Sharkscope - Norton identifying virus threat

Lightwood

Guys,

Anyone else having any issues with this site. Norton software identifying that the site is a threat and contains a Trojan virus.

Is this a genuine issue or is the site safe?

donkeyplop

Funny you say that as a few weeks ago I got a real nasty Trojan virus!!

It took me hours to get rid of it, as it had slowed my laptop down soooooooooooo much!!

Around the time I had been on sharkscope alot!

I was always under the impression you only got a virus from downloading stuff??

Or is this not the case?

unknown_username

Probably just what they call a "false possitive"

False positives occur when a pattern of code in the file or website matches the same pattern contained in a virus signature. This can also happen if a virus scanner is unable varify a websites security certificate.

Lightwood

http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=http:%2F%2Fwww.sharkscope.com%2F

this is the message I am getting.

Machka

Go to the Sharkscope forum and search for Norton and they assure you that it is a false positive.  I.e. a problem with Norton and not Sharkscope.

hogan2089

you obviously have no idea  having norton on your comps in the first place

BelovedLtd

As well as ignoring the false positive for Sharkscope, you should probably replace Norton as well, almost every other program is better than it.