Malicious Site Warning

by BravoSix June 10th 2020, 2:00 pm

Hi all,

Several of my members have emailed me telling me they can't get on my forum due to a "Malicious Site Warning". Is this a known issue? And how do I rectify it?

One user said his Norton was giving the error but another user uses Norton and said his isn't giving the same warning.

-Todd

by **brandon_g** June 10th 2020, 2:06 pm

Hellk,

Is this the forum that is having the issue https://fieldsoffire.forumotion.com/ ? Also would you be able to ask the users having the issue what anti virus program they are running, along with a screenshot of the message they get?

-Brandon

by BravoSix June 10th 2020, 2:13 pm

Yes, sorry it's : https://fieldsoffire.forumotion.com/

I ask said members to do what you asked and see what they submit to me.

-Todd

by BravoSix June 10th 2020, 5:12 pm

This is the HTML message the members get when trying to access the forum:

Unknown wrote:BLOCKED BY
Malicious Site Blocked!
You attempted to access:
https://discovernative.com/script/i.php?stamat=m%7C%2C%2CQid7IjM-tGU3B5-GH0dEdHP3xP.1b8%2C_z5pQ9vSf9OLto8N4uix74HgZ5CIZVfdiijBslTbuGzKi1ZV_JNrDCvK_Js4NeoJincEKG_9dFETlYfcCBOqkMMNsKQUCEIPWghXPNsQQESYvol82sKRLjsAt1L5WfjWwYrYOv3rKJsNAc86fBxbHjsSiRwgPO9L5ldfQfyvP3UpaC55U0OStxIA4EBAbx2swVJEI1uef_jgRAp5tu1_ESwrLRaJ07w-CnbSPcm2XEYc-GH9OIBzxnaEoWDwKjkoH-1Cg1m4_KJ0oI4NDDMt1sbvq5BNaU6QOZ3-0ZzFCdnmzaKzWbksVe3aKrGH7fj2MAFRAEH2xFV992_vF9PAYXhsOnAvKzrwJX4115djUgKLE6Dhbb20gONM_DmRFSjYWMKKVoifLwqTUM4jUOrBU1EF8mroMR6E_WJInYJuipuj0M_NwQUio6UeK2fR1w7bb2F9Cv5u1k0glahIlWvz8ZKpoC_97Fj7soluvUzlpY6TRNmR2q_IepdUqfIusSqfJM5-R1UwB2HB_kiTOxbGcfcGlOvONEmB1eG3M16GFn_iWHDSIY1ZFGf4Hqoy0P5xaJl0kbVt5mkSv3Q0kXgHFA%2C%2C
This webpage is a known malicious webpage. It is highly recommended that you do NOT visit this page.

Visit
Norton
to learn more about phishing and internet security.
Continue to the site

-Todd

by Neptune- June 10th 2020, 5:51 pm

Hello,

You cannot fix it yourself because discovernative.com script is called from server side.

-> Seems to be ads related

by **brandon_g** June 10th 2020, 5:54 pm

I am not getting an error message when I view your forum, but I also don't use Norton. I might have to make a ticket on this, In the meantime if you could tell your members to add your forum to their whitelist/do not block list so that they can access meanwhile.

In order for me to make the ticket could you please ask your members for this info:
-What device they are viewing the forum from (Computer, phone, tablet, etc)
-What browser they are using
-When did the error start occurring?
-Does it happen every time they try to access the site or only sometimes?

-Brandon

by BravoSix June 10th 2020, 6:01 pm

They're accessing from a PC, with IE and the issue happens everytime they try to go to the forum. It's been going on now for over a week. Prior to that, access was fine. No issues.

by BravoSix June 10th 2020, 6:08 pm

Sorry, Chrome, not IE.

-Todd

by **skouliki** June 10th 2020, 6:26 pm

Please don't double post. Your posts need to be separated by 24 hours before bumping. Please use the edit button, instead!

Please read our forum rules: ESF General Rules

by jucarese June 10th 2020, 10:01 pm

no problems with Chrome, if you recently installed the SSL certificate is normal the first hours out of danger ads, which usually disappear within a few hours

by **The Godfather** June 11th 2020, 9:08 am

Hello,

OK it seems to be a warning from Norton regarding the ad script for the Native Ads.

For the moment, you can ask to your members to disable the warnings for your forum. On my side, I will ask for a new domain regarding this script in order to don't have this warning.

About the forum itself, there is no security issue: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=fieldsoffire.forumotion.com Wink