<p>Anyone else getting the warning that CC is listed by Google as an attack site?</p>
<p>Seems like some of the links from CC go to attack sites, not that CC is hosting any malware.</p>
<p>Yup. I just told Firefox that it isn’t an attack site and proceeded on through.</p>
<p>This has happened before. It looks like CC has disabled ads at the moment, so you’re safe.</p>
<p>I use Firefox with Ad-Block and Flashblock so the warnings don’t bother me. Ad-based malware vectors are a fact of life today and you can’t really blame the websites that much for them. It’s impractical to check all of the links.</p>
<p>I got these warnings as well–just going from one forum to another triggers them. How does one get on to CC now without having to go through all this? Is there really a problem with CC? I’m totally lacking in knowledge about this stuff so if I’m asking the wrong questions or am using terms incorrectly–please educate me.</p>
<p>The problem is usually links, sometimes from banner ads, that go to malicious sites. You might have a spammer that posts a link in a forum posting or an ad that goes to a malicious link. The online ad companies take money for doing online ads and sometimes (or maybe most of the time), don’t verify if the target sites are safe. So sometimes legitimate sites have links to malicious sites and they get flagged. Is there a problem with CC? Maybe if you click on links without care. If you see someone new posting with a very low post count and a link, then you might want to be careful about clicking on that link. That’s generally a good idea whether the link is in your email, on a forum or on social media.</p>
<p>I tried using CC at work - and received all these dire warnings - so decided not to go any further. Hope it is resolved soon, best way to kil a few minutes between clients!</p>
<p>See other threads.</p>
<p>Mods say they are working on it.</p>
<p>I had had problems using Mozilla Firefox and accessing CC, but this time I got through without any warnings.</p>
<p>I’m here now but disabled Javascript on my browser before entering. I ran a scan from another site (sitecheck.sucuri.net) and got a message/explanation: “The web site contains a remote javascript or iframe that is currently blacklisted.” </p>
<p>Hence, I figured that the safest thing was to turn off Javascript before visiting. </p>
<p>So far everything seems to be working on the site-- that is, the Javascript doesn’t appear to be needed for browsing and posting.</p>
<p>I have had problems with some ISPs, but others do not flag it up. This is using the same browser (Firefox) and OS (Ubuntu) on the same laptop, hence the only difference I can see is ISP.</p>
<p>Our household suggests that if you have a Windows based machine, you do a malware scan ASAP.</p>
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<p>This may or may not be true as to the specific problem on CC, but it is NOT necessarily true. The scan that I ran of the site says that there is some sort of javascript exploit either in an ad or an iframe. That means that it is very possible that a site visitor can become infected as soon as the portion of the page with the infected link or ad loads. Javascript on a page works whether you click something or not. </p>
<p>That’s why I have simply disabled javascript for this site.</p>
<p>Now it’s likely that the site administrators have already taken care of the problem in some way… but despite the fact that each page of this web site is coded with dozens of Javascript-based scripts, I have not noticed any loss of functionality related to disabling javascript. </p>
<p>I use Chrome, which allow me to set filters for sites or specific scripts I don’t want to run. I don’t know about other browsers, but I’m sure Google has the answer.</p>
<p>I am from India and am using chrome as well. I too am getting malware warning but only when I try to open CC page on my PC.</p>
<p>I figured that hubby had found a way to block CC so I needed to cancel the sports channel:)</p>
<p>We now have Malware Bytes Pro on our PCs. This particular malware was a PITA.</p>
<p>I have no idea whether or not this is related but today when I pulled up CC I got my first ever “virus stopped” warning from AVAST.</p>
<p>Ad-Block intercepts Javascript code (I’ve done some work for Mozilla on Javascript in the past) and modifies it or removes it in the case of ads. Just to be sure, though, I ran a MWB scan on my home desktop and it was clean. I’m running a full enterprise McAfee scan on my office system but I don’t expect to find any issues.</p>
<p>I got a fake screen that popped up yesterday while I was on CC (no other windows open) pretending to be the FBI Cyber Division saying my computer was “blocked” due to unauthorized activity. It claimed I needed to get a Moneygram for $300-$500 and submit it to “clear” the block. It also activated my built-in webcam, as it displayed a just-taken picture of me next to the FBI logo. Obviously a fake screen, but kinda creepy as well.</p>
<p>The malware wouldn’t allow me to do anything other than CTRL-ALT-DELETE and try to reboot, but kept returning to the same screen when I’d boot up. Safe Mode didn’t work either, as it would stop the boot-up, restart on its own, and give me the FBI screen.</p>
<p>I finally had to call my Internet Security software tech support (Trend Micro) and work with them through a Safe Mode with Command Prompt bootup, System Restore to a previous date/time, then run a Fake Anti-virus removal tool they e-mailed me. Everything seems to be fine now, but this one was a real pain to get removed. If only these people would use their computer skills for good… :)</p>
<p>Ads are now being blocked by my firewall.</p>
<p>Reason: “(IP address) was denied because of its content categorization:
‘Education;Malicious Sources’.”</p>