MALWARE THREAT when viewing thread

Whenever I click the link in this "General Discussion" thread titled:
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Type whatever if ! Would be nice if,
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My Malware virus threat blockers turn on and block access to rest of thread due to a malware attempt to access my computer.
This thread should be deleted and or blocked.
It did not do this at the point I posted a reply. But, somewhere after my post, someone added something into their post that attempts to attack others.

I'm not sure, but it might be BobbinT's signature.

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Originally Posted by Dzspdref

Whenever I click the link in this "General Discussion" thread titled:
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Type whatever if ! Would be nice if,
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My Malware virus threat blockers turn on and block access to rest of thread due to a malware attempt to access my computer.
This thread should be deleted and or blocked.
It did not do this at the point I posted a reply. But, somewhere after my post, someone added something into their post that attempts to attack others.

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what do you mean malware??

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Originally Posted by Kalimairo

what do you mean malware??

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Whenever i attempt to open the thread shown, my computer's virus blocker pops up and says it has stopped an attack by a MALicious softWARE attempting to enter my computer.

Well that's good, that means your security software is doing its job and it means someone needs to have their signature deleted.

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Originally Posted by Alhanelem

Well that's good, that means your security software is doing its job and it means someone needs to have their signature deleted.

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Hey, I was just guessing, since it for some reason, appears on Firefox but not on Edge. Something is a little fishy, though idk what. Btw I'm not trying to say he's doing anything intentionally.

Edit: Looks like xivsigs.net 404s and xivpads.com just has a placeholder page. I'd bet something fishy is going on with xivpads.com.

Edge might not even be reading the relevant script, I wouldn't take it to mean that it's putting you at risk.

It now also happens when viewing the "How is MASTERY Rank calculated?" thread

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Originally Posted by Dzspdref

It now also happens when viewing the "How is MASTERY Rank calculated?" thread

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Is it just the first page of the thread?

I suspect it may be bobbinT, whose sig is some domain name website. Giving benefit of the doubt and assuming the situation was unintentional, so this isn't meant to be a name-shame.

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Originally Posted by Catmato

Is it just the first page of the thread?

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it happens about 3~4 seconds entering the thread, both if i don't scroll down from first piece, or if i do scroll down from it into thread. Blocker pops up either way.
same thing for both threads.

Can I ask what browser and antimalware software you're using?

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Originally Posted by Dzspdref

It now also happens when viewing the "How is MASTERY Rank calculated?" thread

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I am going to go out on a guess here and say it may be a good idea to run the tools on your computer and see if you really have an infection or not just to be safe at this point.

also theres a chance if se has ads on the page its one of them.

I have no idea cuss i got an ad blocker and https everywhere running

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Originally Posted by Catmato

Can I ask what browser and antimalware software you're using?

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Running Windows Vista on a 2007 HP Pavillion, with AVG Anti-Virus running.

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Originally Posted by Dzspdref

Running Windows Vista on a 2007 HP Pavillion, with AVG Anti-Virus running.

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Running an unsupported operating system that isn't getting even security updates is really not a good idea.