ATTN ADMINS

[adrienne.a]

I'm still new here so I didn't know where to post this, but I got a warning message from my anti-virus today regarding this site, I ignored it so I could post here because it said that the owner of the site is probably unaware of the viruses or whatever (I am no tech person at all).

So, to whom it may concern, here was the content of the warning:

Safe Browsing

Diagnostic page for The Photo Forum


What is the current listing status for The Photo Forum

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.
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What happened when Google visited this site?

Of the 584 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 8 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2011-01-08, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2011-01-08.Malicious software includes 17 trojan(s). Successful infection resulted in an average of 2 new process(es) on the target machine.
Malicious software is hosted on 2 domain(s), including tjpeaalt.co.cc/, tmxkzytx.co.cc/.
1 domain(s) appear to be functioning as intermediaries for distributing malware to visitors of this site, including xugfucba.co.cc/.
This site was hosted on 1 network(s) including AS36351 (SOFTLAYER).
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Has this site acted as an intermediary resulting in further distribution of malware?

Over the past 90 days, The Photo Forum did not appear to function as an intermediary for the infection of any sites.
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Has this site hosted malware?

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

Like I said, I don't know anything about viruses or anit-virus, but I figured I should bring this to the attention of the website admins...

 

[Trever1t]

yeah, there are like 5 or 6 threads going, admin acknowledged and being corrected. No threat to any user.

 

[MohaimenK]

It's SKYNET!

 

[adrienne.a]

LOL yeah I figured it was something like that, I hate those stupid virus thingys (I suppose that's not proper technical jargin? ), they always seem to infect the good sites :thumbdown:

 

[Overread]

http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/photography-beginners-forum-photo-gallery/230821-attack-site-3.html

Scroll down a little on that page to Ekool's post - in short its a false report because google picked up on a photo that was posted on this site which was hosted on an infected site. Post has been edited and the site in question blocked from this forum

Note - if you scroll down we also have a reporting section for things like this (yep there is life outside of the beginners section )

 

[point-&-shoot]

It's SKYNET!

hahahahahahahahahahahah... good one.

 

[GeorgieGirl]

Overread: Here is what it said, FYI.

Safe Browsing
Diagnostic page for The Photo Forum

What is the current listing status for The Photo Forum
Site is listed as suspicious - visiting this web site may harm your computer.

What happened when Google visited this site?
Of the 409 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 5 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2011-01-08, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2011-01-08.
Malicious software includes 14 trojan(s). Successful infection resulted in an average of 2 new process(es) on the target machine.

Malicious software is hosted on 2 domain(s), including tjpeaalt.co.cc/, tmxkzytx.co.cc/.

1 domain(s) appear to be functioning as intermediaries for distributing malware to visitors of this site, including xugfucba.co.cc/.

This site was hosted on 1 network(s) including AS36351 (SOFTLAYER).

Has this site acted as an intermediary resulting in further distribution of malware?
Over the past 90 days, The Photo Forum 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.
Updated 7 hours ago
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[lyonsroar]

ATTN adrienne.a

You're a day late and a dollar short.