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Thread ID: 60057 2005-07-21 07:02:00 Security setting question SurferJoe46 (51) Press F1
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374059 2005-07-21 07:02:00 I had a pop-up advising me (the old story) that I had a virus on my 'puter, and "just click here to eliminate it" .

Natch, I did not, but the url was showing, so I went into my Internet Security Settings>>Restricted Sites, and found that the URL had been wild-carded as restricted .

It looked like this: " * . casalemedia . com "

I went ahead and input the url on the pop-up anyway without any wildcard (http://isg27 . casalemedia . com) and entered it .

Spybot also has casalemedia . com blackballed .

What I wonder is this: why didn't the wildcard version block it at all?

Why didn't Spybot kill it either?

This came in while I was on F1, via Firefox . Strange? :waughh:
SurferJoe46 (51)
374060 2005-07-21 22:26:00 Hello? Is this microphone working?

:annoyed:
SurferJoe46 (51)
374061 2005-07-21 22:31:00 it could have been through flash content which can get around some of the browser site blocking .

also it could have come from outside of the browsers . (which is why i like the host file) .
tweak'e (69)
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