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(@Phizz)
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Every time I open this forum, I get a notification from my symantic security that it has blocked an attack from islands-now.org -- a malvertisemtnt website redirect.

Has anyone else received this warming? -- and what to do about it?

 
Posted : July 24, 2013 7:02 pm
(@the-oldtart)
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Interesting. I haven't experienced anything like that!

 
Posted : July 24, 2013 7:05 pm
(@stx2020)
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funny.. I was about to post the same thing

yep, every time I come on here the same thing happens to me

been going on a couple days

 
Posted : July 24, 2013 7:14 pm
(@alana33)
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Nope. never had that happen.

 
Posted : July 24, 2013 7:54 pm
(@Rowdy802)
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I have Symantec, specifically Norton 360... Every now and then I do get the notice, and also when I open the page for the St. Croix Source...

Sometimes the AV program will "see" the advertisements on said pages as an attack... I just dismiss it as the AV doing its job, so I rather have anything blocked instead of my laptop turned to a paperweight...

 
Posted : July 24, 2013 8:02 pm
(@jim_dandy)
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I just got the warning and this isn't the first time.

 
Posted : July 24, 2013 9:31 pm
(@specialk)
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I started getting that alert a few days ago when I go to the St Croix Source page. But haven't had it happen here.

 
Posted : July 24, 2013 10:40 pm
(@xxxrudexxx)
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I've also gotten the alert a number of times. Norton 360 identifies "www.islands-now.net (66.40.5.43,80)" as the "attacking computer". Most likely it's a banner ad that's doing something weird and the security software blocks it out of an abundance of caution - hopefully nothing malicious (false flag).

 
Posted : July 24, 2013 11:52 pm
(@the-islander)
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No worries, www.islands-now.net is the domain that delivers the advertising for VIMovingCenter.com.

 
Posted : July 25, 2013 2:54 am
(@LiquidFluoride)
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My IDS also is freaking out, it blocks the site for 600 seconds, then allows traffic.

 
Posted : July 25, 2013 1:27 pm
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