WARNING! Active embedded elements in FORUM THREAD

Griv

Thread "If you were told you could only collect a single year of coinage, what year would you choose?" has embedded active elements!


Warning: Visiting this site may harm your computer!

The website at forums.collectors.com contains elements from the site www.tonedcoins.org, which appears to host malware – software that can hurt your computer or otherwise operate without your consent. Just visiting a site that contains malware can infect your computer.
For detailed information about the problems with these elements, visit the Google Safe Browsing diagnostic page for www.tonedcoins.org.
Learn more about how to protect yourself from harmful software online.

coinkid855

This has been going on for MONTHS. Not really news to me.



-Paul

llafoe

That's why I practice safe coin collecting... all my coins wear slabs!

pheh

Sunnywoods sig. Not harmful nor dangerous (unless you are ricko).

ricko

Well, I guess I am safe. Can not imagine a reason for visiting such a site. Cheers, RickO

LindeDad

I think what the message is saying is that the malware was brought here from that site and is embedded in that thread. It might be advisable for it to be brought to the attention of the moderator.

ambro51

I had alerts like crazy last night when I tried to search the Bowers and Merana auction archives.

Practically had fire alarms sounding!!!

coinguy1

<< <i>I think what the message is saying is that the malware was brought here from that site and is embedded in that thread. It might be advisable for it to be brought to the attention of the moderator. >>

That is how I interpreted it, as well.

pheh

What the message is saying is that there is a cross site element (in this case an image) from a domain which Google tracked as at one time hosting malicious code.

The complete diagnostic is available here.

But the long and short of it is:

Has this site hosted malware?

No, this site has not hosted malicious software over the past 90 days.

kryptonitecomics

www.tonedcoins.org is the TCCS website...it was attacked back in December of 2009 and has been down ever since. Every once in a while it comes back on line for a day or two but then it crashes again due to the virus so yes.....everyone should stay away from that site but if there is an image hosted there it should not have any affect on PCGS forum users

Harry779

Just try to hack my LINUX box!!!!

yellowkid

<< <i>Well, I guess I am safe. Can not imagine a reason for visiting such a site. Cheers, RickO >>