----------------------------------- Andy Schwarm Sat 13 Nov, 2010 16:04 CTBusters, One Of The Safest Sites To Visit On The 'Net ----------------------------------- A while back, I clicked on the links to my site at worldwithoutparasites.com and saw a weird disclaimer, a warning that my site may be unsafe or some-such nonsense. I didn't think much about it, I thought it was a Firefox pop-up or something like that. Firefox tries to block me from half the sites I visit. If I had looked closer, I would have noticed the misspelling and the overall amateurishness: "DO YOU HAVE A *POP-UP* BLOCKER PROGRAM RUNNING? If so, this must be turned off to continue ... You are about to open a new window that will take you to another website. We can neither guarantee nor endorse any products, offers, or content found on the website you are about is visit. Continue?" "We can neither guarantee nor endorse any products, offers, or content found on the website you are about is visit." Ouch! "... is visit"? Oh my! http://www.worldwithoutparasites.com/zapper_health_related_products.html (scroll down) Was this done by Don's webmaster or was it snuck-in by a dorksider? I'd like to know. It feels downright vicious to me. Zoe and I are are re-building CTBusters because we failed a security scan by Security Metrics a couple weeks ago. It was caused by the old software that ran my blog, it has been superseded by improved-security software and was no longer approved by the security experts. To quickly get my site back in compliance, we ditched the entire homepage to get rid of the blog. That's why my homepage disappeared recently and why there's a new one now. See my new rant-filled blog and everything else CTBuster, here, same address, new look: http://www.ctbusters.com/ Back to the nasty disclaimer on Don's site. I have received many complaints from people saying they didn't go to my site because there was a security warning. I thought they were victims of too-high settings on their computers, no! They were mislead by that darn disclaimer on Don's site! Don was not aware of it, he doesn't know who did it. I don't want my customer's scared-off by faulty, totally incorrect and misleading disclaimers. Come on. Zoe and I expend a lot of time and money to be sure my site is as safe as possible. I wonder how many sales I lost due to that? The mind boggles. Don has assured me this will be corrected by his guy, Chris. Warning!!!!!! CTBusters is safe and secure, always was, always will be. Cheers, Andy ----------------------------------- Azti Sat 13 Nov, 2010 17:41 Re: CTBusters, One Of The Safest Sites To Visit On The 'Net ----------------------------------- Andy, that is VERY strange. I host the site and will check it out shortly when I get online with my Mac. I am writing this on my phone right now. ----------------------------------- Azti Sat 13 Nov, 2010 18:42 Re: CTBusters, One Of The Safest Sites To Visit On The 'Net ----------------------------------- Andy, I have manually removed this popup from the HTML source code uploaded by Don's webmaster. I will also email Don to advise him about this. The link you mentioned was not the only one that included this "disclaimer". I have no idea why that was included. I would presume it was some feature in Don's webmaster's HTML editing software that included this sort of 'disclaimer' as a standard feature of creating a website's 'featured links' page. I do not believe it has anything to do with any cracker compromise of the site, or any such thing. I do agree with you that it is quite onerous and unnecessary given the nature of the close working relationship between Don and Carol's WWP and other Vendors and Associates mentioned herein. ----------------------------------- Andy Schwarm Sat 13 Nov, 2010 20:57 Re: CTBusters, One Of The Safest Sites To Visit On The 'Net ----------------------------------- My links were the only ones singled-out for this treatment on Don's site. I'd really, really like to meet the guy that did this. (fists clenched) ~Andy ----------------------------------- Andy Schwarm Sat 13 Nov, 2010 21:28 Re: CTBusters, One Of The Safest Sites To Visit On The 'Net ----------------------------------- What a great time to discuss what's important. All day I have been pissed-off over this incident. Really pissed-off. It's all about ego. How dare somebody offend me? Poor Mr. Important, Andy. Wah wah wah. I just took a few moments to consider my place in The Universe. I am an infinitesimally tiny being on an infinitesimally small planet, in an (you guessed it) infinitesimally small solar system, galaxy, etc. If you keep going away from Earth forever at a zillion-times light speed you haven't even really left yet. Okay, so now I have accurate perspective, my being so terribly offended rates on the Universal Importance Scale as: immeasurable. There is another scale though and that's the Personally Important Scale. It's personally important to me, at a high level and I think it's OK to defend your fort and never lay-down for the heathens. I'm not angry anymore but I am a little wiser. If you don't mess with me I promise I won't make fools of us. :O) Today a friend of mine missed-out on a fifteen-dollar trophy by one point at the bike races. He was so angry he threw his $300 helmet to the ground, pieces flying. Perspective, people! I also have to say that orgonite has done nothing to make me a docile, mellow, easy-going Joe. If anything it strengthens one's resolve and determination, passionately. I'm more stubborn than I ever was and I wouldn't change a thing. Times are tough and we get to stand-up for our ourselves and each other. Cheers, Andy ----------------------------------- Azti Sun 14 Nov, 2010 18:44 Re: CTBusters, One Of The Safest Sites To Visit On The 'Net ----------------------------------- LOL, Andy... Well done.