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Default [OT] theories about why a web site is rejected by AV

On 6/14/2013 4:35 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.
>
>


Your best bet is to go to http://www.webutation.net/ and type in the
site in question. Cookinghawaiianstyle.com appears to be OK - the one
ding against it is that there's some question about it in the
G-rated/Child safety category. The site has a 90 points out of 100,
which is higher than my site which has an 80/100 rating.

My site has no advertising other than my own and sets no cookies or
anything else and is G-rated. It looks like I have to register and get a
Norton Safe Web account and get tested to better my score. I dislike
being forced to play this game but the idea of being branded as having a
bad site is well, bad. Thanks for hitching me on to the site.