kitchensinks.n0t

briank99 · 10-18-2008, 05:07 PM

Has anyone seen this before? I keep getting a certificate window opening up with Flock asking me if I want to accept this certificate www(.)kitchensinks(.)n0t. I put () in just in case it is a bad place to be. However I googled and found nothing.

I ran an updated adaware and window washer but it still keeps popping up. Of course, I clicked on the no button but I just do know who this is.

I have dialup so I don't go to the places that are likely to have viruses, spyware, etc.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Brian

Norma Holt · 10-18-2008, 05:41 PM

Check your cookies and run a virus check. It sounds odd but these frauds know how to do things and get away with it.

JohnMcCabe · 10-19-2008, 10:26 AM

The odds are it's a popup ad designed to look like a certificate. My wife surfs a lot of contest and sweepstakes sites and she's been getting a rash of deceptive 'warning style' ads. I've checked a few, and they have all gone into neighborhoods you want to avoid.

Clicking any button is the action they are looking for.

I taught my wife to go to the bottom bar, right-click the ad/cert, and select "close" (using Firefox on XP).

briank99 · 10-19-2008, 02:16 PM

Hey, Norma.
Hey, John.

Thanks,
Brian

rosetrees · 10-19-2008, 02:24 PM

imho it's a myth that being on dial-up protects you from viruses etc. I think the opposite is true. On dial up malware gets on your computer, BUT often your antivirus software doesn't update properly. Malware is small and will get on your computer regardless of the connection type. Virus database updates are large. On dialup they may not install if you are not online for long enough. On bb, the database updates download quickly.

In the bad old days of dial-up I used to disable the automatic updates and tell my clients they had to manually update and watch it happen, so they knew they were protected. Too many assumed the updates were happening when, in fact, they weren't

bigdanny · 10-26-2008, 09:37 PM

It appears to be a dns issue with aol, there is a temporary fix for it here: hostwoot . com / forums/ showthread.php?p=826#post826

I can't post the links because i'm under 15 posts but i'll do it any way unless a mod removes this:

10-18-2008, 05:07 PM	#1
briank99 HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ohio, USA Posts: 151 Thanks: 26 Thanked 26 Times in 8 Posts	kitchensinks.n0t Has anyone seen this before? I keep getting a certificate window opening up with Flock asking me if I want to accept this certificate www(.)kitchensinks(.)n0t. I put () in just in case it is a bad place to be. However I googled and found nothing. I ran an updated adaware and window washer but it still keeps popping up. Of course, I clicked on the no button but I just do know who this is. I have dialup so I don't go to the places that are likely to have viruses, spyware, etc. Any ideas? Thanks, Brian
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10-18-2008, 05:41 PM	#2
Norma Holt Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Canberra , Australia. Posts: 2,132 Blog Entries: 4 Thanks: 54 Thanked 96 Times in 67 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: kitchensinks.n0t Check your cookies and run a virus check. It sounds odd but these frauds know how to do things and get away with it.
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10-19-2008, 10:26 AM	#3
JohnMcCabe Happy Hooker War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North of the Peace River, Southwest Florida, USA. Posts: 7,583 Thanks: 2,663 Thanked 4,325 Times in 2,365 Posts Social Networking	Re: kitchensinks.n0t The odds are it's a popup ad designed to look like a certificate. My wife surfs a lot of contest and sweepstakes sites and she's been getting a rash of deceptive 'warning style' ads. I've checked a few, and they have all gone into neighborhoods you want to avoid. Clicking any button is the action they are looking for. I taught my wife to go to the bottom bar, right-click the ad/cert, and select "close" (using Firefox on XP).
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10-19-2008, 02:16 PM	#4
briank99 HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ohio, USA Posts: 151 Thanks: 26 Thanked 26 Times in 8 Posts	Re: kitchensinks.n0t Hey, Norma. Hey, John. Thanks, Brian
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10-19-2008, 02:24 PM	#5
rosetrees Carol War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: UK Posts: 2,731 Blog Entries: 13 Thanks: 341 Thanked 731 Times in 514 Posts Social Networking	Re: kitchensinks.n0t imho it's a myth that being on dial-up protects you from viruses etc. I think the opposite is true. On dial up malware gets on your computer, BUT often your antivirus software doesn't update properly. Malware is small and will get on your computer regardless of the connection type. Virus database updates are large. On dialup they may not install if you are not online for long enough. On bb, the database updates download quickly. In the bad old days of dial-up I used to disable the automatic updates and tell my clients they had to manually update and watch it happen, so they knew they were protected. Too many assumed the updates were happening when, in fact, they weren't
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10-26-2008, 09:37 PM	#6
bigdanny Warrior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: kitchensinks.n0t It appears to be a dns issue with aol, there is a temporary fix for it here: hostwoot . com / forums/ showthread.php?p=826#post826 I can't post the links because i'm under 15 posts but i'll do it any way unless a mod removes this: