New Cwmbran CC Web Site

Spike

Spike

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I have the same problem at work - ttxela, you're not alone...

FYI, this is what Sophos says it has a problem with:

http://www.sophos.com/en-us/threat-center/threat-analyses/viruses-and-spyware/Mal~HTMLGen-A.aspx

It's a reasonably generic "I don't like what's going on here" warning, but IMO it's not one to be ignored. Put it this way, if I came to your site without the background to the situation in the thread above, I wouldn't be continuing to the site - perhaps that's something to consider for your site/club's reputation.

I sincerely hope your attempt to twist the nipples of your web host works, but a number of them can be pretty devious b@st4rds too...
 
Alkapton

Alkapton

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sophos are known for false positives and it seems damn near impossible to get them to ok an ok site.

I have removed the flash animation temporally.  So that might make =a difference but I doubt it.

Everything is now coming from the one server and it is 100% Ok.

So any report otherwise is a false positive.
 
bograt

bograt

Active member
Seems like Saphos have got their "knickers in a twist". anyone got any views about Norton ? (Sorry. Off topic, but had no probs with CCC website, apart from a confusion with the initials being the same as the national  caving body for Wales)
 
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dunc

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What has knickers or silly oversight problems got to do with it? I'd say (as previously mentioned above) if you're linking, a number of times, to a dodgy server (p-rn with its associated malware, injected code and god knows what else) then you'll get flagged as being suspect.. Chances are it will take a hell of a lot longer for that badge to be removed than it did to gain it, which stands to reason - remove dodgy links, get approved, then put them back in - would be a common trick, trust is something hard won once you've been flagged as dodgy.

Was the dodgy host a cheap, virtually unknown one? (it has the hallmarks of such) cost is always a factor but sometimes it's worth spending a little extra.

:confused:

To keep on-topic; I had no issue viewing the site..
 
bograt

bograt

Active member
Good point Dunc, but is this a debate about website management  or ---- WTF, I'm going To bed,
 
Alkapton

Alkapton

Member
Sadly a small club like ours cannot afford external hosting.

The site I want to use to hold large files is mostly a free one but you can 'upgrade'. 

My gripe is that nothing accessible from the web site is or was [while using current domain name] in any way dodgy.  But how do I prove that without forking out thousands of pounds to take sophos to court?  And I know this is not the only web site they make false claims about - a quick trawl of the internet confirms that.

Bograt - this thread is about a new caving website, to the extent sophos will stop people accessing it the management of the web site is a very relevant issue.  I wish there were an easy answer - I fear this could be a critical issue and there is fa I can do about it.
 
bograt

bograt

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Sorry, Alka---,  check out the timing of my last post  :confused: :confused:, isn't it about time someone developed a keyboard breathyliser?? :cautious: :cautious:
 
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NigR

New member
Site works fine on an iPad.

Keep those trip reports coming!

(Just be careful out there and always take lots of spare everything with you).
 
ttxela

ttxela

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Sorry all, seem to have caused a bit of a stir.

All I know is that I get the message described when trying to access the site. I can honestly say I have only got this message once before over several years of use when I inadvisedly clicked on a link in a Facebook message in a moment of inattention. I suspect Sophos probably saved me a fair amount of grief then  :)

I don't desperately need to access the site or anything - just interested to take a look  :confused:
 
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