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Photobucket
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 8:57 am
by Stripermann2
Has anyone seen this notice? I recently found this notice on Photobucket.com after I logged on? I quickly closed out of it...
This website has been reported as unsafe
smg.photobucket.com
We recommend that you do not continue to this website.
Go to my home page instead
This website has been reported to Microsoft for containing threats to your computer that might reveal personal or financial information.
More information
This website has been reported to contain the following threats:
Malicious software threat: This site contains links to viruses or other software programs that can reveal personal information stored or typed on your computer to malicious persons.
Learn more about phishing
Learn more about malicious software
Report that this site does not contain threats
Disregard and continue (not recommended)
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:02 am
by MTP
Re: Photobucket
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:36 am
by ready123
Stripermann2 wrote:Has anyone seen this notice? I recently found this notice on Photobucket.com after I logged on? I quickly closed out of it...
This website has been reported as unsafe
smg.photobucket.com
We recommend that you do not continue to this website.
Go to my home page instead
This website has been reported to Microsoft for containing threats to your computer that might reveal personal or financial information.
More information
This website has been reported to contain the following threats:
Malicious software threat: This site contains links to viruses or other software programs that can reveal personal information stored or typed on your computer to malicious persons.
Learn more about phishing
Learn more about malicious software
Report that this site does not contain threats
Disregard and continue (not recommended)
When it says go to my homepage instead what does it say there? Is it just a link? Can you look at properties of the link and not click it, right click select properties.
This sounds to me as if you have a virus on your PC, Trojan??
When last have you done a virus scan of your PC? Do you have virus protection on your PC?
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:45 am
by Stripermann2
Michael, not going to push my luck- no virus on my end...I'll give it a couple days and check back.
Haven't gotten any notices from any other sites. Keeping my fingers crossed.
BTW: I did get a virus a while back from clicking on a sponsored Google ad banner, on a well known and protected site as other members did. So I'm gun shy of clicking on ANY ads or banners! The offending banner and ads were removed by the moderator of that forum and my PC has been updated and cleaned by a pro since.
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:55 am
by ready123
OK... but the note to go to my homepage instead suggests to me it is on your PC and not photobucket.
You might want to do a free virus scan on one of the many websites on the internet....
I have used this one in the past:
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 10:44 am
by Stripermann2
If you say the site you mentioned is safe- I'll download and have them scan...
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:23 am
by ready123
Let me know if it finds anything.... which is my expectation.
Re: Photobucket
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 3:28 pm
by LSP
Stripermann2 wrote:Has anyone seen this notice? I recently found this notice on Photobucket.com after I logged on? I quickly closed out of it...
This website has been reported as unsafe
smg.photobucket.com
We recommend that you do not continue to this website.
Go to my home page instead
This website has been reported to Microsoft for containing threats to your computer that might reveal personal or financial information.
More information
This website has been reported to contain the following threats:
Malicious software threat: This site contains links to viruses or other software programs that can reveal personal information stored or typed on your computer to malicious persons.
Learn more about phishing
Learn more about malicious software
Report that this site does not contain threats
Disregard and continue (not recommended)
Jamie ....I've been on photobucket a few times in the last couple days, including this morning, nothing like that on my end.
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 6:05 pm
by foofer b
What is the "smg" before the photobucket address. These are the addy's I get going to the site---
http://photobucket.com/ or my homepage---
http://s728.photobucket.com/home/RottenRoy/index. But never the "smg.photobucket.com "
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 7:00 pm
by 1967 seavoyager
My photobucket page opened right up no problems.
Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 9:33 am
by Stripermann2
Tried it today- no problems. Thanks.
