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Nancy Young[_6_] Nancy Young[_6_] is offline
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Default [OT] theories about why a web site is rejected by AV

On 6/14/2013 10:35 AM, sf wrote:
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> I'm going with the one about a faulty ad being the culprit. I went to
> the Hawaiian cooking site twice. The first time got no reaction from
> my computer, but the second time... my computer started laboring like
> crazy and my WARNING sign popped up.
>
> http://oi41.tinypic.com/o8x53q.jpg
>
> If I didn't know dsi1 wouldn't post a virus on purpose and if I hadn't
> already read ads can trigger this warning, I'd be more concerned.
> Fortunately, I have Ad-Block Plus installed so if it's an ad, it won't
> load... but I'd be concerned about the entire site if the warning had
> popped up the first time I tried to view the link.


Especially if you had just been attacked a day or so before.
Anyway, thanks for the feedback, good info.

Now my computer won't recognize my camera, and I don't know if it's
related. I'm too burned out to try to figure it out just yet.

nancy