Any IT Bods Here?
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Original Poster:

5,443 posts

211 months

Thursday 15th April 2010
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What does this mean when it comes up on the browser when refreshing PH...am I being monitored by my firms IT dept?

"Your request is being scanned for security purposes. Please be patient.


URL: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/mytopics.asp?h=...
Progress: 2 KB/36 KB
Time elapsed: 4

If your browser does not support automatic refresh, click the following link to download the scanned object. Continue
Note: Closing this window will terminate the download."


Dakkon

7,833 posts

283 months

Thursday 15th April 2010
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That you are looking at a web page from work who have their own security checks?

trickywoo

14,230 posts

260 months

Thursday 15th April 2010
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Expect a call from HR any second winkeek

Brother D

4,452 posts

206 months

Thursday 15th April 2010
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Will be AV/proxy scanning for malicious content.

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Original Poster:

5,443 posts

211 months

Thursday 15th April 2010
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Cheers - it comes up every so often, just wondered about it...

Ikemi

8,610 posts

235 months

Thursday 15th April 2010
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Brother D said:
Will be AV/proxy scanning for malicious content.
This ... or it could be malware/spyware if you haven't seen the error message before. Has your company updated it's anti-virus software recently?

ETA: It's more likely to be malware/spyware

Edited by Ikemi on Thursday 15th April 10:46

KenBlocksPants

7,576 posts

214 months

Thursday 15th April 2010
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Time to put your cock away.... you've been rumbled.


malman

2,258 posts

289 months

Thursday 15th April 2010
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Ikemi said:
Brother D said:
Will be AV/proxy scanning for malicious content.
This ... or it could be malware/spyware if you haven't seen the error message before. Has your company updated it's anti-virus software recently?

ETA: It's more likely to be malware/spyware

Edited by Ikemi on Thursday 15th April 10:46
nope - its more likekly to be a Bluecoat proxy/security gateway