Elessar Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Never had this problem and as you can see, I just made this post...anyone else experience this on Neowin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vip Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 I had it on a few posts before, but no longer using Chrome ... need some extensions in firefox :l <3 FireFTP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted August 5, 2009 Administrators Share Posted August 5, 2009 It must be a sig that contains an embedded image from that site. I PM'd the member where the sig is hosted on getdropbox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted August 5, 2009 Veteran Share Posted August 5, 2009 I've seen this happen before with members sigs hosted on DropBox. TehSpookeh's old one used to cause it. Edit: Haha, looks like it's me this time? :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inctye Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Too many false positives, so I turned it off a long time ago. Just go the Chrome Options>Under the Hood>Privacy and uncheck the phishing/malware protection. Besides, most of us here on Neowin are seasoned experts to know when we stumble upon an unsafe website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted August 5, 2009 Veteran Share Posted August 5, 2009 Too many false positives, so I turned it off a long time ago. Just go the Chrome Options>Under the Hood>Privacy and uncheck the phishing/malware protection. Besides, most of us here on Neowin are seasoned experts to know when we stumble upon an unsafe website. Pretty silly that you need to do that though. The other browsers don't seem to have this issue with DropBox. There's a lot of members who use Dropbox on Neowin though, so this is going to be a recurring problem if some work around isn't sorted. I'm using Imageshack now for my sig, but it's not like they are the most secure site as we've witnessed recently ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiCKX Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Just disable that function. Unless you are touching a PC for the first time,you know very well a site as this one can only be a false positive,so instead of being helpful,that message is a nuissance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vip Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Quit trying to harm peoples computer, DrunknMunky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
master2k27 Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 I have been getting it all day its a pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMELTN Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 I've seen this happen before with members sigs hosted on DropBox. TehSpookeh's old one used to cause it.Edit: Haha, looks like it's me this time? :p owned. HAHA I agree though, the site is much better than Imageshack or some others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
master2k27 Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 It is still happening it must be someone ease to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad_onion Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 ah ok I'm glad there's a way to turn it off. why someone couldn't have posted that in the thread I made hours before this I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted August 5, 2009 Veteran Share Posted August 5, 2009 It is still happening it must be someone ease to. Well give us the details of what image is being blocked and then we can track down which member's signature it is. I've moved all of mine to my own hosting, so hopefully I'm still not causing it :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Udedenkz Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Hmmmm.... *evil smile* thanks for the idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Veteran Posted August 5, 2009 Veteran Share Posted August 5, 2009 Just disable that function.Unless you are touching a PC for the first time,you know very well a site as this one can only be a false positive,so instead of being helpful,that message is a nuissance. The issue is that not everyone will do that, or even think to do that. Many would visit Neowin, get a phishing warning, and leave the site. That's the issue when you have one company controlling definitions for security: it damages the little guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shockz Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 I just got a warning viewing this thread... :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted August 5, 2009 Veteran Share Posted August 5, 2009 What image was it? Surely it can't be my sig still even on private hosting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted August 5, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted August 5, 2009 I just got a warning viewing this thread... :blink: Stop breaking the rules then shockz :p Yeah NOD32 gives me false positives when browsing Neowin sometimes :/ I use photobucket for signatures/images, no one seems to have issues with them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
master2k27 Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Even if i disabled sigs i still get it :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fhpuqrgrpgvirzhpujbj Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 I host a lot of stuff on dropbox (but not my sig as I don't have one :p) They might as well label any hosting sight as having malicious content if they're gonna label dropbox. Dropbox is one of the better free hosting sites. What were these idiots thinking when they added that filter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Lyle Global Moderator Posted August 6, 2009 Global Moderator Share Posted August 6, 2009 No issues from me using: Firefox, IE, Chrome and Safari... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shockz Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 I'm thinking Google made a boo boo with the filtering, and have corrected it. I haven't run into the problem for awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Derf Veteran Posted November 11, 2009 Veteran Share Posted November 11, 2009 This is happening again with dl.dropbox.com In addition to Google Chrome, I also received a warning message from Firefox when I tried to view a particular signature. It also happens with some avatars that are not hosted on Neowin. Yes, those who read this thread will realize that it is a false positive linked to a silly signature but I fear that a casual visitor to Neowin's forum will think that we are out to get them. http://safebrowsing.clients.google.com/saf.../dl.dropbox.com Edit: Now it's happening with files.dropbox.com as well. http://safebrowsing.clients.google.com/saf...les.dropbox.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappy Veteran Posted November 11, 2009 Veteran Share Posted November 11, 2009 Thanks Fred for sorting out my sig issues (Y) I was asleep when you removed so I didn't know what was happening :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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