Ha! Just got a popup from my Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (Premium):
Domain: radioskin.com
IP: 94.242.216.69
type: Outbound
yikes.
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Ha! Just got a popup from my Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (Premium):
Domain: radioskin.com
IP: 94.242.216.69
type: Outbound
yikes.
radioskin.com is what pops up when Avast is warning me of a threat. It doesn't show up on scans though. I have the free version and it doesn't show all of the things that are in quarantine. Or, I don't know how to access it. Nothing shows up on a Malwarebytes scan.
Is radioskin edf's data collector program?
I don't seem to have had the problem for a couple of days now - fingers crossed.
Here's a couple of extra things that I've tried.....
Downloaded and tried out Malwarebytes Anti rootkit Beta.......
https://www.malwarebytes.org/antirootkit/
I also tried Malwarebytes anti-exploit but found it conflicts with AdBlock so uninstalled it (your milage may vary)......
https://www.malwarebytes.org/antiexploit/
Also uninstalled Firefox - I'd only installed it a couple of days before all this started so I wondered if that might be playing a part.
So as I say I've had a couple of days free from this - let's hope that it's all gone away.
Here's a couple of extra things that I've tried.....
Downloaded and tried out Malwarebytes Anti rootkit Beta.......
https://www.malwarebytes.org/antirootkit/
I also tried Malwarebytes anti-exploit but found it conflicts with AdBlock so uninstalled it (your milage may vary)......
https://www.malwarebytes.org/antiexploit/
Also uninstalled Firefox - I'd only installed it a couple of days before all this started so I wondered if that might be playing a part.
So as I say I've had a couple of days free from this - let's hope that it's all gone away.
At 2am this morning, I was here reading a few threads and upon clicking the "Forum" button to return to the home page, I received a warning from my Avast (free version) that a threat was detected. I could still go to other ecig forum threads that I had bookmarked, but I just could not return to the home page. I ended up turning in a "job ticket" to request that the home page be checked out to see what was going on.
This morning, everything was working fine again. The home page was working, and Avast was not indicating a threat warning anymore.
I did run a full scan on my system, and no threats were found.
I found this thread just a little while ago, and was surprised to see others had similar problems in the recent past.
Weird..
This morning, everything was working fine again. The home page was working, and Avast was not indicating a threat warning anymore.
I did run a full scan on my system, and no threats were found.
I found this thread just a little while ago, and was surprised to see others had similar problems in the recent past.
Weird..
Well, more weirdness. I'm not having this problem on my Mac any longer. Now I'm having it on my on my laptop, Toshiba beauty, that is run with Windows. now I'm getting the radioskin block as well, where before it was something else....
This same thing happened with Nu-Vapor forum a few years ago. I recall they were quick to blame their members systems as well, only to have to shut down completely several months afterwards because of technical issues.
Hope that doesn't have to happen here...cause this is my home.
This same thing happened with Nu-Vapor forum a few years ago. I recall they were quick to blame their members systems as well, only to have to shut down completely several months afterwards because of technical issues.
Hope that doesn't have to happen here...cause this is my home.
just happened again when I tried to link to this thread from my email alert:
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...choice-juice-year-2014-a-29.html#post14631586
Avast blocked an "html.script-inf"
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...choice-juice-year-2014-a-29.html#post14631586
Avast blocked an "html.script-inf"
and again with this thread:
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...-vapeworks-open-business-48.html#post14670881
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...-vapeworks-open-business-48.html#post14670881
and again on this thread:
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...dreadys-mod-spa-gallery-info-chit-chat-9.html
Then when I tried to read the thread through, I got this message:"Prefetching is not allowed due to the various privacy issues that arise."
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...dreadys-mod-spa-gallery-info-chit-chat-9.html
Then when I tried to read the thread through, I got this message:"Prefetching is not allowed due to the various privacy issues that arise."
and now I got the alert on this thread:
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...in-you-kids-should-behave-yourselves-619.html
but was able to advance to the next thread the read on.
like I said. weird.
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...in-you-kids-should-behave-yourselves-619.html
but was able to advance to the next thread the read on.
like I said. weird.
Quick note: there are too many member reports for this to be a local issue at the visitor's end. It's here.
We know it's a local issue when there is only one report, or maybe a couple that are related to known browser issues or whatever. When there are multiple reports it's going to be here. Sometimes it's serious, sometimes it's just the latest update of an app that doesn't like a particular scrip or something.
When there are multiple reports but of varying issues - like now - then we know it's not just an update causing an exception, which is probably harmless; we know it is likely to be a problem and not a false alarm.
Because it jumps from page to page, it is probably caused by an infected banner advert.
Question is, is it just a minor issue such as 3rd party site linked on the ad target site, maybe just a crud site that's blacklisted for poor ethics; or is it a malware script-infected ad? Or something in between? We won't know till the advert is identified.
So - if you see a banner ad on the page that throws the AV message then please tell us what the ad is - thanks. Otherwise it may take some time to track down, as it means viewing every ad, on a computer known to trigger AV warnings with any level of exception detected.
Thanks.
We know it's a local issue when there is only one report, or maybe a couple that are related to known browser issues or whatever. When there are multiple reports it's going to be here. Sometimes it's serious, sometimes it's just the latest update of an app that doesn't like a particular scrip or something.
When there are multiple reports but of varying issues - like now - then we know it's not just an update causing an exception, which is probably harmless; we know it is likely to be a problem and not a false alarm.
Because it jumps from page to page, it is probably caused by an infected banner advert.
Question is, is it just a minor issue such as 3rd party site linked on the ad target site, maybe just a crud site that's blacklisted for poor ethics; or is it a malware script-infected ad? Or something in between? We won't know till the advert is identified.
So - if you see a banner ad on the page that throws the AV message then please tell us what the ad is - thanks. Otherwise it may take some time to track down, as it means viewing every ad, on a computer known to trigger AV warnings with any level of exception detected.
Thanks.
Roly, I just answered a question in the Ask-the-Vets forum and got 4 or 5 quick pop-up windows from my Malwarebytes complaining bitterly about radiocity.com.
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...6097-need-wattage-explained.html#post14671085
I don't see any banner ads--ever, BTW.
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...6097-need-wattage-explained.html#post14671085
I don't see any banner ads--ever, BTW.
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Well, I have Adblocker Plus, so I don't see any ads or banners...but could it be the new search engine script, the old search engine (main one top right of every page) did not function as a pop-up and I always get alerts after I use that?
i'm running adblocker plus too and the only indication of trouble i'm getting is
when trying to go from the second-to-last page of a thread to the last page.
when trying to go from the second-to-last page of a thread to the last page.
Here's another piece of weird behaviour I've noticed.
When Avast pops up its warning messages for the radioskin url there's a link at the bottom saying something like "mark this link as a false positive."
But that link isn't there when it's for the ecig forum.
Very strange!
When Avast pops up its warning messages for the radioskin url there's a link at the bottom saying something like "mark this link as a false positive."
But that link isn't there when it's for the ecig forum.
Very strange!
There is an Avast contact link here for businesses, maybe an ECF tech could find out what the problem(s) is(are)?
http://www.avast.com/en-us/contacts
http://www.avast.com/en-us/contacts
Good news - looks like we've found and fixed the problem.
Many thanks to all who provided feedback. Please rest assured that when there are multiple reports of a problem, we do not assign the blame to members - we know the problem is here and we will search it out and fix it.
Many thanks to all who provided feedback. Please rest assured that when there are multiple reports of a problem, we do not assign the blame to members - we know the problem is here and we will search it out and fix it.
That's good to know. Any chance of knowing what was going on - without giving away any secrets of course.
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