Sorry if this is the wrong place to put this, but I couldn't find a better place.
Anyway I got a random warning from my Avast! AV that apparently the d20pfsrd is a "Known phishing site". I'm 99.9% sure this is just my AV being over reactive, or going on the "word" of a bunch of trolls mailing them and reporting the d20pfsrd as dangerous, but I am curious if anyone else has gotten this message as well?
EDIT: I notice the popup only appears when the donation tab appears at the bottom of the screen.
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Phishing boils down to trying to get money.
The donation tab is trying to get money.
Makes sense that Avast might be looking at it and going "This is a small website that is not mainstream trying to get people to put in card details to give them money? Yeah that's Phishing."
Is d20pfsrd malicious? Probably not. It might be worth trying to get in touch with D20pfsrd to let them know about the issue.
I'm pretty sure if it was a true phishing site word would have spread around here already. It would doom John. Though the crappy layout and often incorrect information may be doing that anyway.
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Phishing boils down to trying to get money.
The donation tab is trying to get money.
Makes sense that Avast might be looking at it and going "This is a small website that is not mainstream trying to get people to put in card details to give them money? Yeah that's Phishing."
100% incorrect. Phishing is more about stealing passwords than asking for CC details. A phishing site is a site that masquerades as a different site in order to trick you to do something with it (usually log in with your password on the real site). For example, a site facebok.com (note only 1 o) which looks exactly like facebook’s login screen so it can harvest your fb credentials to send spam or whatnot. Or a site that looks like your bank’s login screen so it can drain your checking account.
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I've popped off an email to John Reyst alerting him of the false red-flag from Avast.
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Thanks for contacting me Nordom!
Avast has a known history of misidentifying things. I recommend a different antivirus app.
https://forums.majorgeeks.com/threads/bad-update-from-avast-today.235875/
Also, if something is incorrect taks, or you have recommendations for fixing any crappy layout issues, a) we always are open to suggestions and b) anyone is free to edit.
On that subject, anyone who wants to edit ANY of my SRD sites just go to http://opengamingnetwork.com/publishing/become-an-editor/application/ and enter xyzzy as the password.
Also, if something is incorrect taks, or you have recommendations for fixing any crappy layout issues, a) we always are open to suggestions and b) anyone is free to edit.
The myriad broken links and too large images that result in a single narrow column of text. Next time I'm there, I'll document what I see. As for b, I did not know that.
Note that I think all of these problems occurred when you transferred your servers some time back (at least, that's what I recall you saying).
100% incorrect. Phishing is more about stealing passwords than asking for CC details. A phishing site is a site that masquerades as a different site in order to trick you to do something with it (usually log in with your password on the real site). For example, a site facebok.com (note only 1 o) which looks exactly like facebook’s login screen so it can harvest your fb credentials to send spam or whatnot. Or a site that looks like your bank’s login screen so it can drain your checking account.Phishing boils down to trying to get money.
The donation tab is trying to get money.
Makes sense that Avast might be looking at it and going "This is a small website that is not mainstream trying to get people to put in card details to give them money? Yeah that's Phishing."
Phishing really is normally about trying to get money.
There is phishing for the sake of being an ass, but far more regularly it is to get access to your money, or to get access to information that can be held hostage, for money, or sold, for money.
Yes my explanation is basic and ignores many of the niceties, but it is still correct.