Virus/ad aware/spy ware

New Member Joined: Feb 24, 2006 Posts: 1 Location: Wyoming

Not sure if anyone can help me with this,is a general comment. Have been trying to find out why certain web sites seem to have to install viruses spy ware and ad aware and pass this on to the public. I have several web sites that I use, one of which is affiliated with this very web site that I am at right now I have been inundated with ad aware and unwanted script. I have tried to reach this web site that I speak of, and can not even find an e-mail address. All I wish to do is ask a point-blank question as to why this web site must engage in this practice I had always thought that web sites and servers were dedicated to protecting the public. I have since found out, that is not the norm. I am not here to point fingers, although it seems I probably have. I am just a common person that would like to find some answers to a legitimate question. I have tried other forms, but to no avail. If I have offended anybody on this web site or forum. It truly was not meant to be . any help would be greatly appreciated. You can reach me [ Only registered users can see links on this board! Get registered or login! ] thank you[/b]

Site Admin Joined: Jun 04, 2004 Posts: 6433

Before publicly accusing someone of this, it's usually best to get a second opinion, so I appreciate that you seem to be interested in doing that and that you haven't named names.

In general, there are, of course, no valid reasons for allowing or promoting the use of malware. But there are many invalid reasons for doing so. Either way, if, as you suggest, a site affiliated with this site does so, please PM me the URL so I can evaluate it. If it does promote malware, I will notify Raven for further action.

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 5:36 am

BTW, even though Raven blocks email spammers from harvesting this site, it's generally a good idea not to publish email addresses in their true form. You can edit your post if you like, and the generally accepted practice for publicly posting email addresses is to spell out the ampersand and period as at and dot with spaces before and after each.

On the same note, since it is your first post, welcome to RavenPHPScripts.com!

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 2:18 pm

Aye, repeating what kguske said, it could just be their site has been hacked. Their site admins may not be deliberately doing it. But if they are, I'm sure you'll see their links removed from this site