2011 Nope, still not fixed. For me, it's gotten worse. Yesterday Chrome was ok going on here, and now every time I go to a new page it warns me multiple times that I might get a virus. I click "proceed anyway" and then it warns me again. I'm like "shut up, please...I need my fix." And while it would be convenient to just turn all of the warnings off, I would rather wait until it is all resolved. :)
Emily Posted March 10, 2011 Posted March 10, 2011 Nope, still not fixed. For me, it's gotten worse. Yesterday Chrome was ok going on here, and now every time I go to a new page it warns me multiple times that I might get a virus. I click "proceed anyway" and then it warns me again. I'm like "shut up, please...I need my fix." And while it would be convenient to just turn all of the warnings off, I would rather wait until it is all resolved. :) I have the same problem. i turned the warnings off in FF so it didnt pop up on every page, but I switched over to Chrome today (FF was all of a sudden refusing to load flash). Is there a similar disable option for Chrome? Even better would be a way to disable the notification for certain sites while keeping it on.
Xepha Posted March 10, 2011 Posted March 10, 2011 Just wanted to say that Ian is still working on the problem, and that once everything is cleared he will make an announcement.
Shane for Wax Posted March 11, 2011 Posted March 11, 2011 Until it is fully resolved I'll be keeping my noscript on. I will point out that the main TDN page no longer got the warning after a day or so but the forums still got it until recently.
Alice ☮ Posted March 11, 2011 Posted March 11, 2011 So... is it fixed? And was there any danger of malware? I'm a little worried because after I got the warning, I went to TDN forums anyway, and right after that Chrome crashed >_< But now everything seems to be working fine, which is awesome because I missed TDN :P
Domino Posted March 11, 2011 Posted March 11, 2011 Yaaaayyyy. I was dying without my TDNF (I ish too paranoid to risk it if there's even a slight possiblity of malware (and I even have a Mac! lol)). Hope it's back to stayyy.
Tedhaun Posted March 11, 2011 Posted March 11, 2011 Yaaaayyyy. I was dying without my TDNF (I ish too paranoid to risk it if there's even a slight possiblity of malware (and I even have a Mac! lol)). Hope it's back to stayyy. I'm going to say the same here Domino. I was being driven nuts without The Daily Neopets, and I'm also nervous about malware.\ So glad it's back. :yes:
BEE. Posted March 11, 2011 Posted March 11, 2011 Omg, i can FINALLY get back on the site! I had problems in Chrome & Safari, :/
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