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Old March 18th 19, 02:57 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.computer.workshop
David in Devon
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Default Virus on page?

On 18/03/2019 13:19, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 18/03/2019 13.55, David in Devon wrote:
On 18/03/2019 11:22, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 18/03/2019 04.51, nospam wrote:
In article , Carlos E.R.
wrote:

The correct thing nowdays would be to have flash disabled, or have
setting to "always ask". And if asked, say "no" unless you really want
to see that box and trust the site.

the correct thing to do is not have flash installed at all.

Unless your bank uses it :-P


This is an aside query, Carlos!

If I look here https://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/pcbutts1.com

I appear to read Page 1 of 2 pages of comments. If I move on to page 2
there are no comment. I cannot, though, get back to page 1.

Have you any thoughts as to why that might be so?


Let me see. As I load that page, I get a popup to:

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7,033 users have installed WOT and are browsing safetly




Of course, getting such a popup makes me suspicious. Maybe just
aggresive marketing, though.

The second page of comments has nothing, and there is no link to go
back. That's bad programming of the page. I had to click six times on
the "back" button of Firefox to actually go back to the first page.
Well, no, the comments have disappeared.

I think it is lousy programming. Maybe they fiddled altering the browser
history, I read recently about some browser adding protection against this.

I have to click shift-reload to see again the comments. The comments say
it is a bad site and tool...



What you saw is exactly the same as me. Thanks for taking a look.

Many moons ago I 'tested' all the 'Tools' promoted on PCButts' website
http://www.ms-mvp.org and nothing untoward ever appeared to happen to my
computer.

It's really refreshing to get straight-forward and honest answers. Thank
you, Carlos. :-)

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David B.
Devon, UK
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