h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

http://www.conifers.org/


Should I be concerned, or just ignore the warning?

Usually associated with malicious scripts, particularly aimed at windoze boxes with activex & other such silliness.

It may be possible to safely browse the site, especially with a non-windows machine, and/or using a non-gui browser, such as lynx.

I'm not at my Linux machine right now, but I can check it out later for you, if you like

Could also be a clickjacking site. Again, your browser security settings can protect you, or use a non-gui browser like lynx

http://www.aboutonlinetips.com/secure-your-browser-from-clickjacking/

AVGs surfshield tells you if links are potentially harmfull

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This is from the google page linked on the warning message. How is a non-geek supposed to make sense of that and know what is going on?

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Safe Browsing
Diagnostic page for web-analitic.com

What is the current listing status for web-analitic.com?
Site is listed as suspicious - visiting this web site may harm your computer.

Part of this site was listed for suspicious activity 1 time(s) over the past 90 days.

What happened when Google visited this site?
Of the 3 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 0 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2009-08-01, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2009-08-01.
Malicious software includes 34 scripting exploit(s).

This site was hosted on 2 network(s) including AS13237 (LAMBDANET), AS13867 (CNET).

Has this site acted as an intermediary resulting in further distribution of malware?
Over the past 90 days, web-analitic.com appeared to function as an intermediary for the infection of 51 site(s) including fxgoal.com/, gilmablog.com/, artesanatoeva.com/.

Has this site hosted malware?
Yes, this site has hosted malicious software over the past 90 days. It infected 53 domain(s), including fxgoal.com/, camarondelaisla.org/, darjeelinginformation.com/.

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 web site, 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 Center.
Updated 5 hours ago
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well avast just went nuts on the link above so I'd treat it with caution!

h2g2aviators.com was similarly blocked a while ago. In that case, it was because of a malicious script which someone had uploaded to the site through a hole in the hosting company's security. The site was fine if you visited it normally, but if you came following a link from certain search engines, you'd be redirected to a nasty site.

TRiG.

I donned my magick Linux armor and browsed the site

The warning has now apparently gone.



btw, this is one of the times when a browser on a live cd or usb comes in handy

I remember the incident with the Aviators's site, it was me who emailed you about it.

The site seems to auto-refresh/client-side-redirect a few times when you visit it, so it is hard to figure out where exactly the problem would be.

Despite Taliesin's magic Linux armour, browsers are pretty well sand-boxed these days, so it's quite rare for malicious software to actually get through to anything important. Usually all 'attack site' means is you'll get some unwanted pop-ups or it might try to get you to download something.

If you actually download and run a file you don't know about, mind, then there's no security that can help you. So don't click save on things that randomly pops up.

The squishy organics are always the weak point of any system.

>>The squishy organics are always the weak point of any system<<

"Oh, that looks like a cool game/picture/app..."

>>The squishy organics are always the weak point of any system<<

that would be an "I.D.ten(T)" error

Or a PICNIC error - problem in chair, not in computer

A variation on that one

EBCAS

error between computer and seat.

or RTFM

which i think is fairly well known.

interesting how the slang seems to have become more aggressive. Used to be RTM as throw-away line for initial stupidness and only RTFM after they had come back the third time without doing it!

but then that was back when hacker meant database developer/designer and what we now know as hackers were 'trainspotters' - the irony of teenage male computer enthusiasts calling someone a trainspotter was not lost on everyone as I recall.

Don't forget the "Eye Dee Ten Tee" error

ID 10 T