Veritas777 opened this issue on Jan 26, 2005 ยท 91 posts
Veritas777 posted Thu, 27 January 2005 at 2:43 PM
The other websites I visit- like DAZ, RDNA and PoserPros don't have these Norton alerts. I have been visiting RMP for years and have never seen this type of activity before. As I stated, this began about three weeks ago- when the first alert came up. I regularly run several programs to check for viruses, trojans, spy-ware, etc. I am also VERY cautious about clicking on links. I skip over a lot of Free Stuff now because I don't like the looks of some of these offers- which seem to be fronts for other activities. I don't visit game sites, other than, yes, Flight Simulator sites in the US and UK, and I don't get these Norton alerts there either. I have NEVER seen a pop-up ad at Renderosity until I saw the full page pop-up advertising computer games for sale in the RMP about two weeks ago. I can't buy into the idea at all that hackers, etc- would NOT be interested in RMP. A lot of hackers aren't just going after FBI websites- they are DRUGGIES going for where ever they can get some cash- or something (anything) to turn into cash. The fact that just a password can get you access to a couple of YEARS worth of model purchases- is well worth a hacker's efforts if they want to get a lot of models for free... and since Renderosity AND RDNA have the most LAX of security policies reguarding this. (DAZ and PoserPros are obviously more aware or "paranoid" -I wonder why???) Bottom line: I have bought a lot of models over the years at RMP- and if my software says its becoming a place to get hacked- I'm not shopping here anymore- I'm going to safer websites where I don't get bogus ad pop-ups and alert warnings. I would rather trust what my computer firewall software is saying rather than some half-baked Pollyana view that everything is "o.k.". I DON'T think so...