Fallout3Nexus ban-hammered?

[Shadowfen]

I just discovered that http://www.fallout3nexus.com has been ban-hammered by my antivirus.

 
VIPRE has determined that the site you are trying to visit 
contains potentially harmful or objectionable content. 

 

I can get to all the other Nexus sites just fine - including New Vegas and all of the forums...

Edited December 19, 2010 by Shadowfen

[Pronam]

Or another evil ad popped up, or they are still oldy linked to the previous trouble (from a while ago) where google/macafee marked every nexus site as malicious and your virus protection is slow on the update it's clear again.

It works fine at me, I'm using McAfee.

[Shadowfen]

Or another evil ad popped up, or they are still oldy linked to the previous trouble (from a while ago) where google/macafee marked every nexus site as malicious and your virus protection is slow on the update it's clear again.

It works fine at me, I'm using McAfee.

 

 

I'll vouch for my AV - they did yank all of the Nexus sites during the previous trouble and cleared them again.

 

This is a relatively new phenomenon since I was at FO3Nexus within the last few days.

[evilneko]

I think it's pretty stupid of those http scanners to block the top-level site when it's the ad-network that actually has the malware. The scanner is in a position to notice which domain the malware is actually coming from so why not block that domain instead? Poor design, I tell you. That's why I don't let Avast's HTTP scanner run. I'm lifetime premium here so I don't have to worry about ads, but I also have several methods of adblocking to keep the malvertisements out.

 

Anyway, there's a big thread about this sort of thing here: http://www.thenexusforums.com/index.php?/topic/240888-updated-nexus-trojanvirus-alert/