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Old 04-14-2012, 02:38 AM   #1
Aw1HhC0m

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Default When a web page startles the antivirus program, what then?
Today I followed up this tweet, having been there for a decent celebration at the weekend and knowing the area a bit ...

"ABC Eyre Peninsula ‏ @1485ABCEP

RT @EmmaPeds: Photos tell history - my latest blog for #ABCOpen #nat2 Now & Then project - #Eyre Peninsula #TumbyBay http://bit.ly/II62P8 "

so I went to the web site mentioned ... which was this one

http://open.abc.net.au/posts/photos-...istory-79by3ob

and from there I followed up their further link suggestions.

1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_News_%28Adelaide%29

2) one labelled "Tumby Bay "

3) another lebelled the museum which was here ... http://www.nationaltrustsa.org.au/in...branch_museum/

My question is about what happened when I clicked on the one labelled " Tumby Bay".

The website is tumbybay.com and avira went mad warning of some virus or malware.
I had no way of knowing if it was a false positive or not, just clicked on "I amnot going there" and left a message on the above page asking THEM to check it out.

Is there a procedure I could have followed without being at risk of nasties or is it just as well to steer clear.

I'd love to have had a look, but am a bit overcautious I gues.
Is this the sort of thing that could go into a techtalk wiki, or is every case different?
Thanks
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Old 04-14-2012, 04:17 AM   #2
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http://open.abc.net.au/posts/photos-...istory-79by3ob

and from there I followed up their further link suggestions.

1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_News_%28Adelaide%29

2) one labelled "Tumby Bay "


My question is about what happened when I clicked on the one labelled " Tumby Bay".

The website is tumbybay.com and avira went mad warning of some virus or malware.
I had no way of knowing if it was a false positive or not, just clicked on "I amnot going there" and left a message on the above page asking THEM to check it out.

Is there a procedure I could have followed without being at risk of nasties or is it just as well to steer clear.
This is google's explanation about the warning page that appears in Chrome http://google.com/safebrowsing/diagn...ermanager.com/

Avira was correct to bring up a warning. I use Chrome and Chrome brings up the warning page before antivirus picked it up.
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Old 04-14-2012, 09:43 PM   #3
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one labelled "Tumby Bay"

The website is tumbybay.com and avira went mad warning of some virus or malware.
Thanks
I just had a look (curiosity and all that) and Avast also went mad.
It said the site was infected with a Trojan "JS:Redirector-NW [Trj]", and wouldn't let me open it.

So I didn't go there, either.
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