Just today I am finding that Google Chrome is blocking Eros.com
They have not blocked it in the past and they now say that "Site is listed as suspicious - visiting this web site may harm your computer."
Has anyone any more information to add to this. I am sure I can get in with another browser but I am loath to do so.
and it is saying that there is malware on the site, so I would avoid it at the moment.
This can happen when someone who obviously needs a spanking puts malware code in an advertisment on a site. Eros has all kinds of advertising and chances are someone attached some code to one of the ads that can infect the computer of whoever clicks on the ad. If you can find a "Contact Us" link, letting them know this ishappening is not a bad ida, they are going to want to get it cleaned up as quicly as possible. K
On 2 separate occasions I have received the following message from Eros:
Important Notice- Eros is safe to use.
On the PO board. Someone spoke to them and their response was:
"Google flagged their site as being an adult site and therefore trying to keep the kiddos from seeing it".
The site has been removed and Eros is trying to fix all the cities as we speak.
I have Trend Micro Internet Security...a very sophisticated system. I use Internet Explorer as my browser and have not had any warnings or alerts going to their site...apparently this is strictly a Google Chrome issue.
I was getting it on Firefox but I just tried it and it seems fine now.
KLikewise... Firefox running on a Win 7 64 bit machine with MalwareBytes Pro and Avast (free version). I got the same warning. It does not mean Eros itself is compromised, just that one of the many sites that load content has had malware injected into it. Anyone who is a serious hobbyist or provider would be well advised to get an old machine and install Ubuntu, Linux Mint, or some other flavor of Linux and use that to browse sites that are the prime targets for "black hat hackers." (Linux is free) They write malware code mostly for Windows because that is 90+% on the installed OS base of PCs. Recently, though, Apple machines have been targeted because Apple does not take security seriously like Microsoft does, and their market share has increased enough so that it is beginning to be worth the time and effort to write code for Macs. Up to now, Macs were safe only because Apple's market share was not enough to make writing malware code for Mac OS worthwhile, not because there is anything special about Mac OS that makes it malware proof. Apple has relied on that and never bothered putting resources into security, but a recent virus outbreak attacked Macs and maybe now they will start doing more to tighten the security on their overpriced machines.