On 10/5/22 21:47, TJ wrote:
> On 5/6/22 21:47, faeychild wrote:
>> On 4/5/22 08:57, Aragorn wrote:
>>
>
>>>
>>>   ° Disable the "Warn you for dangerous software", because that's a
>>>     Google spy tool.  It checks every URL you visit against Google's
>>>     list of infected websites.
>>
>> I haven't found this one yet
>>
> In Firefox ESR, go to Edit/Settings/Privacy and Security. Scroll down to
> near the bottom of the page, and it will be under "Security."
>
> TJ

I have "Block dangerous and deceptive content"

Assuming this is it?

regards

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Mageia release 8 (Official) for x86_64 installed via Mageia-8-x86_64-DVD.iso

On 11.05.2022 at 08:11, faeychild scribbled:

> On 10/5/22 21:47, TJ wrote:
>
> > On 5/6/22 21:47, faeychild wrote:
> >
> >> On 4/5/22 08:57, Aragorn wrote:
> >>
> >>>   ° Disable the "Warn you for dangerous software", because that's
> >>> a Google spy tool.  It checks every URL you visit against
> >>> Google's list of infected websites.
> >>
> >> I haven't found this one yet
> >>
> > In Firefox ESR, go to Edit/Settings/Privacy and Security. Scroll
> > down to near the bottom of the page, and it will be under
> > "Security."
>
> I have "Block dangerous and deceptive content"
>
> Assuming this is it?

Yes. That setting, if enabled, checks every URL you visit against a
database at Google.

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With respect,
= Aragorn

On Tue, 03 May 2022 14:35:48 -0400, David W. Hodgins <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

> On Mon, 02 May 2022 23:50:24 -0400, faeychild <faeychild@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
>> On 3/5/22 09:14, David W. Hodgins wrote:
>>> On Mon, 02 May 2022 19:10:58 -0400, William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> wrote:
>>>> Do not click. This is almost certainly clickbait, or in otherwords, they
>>>> want to fix the lack of viruses on your machine by transfering one of
>>>> their own to you.
>>>> On 2022-05-02, faeychild <faeychild@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
>>>>> This morning I had several warnings popup in the notification panel
>
>>> I'd like to check out the site to see how it managed to get the popup
>>> into the
>>> notification panel.
>
>> I am running youtube channels in several tabs and a TV guide
>> https://www.ourguide.com.au/tv_guide.php?r=melbourne&d=02052022&w=now&t=4
>> and earlier on "cracked.com and theregister.com"
>
> I'm not seeing any sort of a "virus warning" on youtube or ourguide. It's most
> likely coming from an advertiser, but which ads show depends on location, browsing
> history, and timing, so it can be difficult to track down the source.

Just came across https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/05/14/1838213/hackers-are-exploiting-wordpress-tools-to-hawk-scams
which may explain the cause.

Regards, Dave Hodgins

On 15/5/22 05:24, David W. Hodgins wrote:

> Just came across
> https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/05/14/1838213/hackers-are-exploiting-wordpress-tools-to-hawk-scams
>
>
> which may explain the cause.
>
> Regards, Dave Hodgins

Well Well! An ancient threat arises. Like the Kraken reborn

Mine went quiet when I killed notifications from "discaffix.com".

Not my doing but there it was in Firefox settings

Aragorn saved me some considerable grief

Regards

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