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McAfee siteadviser we're yellow

  • 18-03-2008 02:04PM
    #1
    gerky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,407 ✭✭✭


    Just to let the admins know boards has a yellow/amber rating in siteadviser although there's nothing really in the details.
    Post edited by Shield on


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  • #2
    RoundyMooney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,910 ✭✭✭✭RoundyMooney


    How are those things updated, I wonder?

    User feedback?


  • #3
    CuLT
    Subscribers Posts: 9,716 ✭✭✭CuLT


    Hey, from what I can see here it's green thanks to some helpful boards.ie users.

    Where are you seeing this amber rating?


  • #4
    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,025 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    That REL guy really seems to hate boards.ie


  • #5
    bill_ashmount
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,047 ✭✭✭bill_ashmount


    It's showing as green for me.


  • #6
    gerky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,407 ✭✭✭gerky


    Its back to green for me now, it was showing amber in firefox and on Google search the little symbol beside it said 1 bad download must of just been a fault.


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  • #7
    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,073 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    Green here and iv added my review.


  • #8
    Ponster
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ponster


    "Running very slow of late.... With annoting Pop ups for surveys."

    REl needs to learn the difference between a pop-up and a mass pm.


  • #9
    gerky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,407 ✭✭✭gerky


    Ponster wrote: »
    "Running very slow of late.... With annoting Pop ups for surveys."

    REl needs to learn the difference between a pop-up and a mass pm.

    I'd hazard a guess he/she has been banned from boards and wasn't impressed:)


  • #10
    gerky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,407 ✭✭✭gerky


    We're amber yet again due to green joker poker.
    Heres a screen grap.
    Capture_3.jpg


  • #11
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,683 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    I hate McAfee with a passion. Theres nothing more annoying then that bloody splash screen every time you turn on the computer. The best kind of anti-virus is the kind that doesnt bother you every 2 hours. [/rant]


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  • #12
    gerky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,407 ✭✭✭gerky


    Overheal wrote:
    I hate McAfee with a passion. Theres nothing more annoying then that bloody splash screen every time you turn on the computer. The best kind of anti-virus is the kind that doesnt bother you every 2 hours. [/rant]

    I've never used mcafee anti virus so don't have good or bad experiance with it although from what I've read about the anti virus it seems to leaves a lot to be desired.
    The amber rating is from siteadviser a separate application.


  • #13
    SeanW
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,943 ✭✭✭SeanW


    Overheal wrote: »
    I hate McAfee with a passion. Theres nothing more annoying then that bloody splash screen every time you turn on the computer. The best kind of anti-virus is the kind that doesnt bother you every 2 hours. [/rant]
    I don't know what "McAfee" you've been using but I was using it until December (too cheap to renew) and AVG bothers me more with "Updating" and "Update completed, press OK to finish" messages.

    SiteAdvisor once rated boards.ie red, for a short time, citing links to a (then) dangerous website star-adserver.com

    Is boards really hosting GreenJokerPoker (a.k.a. CasOnline adware)?

    Here's the report.
    http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/boards.ie

    https://u24.gov.ua/
    Join NAFO today:

    Help us in helping Ukraine.



  • #14
    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,025 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    SeanW wrote: »

    Is boards really hosting GreenJokerPoker (a.k.a. CasOnline adware)?

    Here's the report.
    http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/boards.ie

    I would say google ads are.


  • #15
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,920 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    In the yellow on mine too.


  • #16
    Saibh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,431 ✭✭✭✭Saibh


    yellow with me as well

    per site details reason given - found 1 yellow download


  • #17
    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,073 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    Well iv said it before, and ill say it again - it shouldnt link directly to an exe file. Instead the banner should link to a page explaining what the story with the file is etc.


  • #18
    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,815 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    Sully wrote: »
    Well iv said it before, and ill say it again - it shouldnt link directly to an exe file. Instead the banner should link to a page explaining what the story with the file is etc.

    +1 An advert linking directly to an exe is bad. :eek:


  • #19
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,968 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Very suprised if the admins were not on top of this.

    Mike.


  • #20
    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,073 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    mike65 wrote: »
    Very suprised if the admins were not on top of this.

    Mike.

    It was raised ages ago in Help Desk. I thought they had it fixed (eventually!) but it seems to have gone astray again!


  • #21
    Basq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,437 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    Just be thankful it's not at orange, which means something might go down somewhere in some way at some point in time.

    terorralert.gif

    PS - but yeah, a link to an executable file in a banner is a no-no!


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  • #22
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,968 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Sully wrote: »
    It was raised ages ago in Help Desk. I thought they had it fixed (eventually!) but it seems to have gone astray again!

    Must see if Opera content blocker works for that next time it pops up.

    Mike.


  • #23
    Sherifu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    Sully wrote: »
    Well iv said it before, and ill say it again - it shouldnt link directly to an exe file. Instead the banner should link to a page explaining what the story with the file is etc.
    Exactly, in this case it should link to the poker program download page.


  • #24
    John mac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,196 ✭✭✭John mac


    not sure where to post this.
    should there be banner adds for porn?
    ww.privatamateure.com/show_amateur.php?amateur_nickname=HeisseSheila&wmid=3078&program=revshare&campaign=4835&sc=1

    this is the link

    k found the prob.. i had a virus ...(think that may have been the reason)


  • #25
    Sherifu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    John mac wrote: »
    not sure where to post this.
    Report the ads.


  • #26
    dieslippers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14 ✭dieslippers


    John mac wrote: »
    not sure where to post this.
    should there be banner adds for porn?
    ww.privatamateure.com/show_amateur.php?amateur_nickname=HeisseSheila&wmid=3078&program=revshare&campaign=4835&sc=1

    this is the link


    OH! John why post that here, fcukED.

    If you dont mind me asking , but Where the hell did you find that John Mac?

    Copy the url of the boards.ie page you found and report it. I just checked mcafee and Boards.ie has just got slated again . Better hide that porn or we are fcukEd.

    Boards.ie Moderate yourselves- schnell-.

    http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/boards.ie


  • #27
    SeanW
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,943 ✭✭✭SeanW


    Well, if you check the site report, some idiot reviewer accused boards of Browser Exploits. It's the same as Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Apple, PBS.org etc, as a website goes, you haven't really "arrived" until an small army of dumb bellends accuses you of everything under the sun.

    https://u24.gov.ua/
    Join NAFO today:

    Help us in helping Ukraine.



  • #28
    dieslippers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14 ✭dieslippers


    John mac wrote: »
    not sure where to post this.
    should there be banner adds for porn?
    ww.privatamateure.com/show_amateur.php?amateur_nickname=HeisseSheila&wmid=3078&program=revshare&campaign=4835&sc=1

    this is the link

    k found the prob.. i had a virus ...(think that may have been the reason)

    John Mac I have a question. Did you edit that last part of your post?
    em! It appears to be the case then. Reason : found reason ( too late johnny boy; too late.)

    Sherifu wrote: »
    Report the ads.

    The Ads have been Reported.
    SeanW wrote: »
    Well, if you check the site report, some idiot reviewer accused boards of Browser Exploits. It's the same as Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Apple, PBS.org etc, as a website goes, you haven't really "arrived" until an small army of dumb bellends accuses you of everything under the sun.

    On a serious note I think your a good reviewer and know what your talking about. For that reason I gave boards.ie a review. Based on what you said and earlier posters and of course some experience.


  • #29
    Nevyn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,044 ✭✭✭✭Nevyn


    This came up before and I beleive the take from one of the admins was that
    mcAfee is like the clap
    .


  • #30
    Talliesin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,314 ✭✭✭Talliesin


    gerky wrote: »
    I've never used mcafee anti virus so don't have good or bad experiance with it although from what I've read about the anti virus it seems to leaves a lot to be desired.
    The point of anti-virus software is to stop your machine from running software that embeds itself into your system in a way that makes it hard to remove and then damages it.

    As such, installing McAfee or Norton anti-virus is akin to curing a headache by paying someone to smash you over the head with a baseball bat.

    I don't have the resources of McAfee and Norton, so I can not compete directly in this regard, but if you are a McAfee or Norton user and find yourself with a headache then I've an innovative new cure that may interest you, for a very moderate fee.


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  • #31
    Vexorg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,985 ✭✭✭Vexorg


    The Green Joker Poker download link was fixed months ago, Im sure they will update this eventually.

    As for the other comments from unhappy users - meh - this interweb is a serious place. Some people get their jollies from that sort of thing:)


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