Gulf Times unsafe?

dweller
By dweller

I use the new McAfee anti-virus that also indicates potentially unsafe sites.

I got this message when I logged on this morning:

 gulf-times.com
 
When we tested this site we found links to usafis.org, which our analysis found to be deceptive or fraudulent.

Are you the owner of this site? Leave a comment
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By dweller• 6 Aug 2006 12:34
dweller

You were correct, the reason MaCafee flag the site is because the link site is tryin to sell something that is free elsewhere.

By dweller• 4 Aug 2006 15:15
dweller

Thanks Marjorie. Obviously the rating of the fraudulent site carried some truth. I will take particular note of the MaCafee ratings in future.

By Marjorie• 4 Aug 2006 14:01
Marjorie

It's not an unsafe site to visit, but it's fradulent. It's a scam. See here.

By dweller• 4 Aug 2006 12:55
dweller

Thanks mochafrap. I'm not worried at all, it's just that until yesterday the site was clean

By mochafrap• 4 Aug 2006 11:23
mochafrap

why would a green card lottery website be considered as unsafe? the only thing i can think of is that it probably has a lot of pop-up adds, and those are known to be potential spyware bearers.

don't think you should be worried though. worst case scenario you can just run a cleanup on any of the anti-spyware program (adaware, spybot, etc..) and it should be fine.

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