Community Chat

[Pecky]

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.

[Mindy D]

@on the bay It is fake, fake, fake. 

[Teddixat]

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. 

[Mindy D]

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

[on the bay]

@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!

[Mindy D]

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

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@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.

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[1Snickers]

 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! 

[Sage04]

All is quiet on my end. Nothing unusual.

[on the bay]

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.

[Toppers3]

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@Mindy D wrote:

@on the bay It is fake, fake, fake. 

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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.