icprncss2 opened this issue on Jul 30, 2015 · 7 posts
3dstories posted Thu, 30 July 2015 at 12:48 PM
I received the same "cURL error 7:" error as well for most of the evening. I tried to post here in the forum but then the site locked up and my AVG antivirus said I was attempting to link to a bad site with a severe virus and it said that AVG had successfully blocked the virus. I may still have a screen shot of what came up if it didn't get deleted when I shut down and re-booted. Was Renderosity the victim of an attempted hack? I emailed privately but haven't received a response. Before anyone gets jittery, I should note there were a couple of open Yahoo items (their video links or news items; eg the Malasyia Wing) on the taskbar and lately I trust less what Yahoo may autolink to than I do Renderosity, though my screen should not re-direct without my permission.
IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN I MAY HAVE FOUND A WORK-AROUND TO SUCCESSFULLY CHECK OUT
To others trying to check out, as an FYI I found a work-around that worked for me. After re-booting, instead of checking out using my 'credit card' I tried the link to Paypal which you can do without signing up for their services. You do have to leave name, address, email and telephone number. I did not get the email confirmation until this morning, but everything else worked as usual and I was (apparently) able to get the item ordered. I say apparently because I haven't tried accessing it, though I do have the receipt and order number.