tried to login into facebook and one of those google page "this site could harm your computer" etc. appeared. i clicked the back button. could that damage my computer? does it have a virus??? :/
There are no viruses in the wild that can affect Mac OS X, and only a few trojans. If you didn't continue through to the site, you have nothing to worry about. Even if you did, it's extremely likely it would only affect Windows users.tried to login into facebook and one of those google page "this site could harm your computer" etc. appeared. i clicked the back button. could that damage my computer? does it have a virus??? :/
tried to login into facebook and one of those google page "this site could harm your computer" etc. appeared. i clicked the back button. could that damage my computer? does it have a virus??? :/
No, it's not a phishing attempt, as it doesn't ask for any information. It's a standard Google warning issued when Google flags a site as potentially unsafe. The sites in question may be perfectly fine, as Google mistakenly flags safe sites from time to time. As the OP did not enter the page, there is no need to change any passwords.Sounds like a phishing attempt. If you entered any credentials when trying to login I would change your password immediately.
No, it's not a phishing attempt, as it doesn't ask for any information. It's a standard Google warning issued when Google flags a site as potentially unsafe. The sites in question may be perfectly fine, as Google mistakenly flags safe sites from time to time. As the OP did not enter the page, there is no need to change any passwords.
Read my earlier posts. It's not a phishing attempt. It's simply a warning. There is nothing in the warning that asks for personal information, as a phishing attempt would. It's likely that the page was perfectly legitimate, but was mis-flagged by Google. This is a common occurrence. It has happened frequently when people are clicking on links in Google search results. While the site in question might have been a phishing site, the OP never visited it, instead clicking the back button. The only thing the OP saw was Google's warning page.OP tried to go to facebook and its not blocked for me. Probably a phishing attempt, make sure the URL still says facebook when you try to go to it.
Read my earlier posts. It's not a phishing attempt. It's simply a warning. There is nothing in the warning that asks for personal information, as a phishing attempt would. It's likely that the page was perfectly legitimate, but was mis-flagged by Google. This is a common occurrence. It has happened frequently when people are clicking on links in Google search results.
That's the point I'm making, since the OP never visited the questionable site.The warning itself obviously isn't a phishing attempt but it could be attempting to block one.
That's the point I'm making, since the OP never visited the questionable site.
It's not just semantics. Different courses of action are called for based on whether the OP only saw the warning page and went back, or proceeded past that to the blocked page and entered personal information.You are correct. Its just a matter of semantics at this point.
It's not just semantics. Different courses of action are called for based on whether the OP only saw the warning page and went back, or proceeded past that to the blocked page and entered personal information.
source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhishingPhishing is the act of attempting to acquire information such as usernames, passwords...
source: http://support.google.com/websearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=45449...when you visit these sites, and can include programs that delete data on your computer, steal personal information such as passwords and credit card numbers, or alter your search results.
I know exactly what phishing is. There are more reasons for that Google warning to appear beyond just phishing sites. You're making an assumption with no facts to back it up. All that is known is the OP encountered the Google warning, which could be blocking a phishing site, a site with other malware, or a perfectly safe site. Since the OP never went past the warning to discover what was on the site, there is no way you can accurately claim that it was a phishing site.It looks like OP tried to visit facebook which was probably hijacked and redirected to a phishing site that tricks users into logging into facebook, but just steals their information.
It sounds like it. You won't hurt anything by changing your password (it's not a bad idea to periodically change them), but I doubt your account has been compromised.So I'm guessing I'm safe and my Facebook account isn't compromised? It was just Google getting confused by the fact I needed to re-login?