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Author:  Betula [ 31 Oct 2019, 20:56 ]
Post subject:  Is Wee Trees a Secure Site?
Every time I logon and try to view posts on here this week I get this warning message saying that this site is a potential security risk and blocking me from viewing posts- Is it just me or are others having the same issue?
Can our Wee trees administrator advise whats going on please?
Author:  Will [ 31 Oct 2019, 21:39 ]
Post subject:  Re: Is Wee Trees a Secure Site?
Betula wrote:
Every time I logon and try to view posts on here this week I get this warning message saying that this site is a potential security risk and blocking me from viewing posts- Is it just me or are others having the same issue?
Can our Wee trees administrator advise whats going on please?


I get it every time I log in too but I've never took any notice of it and never had any problems i do remember it being mentioned before???? but for the life of me I can't remember the out come ;-)
Author:  keithmart [ 01 Nov 2019, 09:08 ]
Post subject:  Re: Is Wee Trees a Secure Site?
Hi

There is nothing wrong with the site, it is just a message to inform you that the URL is not starting with www.https. It is your web browser that is doing the reporting.

In this case it is nothing to worry about.
Author:  Betula [ 01 Nov 2019, 15:55 ]
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Hi Keithmart This is the message I keep getting- today its happened 5 times before I could even answer your message and each time I have to sign in again GRRRRRR !!
Scam Insight: Personal Information Risk
ucp.php?mode=login
This site is safe, but…
It asks for personal information and is not well established with the Norton Community. Use caution when entering any of your information on this site. Visit Norton to learn more about personal information risk on Web sites.

Please can anyone advise on how to stop this happening? It never happened before till the last 10 days...
Author:  keithmart [ 01 Nov 2019, 16:38 ]
Post subject:  Re: Is Wee Trees a Secure Site?
Hi

What browser are you using? Check it's settings and reduce the security level if possible.
Author:  richardb [ 01 Nov 2019, 20:25 ]
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Personally I don't worry about this. The amount of personal info you put on the site is virtually non existent.i get no messages when on the phone or on the laptop on internet explorer which Norton installed. If I use Google chrome on the laptop then I get the message . But basically the message is saying they have no feedback for this site. Just chill and have a G & T.
Author:  dreamcatcher [ 02 Nov 2019, 01:15 ]
Post subject:  Re: Is Wee Trees a Secure Site?
Only time i would worry about site security is when im entering my credit card details or buying va paypal , other than that its not an issue. The S in https just means any info passed between your computer and the web server, is encrypted, though even HTTPS websites can be unsafe, having a secure site does not mean it is secure, and having a website that is not encrypted does not mean it is unsafe.
Author:  Koren [ 02 Nov 2019, 23:58 ]
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It's because it's http, not https. There's a push to move towards the latter, but I wouldn't worry for a forum
Author:  Betula [ 04 Nov 2019, 20:07 ]
Post subject:  Re: Is Wee Trees a Secure Site?
Thanks everyone for your advice and reassurances.
The problem seems to have almost stopped now, dunno why because I havent altered any settings on my laptop - the warning message has only popped up once this evening and strangely enough only when I opened this thread!! :132doh:
Author:  Loufada [ 12 Nov 2019, 16:27 ]
Post subject:  Re: Is Wee Trees a Secure Site?
Koren wrote:
It's because it's http, not https. There's a push to move towards the latter, but I wouldn't worry for a forum


That's also what I believe as I get warning too. Reminder:

HTTPS URLs begin with "https://" and use port 443 by default, whereas, HTTP URLs begin with "http://" and use port 80 by default.

HTTP is not encrypted and is vulnerable to man-in-the-middle and eavesdropping attacks, which can let attackers gain access to website accounts and sensitive information, and modify webpages to inject malware or advertisements. HTTPS is designed to withstand such attacks and is considered secure against them (with the exception of older, deprecated versions of SSL).
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