1321 AVAST decided this morning that Patriots.win is unsafe. I immediately deleted it. (media.patriots.win) posted 42 days ago by Drinkup4 42 days ago by Drinkup4 +1321 / -0 85 comments share 85 comments share save hide report block hide child comments Comments (85) sorted by: top new old worst You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread. ▲ 2 ▼ – mainsoda 2 points 42 days ago +2 / -0 I got this warning too, but only when I clicked the presidential seal at the top of the page. I use that seal as a back button. But when it happened it did seem like it was pointing to a weird redirect and not to patriots.win permalink save report block reply ▲ 3 ▼ – TexasFox 3 points 41 days ago +3 / -0 After reading your issue I went and looked at the html for the page. It is clean, hell this is some of the cleanest and most straight forward html I've seen in a long time. I will not guarantee this will always be the case but for now it is safe permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 1 ▼ – mainsoda 1 point 41 days ago +1 / -0 I might have a virus on my home computer, it has never happened on my work computer. I might look into a boot time scan. permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 2 ▼ – Amaroq64 2 points 41 days ago +2 / -0 It was authentication.win. I reported the false positive and they fixed it. I believe redirecting to authentication.win and then redirecting back to where you were going is how they keep us logged into the whole .win network. permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 2 ▼ – mainsoda 2 points 41 days ago +2 / -0 Ah good to know, thanks. permalink parent save report block reply
I got this warning too, but only when I clicked the presidential seal at the top of the page.
I use that seal as a back button.
But when it happened it did seem like it was pointing to a weird redirect and not to patriots.win
After reading your issue I went and looked at the html for the page. It is clean, hell this is some of the cleanest and most straight forward html I've seen in a long time. I will not guarantee this will always be the case but for now it is safe
I might have a virus on my home computer, it has never happened on my work computer. I might look into a boot time scan.
It was authentication.win. I reported the false positive and they fixed it.
I believe redirecting to authentication.win and then redirecting back to where you were going is how they keep us logged into the whole .win network.
Ah good to know, thanks.