Quadcopter102
Well-Known Member
Yesterday while looking around the Chinese stores.... went to open BangGood and a Norton malicious website warning came up.. and still does for me.
Norton say that opening the BG website can install malware on basically all the Windows version in general use.
I use iMacs and although the warning pops up... I ignored it - and a Norton AV scan shows nothing.
Read about it here:
http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=www.banggood.com&ulang=eng&override=1
Interestingly - the BG website is hosted in the USA - and I would have thought the wrong place to start messing about with malware to pull visitors information - breaching all privacy laws in most if not all "western" countries.
That said - Norton is also infamous for their AV/Malware definitions over reacting to web scripting such as that which can tell you your IP address etc,.
I contacted BG yesterday and sent a couple of screen shots... but the pop warning is still there and pops up every time you change pages within the site.
Windows users without any anti virus / malware installed may decided it best not to use the site.
Anybody feeling more inclined to report this - possible - privacy breach or malware attack - can find the host company using a simple "whois" search of the basic website ( the Home page) address - find the registrar and send in a complaint!
I just think its typical Chinese rule busting to find out who is using the site and not placing orders!
Norton say that opening the BG website can install malware on basically all the Windows version in general use.
I use iMacs and although the warning pops up... I ignored it - and a Norton AV scan shows nothing.
Read about it here:
http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=www.banggood.com&ulang=eng&override=1
Interestingly - the BG website is hosted in the USA - and I would have thought the wrong place to start messing about with malware to pull visitors information - breaching all privacy laws in most if not all "western" countries.
That said - Norton is also infamous for their AV/Malware definitions over reacting to web scripting such as that which can tell you your IP address etc,.
I contacted BG yesterday and sent a couple of screen shots... but the pop warning is still there and pops up every time you change pages within the site.
Windows users without any anti virus / malware installed may decided it best not to use the site.
Anybody feeling more inclined to report this - possible - privacy breach or malware attack - can find the host company using a simple "whois" search of the basic website ( the Home page) address - find the registrar and send in a complaint!
I just think its typical Chinese rule busting to find out who is using the site and not placing orders!