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False security warning on a PNG file at FaceBook

January 16, 2016 by FSD 2 Comments

This morning I had an email warning from from facebook due to an autopost failure from a WordPress blog:

Array ( [0] => Array ( [date] => 2016-01-16 12:18:48 [act] => Error [msg] => -=ERROR=- Array ( [Warning] => [Error] => Your message couldn’t be sent because it includes content that other people on Facebook have reported as abusive. ) [extInfo] => | PostID: xxxx – Iran: “American sailors started crying after arrest” |im [type] => E [nt] => Facebook …

Filed Under: censorship, Virus

Are Fake Virus Warnings a new method to disrupt Free Speech

June 25, 2015 by FSD 1 Comment

This has been driving me nuts, Avast, an Anti-Virus product, I have in the past recommened have been flagging JihadWatch.org as having malware, with warnings such as “Infection Blocked”, “Avast WebShield has blocked a harmful web page or file” and “A Threat has been detected”, of course this is not true,

avastI first got notification of the issue last week, it happens, I’ve seen it a couple of times before, infact AVG another anti-virus company followed Avast and also …

Filed Under: DDoS, Virus

False Positive Virus Warnings

June 12, 2015 by FSD Leave a Comment

These were a surprise for me this morning, I have a dozen emails from some very worried visitors to Jihadwatch.org.

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These warnings are not for a real virus, it is what is known as a “false positive” (they got it wrong), ironically it is the counter DDoS protection that the anti-virus software is flagging as malicious, but there is nothing malicious about it, the Javascript is totally benign, only checking if you are a real person, and not some bot.…

Filed Under: DDoS, Virus

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