# Something weird in the Pit **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 15, 2025, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-weird-in-the-pit/1013013 "2025-01-15T14:56:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-weird-in-the-pit/1013013/1 "2025-01-15T14:56:33Z")
There’s this thread that popped up again in the Pit - “Fucking Scammer Motherfuckers” (I’m not linking to it for a reason). Whenever I click on it, my antivirus revs up, and the link won’t open. Considering the subject matter of the thread, I suspect something very fishy may be going on. Can someone look into it? Edit: Also, I probably should have posted this in ATMB, so if you can also move it I’d be grateful. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-weird-in-the-pit/1013013/2 "2025-01-15T15:03:45Z")
I can’t find anything unusual about the thread: [Fucking scammer motherfuckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-scammer-motherfuckers/977240) - Do you see ads normally? - Which antivirus? - Which browser? - Which Operating System? - Just in case: Which Theme? _ **To determine or change Theme:** _ - Click on your Avatar next to the Menu. (Upper Right Corner) - Select Profile (The last symbol on the right) - Select Preferences again ⚙ (The gear symbol) - Click on Interface. (Should be the second to last choice.) Moved from #Site Feedback as requested. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-weird-in-the-pit/1013013/3 "2025-01-15T15:08:20Z")
- I don’t normally see ads. - Norton 360 - Chrome - Windows 10 - Sam’s Simple Theme ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-weird-in-the-pit/1013013/4 "2025-01-15T15:09:25Z")
I’m going to take another look through the thread looking for external links. Going to the end, everything checks out clean. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-weird-in-the-pit/1013013/5 "2025-01-15T15:12:30Z")
I just tried opening it on my iPhone and it works fine. Odd. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-weird-in-the-pit/1013013/6 "2025-01-15T15:17:28Z")
I didn’t go through the whole thread but I just opened it, and it looks fine and my anti-virus didn’t complain. It’s not unusual for some AVs to trigger on false positives. It may have been a sketchy ad if you normally see them. We did have issues with occasional malware-laden ads in the past, back in the vBulletin days. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-weird-in-the-pit/1013013/7 "2025-01-15T17:00:55Z")
It’s my thread and I’m not a troll. Well, only if looks count. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-weird-in-the-pit/1013013/8 "2025-01-15T17:20:12Z")
Something around post 500 in that thread is triggering my anti-virus on both Chrome and Firefox. If I scroll down from the top the last post it displays is 494, and if I scroll up from the bottom the earliest post it displays is 501. So the problem post is somewhere between 495 and 500. My anti-virus says the web page is infected with HTML-FakeCaptcha-D. My anti-virus won’t let me see the posts so I can’t tell what’s triggering it. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-weird-in-the-pit/1013013/9 "2025-01-15T17:26:49Z")
I broke a link in post 497, hopefully that was the problem. [Post 496](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-scammer-motherfuckers/977240/496) 2 more in post 517. @engineer_comp_geek, please let me know if that fixed it. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-weird-in-the-pit/1013013/10 "2025-01-15T19:08:49Z")
Still broken on my system. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-weird-in-the-pit/1013013/11 "2025-01-15T19:10:32Z")
Damn, I didn’t see any other links in that range. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-weird-in-the-pit/1013013/12 "2025-01-15T19:15:03Z")
Request to mods: please report your issue to reporter Brian Krebs at his website after you figure things out, as appropriate. I’ll break the link myself: https ://kre bs on security . com/about/ ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-weird-in-the-pit/1013013/13 "2025-01-15T19:15:45Z")
Could the AV being doing a text search and blocking stuff like the command to open the Run prompt? Does this trigger anyone? Windows button + R ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-weird-in-the-pit/1013013/14 "2025-01-15T19:19:33Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > It’s my thread and I’m not a troll. Its my party, and I’ll cry if I want to?