hi guys i just want to know if i accendtly entered a fake website?

[kamy]

hi guys i just want to know if i accedently entered a fake website that may have given

free.avg.com how can i check if this site has malware because it is not displaying correctly and looks fake to me can you help

free.avg.com

[vijayind]

You can use addons/plugins like Pc Tools BrowserDefender (http://www.browserdefender.com/), AVG LinkScanner (http://linkscanner.avg.com/) which scan each page in realtime and tell you incase you visit a malicious site.

[TonyW]

free.avg.com isn't a fake website, which also links to the AVG LinkScanner mentioned in the previous post.

[raven211]

-{ Quote: "free.avg.com isn't a fake website, which also links to the AVG LinkScanner mentioned in the previous post." }-

Correct; it's their official site for the Free Edition.

[kamy]

why did it look funny to me i have jpegs if you want to see

[m00nbl00d]

-{ Quote: "why did it look funny to me i have jpegs if you want to see" }-

Please, let me see them. It may be that, despite the domain is the legit one, that what is being displayed is actually fake. Meaning that either your DNS IPs or your HOSTS file has been hijacked.

[kamy]

Hi i went on the avg

free.avg.com

but i know it is the right link and official website but it just did not look right can anyone tell me what this was down too its displaying fine at the moment but not yesterday

http://i39.tinypic.com/2ntikua.jpg


http://i41.tinypic.com/2e3zxwi.jpg


http://i41.tinypic.com/dqrihl.jpg

Thanks

[kamy]

hi moonblood they are here on this new post

but i know it is the right link and official website but it just did not look right can anyone tell me what this was down too its displaying fine at the moment but not yesterday

http://i39.tinypic.com/2ntikua.jpg


http://i41.tinypic.com/2e3zxwi.jpg


http://i41.tinypic.com/dqrihl.jpg

Thanks

[raven211]

To me it just seems the pages are not being loaded completely/correctly. Have you checked for example the free version to see what its executable is named if you try to download it?

[kamy]

hi raven i didnt download anything from there i was just curious why the page was like that? i thought maybe phising

moonblood thought Maybe my DNS IPs or your HOSTS file has been hijacked.

i dont know what that means

[vijayind]

Kamy, If you think you are being redirected to wrong website for "free.avg.com". Just download the free version from trusted download sites like:

Download.com:
http://download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition/3000-2239_4-10320142.html

FileHippo.com:
http://www.filehippo.com/download_avg_antivirus/

Softpedia.com:
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/AVG-Free-Edition.shtml

[raven211]

-{ Quote: "hi raven i didnt download anything from there i was just curious why the page was like that? i thought maybe phising

moonblood thought Maybe my DNS IPs or your HOSTS file has been hijacked.

i dont know what that means" }-

Okay, if you're not interested in the software, I wouldn't bother. ;D I would check the downloadable executables for any signs though, or maybe try a different web-browser or see if other sites have similar behavior.

If those things are hijacked (common in spyware and adware), there's a high-risk you get redirected to fake-websites or sites that were not where you were heading. Are you by any chance using IE?

[m00nbl00d]

-{ Quote: "hi raven i didnt download anything from there i was just curious why the page was like that? i thought maybe phising

moonblood thought Maybe my DNS IPs or your HOSTS file has been hijacked.

i dont know what that means" }-

I agree with raven211 when he says it's more like the pages not loading properly.

Which browser do you use? What contents do you block with it?

Do you know how monitor connections with firewall? When entering the domain free.avg.com, which IP is it resolving to? (an IP is a sequence of numbers like 255.255.255.000 (this is just an example)). In this case free.avg.com should resolve to 77.67.44.202. If it doesn't, then if your system has been compromised.

[JRViejo]

kamy, if you are using Firefox, with the NoScript add-on, perhaps you need to allow free.avg.com for the page to resolve correctly.

[kamy]

Hi guys im using ie browser so do i not need to investigate this further??? if i did not download anything just viewed the page then came back out??


raven i dont seem to be getting redirected and every other site displays fine it was just the avg one ?

plus is firefox safe i have heard its more vulunrable to attacks then internet explorer

moonblood which firewall would this be hardware? and i have no add blocker at the moment i asked about ad block for ie in another post but then i was thinking just get firefox but then the vulunbility argument makes me think again? please advise aand thanks for the help guys


thanks for the safe websites link vijay i will use them too

[TonyW]

-{ Quote: "plus is firefox safe i have heard its more vulunrable to attacks then internet explorer" }-I think you'll find it's the other way round. However, Firefox has had vulnerabilities which have been fixed, and no doubt there will be more in the future.