"Narrowboatworld" appears to be hacked - warning

[Laurence Hogg]

Tried to look at "Narrowboatworld" today and this came up:

 

 

This website has been reported as unsafe

 

www.narrowboatworld.com

 

We recommend that you do not continue to this website. It has been reported to Microsoft for containing threats to your computer that might reveal personal or financial information.

 

Go to my home page instead

 

More information 

 

This website has been reported to contain the following threats:

 

• Malicious software threat: This site contains links to viruses or other software programs that can reveal personal information stored or typed on your computer to malicious persons.

 

• Report that this site does not contain threats
• Disregard and continue (not recommended)

 

Microsoft SmartScreen

 

 

 

[NB Lola]

Seems fine now

[Tiggs]

Comes up OK on my computer.

[S and K]

Similar message coming up on another forum I'm a member of. There is a fella on that forum that works for Microsoft, he seems to think that it's nothing to worry about.

[Dave Payne]

id say your pc!

[the barnacle]

are any words on websites underlined as links - if you you might have a malware problem on your comp as i had similar so downloaded an opt out programme to clean it up.

[Guest]

Sounds like a 'trigger happy' anti-virus set up.

[Dave Payne]

I would maybe run spybot, no harm in checking.

 

https://www.safer-networking.org/dl/

[mross]

I ran Zulu, a URL risk analyser, and it shows that the home page has a link to a malicious site. The site linked has the highest rating for malice. Only visit if you are confident in your antivirus antimalware protection.

[Guest]

I ran Zulu, a URL risk analyser, and it shows that the home page has a link to a malicious site. The site linked has the highest rating for malice. Only visit if you are confident in your antivirus antimalware protection.

 

From the adverts possibly?

[mross]

Yes, an ad for Cialis (Viagra). I sent an email to Narrowboat world to let them know.

[Taslim]

That seens a bit stiff.

[twbm]

Yes, an ad for Cialis (Viagra). I sent an email to Narrowboat world to let them know.

 

Special Forces use that in eye-drop form. Makes them look well hard.

[Dave Payne]

Can someone forward me the link please... For research of course!

[MtB]

Can someone forward me the link please... For research of course!

 

 

What? For Narrowboat World?

 

Have a think about what it might be. And you'll be right!

[Jim Riley]

Apparently a hacker has been cutting and pasting "news" from other sites onto nbw.

[MtB]

Apparently a hacker has been cutting and pasting "news" from other sites onto nbw.

 

 

Well I never. It's usually NBW staff not hackers that do this!

[mark99]

I went over to this site to have a look. What a load of tosh.

 

A good example is a rubbish piece speculating on the recent fatality involving what they assert was a rudder stuck in the gates. Ok may well be true but then went on to say how you should mitigate by positioning your boat correctly in the lock. No mention that a proper rear fender would reduce if not eliminate the risk.

Edited July 30, 2016 by mark99

[Paul C]

I dunno about dodgy adverts, its the bit in the middle which is usually complete rubbish.