Malicious Website plus Pop-Up Script!

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THANK YOU for responding (once again)  ;o)

So, one of the things which go hand-hand with old age are doctors appointments, hence the tardiness regarding my responding on this Forum (I DO take this issue VERY seriously).

1.) Is it damaging (to google browser or my laptop) too bookmark a malicious website? (by accident)

2.) "Sonar?" What is it? Does it come standard with NIS or do I have to buy it separately?

3.) Would a 100 plus bookmarks increase, in google browser, use up significant memory? (Norton pop-up informed ME I have used up 89% of memory on my laptop, yet when I checked THIS PC it said: 174 mb free of 237 mb...So, why warn ME that I have only 11% left when in fact I've only used up 63 mb?  I have not downloaded anything!

I have noticed, since the incident, that it takes longer to sign-in to my password protected laptop/to load and access Desktop...that webpages are taking longer to load (some wont load at all).  Sometimes I have to restart the laptop because online activity is frozen.

4.) I got a weird message that there is an energy problem with my laptop, yet the battery is 100% charged...and my laptop is hooked up to an AC adaptor/surcharge protector plugged into the wall outlet (same as always)...never got that kind of message before! ("Low power source detected/Your computer will run in reduced perf")

5.) If someone ends up on a malicious website , and said malicious website, leaves something BAD behind...would it only end up/show up in the download folder? IF NOT, then where else on my laptop?

6.) My Norton interface (Device Security) which I always position top right corner of my laptop while I am online...disappears while I am online and I have to open Norton NIS ALL over again ...and again...and again. This, prior too, was NEVER the case it stayed open top right corner of screen until I closed it and shut down the laptop.

THANK YOU, once again, for ALL your patience with me as I appreciate any/and all help and advice GOOD PEOPLE!

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Could something else have downloaded itself onto my laptop that I have no knowledge of?

Anything is possible. But with the scans you ran, they should have caught anything.

You can ask follow up questions here in this thread. You only need to use the PM system if personal information is needed to be shared.

 

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peterweb,

So, SORRY for getting back too you SO LATE, THANK YOU for responding, and the AD Bloker advice! ;0)

I gave you a Kudos, yet I don't know how to IM you (or otherwise get in touch with you) as I have one/or two follow up questions.

If you have the time and the inclination that is...

You would make an OLD MAN (Analog Guy in the digital age) happy!

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THANK YOU ever SO MUCH for responding peterweb!

I AM GLAD that someone responded, to the CRY FOR HELP by an 81 year old Man (analog Guy living in the digital age), on these boards.

I AM SORRY that I did not respond back sooner (my health is NOT so great plus I wanted to use the laptop as little as possible as I felt that it was no longer secure).

So, Norton SafeSearch had given me the green light for the second website, NOT IMDb, and then later Norton reversed itself and said it was a malicious website...after I had that website open/google browser for hours.

"We highly recommend that you do not visit this website!"   ...once again I had been surfing that website for hours working myself from back to front. From Page 38 (movies for sale), to Page 37...Page 36 and so on...until I got to Page 2 and was about to click on Page 1...when Norton warning popped-up.

I closed google browser, deleted the bookmark (malicious webpage) in my google browser...and there suddenly were the Cellphone pop-ups (several of them stacked criss-cross on top of each other with an X top right...so I clicked on the X and they went away)

These Cellphone pop-ups are NOT related to IMDb, but rather the malicious movies foe sale website..

My Concern is that I might have authorized something malicious to land on my laptop, which the scans might not have picked up, and as such my laptop is not secure!

Several years ago I had an expensive DELL desktop...needed tech support from DELL...their tech support INDIA were NOT able to do so via remote assistance...I was told to post my problem on the DELL website and wait for a response.

The DELL website had been hacked...and I ended up with malicious java script on my desktop plus a key logger (at the time I did not realize that because ALL the scans I ran came back clean).

The Malicious Java Script, plus the key logger, caused thousands of dollars to go missing from my bank account.  

My Bank informed me the security breach was at my end, hence it was a complete financial loss on my part.  My Wife needed surgery around that time and I ended taking out a $ 95,000 loan to cover her medical expenses.

This was not a victimless crime!

("Once burned twice shy!")

So, what I have noticed since the incident...

My Norton interface (Device Security) which I always position top right corner of my laptop while I am online...disappears while I am online and I have to open Norton NIS ALL over again...and again...and again. This, prior too, was NEVER the case it stayed open top right corner of screen until I closed it and shut down the laptop.


Could something else have downloaded itself onto my laptop that I have no knowledge of?

Is it damaging (to google browser or my laptop) too bookmark a malicious website? (by accident)

"Sonar?" What is it? Does it come standard with NIS or do I have to buy it separately?

Thank you for the tip regarding AD Blocker!

I appreciate ALL advice/answers good people!

THANK YOU

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With all the scans you ran finding nothing, I would suggest that your system is OK.

What may have happened is some ads on the site you were visiting were of a malicious nature that redirected your browser to present those windows you saw. Norton does not block redirects, because many sites use them for legitimate purposes. Norton uses them on many of their sites.  What you can do do help protect against these redirects is to install an ad blocker extension in your browser. A couple of these extensions are

  • AdBlock Plus, https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/adblock-plus-free-ad-bloc/cfhdojbkjhnklbpkdaibdccddilifddb
  • or Ublock Origin,   https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm?hl=en

 

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PLEASE HELP!

So, I AM an 81 year old man who, from time-to-time, makes mistakes and then is in over his head.

I was comparing, online, two movie database websites (one was IMDb...the other I sadly forgot). In order to find out what it would cost me to have the complete HBO series Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire, and Black Sails (incomplete...I have some Seasons, but not all).

I had two google chrome browsers open...for the side-by-side comparison...when suddenly NIS SafeWeb raised the alarm that one of the two websites is malicious (which it DID NOT say when I clicked on the google hyperlink leading to that movie data base site (Green Circle with white checkmark).

I had already bookmarked the "Malicious Website" in my Google Chrome web browser (after having spent HOURS on that malicious website)!

To my surprise, after I had exited the malicious website...there were several overlaying pop-ups which seemed to contain code (script?)(right side of the page) 

The Pop-ups, about 5 -7 of them, looked like smart phones (overlapping) with lines of code in the display...there was a x mark (close) symbol next to the smart phone pop-ups, hence I clicked on X.

I have visited the IMDb website dozens of times...they DO NOT have pop-ups in the shape of smart phones (this has to do with the malicious website).

There ALSO was a 400 error code thereafter (IMDb website).

So, I closed the "Malicious Website," cleared Google Chrome history, ran SMART SCAN = 0 threats, ran Quick Scan = 0 threats, ran Full Scan = 0 threats, and then I ran Malwarebyte's Anti-Maleware (Premium) = 0 threats, and then I ran Norton Power Eraser = 0 threats!

It has never happened before that a malicious website has left a souvenire behind (usually its just a malicious website warning and No Further Action Required).

What else can I do/should I do? I AM WORRIED THAT I MIGHT HAVE MISSED SOMETHING, HENCE MY LAPTOP IS NOT SECURE.

I would appreciate any and all advice.  THANK YOU