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#1 K.B.

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Posted 29 August 2010 - 07:30 AM

Since last few days Firefox is warning me that this website is suspicious and not safe for browsing.

http://safebrowsing....ine.org/forums/

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Posted 29 August 2010 - 08:15 AM

View PostK.B., on 29 August 2010 - 07:30 AM, said:

Since last few days Firefox is warning me that this website is suspicious and not safe for browsing.

http://safebrowsing....ine.org/forums/


this is the same, here too !!
but this warning message starting appearing from today !!!
i changed the security settings so that i can access the Bioforum site !!
what's wrong ???

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Posted 29 August 2010 - 09:47 AM

As I have replied to KB, this warning was caused by a security bug in OpenX (an ad display program on the server). Someone exploited this bug and inserted a link that points to another site (quality4service dot com). This problem has been fixed by upgrading to the latest OpenX version. The site is absolutely safe and no malware is installed. The warning message will be gone once Google reviews the site. If you find the warning message given by firefox annoying, you can temporarily switch to IE. We are sorry for the inconvenience.



#4 K.B.

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Posted 29 August 2010 - 09:57 AM

Thank you!

(I got error message when I tried to send PM and thought it don't work, so I made this topic.)

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Posted 29 August 2010 - 10:07 AM

thanks for the clarification :)
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