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Wibee posted on Thu, Aug 19 2010 7:09 PM

I am getting this warning on chrome.

http://mises.org/Community/forums/t/19073.aspx

Opera did not detect anything.  

 

Warning: Visiting this site may harm your computer!
The website at mises.org contains elements from the site forum.slocars.net, which appears to host malware – software that can hurt your computer or otherwise operate without your consent. Just visiting a site that contains malware can infect your computer.
For detailed information about the problems with these elements, visit the Google Safe Browsing diagnostic page for forum.slocars.net.

 I understand that visiting this site may harm my computer.

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Answered (Not Verified) Marked replied on Thu, Aug 19 2010 7:49 PM
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No.

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I had the exact same message. I accepted the risk without any harm done.

The older I get, the less I know.
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Oddly enough, firefox sent me this message about slocars:

 

What is the current listing status for slocars.net?

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 1 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 1 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2010-08-18, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2010-08-18.

Malicious software includes 1 exploit(s). Successful infection resulted in an average of 3 new process(es) on the target machine.

Malicious software is hosted on 2 domain(s), including fatzuer.com/, qefydhsqbvf.com/.

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

This site was hosted on 1 network(s) including AS29873 (BIZLAND).

Has this site acted as an intermediary resulting in further distribution of malware?

Over the past 90 days, slocars.net 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.

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