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Morning - I tried accessing tugbbs through google chrome this morning and was told that google would not allow it due to malware being present on the TUGBBS. When you review the diagnostics it says that they haven't actually found any malware but are suspicious of it. I had to use a different web browser to get here.
 
I got the same BS. I think it is another way to get your to BUY their virus protection. After getting bounced around, I clicked on the button where it looks like you getting into the chain to buy their "whatever", I found the "NO, THANKS" button. Brought me right into TUGBBS.

I have been wondering when the CHROME upgrade was going to start to try and collect money from users.
 
Seeing the same thing this morning.

The Website Ahead Contains Malware!

Google Chrome has blocked access to tugbbs.com for now.

Even if you have visited this website safely in the past, visiting it now is very likely to infect your computer with malware.

Malware is malicious software that causes things like identity theft, financial loss, and permanent file deletion. Learn more
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Attack site

Using Firefox. My warning from AVG says Tug BBS is a reported attack site?????
 
jmurp62 said:
Using Firefox. My warning from AVG says Tug BBS is a reported attack site?????
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McAfee is also providing warnings as reported in this thread. I wonder if the Trojan attacks a few months back didn't get TUGBBS added to a database somewhere as an unsafe site.
 
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winnipiseogee said:
Morning - I tried accessing tugbbs through google chrome this morning and was told that google would not allow it due to malware being present on the TUGBBS. When you review the diagnostics it says that they haven't actually found any malware but are suspicious of it. I had to use a different web browser to get here.
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You can click the Advanced link and then there is a link for "Proceed at your own risk"
 
Same warning here

clicked to come here like always and up popped the page REPORTED ATTACK SITE, had to click past it and the warning is till at the top under my address bar!
 
Internet Explorer going to the Google Search site is showing the following:

Warning - visiting this web site may harm your computer!
Suggestions:
Return to the previous page and pick another result.
Try another search to find what you're looking for.
Or you can continue to http://www.tugbbs.com/ at your own risk. For detailed information about the problems we found, visit Google's Safe Browsing diagnostic page for this site.

For more information about how to protect yourself from harmful software online, you can visit StopBadware.org.

If you are the owner of this web site, you can request a review of your site using Google's Webmaster Tools. More information about the review process is available in Google's Webmaster Help Center.
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in firefox i had to go into options and turn off this warning <bravo sierra> in order to log in
 
Using Firefox I got the same warning. Had to jump through all kinds of hoops to get on. Oh well, if that is the worst thing that happens to me.......
 
Got the Firefox Website warning this morning as well. Ignored it. Have McAfee installed.
 
I got the same firefox warnings this morning.

I followed one of the links and got to this:

http://www.stopbadware.org/firefox?...m/forums/showthread.php?p=1400629#post1400629

The link I supplied has a button the "site owner" can click to start the process to "review and remove any badware". I didn't go any farther with that since I'm just a new member. But an admin might want to look into this.

Thanks,
Frank
 
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probably an attack by some ticked off timeshare salesman - "Hey Google - did you hear TUG is bad medicine".

The shame is it will cut way down on newbies following the links to TUG. :mad:
 
I use avast anti virus with IE 8 and get no warnings.
 
Unfortunately, it seems the site is back on Google's list. If you go to Google and search for tug you'll see it display "This site may harm your computer" under the link. Google thinks there are issues with the site, and that it may distribute a virus or malware to your system. Usually Google is correct with these statements, and you should proceed only if you are certain you are protected, etc. I'm sure the admins at TUG will work on this ASAP; a similar issue occurred earlier this year.
 
I have the Google Chrome warning, McAfee warning and it also caused Firefox to crash...
 
My Firefox browser also blocked and warned me. I emailed TUG about the waring.
 
Ken555 said:
Unfortunately, it seems the site is back on Google's list. If you go to Google and search for tug you'll see it display "This site may harm your computer" under the link. Google thinks there are issues with the site, and that it may distribute a virus or malware to your system. Usually Google is correct with these statements, and you should proceed only if you are certain you are protected, etc. I'm sure the admins at TUG will work on this ASAP; a similar issue occurred earlier this year.
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When you follow the link that Google provides you see this:

What is the current listing status for tugbbs.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 43 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 3 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2012-12-23, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2012-12-23.
Malicious software includes 1 exploit(s). Successful infection resulted in an average of 7 new process(es) on the target machine.

Malicious software is hosted on 1 domain(s), including hivanopi.longmusic.com/.

This site was hosted on 1 network(s) including AS32244 (LIQUID).

Has this site acted as an intermediary resulting in further distribution of malware?
Over the past 90 days, tugbbs.com did not appear to function as an intermediary for the infection of any sites.

Has this site hosted malware?
No, this site has not hosted malicious software over the past 90 days.

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.
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I wonder if it is related to this.
 
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seems things like to happen when I leave town...home now and looking into this.

i personally get no warnings when using either firefox or IE...i can also access the forums without warning using google chrome.

working with our server support to scan the machine for malware now.
 
I got it today with Firefox / Trend Micro from Google. Based on the information screen it takes me to it is not a current server issue but rather a previously reported "reputation" from the prior problem we saw. Seems to be a case of too little too late reporting. May require some type of proof that it was handled.
 
timeos2 said:
I got it today with Firefox / Trend Micro from Google. Based on the information screen it takes me to it is not a current server issue but rather a previously reported "reputation" from the prior problem we saw. Seems to be a case of too little too late reporting. May require some type of proof that it was handled.
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This is my understanding also. It isn't any kind of current threat, just something that has come up before and TUG was added to a "list" somewhere. The problem is that this will scare new people and some veterans away. It doesn't bode well for the forum.
 
scans are coming up blank on our end as well...is anyone getting any local virus warning notifications when browsing the site?

or just this redirect message?
 
I am getting it on chrome. Running windows 8 w/ mcafee. New computer
 
you are getting a local virus warning, or the chrome browser site warning?
 
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