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kitchensinks.n0t

by briank99
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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
#kitchensinksn0t
  • Profile picture of the author Norma Holt
    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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    • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
      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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  • Profile picture of the author briank99
    Hey, Norma.
    Hey, John.

    Thanks,
    Brian
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    • Profile picture of the author rosetrees
      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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  • Profile picture of the author bigdanny
    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:
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