Photostash warning

[98valk]

this is what popped up via Firefox, is it true?

vrcc.photostash.com has been reported as containing malicious software. You can report a detection problem or ignore the risk and go to this unsafe site.

[RDKLL]

When the new idiot in charge started extorting I stop using.

I hope they get sued.

To whom do you refer?

[Serk]

Photobucket != Photostash

[..]

When the new idiot in charge started extorting I stop using.

I hope they get sued.

To whom do you refer?

OOPS! Eyes faster than brain. 

[Serk]

On the actual issue at hand, I checked and I'm getting the malware warning from Chrome as well.

Looks like this has been a recurring issue? I found this thread from a different site from 2010 about this same issue?

http://wethearmed.com/technical-support/warning-possible-virus/

And here:

https://www.hipointfirearmsforums.com/threads/chrome-malware.272844/

More:

https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/forum/vbulletin-3-8/vbulletin-3-8-questions-problems-and-troubleshooting/359092-block-url-from-being-linked-to-used-to-post-pictures

It doesn't seem to be VRCC dependent though, going to www.photostash.com gets the same error.

[98valk]

I get the warning when clicking the banner near the top of this page.  so not safe to use anymore?

[Alberta Patriot]

I have links on my task bar for 5 Browsers(used for various purposes)
Chrome, Firefox and Opera flashed bright warnings.
Pale Moon and Microsoft Edge allowed entrance without a warning.
I am going to let caution guide my choice to stay away until Photostash gets this threat sorted out...no matter how long that might take.
It also says something to me about Edge and Pale Moon...tread more carefully with these browsers. Their threat level gatekeeping might be somewhat suspect...!!??

[hubcapsc]

For photostash, anyway, I think it is just that somehow it got on
a "blacklist"...

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-does-phishing-and-malware-protection-work?as=u&utm_source=inproduct

I don't know the details of how the blacklist is managed... how to get on it,
how to get off of it... a malicious person could deceptively report a site
to the blacklist manager? An automated crawler could grind around and
detect "bad stuff" at arbitrary sites?

We (members, basically "the general public") all are able to upload stuff to photostash.

My page is: http://vrcc.photostash.com/vrcc_26351/, everyone's page is viewable like this.

I wrote program in C yesterday. Photostash wouldn't let me upload it. So I copied it to
a file called "bork.jpg", and photostash happily uploaded that.

Whatever might or might not be untrustworthy about photostash, I'd guess you
can't always count on the files you get from there being image files.

Photostash runs on an old webserver, and uses "http" instead of "https"... here's a
trustworthy open-source kind of project that lowers the cost of using https:

https://letsencrypt.org/

-Mike

[Mr Whiskey]

I'm gettin' it now on my Android phone every page I try to go to.
Is this somethin' I should actually be concerned about?

[bscrive]

I tried to put a picture on here from Photostash using the image tags and it won't work.  The picture doesn't show up.

Looks like I will have to look for a new image depository.  What good free ones are out there that won't keep bothering you to upgrade and pay??

[Serk]

I tried to put a picture on here from Photostash using the image tags and it won't work.  The picture doesn't show up.

Looks like I will have to look for a new image depository.  What good free ones are out there that won't keep bothering you to upgrade and pay??

No guarantees as to what they'll do in the future, but many of us have switched to this site recently:

https://postimages.org/

[98valk]

I tried to put a picture on here from Photostash using the image tags and it won't work.  The picture doesn't show up.

Looks like I will have to look for a new image depository.  What good free ones are out there that won't keep bothering you to upgrade and pay??

No guarantees as to what they'll do in the future, but many of us have switched to this site recently:

https://postimages.org/

Thanks Serk!   

[bscrive]

I tried to put a picture on here from Photostash using the image tags and it won't work.  The picture doesn't show up.

Looks like I will have to look for a new image depository.  What good free ones are out there that won't keep bothering you to upgrade and pay??

No guarantees as to what they'll do in the future, but many of us have switched to this site recently:

https://postimages.org/

Thanks Serk.  That one looks nice and simple to use. 

[Mr Whiskey]

Okay then how 'bout this, is there any way to make this stupid warning stop?
Seriously a pain in the a$$ when it pops up everytime I try to open a page on my phone?