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Tracking malware question for admins.
Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2020 11:59 am
by Ellafan
What is this?
This malware alert pops up on my Avast anti-track on log in.
If not malware, what commercial value is this providing - is it just site maintenance costs?
Re: Tracking malware question for admins.
Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2020 12:00 pm
by Sandstorm
No Aussies setting
Re: Tracking malware question for admins.
Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2020 12:07 pm
by Ellafan
Hi ho.
Re: Tracking malware question for admins.
Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2020 12:14 pm
by Torquemada 1420
It's a freebie set of plugins for websites to enable various functionality. Probably badly in the case of PR's techies but should not be showing up like that in Avast: false positive I'd guess.
You can either whitelist it if you want to see whatever sh*te PR is trying to serve up (probably animated adverts) or block those items or scripting on the site.
Re: Tracking malware question for admins.
Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2020 12:15 pm
by JM2K6
Tracking isn't malware and that doesn't look like anything that generates revenue. I don't suppose there's a way for you to get any more detail from the alert? It's the board theme that's triggered it, so it could be any number of things related to the advertising options built-in, or even just how it handles auth cookies.
My Firefox doesn't think there's any tracking on NPR, anyway.
Re: Tracking malware question for admins.
Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2020 1:29 pm
by stemoc
nope its clean here, trust me, that other forumthough, malware/adware minefield......
that said, ASMO could you please add robots.txt to keep those pesky google bots out..we really don't want anything said here to make google searches..
Re: Tracking malware question for admins.
Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2020 1:53 pm
by Ellafan
JM2K6 wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 12:15 pm
Tracking isn't malware and that doesn't look like anything that generates revenue. I don't suppose there's a way for you to get any more detail from the alert? It's the board theme that's triggered it, so it could be any number of things related to the advertising options built-in, or even just how it handles auth cookies.
My Firefox doesn't think there's any tracking on NPR, anyway.
That makes sense given the directory path. My Firefox is not flagging it. My Avast has quarantined it now, if it pops again I will have another look.
Re: Tracking malware question for admins.
Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2020 2:10 pm
by ASMO
Deffo no tracking on here, itd add and tracking free.