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Got WARNING! DataBreach this am when trying to sign in

on the bay — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 10:20:39 GMT

and I have chrome and WOT-

I have never received this warning before!

I don't have AVG like others were saying yesterday, and only got this this am, but something is "not right in the state of Denmark!"

Re: Got WARNING! DataBreach this am when trying to sign in

millieshops — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 13:09:11 GMT

@on the bay from qvc or elsewhere?

@on the bay editing here. Read about the possibility, but can't seem to find a date when the breach occurred? Any details on a date

Re: Got WARNING! DataBreach this am when trying to sign in

CalminHeart — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 12:06:19 GMT

Did you run a virus/malware check after that warning? It sounds like it's your device.

Re: Got WARNING! DataBreach this am when trying to sign in

Buffalogal47 — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 17:19:30 GMT

I have Apple devices so I don't use any of those services, but it seems to me that if there really is a data breach then QVC would contact us directly. Have any of you who got this message tried contacting AVG directly? Also check the URL. This sounds like a phishing expedition to trick you into giving your personal info. They try. Oh, how they try!

Re: Got WARNING! DataBreach this am when trying to sign in

PinkyPetunia — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 17:39:05 GMT

I also get a warning from Avast Web Shield blocking a harmful webpage or file ending in cloudfront.net

I am on an HP windows laptop, Chrome browser. The warning is only on QVC. All other sites are ok. I don't use the laptop every day. No warnings on my tablets.

Edited: I ran 3 scans--Avast, Malwarebytes and CC cleaner with nothing showing up.

Re: Got WARNING! DataBreach this am when trying to sign in

eadu4 — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 19:12:18 GMT

This looks more like a problem on AVG's end not QVC. There are people experiencing this on other "sites" and the only common factor is AVG. I did some research and found plenty of articles on it happening for a while now and several people have posted what they found. One tech guy posted: (he was trying to reach Amazon)

"I started having this issue today as well after updating to the latest version of Avast AV so it's not just you. I do have an ad blocker add in installed in Firefox (uBlock Origin) and thought that might be the issue and tried disabling it and clearing cache/cookies/DNS but no good. I then tried amazon.com in Chrome and IE (where I don't have any add ons at all) and have the same problem which means it's not a browser issue but something computer wide."
"I then temporarily disabled Avast and tried the site again...and it worked right away across all 3 browsers. I rebooted (which re-enabled Avast) and the issue came right back. So unless there is something legitimately malicious on the Amazon site, it's definitely an Avast issue in some form (the way it's handling the Amazon.com site or elements within too aggressively)."
To test, try disabling your Avast temporarily (or each shield individually temporarily) and see if you still have the issue. I dont think its a legitimate malware threat, I think something got into the definitions the web shield uses."

Re: Got WARNING! DataBreach this am when trying to sign in

Mindy D — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 20:43:00 GMT

@on the bay @This could be the same kind of phony pop up that was occurring on the ProBoards. The one on the ProBoards was a phony site pretending to be McAfee. It's not real and it's designed to get you to click on it to get information from you. ProBoards

security solved the problem. The pop up occurred even if you shut off pop ups because it is technically a type of adware that bypasses your turning off of pop ups or use of pop up blockers. Mine said my PC was infected with viruses. There was no Trojan and there was nothing coming from McAfee. Funny, since I was on an iPad, not a PC. It wanted me and others on the ProBoards to press SCAN. If it happens again, screen shot the pop up and email the social team with your photos and information about your device and the browser you are on. Ask them to alert their IT Dept.

Re: Got WARNING! DataBreach this am when trying to sign in

Mindy D — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 20:35:02 GMT

It was phony. A ploy. Impersonating McAfee.

Re: Got WARNING! DataBreach this am when trying to sign in

Mindy D — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 20:35:58 GMT

Re: Got WARNING! DataBreach this am when trying to sign in

Mindy D — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 20:40:22 GMT

Re: Got WARNING! DataBreach this am when trying to sign in

Pecky — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 20:42:20 GMT

There is alot of things going on. I have gotten texts that my phone has been infected and to click on the link to run a scan. I do have anti virus app on my phone and when I checked it said everything is safe. We really have to be on our toes.

Re: Got WARNING! DataBreach this am when trying to sign in

Mindy D — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 20:44:32 GMT

@on the bay It is fake, fake, fake.

Re: Got WARNING! DataBreach this am when trying to sign in

Teddixat — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 20:53:44 GMT

this is not a QVC problem and it's a AVG or problem with Windows PC users. Someone is trying to hack your computer. Looks like they hacked or are trying to hack your operating system.

Re: Got WARNING! DataBreach this am when trying to sign in

Mindy D — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 20:57:16 GMT

@Teddixat @It is neither. She is getting the same phony messages that ProBoard users got.

Re: Got WARNING! DataBreach this am when trying to sign in

on the bay — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 21:13:33 GMT

@Mindy D,

and all, thank you. I think you may be right @Mindy D though I do not have "virus" protection or use a laptop,regular computer or phone for QVC.

I just have a chromebook which has built in virus protection.

I do have "web of trust" and have always installed it (WOT).

So when I tried to sign in to QVC and not same notice on any other website I should add!, WOT popped up with data breach.

And yes all my security showed no problems.

Then I looked up WOT and saw that they track and sell to third parties so not so trustworthy itself. And when I did click on details it advertised an upgrade.

So I think maybe some and I don't know about AVG like others were having problems with, maybe some are just trying to get you to upgrade.

Mine wasn't like the Mcafee or other

phishing things you showed but it prompted me to look into WOT.

Still strange that these problems eem to be only appearing on the QVC website!

Maybe it is just ripe for things like this.

I don't know.

Anyway, we'll carry on!

Re: Got WARNING! DataBreach this am when trying to sign in

Mindy D — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 21:14:44 GMT

@PinkyPetunia @This warning is not really coming from Avast. It is spoofing Avast.

@PinkyPetunia wrote:
I also get a warning from Avast Web Shield blocking a harmful webpage or file ending in cloudfront.net

I am on an HP windows laptop, Chrome browser. The warning is only on QVC. All other sites are ok. I don't use the laptop every day. No warnings on my tablets.

Edited: I ran 3 scans--Avast, Malwarebytes and CC cleaner with nothing showing up.

Re: Got WARNING! DataBreach this am when trying to sign in

1Snickers — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 21:15:37 GMT

I got the Mcafe one and it said my I pad wasn't secure and to click to continue it. The wording wasn't right and it was coming from an unusual site.
I NEVER CLICK THOSE!

Re: Got WARNING! DataBreach this am when trying to sign in

Sage04 — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 21:25:40 GMT

All is quiet on my end. Nothing unusual.

Re: Got WARNING! DataBreach this am when trying to sign in

on the bay — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 21:50:31 GMT

I was just hoping to alert others especially because of the previous threads about the AVG, avast warnings.

I do think a lot are trying to hack and scams and others hoping to have you upgrade which I have noticed a lot of free sites are trying to get you to upgrade these days, like free streaming channels etc.

But like @Pecky, said, we have to be on our toes!

And still I think QVC must be vulnerable to so many of these things, so always good to investigate.

And it is usually never our own device, browser a matter of clearing cookies etc, i have found.

Re: Got WARNING! DataBreach this am when trying to sign in

Toppers3 — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 22:51:14 GMT

@Mindy D wrote:
@on the bay It is fake, fake, fake.

If you look at the grammar carefully too on the screen shot, it's always done with poor grammar.

That's another way that you can tell that it's not real.

At a first glance, you probably won't even notice it, but when you read it again carefully a second time, you'll see it.