topic Re: URL was changed...is it malicious in this forum? in Community Chat

HTML was changed...is it malicious in this forum?

onewhiteSparrow — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 02:35:56 GMT

Oh joy...each time I am sending a post to the forum I get the same message and it is in RED...scary. The message says something to the effect that my html has been changed....and now it is fix or corrected. This has happened several times.

Can someone tell me what is going on? Should I worry or should I not send a post until I no longer get that scary message?

Re: HTML was changed...is it malicious in this forum?

onewhiteSparrow — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 02:39:30 GMT

I forgot. What is a html in this forum or online?

Re: URL was changed...is it malicious in this forum?

Bird mama — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 21:03:52 GMT

The URL is the internet address, for lack of a better description.

For example, the URL for this post is

http://community.qvc.com/t5/forums/replypage/board-id/35/message-id/652781

The only time that I've ever seen a warning is when I post a picture. Because my default is Rich Text, the software here removes HTML and then I click post again.

Re: URL was changed...is it malicious in this forum?

ChynnaBlue — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 21:12:55 GMT

No, it doesn't mean it's malicious. It's just being reformatted. No big deal.

Re: HTML was changed...is it malicious in this forum?

onewhiteSparrow — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 02:39:57 GMT

birdmama, Thanks. But I was not doing anything with pictures. I was just sending a post.

It said My html was changed and to check something and try to send again. I resend again then it is sent.

Re: HTML was changed...is it malicious in this forum?

onewhiteSparrow — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 02:40:17 GMT

@ChynnaBlue wrote:
No, it doesn't mean it's malicious. It's just being reformatted. No big deal.

Oh great..everything is OK. Maybe someone that works in the forum is trying to send that cute tiny picture of the sparrow for my picture under my forum name.

Re: URL was changed...is it malicious in this forum?

Bird mama — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 21:20:52 GMT

Sparrow, as long as you have virus software on the device you are using when you post, you'll be okay.

I run my virus and system optimizers alot when I am logged in to the forums at home.

Did this just started happening to you? Have you changed any settings or upgraded anything?

Re: URL was changed...is it malicious in this forum?

Bird mama — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 21:22:29 GMT

Do you want me to find a pic of a sparrow for you and post it in this thread?

It might make it easier to copy it as an avatar.

Let me know (PS I live with 2 sparrows, hand raised - my favorite bird on the planet)

Re: URL was changed...is it malicious in this forum?

NoelSeven — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 21:23:13 GMT

It's an issue with embedded HTML.

They reformat it for us so it will work here.

Re: URL was changed...is it malicious in this forum?

dooBdoo — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 21:24:19 GMT

ChynnaBlue wrote:
No, it doesn't mean it's malicious. It's just being reformatted. No big deal.

Exactly right, @ChynnaBlue, and I wish they'd change the way they do that. I responded to another poster yesterday who was cancelling her posts because of that warning in red letters... the method they're using makes it appear the post is unacceptable and causes misunderstanding.

For anyone wondering about those warning messages:

The best thing to do is submit the post, then read it to see if anything was changed by the website software and edit or delete it if we choose to do so.

(One of the nice features of the new site is that we can actually delete our own posts now.)

Re: HTML was changed...is it malicious in this forum?

onewhiteSparrow — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 02:37:45 GMT

@Bird mama wrote:
Sparrow, as long as you have virus software on the device you are using when you post, you'll be okay.

I run my virus and system optimizers alot when I am logged in to the forums at home.

Did this just started happening to you? Have you changed any settings or upgraded anything?

I didn't change anything. I've been gone deep into the forest enjoying nature. I have not been around. When I got back late last night I sent a message and saw the red message. And I sent another message and saw it again....so I left the forum to do other things.

Re: URL was changed...is it malicious in this forum?

dooBdoo — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 21:26:18 GMT

birdmama wrote:
Sparrow, as long as you have virus software on the device you are using when you post, you'll be okay.

I run my virus and system optimizers alot when I am logged in to the forums at home.

Did this just started happening to you? Have you changed any settings or upgraded anything?

Hi, @Bird mama! It's nothing malicious or nefarious, just a clumsy way the site software notifies us that they're checking the post.

Re: HTML was changed...is it malicious in this forum?

onewhiteSparrow — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 02:38:12 GMT

@Bird mama wrote:
Do you want me to find a pic of a sparrow for you and post it in this thread?

It might make it easier to copy it as an avatar.

Let me know (PS I live with 2 sparrows, hand raised - my favorite bird on the planet)

birdmama, Thanks for the offer of the picture. I do not post pictures because I have the fear I will do something wrong.

I am still hoping QVC forum people puts the picture of the cute sparrow for my Avatar. Until then I have that silly shadow person for the Avatar.

Re: URL was changed...is it malicious in this forum?

SuiGeneris — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 00:46:40 GMT

Is this the message you are talking about?

Your post has been changed because invalid HTML was found in the message body. The invalid HTML has been removed. Please review the message and submit the message when you are satisfied.

I get that message every time I attempt to post something that I copied and pasted from the internet, whether it is a picture or text.

Other than that, I haven't seen any other messages, especially a message about URLs.

Re: URL was changed...is it malicious in this forum?

dooBdoo — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 00:48:06 GMT

SuiGeneris wrote:
Is this the message you are talking about?

Your post has been changed because invalid HTML was found in the message body. The invalid HTML has been removed. Please review the message and submit the message when you are satisfied.

I get that message every time I attempt to post something that I copied and pasted from the internet, whether it is a picture or text.

Other than that, I haven't seen any other messages, especially a message about URLs.

Hi, @SuiGeneris! That's the one I was referencing. Thanks for posting the message.

Re: URL was changed...is it malicious in this forum?

SuiGeneris — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 00:54:19 GMT

About those URLs . . .

URL is an acronym for Uniform Resource Locator and is a reference (an address) to a resource on the Internet. A URL has two main components: Protocol identifier: For the URL http://example.com , the protocol identifier is http . Resource name: For the URL http://example.com , the resource name is example.com .

Those aren't my words; they belong to google.

Re: URL was changed...is it malicious in this forum?

SuiGeneris — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 01:08:52 GMT

More words from google:

HyperText Markup Language, commonly referred to as HTML, is the standard markup language used to create web pages. It is written in the form of HTML elements consisting of tags enclosed in angle brackets (like <html> ).

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I think the reason QVC is deleting all the HTML tags from "copy and pastes" is because some text/pictures can have malicious javascript embedded in that text or picture that we are copying and pasting to this site.

I remember opening threads on the previous version of the BB, and I would get warnings from my antivirus program popping up, warning me to leave the page. I believe that happened to several people.

So, I think the HTML deletions from our posts are an attempt to keep all the posters' computers safe from spyware and malware.

Re: HTML was changed...is it malicious in this forum?

onewhiteSparrow — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 02:41:20 GMT

@dooBdoo wrote:
@SuiGeneris wrote:
Is this the message you are talking about?

Your post has been changed because invalid HTML was found in the message body. The invalid HTML has been removed. Please review the message and submit the message when you are satisfied.

I get that message every time I attempt to post something that I copied and pasted from the internet, whether it is a picture or text.

Other than that, I haven't seen any other messages, especially a message about URLs.

Hi, @SuiGeneris! That's the one I was referencing. Thanks for posting the message.

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That is the message I keep getting. I knew it was something.

Now what? Is somethng wrong? Or broken?

Re: HTML was changed...is it malicious in this forum?

onewhiteSparrow — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 02:39:00 GMT

I am not coping anything and putting them into the forum. I just type and send to the forum. No reason why I would be getting such message in red to my messages.

I am not posting pictures or anything.

Maybe i better not QUOTE other peoples posts. Could be the problem.

Re: URL was changed...is it malicious in this forum?

Adelina — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 01:17:40 GMT

@NoelSeven wrote:
It's an issue with embedded HTML.

They reformat it for us so it will work here.

Yes, This! Not URL but HTML, OWS.