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Norton Freaking Out; Norton antivirus blocking website
Topic Started: Sep 28 2012, 12:44 AM (368 Views)
KrazyKelli
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I have Norton 360 on my machine. It monitors for dangerous websites and doesn't let me see them.


For one unfortunate reason or another, it thinks InvisionFree is the work of evil and half the time I go to access my forum: http://s2.invisionfree.com/Anime_Red/ it blocks the webpage and tells me how dangerous the InvisionFree network/host is. I obviously click the 'go to website anyway' button and have no issues.


I believe the problem is directly related to the google ads. Sometimes I pick up a weak bot or two on my forum travels that the scanner picks up and disposes of with no issues.

Upon checking Norton's 'comments' on the InvisionFree site, it appears that other IF members have similar issues - and comment directly on the Norton site saying that IF is safe.

:-/ It's just getting annoying. Is there any way to make the google ads safer? Or can I do something else to secure my forum?

After writing this up, I remember Norton did a similar thing to my own host domain (not related to IF). Even Facebook didn't want people to go to it. And, by cleaning the server computer of viruses/bugs/updating anti-virus software, the website was thus rendered safe.
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Byzantine
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I've had this happen to me before. It's nothing of a security issue. It's probably one of the ads that triggered that response. All is normal, don't worry. :)
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KrazyKelli
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A week or so after I posted this, Norton popped up with a 'high threat virus' notification when I visited the forum. I've no doubt it's from the ads now. It's just... Uncool is what I'm saying.

edit - originally put 'a week or two' but I made the thread sooner than that. The virus notification was a few days ago is what I'm getting at.
Edited by KrazyKelli, Oct 9 2012, 01:13 PM.
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Byzantine
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KrazyKelli
Oct 9 2012, 01:10 PM
A week or so after I posted this, Norton popped up with a 'high threat virus' notification when I visited the forum. I've no doubt it's from the ads now. It's just... Uncool is what I'm saying.

edit - originally put 'a week or two' but I made the thread sooner than that. The virus notification was a few days ago is what I'm getting at.
Like I said, it's happened to me. Sometimes ads can be a pain and trigger false positives. Nothing dangerous is after you. :)
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