Phishing threat

[Shaz]

Just went to take a look at this thread, which had a new comment on it this morning:
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/super-easy-enemy-balance-method.73388/

and got a security error warning about a phishing site. I haven't continued to the site. Malwarebytes hasn't picked anything up, so I'm about to try something else someone suggested recently.

Is anyone else getting errors from that thread?

 

[bgillisp]

I just went there and got nothing. However, I understand malware is getting really creative these days, and now they often stay dormant until something triggers them on a site you go to. I've heard of one that only activates if two very specific ads play on the same site for example. Maybe something on that thread triggered a dormant one on your computer?

 

[MushroomCake28]

I also can't access the site due to security issue.

 

[Amane Kagari]

I've confirmed that it's happening to me too.
Edit: It's a false Chrome alarm. I clicked details and visit the unsafe site. I found nothing suspicious. Chrome's been doing that a lot lately.

 

[Kupotepo]

I got the message: "Deceptive site ahead."

 

[Shaz]

Thanks everyone.

@bgillisp what browser are you using? I am on Chrome.

 

[BadLittleSeed]

I'm using the Brave browser and I also got a 'Deceptive site ahead' warning.

 

[slimmmeiske2]

I'm not getting anything. I'm on Firefox.

 

[Bastrophian]

I am using Chrome, and I got the deceptive site ahead warning as well.

 

[Finnuval]

Chrome and got the warning as well

 

[TheoAllen]

Reporting the same issue. I disabled the warning on my end to access the thread. Nothing is happening so far though. And yeah, using chrome here.

 

[Mooshry]

I'm using chrome and i didn't get it.

 

[gstv87]

chrome.
globally disabled javascript.

no issue.

 

[bgillisp]

I used IE11 believe it or not. Still got it on my Windows 7 machine, though using Firefox more these days. Can't use Chrome though as it interferes with a program I need for work, as strange as that seems.

 

[Poryg]

Chrome mobile. Enabled Javascript. No issue.
Firefox. Enabled Javascript. No issue.
Analyzed in dev tools. Nothing suspicious.
Analyzed the dates of the answers. The thread started in late 2017, during which @bgillisp accessed it with no issues, considering the fact that he left answers there.
From 2017 to Aug 2018 no answers.
And from Aug 2018 till today no answers that contain any links.
Signatures of people who posted their answers. Nothing suspicious.
IE11 might report it as a phishing site perhaps because there are a couple of scripts regarding facebook and twitter share API. So I guess that's what the problem is? But I can confirm the page looks rather harmless.

 

[bgillisp]

Ie11 is clear though, I tried it again today and got nothing. Might just be a google issue?

 

[Poryg]

Looks like a false positive then.

 

[Shaz]

Now it's telling me the entire forum is "dangerous"

 

[Poryg]

Wow. That escalated quickly. Maybe you have a virus?

 

[Amane Kagari]

It's black magic! Well. I'm having no issues with any part of the sites. Just checked the homepage and clicked random pages. Only that link to that topic posted here has issues for me. And I've also gotten random warnings from other sites as well. I'd say just ignore it and it'll fade away in a few days if you know that the site you're on has zero threats. These AI script scanners/site crawlers used by both google and bing can be quite troll at times as with most AIs. Just gotta wait for someone in the "higher ups" to clear things out. (*slow claps at google and bing*) Usually Microsoft/Bing and Google reports the same "threats" this is why I brought bing into this issue also. In any case, just ignore and continue. Chances of you getting a virus or at risk of being hacked is probably extremely low if you have protection and use common safety sense (i.e.: not clicking suspicious links and checking to see if a site is the real thing).