Facebook warns to "Take extra precautions, highly suspiciuos site."

[ocean59]

After doing a little Google research, this message seems to be unique to the PC Tools brand of antivirus/protection software.

Are you by any chance using any of the following: Browser Defender, PC Tools Spyware Doctor with AntiVirus, or PC Tools Internet Security to protect your computer?

Also found this link just after posting, which seems to confirm: _http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow_viewer/0,3253,l%253D246201%2526a%253D246138%2526po%253D4,00.asp?p=n

 

[Mountain Crown]

After doing a little Google research, this message seems to be unique to the PC Tools brand of antivirus/protection software.

Are you by any chance using any of the following: Browser Defender, PC Tools Spyware Doctor with AntiVirus, or PC Tools Internet Security to protect your computer?

Also found this link just after posting, which seems to confirm: _http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow_viewer/0,3253,l%253D246201%2526a%253D246138%2526po%253D4,00.asp?p=n

I did have Spyware Doctor but thought I'd deleted it because it was annoying. I'll check it when I get home.

Still, I wonder how Sott is being targeted by a spyware or antivirus tool?

Thanks everyone.

 

[doublea1535]

_http://www.pctools.com/internet-security/

# Uses a combination of reactive blacklists and proactive content analysis.

So they could have SoTT on their blacklist for some reason, or based on content keywords decide its a suspicious website. I wonder if the pop-up has an option to click on it or anything to find out more information about why they think the site is suspicious. Also, given the software appears to be payware, you might be able to email their support desk and ask them why SoTT shows up as suspicious. To prevent the pop-ups from happening, there might be a whitelist you can add sott.net to.

Under Firefox check Tools > Add-ons and see whats there. I imagine thats where it would show up.

 

[Guardian]

When sharing Sott items on my wall.

Jerry, do you happen to be using PC Tools Browser Defender?

 

[fabric]

Fwiw, I haven't had any problems when sharing articles on my wall. I've got Firefox 3.6 though.

 

[Mountain Crown]

When sharing Sott items on my wall.

Jerry, do you happen to be using PC Tools Browser Defender?

Yup, just checked.

 

[Guardian]

Yup, just checked.

Does it give you the alert if you "share" an article from another site with feeds...like "Natural News" or something like that? It MIGHT be alerting due to the cross call.

 

[Kolnikov]

About FB this is a recent interview with a polemic -to say the less-man... Assange. I`ve not search about wikileaks in the forum yet, I´m curious about what the forum think about, but in the meantime, this is interesting IMO no matter who says:

_http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20059247-17.html

 

[anart]

About FB this is a recent interview with a polemic -to say the less-man... Assange. I`ve not search about wikileaks in the forum yet, I´m curious about what the forum think about, but in the meantime, this is interesting IMO no matter who says:

_http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20059247-17.html

Use the search function - there is much for you to find out!

 

[Kolnikov]

About FB this is a recent interview with a polemic -to say the less-man... Assange. I`ve not search about wikileaks in the forum yet, I´m curious about what the forum think about, but in the meantime, this is interesting IMO no matter who says:

_http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20059247-17.html

Use the search function - there is much for you to find out!

Ok, Anart... apologizes. I still newbie, and is a good advice what you say. Only I'd like to say that I spend much time wandering and reading topics , I use the "search function " a lot, be sure on that.
Also, IMHO, what it is said about FB is the reason why sent this...Ok, Assange was in the middle, but, what if we take him apart, and focus in the message?
For me It's clear -and I have other sources in spanish-that fit with this.- That this is very plausible/possible

Ok, I'll try to make less "noise". It's difficult to find the proper way to interact with some forums (and yes, I've red the rules and guidelines) Put this in the "Spanish psychology area" but please, not in psychopathology area!!!!
And, last but not least, it's difficult write and read in your no original language, Si pudiera explicarme en español, sería más fácil (if i could explain me in Spanish, this would be easier)
Regards

 

[weasel3d]

I haven't experienced any odd warnings or error messages, using both Firefox, Chrome or my Android phone browser. It sounds like something that could have arisen from a net protection scanner attached to a virus program, or a net privacy app. In any case, my computers are protected to a fault, with a number of overlapping programs and I haven't seen this...yet...

 

[Kolnikov]

I haven't experienced any odd warnings or error messages, using both Firefox, Chrome or my Android phone browser. It sounds like something that could have arisen from a net protection scanner attached to a virus program, or a net privacy app. In any case, my computers are protected to a fault, with a number of overlapping programs and I haven't seen this...yet...

Hello... I'm afraid but you don't catch the issue...the main thing is :
1 FB has now 500.000.000 (no error) users.
2These users, share information (and sometimes very private info) with his/her friends, family, etc... and all that, is being controlled by the branch of the government who deals with this, you can think on CIA. or (better) in NSA. (Not Such Agency) or a new team designed especially to deal with Internet...cause there is a Cyberwar, besides conventional wars now in process

3 if you share your live in FB, be sure that your privacy (no matter what legal advises FB says about this) is literally owned by ... ok let's say TPTB, and not only in USA, but in the entire world

This is the reason why FB is dangerous, and the reason why I posted my previous msg. No matter if you use Firefox - I do- or whatewer other..."they" will know about you.
Someones call this as a part of the NWO...

 

[Nicholas]

I haven't experienced any odd warnings or error messages, using both Firefox, Chrome or my Android phone browser. It sounds like something that could have arisen from a net protection scanner attached to a virus program, or a net privacy app. In any case, my computers are protected to a fault, with a number of overlapping programs and I haven't seen this...yet...

Hello... I'm afraid but you don't catch the issue...the main thing is :
1 FB has now 500.000.000 (no error) users.
2These users, share information (and sometimes very private info) with his/her friends, family, etc... and all that, is being controlled by the branch of the government who deals with this, you can think on CIA. or (better) in NSA. (Not Such Agency) or a new team designed especially to deal with Internet...cause there is a Cyberwar, besides conventional wars now in process

3 if you share your live in FB, be sure that your privacy (no matter what legal advises FB says about this) is literally owned by ... ok let's say TPTB, and not only in USA, but in the entire world

This is the reason why FB is dangerous, and the reason why I posted my previous msg. No matter if you use Firefox - I do- or whatewer other..."they" will know about you.
Someones call this as a part of the NWO...

Weasel3d was responding to the original poster's (Jerry) question about the error message.

 

[Mark]

Related:

____http:// www. pcworld. com/article/227911/facebook_warns_of_dubious_urls.html

Facebook Warns of Dubious URLs

Facebook and Internet security company Web of Trust (WOT) will provide Facebook users with a feature that protects them against dubious Web links, the companies said today.

When a Facebook user clicks on a link that leads to a page with a poor reputation rating given by the WOT community, the user will receive a warning message. Typically, the sites with a poor reputation are known for phishing, untrustworthy content, fraudulent services or other scams.

"Facebook checks external links against our reputation database," said Vesa Perälä, CEO of Finnish WOT Services Ltd. "If the targeted site has a poor reputation, the user will be warned about it and can find out more."

The service is not meant to block sites, Perälä said, but is aimed at warning users about potential risks. It is up to the user to decide whether to proceed to the site or not, he said.

The feature has been tested by 1 percent of Facebook's users in the U.S. It is being rolled out first to all users in the U.S. and should be implemented next week for all of Facebook's more than 500 million users.

Web of Trust is a crowd-sourced website reputation rating service. It allows users to rate websites and share information about malicious websites. The service is used via a browser add-on.

In addition to Facebook, WOT users see the ratings on Google's search results, e-mail links and on Twitter.

WOT's global community has reported 5 million sites for phishing, untrustworthy content, fraudulent services and other scams. The service guarantees the reliability of user ratings by weighting them according to each user's previous rating behavior. The ratings are recalculated every 30 minutes.

WOT's crowd-sourced model is designed to uncover dangers and threats that automated, algorithm-based systems miss. Typical examples include e-commerce sites with questionable business practices and sites that fail to notify users in advance about content not suited for children.

The service has 20 million users worldwide and is estimated to increase the number up to 50 million at the end of 2011.

 

[Palinurus]

Hi All,

This PCworld article explains a lot. I couldn't figure out at first what was happening but all seems cleared now. They started testing with only 1% of users in the USA - that's why nobody else got similar messages.

Web of Trust is a crowd-sourced website reputation rating service. It allows users to rate websites and share information about malicious websites.

Apart from direct complaints to WoT about the rating of SotT we can also influence the ratings via the addon (that is to say those who have one). Just a thought.