atrax27407 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 It appears that after using Norton anti-virus for years, it has suddenly decided (today) to completely block my access to WHT as a "hazardous site". When I tried to sign on today, it completely blocked access. It looks like it is a "history recognition" problem. If anyone has direct contact with Don O'Neill, see if he can contact Symantec and straighten the situation out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Isn't there an area in the program that lets you add it as a safe site? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrax27407 Posted January 20, 2020 Author Share Posted January 20, 2020 (edited) Ordinarily, there is. However, this time, it won't even let you proceed to the site. When you try to continue, it continues to block access. I have no idea what is going on - I have been able to access for about as long as it has been in existence - until today! The info has been passed on to Don. Edited January 20, 2020 by atrax27407 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 (edited) It's a browser that is being blocked? If so, what's the browser your using? Or is it a phone your using? Gimme the URL.. Edited January 20, 2020 by GDMike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 https://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=ftp.whtech.com It's that a file was found on the ftp site that was a bitcoin trojan.. or something else bad..either way I deleted the instance of the file and 5 other copies that were uploaded with a bunch of WAV files MANY YEARS AGO.. the program was for windows, and it was called photo.scr, if you have that on your drive, delete it immediately.. I can only assume the person that uploaded the pile of wav files in the past had a compromised pc.. I've emailed Don that runs whtech and asked him to submit to norton for a rescan Greg 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Good catch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrax27407 Posted January 22, 2020 Author Share Posted January 22, 2020 Still blocked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 im working on them they are not responding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrax27407 Posted January 24, 2020 Author Share Posted January 24, 2020 I'm just going to "write off" WHT for awhile. It is still blocked. It's not something that is crucial at this point. BTW, I have written a review of the site to Norton. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 On 1/22/2020 at 3:07 AM, arcadeshopper said: im working on them they are not responding That is outrageous! I mean, someone's business may depend on that, and those snake oil people have the power to shut down your site? And do not respond? And you cannot declare exceptions? Wow. I'm glad not to have that Norton stuff on my machines. For my Windows partitions I rely on the Windows Defender. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 That is outrageous! I mean, someone's business may depend on that, and those snake oil people have the power to shut down your site? And do not respond? And you cannot declare exceptions? Wow. I'm glad not to have that Norton stuff on my machines. For my Windows partitions I rely on the Windows Defender.Agreed most of the commercial and some of the"free" programs that say they protect you really are just collecting revenue and data for sale. Malwarebytes and whatever windows comes with free is sufficient. Sent from my LM-G820 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrax27407 Posted January 24, 2020 Author Share Posted January 24, 2020 I contacted both Don and Norton - we'll see how long it takes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 ahh k, so norton wouldn't let me request a rescan.. because ftp.whtech.com wasn't the root of the domain.. so Don had to do it (as I don't have access to put their verification file in the root of whtech.com) and he did this today hopefully they will rescan now Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrax27407 Posted January 24, 2020 Author Share Posted January 24, 2020 If you look at the error message closely, there is a place to "click" if you site the site owner. Hopefully, it will be re-scanned soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrax27407 Posted January 24, 2020 Author Share Posted January 24, 2020 It appears that WHT has been re-scanned and CLEARED. It is now accessible via Chrome and Norton's Safe Search. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrax27407 Posted March 17, 2020 Author Share Posted March 17, 2020 Once again, Norton is blocking the WHT site as "hazardous". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Just stay indoors and it will pass 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 2 hours ago, atrax27407 said: Once again, Norton is blocking the WHT site as "hazardous". Does Norton not have a web site white-list function? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 One using Norton's products is it's own punishment. Two I let Don know. I'm sure it's another file that's been there for 20 yearsSent from my LM-G820 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 29 minutes ago, arcadeshopper said: using Norton's products is it's own punishment. As a reseller of a competing product, I have nothing to say 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Unless you work at Malwarebytes you got nothin to saySent from my LM-G820 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 I ignore those Norton issues, as you can filter to exclude I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 9 hours ago, arcadeshopper said: Unless you work at Malwarebytes you got nothin to say hehehe nope. But I will say, the product I sell provides both business and home products. The basic business products are rock-solid (the add-ons notwithstanding, which I mostly disable for customers.) However, the home products division was infected several years back by Norton management refugees and as a result I no longer endorse, sell, nor support the home products even though doing so violates my reseller agreement. I have ruffled more than a few feathers within management, but I am also a top reseller -- money talks and bullshit walks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 This website: https://ftp.whtech.com/ is okay according to: https://sitechecker.pro/website-safety/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Don has requested a rescan.. in the meantime this is their threat report: (or lack thereof) Threat Report This is a known dangerous web page. It is highly recommended that you do NOT visit this page. The threat categorization is not complete & details will be added soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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