Malware warning

[Lazyboy]

I got a malware warning when accessing this thread.
Warning from Google chrome.

http://www.spudfiles.com/forums/three-w ... 24643.html

Thought i should let you know

[jrrdw]

Nothing wrong there...

[MrCrowley]

Hmm... I get the same warning.

Danger: Malware Ahead!
Google Chrome has blocked access to this page on www.spudfiles.com.
Content from www.fohguild.org, a known malware distributor, has been inserted into this web page. Visiting this page now is very likely to infect your computer with malware.
Malware is malicious software that causes things like identity theft, financial loss and permanent file deletion. Learn more

Maybe there's a picture or something linked from that site or Chrome is just paranoid.

edit:

Safe Browsing
Diagnostic page for www.fohguild.org/forums

What is the current listing status for www.fohguild.org/forums?
Site is listed as suspicious - visiting this website may harm your computer.

Part of this site was listed for suspicious activity 3 time(s) over the past 90 days.

What happened when Google visited this site?
Of the 1195 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 72 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2012-11-15, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2012-11-15.
Malicious software includes 43 exploit(s), 6 trojan(s). Successful infection resulted in an average of 3 new process(es) on the target machine.

Malicious software is hosted on 18 domain(s), including onlinestoryphirescreen4b.net/, liveswarkshdd.net/, digitalbrio.net/.

1 domain(s) appear to be functioning as intermediaries for distributing malware to visitors of this site, including scuzbomaritim.org/.

This site was hosted on 3 network(s) including AS174 (COGENT), AS15169 (Google Internet Backbone), AS3549 (Global Crossing Ltd.).

Has this site acted as an intermediary resulting in further distribution of malware?
Over the past 90 days, www.fohguild.org/forums did not appear to function as an intermediary for the infection of any sites.

Has this site hosted malware?
No, this site has not hosted malicious software over the past 90 days.

How did this happen?
In some cases, third parties can add malicious code to legitimate sites, which would cause us to show the warning message.

Next steps:
Return to the previous page.
If you are the owner of this website, you can request a review of your site using Google Webmaster Tools. More information about the review process is available in Google's Webmaster Help Centre.

[Lazyboy]

I guess that's ok then

[PCGUY]

Thank you for the info.

I reviewed the thread, it looks like an image that JSR posted was indeed hosted on this "fohguild.org" page, a page which has been deemed as unsafe.

Since the image was directly embedded into the forum post, the SpudFiles page was blocked as malware.

I have edited the post to remove the link, which seems to no longer trigger the malware alert (I got it as well).

Will someone let JSR know?

Thanks.

[jackssmirkingrevenge]

whoops... mea culpa. Firefox didn't think of warning me about that site.

[Lazyboy]

I knew JSR was up[ to no good

[jrrdw]

whoops... mea culpa. Firefox didn't think of warning me about that site.

Jack, are you using antivirus/malware protection on your computer? Regular updates? That should have been the 1st thing to pick up on malware. Not a good idea to depend on browser security...

[jackssmirkingrevenge]

Virus protection should be in order, both at home and at work... could it just be that chrome is a bit more paranoid?

[jrrdw]

Yea, it's also possible a user gave a bad complaint to Google about that webpage but is more likely a 3rd party loaded malware on there in hopes of phishing a unsuspecting user to fall pray to it.

Pop shots in the dark...

[jackssmirkingrevenge]

ethpam! ethpam!

[markspend1]

Hey Guys according to my thinking malware warning is something from viruses protection applications to let the customer know a viruses attack is occurring.Anti malware applications with protective capabilities can pick up on these attacks after the customer has started out or prompted a dangerous program or report.Thanks a lot!!


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