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Getting "Danger: Malware ahead" Message on FR?
12/06/12 | Self

Posted on 12/06/2012 8:44:00 AM PST by entropy12

Content from lolpresident.com, a known malware distributor has been inserted in this page.......


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When I click on "New posts to you" I get above message about malware ahead! What is the correct solution?
1 posted on 12/06/2012 8:44:09 AM PST by entropy12
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To: entropy12

Are you logged in?


2 posted on 12/06/2012 8:45:08 AM PST by Las Vegas Ron (Medicine is the keystone in the arch of socialism)
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To: entropy12

I had a popup blocked on FR yesterday. i ignored it and moved on, but then thought, WTH? I should have checked to see who it was.


3 posted on 12/06/2012 8:46:34 AM PST by IllumiNaughtyByNature ($1.84 - The price of a gallon of gas on Jan. 20th, 2009.)
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To: entropy12

Nothing here alerted..but I don’t get pinged to the same posts perhaps..Just don’t click on the link so designated.


4 posted on 12/06/2012 8:49:28 AM PST by MEG33 (O Lord, Guide Our Nation)
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To: Las Vegas Ron

Yes, I am logged in. That is how I could post this thread. I am afraid to read replies to my post because my Google chrome is detecting the malware presence when I click on “New posts to you” message on FR.


5 posted on 12/06/2012 8:50:34 AM PST by entropy12 (The republic is doomed when people figure out they can get free stuff by voting democrats)
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To: entropy12
It may be local to your computer too

Run a scan using MalwareBytes.com (free) software and also make sure your anti-virus is up to date and run a full scan with that- do it before you go to bed and let it run all night if it has to

I use www.avast.com and have NEVER had a problem - it is my favorite (and the home version is also free)

6 posted on 12/06/2012 8:50:58 AM PST by Mr. K (some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help...)
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To: entropy12

:: message about malware ahead! ::

Uhhhh....
don’t
click
on
it
?


7 posted on 12/06/2012 8:51:01 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Bread and Circuses; Everyone to the Coliseum!)
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To: Mr. K

Thanks a bunch. Guess what? I did not get that message this time!


8 posted on 12/06/2012 8:55:39 AM PST by entropy12 (The republic is doomed when people figure out they can get free stuff by voting democrats)
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To: entropy12

Try checking your browser options. You may need to disable some add-ons. I had a similar thing happen, did that and now it’s OK.


9 posted on 12/06/2012 8:55:39 AM PST by RedMDer (Please support Toys for Tots this CHRISTmas season.)
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To: entropy12

It’s a guilty by association warning that browsers and virus shields have been doing lately.

Someone posts a picture or a link from another site. The picture or link itself doesn’t have malware on it, but the parent site somewhere does. Their malware is probably embedded in an advertisement script or possibly a file download, neither of which you’ll actually get on Free Republic through the link. Parent site gets a flag and then Free Republic gets a flag in the message that the picture or link was used in.

Nothing really to be alarmed about.


10 posted on 12/06/2012 8:59:05 AM PST by Domandred (Fdisk, format, and reinstall the entire .gov system.)
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To: entropy12

There were two comments with hotlinks to lolpresident.com, one from Monday, one from 2009. Both have been removed.


11 posted on 12/06/2012 9:00:32 AM PST by Admin Moderator
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

I did NOT click on it...duh....I am crazy but not stupid haha!

Looks like FR mods must have fixed the problem since I am no longer getting the malware ahead warning.


12 posted on 12/06/2012 9:01:30 AM PST by entropy12 (The republic is doomed when people figure out they can get free stuff by voting democrats)
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To: Admin Moderator

Thank you mods!!!! Problem has disappeared!


13 posted on 12/06/2012 9:03:12 AM PST by entropy12 (The republic is doomed when people figure out they can get free stuff by voting democrats)
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To: entropy12

Run some of the malware checker programs.

Then, reboot.

Sometimes, errant material from web pages get lock into the cache. Rebooting should clear that out.


14 posted on 12/06/2012 9:04:13 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: entropy12

Thanks for raising the issue - going forward, also please either mash abuse or send a freepmail to Admin Moderator. Mashing abuse will get the quickest response.


15 posted on 12/06/2012 9:05:16 AM PST by Admin Moderator
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To: entropy12
I had a problem with my Avast which was constantly giving me a virus warning. I searched the internet and was directed to a program that got installed on my computer. Once I deleted that program, the problem was solved.

I don't know how it got installed but I suspect it was either bundled in with a freeware program I downloaded and subsequently deleted OR it came with my latest version of Avast that was updated recently....

16 posted on 12/06/2012 9:06:51 AM PST by Hot Tabasco (Jab her with a harpoon.....)
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To: entropy12

My thinking was it was NOT generated by FR-links.

My guess is that the Mods did...nada.


17 posted on 12/06/2012 9:26:33 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Bread and Circuses; Everyone to the Coliseum!)
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To: Las Vegas Ron

[Are you logged in?]

Do you have any idea how old and tiresome that ‘joke’ is?


18 posted on 12/06/2012 10:45:13 AM PST by RetSignman ("A Republic if you can keep it"....)
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To: RetSignman

Yes. But a thread like this couldn’t survive without it.


19 posted on 12/06/2012 10:55:00 AM PST by upchuck (America's at an awkward stage. Too late to work within the system, too early to shoot the bastards.)
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To: RetSignman

Meh, it’s an FR classic....an oldie but a goodie!


20 posted on 12/06/2012 11:07:45 AM PST by Las Vegas Ron (Medicine is the keystone in the arch of socialism)
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