FromTheRafters wrote:
> "Buffalo" <Eric@nada.com.invalid> wrote in message
> news:i3jo71$hkc$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>
>>
>> Virus Guy wrote:
>>> ~BD~ wrote:
>>>
>>>> I was using Safari and got a warning when I visited a URL.
>>>
>>> If you're not going to give us the exact url that spawned the
>>> warning,
>>> then why bother posting?
>>>
>>> It's a waste of time if we don't have the exact URL so we can grab a
>>> sample of the malware.
>>
>> Isn't it xxx.uncoached.com as stated in the warning jpg and also
>> stated by
>> BD in his post?
>
> Not necessarily, the "uncoached" site may have been vulnerable at one
> time to an exploit to redirect visitors to another site that indeed
> hosts malware. If Virus Guy wants a malware sample he would have to
> visit the malware server site not a redirection exploit site that
> might not be continuing to redirect users. Sometimes it is an
> advertisement on an otherwise legit site that gets a site marked as
> suspicious.
Thanks,
Buffalo