Security warning on bad certificate

Sir_Lancelot · May 11, 2012

Every time I load a page here, I get a warning about a bad certificate. I also think the domain name booklandonline.info sounds a bit fishy.

I keep rejecting it and it is annoying.

Users with IE probably don't get any security warnings. Anyone else here with Opera who does not get this security warning?

cain3456 · May 11, 2012

I get something similar:

"Internet Explorer blocked this website from displaying content with security certificate errors."

Thought it was just my computer.

azzaman333 · May 12, 2012

I was getting it too. I just told it to always reject (in the security tab)

azzaman333 · May 12, 2012

I think it's a vBulletin problem/thing.

Silurian · May 12, 2012

cain3456 said:
I get something similar:

"Internet Explorer blocked this website from displaying content with security certificate errors."

Thought it was just my computer.

I have been getting that as well since yesterday.

Sir_Lancelot · May 12, 2012

It seems to be fixed, I don't get the warning now.

Any admin care to say something about what happened? Thanks.

Mise · May 14, 2012

Definitely reject it. I've added the domain to my HOSTS file so that it never bothers me again.

edit: tutorial here http://how-to.wikia.com/wiki/How_to_block_webpages_and_domain_using_the_hosts_file

edit2: It looks like some dodgy script is running on the site. Maybe the site's been compromised... This is the source code:

Code:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.booklandonline.info/icons/icons.php"></script>

Sir_Lancelot · May 15, 2012

Mise said:
Definitely reject it. I've added the domain to my HOSTS file so that it never bothers me again.

edit: tutorial here http://how-to.wikia.com/wiki/How_to_block_webpages_and_domain_using_the_hosts_file

edit2: It looks like some dodgy script is running on the site. Maybe the site's been compromised... This is the source code:

Code:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.booklandonline.info/icons/icons.php"></script>

I added booklandonline.info to the Host file and my browser would still look for content from that site when I loaded forum pages. (No certificate warnings though.)

Then I added www.booklandonline.info too. I don't know it it's a coincidence but now the browser seems to not look for content from that site anymore.

Should not booklandonline.info work for www.booklandonline.info also?

Mise · May 16, 2012

No, you have to add the "www" part to the url as well.

So yeah, 127.0.0.1 www.booklandonline.info would block the site completely, so you've done it right the second time.

Sir_Lancelot · May 16, 2012

Mise said:
No, you have to add the "www" part to the url as well.

So yeah, 127.0.0.1 www.booklandonline.info would block the site completely, so you've done it right the second time.

Maybe the Host file treats domains differently. Normally, would not booklandonline.info be a higher ranking address than www.booklandonline.info? :hmm:

Normally, the more you add to an URL the more it is narrowed down.

By the way, Spybot have added thousands of addresses to my Host file, and very few of them includes www.

Zelig · May 18, 2012

Sir_Lancelot said:
Maybe the Host file treats domains differently. Normally, would not booklandonline.info be a higher ranking address than www.booklandonline.info? Normally, the more you add to an URL the more it is narrowed down.

By the way, Spybot have added thousands of addresses to my Host file, and very few of them includes www.

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet/basics/question180.htm

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