11-07-2018 01:57 PM
HI all... I have been over at Norton's website trying to figure out what is triggering my anti-virus, and I am 80% sure it is the Ebay website. Something about it seems to be causing a security issue, not all the time, but at least once a day if I keep the page open.
It doesn't do it with Firefox, but does with IE. I know IE is an older browser, but it is like a comfy old sweater and I still use it for basic things, like Ebay.
Attached are screen shots showing the anti-virus alerts.
Has anyone else been having these warnings?
JD
11-08-2018 05:05 AM
11-09-2018 01:37 PM
11-09-2018 02:59 PM - edited 11-09-2018 03:01 PM
No known issue I'm aware of.
There are enough IE users left that it would be posted here somewhere if it were an issue.
"All of a sudden" things like this are indicative of something changing - the website or an antivirus program/definitions update - and it's usually the update.
As with the frequent occurrences with Avast Antivirus, I suspect what you are seeing is a Norton false positive.
There were IE exploits similar to what you seem to point to in the screenshots above in the wild many years ago, but from what I can see, having DEP turned on in the OS mitigated many of them, and IE versions 8 and up were mostly immune.
I suspect Norton is filtering the incoming data stream, either false flagging on something it thinks is a heap spray attack, or it's borderline possible that some rogue ad on eBay actually contains a decade old IE attack (very unlikely).
Problem here is that you don't know where it is happening, so you need to do more experimenting. Does Norton throw up a warning or are you finding it when you go check Norton logs? A true test would be to flush cookies and cache in IE, only open eBay page(s), and use it and/orlet it sit for a day or whatever to see if Norton flags anything.
11-18-2018 10:29 AM
Same issue here using Chrome. Started on Friday 11/16/18 and persists through Sunday 11/18/18. Tried different computers and different browsers and keep getting the same warning. Reddit has a huge thread about many people reporting the same. Wonder what this is all about? I have attached the warning from AVG below.
11-19-2018 05:46 AM
11-19-2018 07:25 AM
Buyers who sign on and get this message are really going to want to stay on the website... /sarcasm
11-20-2018 03:39 AM