Neowin is a Malicious Web Site


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This is one thing that irritates me about the whole "Norton" thing - their overuse of the word safety. It's all scare tactics, and what's worse is when people fall for them. Example: In PC World the other day and they have this stand up saying every one in six is a victim of credit card fraud. On the stand is Norton AntiVirus. I mean, yeah, it can help (killing keyloggers etc...) but when I see "IDENTITY: SECURE" on the Norton main page I worry about how many people start thinking that they're invincible and type in their details in stupid places.

Rant over :p Is there any sort of way to report this as false?

I was about to say, how could that page be a serious threat?

Well, it could be seen as a threat to NVIDIA :p

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Norton over-do Security imo, without looking at the original sources. :p I have submitted the site for reviewing again to get it removed; I am sure if a couple other people do it; it should get removed.

:)

@PureLegend: Bottom right corner, click the 'Request' button. ;)

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I posted both reviews but Symantec's rating is what counts. It is driving me crazy when I am on this website and I keep getting blocked. So far this is the only website I have had problems with.

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Somebody rated us 1 of 5 and said the "security threat" was that we were "Full of Trolls". I propose that it was a banned member browsing S&FI anonymously and my advice is for them to move on and continue your net-life somewhere else.

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Norton over-do Security imo, without looking at the original sources. :p I have submitted the site for reviewing again to get it removed; I am sure if a couple other people do it; it should get removed.

:)

@PureLegend: Bottom right corner, click the 'Request' button. ;)

The "request" button actually submits the request to the community for review. A site owner can submit a request to Norton for re-evaluation by registering as the owner for that website. See http://safeweb.norton.com/help/site_owners for information.

And neowin.net is now rated correctly: http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=neowin.net

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Somebody rated us 1 of 5 and said the "security threat" was that we were "Full of Trolls". I propose that it was a banned member browsing S&FI anonymously and my advice is for them to move on and continue your net-life somewhere else.

There was another one.

"so much spam, you'll be well fed and never go hungry. staff don't do their jobs properly. some banned members are wrongfully banned while the true tards and idiot roam free. trolls also tend to escape too often in the apple, windows, and gamers areas. on the bright side, some of the worst staff are finally retiring slowly but surely. site won't harm your computer, but is definitely suspicious and annoying (rated 3)."

i.e. "whaaa, I got banned, neowin sucks"

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Obviously this person loves Neowin:

added 24 minutes ago

neowin.net

Rating Level 3 out of 5

Safe but Worthless

Most of the "news" are thinly-veiled paid ads, in that the some of the site and hosting are provided by the craptastic Stardock. A lot of the revenue from subscriptions and ads used the be used to support a porn site run by a couple of the Neowin Administrators (namely, Neobond). At any rate, the site is "safe", in that it's not dangerous to anything other than your sanity. If you seek useful information from the web, look elsewhere, as Neowin is mostly populated by idiot teenagers, fanboy power-tripping mods, and general douchbaggery abounds. Site as a whole is a complete waste of time, unless you seek advice on what type of underwear to buy, or if Myspace is cooler than Facebook.

:laugh:

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I get board error message to Markjensen and The Decryptor's links :/

I blame the staff ninjas. :ninja:

Here is a site that talked about it, so you can read up on some info, even if the thread with code has been removed.

http://msmvps.com/blogs/spywaresucks/archi.../23/512916.aspx

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