# norton security - warning not to visit known malware hosting site

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norton-security-warning-not-to-visit-known-malware-hosting-site/805244>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [December 24, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norton-security-warning-not-to-visit-known-malware-hosting-site/805244 "2017-12-24T23:09:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Ramira](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ramira/32/344_2.png) [@Ramira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ramira)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norton-security-warning-not-to-visit-known-malware-hosting-site/805244/1 "2017-12-24T23:09:38Z")

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This is the message the norton internet security gives on the visiting to [boards.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com)

For the information and no expection of any actions.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2017, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norton-security-warning-not-to-visit-known-malware-hosting-site/805244/2 "2017-12-25T01:49:53Z")

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Thanks for reporting it. I’ll forward this to our admins.

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**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norton-security-warning-not-to-visit-known-malware-hosting-site/805244/3 "2017-12-26T19:36:59Z")

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Has anyone else gotten this message? First I’ve heard of our getting flagged by Norton.