PAXR has your site blocked.
The BayNet
- Thread starter DoWhat
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PAXR has your site blocked.
Goldenhawk
Well-Known Member
Not saying it's NOT BayNet, but it sometimes is the advertising network that injects something nasty.
Malware delivered by Yahoo, Fox, Google ads | InSecurity Complex - CNET News
Yet another reason to use Mozilla which lets you block images from well-known advertising sites, to use FlashBlock to block all annoying flash animations (hello, BayNet, I'm looking at you), and to sign up for OpenDNS which prevents your entire PC from accessing known malware delivery sites.
Malware delivered by Yahoo, Fox, Google ads | InSecurity Complex - CNET News
Yet another reason to use Mozilla which lets you block images from well-known advertising sites, to use FlashBlock to block all annoying flash animations (hello, BayNet, I'm looking at you), and to sign up for OpenDNS which prevents your entire PC from accessing known malware delivery sites.
sockgirl77
Well-Known Member
And for those of you who cannot open the link thanks to this crap...
Recently there have been emails circulating throughout the region stating that TBN and somd.com are sending out viruses. This is not true. Both sites have run multiple checks and no virus of any type has been found.
Below is a copy of the email that has been sent out:
This is a warning not to visit the BayNet and SOMD (Southern Maryland Online) websites until further notice. It appears the sites may have been hacked and are distributing infected flash media files. ITS has had several computers compromised. If you visit either site, your browser may automatically play or download the infected flash files and possibly damage your computer. There is no reason to ignore this warning, however there is also no way for me to independently verify its validity.
This email initially came from an IT person at SAIC who detected a virus on a computer and notice that our site and somd.com were the most frequented sites. However, the virus came from neither. The email clearly stated that they could not verify its validity.
If anyone has any questions or concerns please contact us at support@thebaynet.com.
Goldenhawk
Well-Known Member
Yeah, everyone worried about getting a virus from TheBayNet.com, please visit TheBayNet.com to read a story stating that there are no viruses on theBayNet.com...
Just sayin'.
kwillia
n/a
Yeah, everyone worried about getting a virus from TheBayNet.com, please visit TheBayNet.com
Is this a trick?
sockgirl77
Well-Known Member
Yeah, everyone worried about getting a virus from TheBayNet.com, please visit TheBayNet.com to read a story stating that there are no viruses on theBayNet.com...
Just sayin'.
Which is why I pasted the text of it a few minutes later.
sockgirl77
Well-Known Member
Crying wolf
Before people start forwarding virus attack warnings and such,they should get all of the facts. This was sent out by someone working on someone else's computers and found a virus, and because they had visted the Baynet site, it was assumed that Baynet was where they got virus. It is very easy to permanently damaged someone's business and reputation . You can already see by the email chain that damage has already occured.If it was me I would already be seeking legal recourse for slander.
Before people start forwarding virus attack warnings and such,they should get all of the facts. This was sent out by someone working on someone else's computers and found a virus, and because they had visted the Baynet site, it was assumed that Baynet was where they got virus. It is very easy to permanently damaged someone's business and reputation . You can already see by the email chain that damage has already occured.If it was me I would already be seeking legal recourse for slander.
Goldenhawk
Well-Known Member
I'm not a lawyer, but this sounds extreme to me. Slander is a pretty strong word. Actually you probably mean defamation in a general sense, and libel more specifically, given that it was published (slander is verbal, not written).
Defamation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In either case, to win a libel case, "they must prove that the statement was made without adequate research into the truthfulness of the statement". Furthermore, from some quick research, it sounds like statements that were made in the sincere and reasonable belief that they were true are usually legally treated as being true (not false and thus not defamation) as long as a reasonable person might make the same inference. Since the statement was heavily caveated, but contained enough specific factual details that led other knowledgeable network admins to conclude it was appropriate to institute immediate defensive action, I believe that a claim of libel would be hard to uphold.
Also useful:
Defamation Privileges and Defenses | Citizen Media Law Project
.... I still have my phone
kwillia
n/a
What is all it talk of slander and such... I'm pretty sure a private business has the legal right to block any website it wants for whatever reason it wants. :shrug: And as for the email... as far as I know they sent it out to their employees and the email explained what they suspected and also said they weren't sure but were taking precautions anyway. Can't see where that is illegal either.
sockgirl77
Well-Known Member
The email is still getting circulated all over the area. 
Went to BayNet...no alerts...have 3 antivirus filters on the home network.
SG_Player1974
New Member
And no mention of the fact that this is a COMPANY computer and the most visited sites were BayNet and somd.com
Dollars well spent over there at SAIC huh??
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EmptyTimCup
Guest
The email is still getting circulated all over the area.
oh not to mention word of mouth about employees who have been without computer for up to 3 weeks because of a virus (trojan) that they say was traced to a certain site.
The problem for any site, particularly sites like this, is that any URL can be a link to a virus, malware or spyware and the site operator doesn't have to know about it.
Does every hosting admin manually check every ad to make sure the URL is legit? I thnk that would be hard to do and make the sites very unprofitable.