If this is a dangerous link we need to delete the link ASAP. Does anyone know for sure if it is ?
I'm clueless about such stuff, so how does one find out?
GM
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This link does not seem to be the dangerous type at all. I have regularly visited this site since 2006, and have never found anything wrong. May be GM's setup is hiding this site's link somehow and redirecting to a rogue-site instead.
Dunno, I haven't had any issues with it in the past either. On the AVAST's pop-up, it has a hotlink for reporting it as a 'false positive', so what's this about?
GM
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Have/can you open the link in an alternative browser?
I wonder if it's a simple recognition issue with Avast, or if there's a little "bug" in GM's computer.......................
I am far from a computer guru, i can only tell you what i use and see. I use Mozilla Firefox for a browser, i run a utility called "no-script" as well as a tracker "blocker" called "Ghostery".
Ironically, when i click this link it is one of the very few times i can open a page with neither a single script or tracker attempting to load. I think the "FRD" link is exceptionally clean from what i can see.
Even hostboard tries to load a couple trackers, when i open the main page of this forum Ghostery instantly blocks trackers from google analytics, and facebook connect.
Last edited by bowtie427ss; April 13th, 2013 at 10:11 AM.
Not all vegetables make good leaders.
I'll open it in a virtual machine which isolates your computer from malicious code.And see what happens.Originally Posted by GM
Edit: Looks safe to me.
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I stopped using Firefox about 2 years ago.After they kept updating it with tons of bugs it just stopped performing the way I liked.I also tried Ghostery but after noticing a considerable slow down on my PC I uninstalled it.
I now use Opera which runs rings around it... If you like a fast browser try Opera.
I switched to Opera, but had issues with a lot of sites, so back to Firefox now. Doesn't seem quite as buggy. Yes was bad for a bit.
Your neighbors called. They like your music.
Not ATM.
Dunno, I've never had any problem before with this site regardless of which browser, AV program I was using, including the current AVAST freeware.
I was pleased with Firefox for years, then awhile back there was an update that caused it to slow the machine down to a crawl, so after un/re-installing it several times across several FF updates not resolving the issue I switched to Chrome, which until this morning has given me no problems.
I use XP Pro/SP2 and AVAST does a full system scan daily, but Chrome is normally on-line, so last night closed it and disconnected the DSL, but AVAST didn?t find anything.
That said, when I opened Chrome this AM after reconnecting the DSL, it caused the machine to re-boot!
Checking AVAST, I could find no indication it had found anything in the initial scan and Chrome loaded normally, so again tried the FRD link and now it loads the site and its various links, but in each case AVAST pops up that it?s blocking the 'doctorceme.ru' site.
GM
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OK thanks! Should I just list it as a ?false positive??
I?ll pass on this program then, my machine is slow enough already.
GM
Loud is Beautiful if it's Clean! As always though, the usual disclaimers apply to this post's contents.
FWIW - Chrome worked fine for me w/o alert errors.
Some malware uses Windows restore to reinstall itself. If it keeps coming back try turning off restore then clean.
Your neighbors called. They like your music.
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