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Friday, April 28th, 2023 1:52 AM

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stonkstime.com — is it safe or dangerous?

 

 

The website stonkstime.com may appear on your screen through other websites that you visit. This could result in annoying pop-up messages/ads or harmful software that opens the website without your permission. These pop-up ads can be dangerous for your computer if you download a malicious or fake programs.

 

 

Trend Micro Global Site Safety has rated this website as dangerous. Tests indicate that this URL contains malicious software or phishing scams. 

 

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Aside from checking unwanted applications, these two steps are what I usually do if I notice unexpected website redirection when I am on the internet or whenever my grandpa calls me to fix his computer flooded with notifications and ads.


Browser Notifications
Browser notifications provide updates and alerts to users from the website you are subscribed to but notifications from malicious websites can be even more concerning as they can lead to unwanted traffic or redirect you to harmful websites.

Go to your browser's Notification section in its settings to check the list of all websites that have permission to send you push notifications.

You can also follow the steps here: How to remove suspicious browser notifications on computer

Browser Extension's Permission

Review the installed browser's extension's permission settings to understand what data it can access, what notifications it can display and what behavior will it do (changing your default search engine, how your browser opens a new tab, etc).


Hope this helps!

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@tm_jose, I'm grateful that you shared this in our community! 

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Why my post regarding same subject was changed to "Private"??? Don't you want users to have "opinions"????

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We will review our automation. I will set it to public.

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If I try to access "stonkstime.com" I get:

also on Virus Total :
So, what are you talking about????
Thanks!
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Hi Champ @claudiubotezatu!

The Stonkstime.com site is now down.  It was observed recently that it redirects the browser to ads for unwanted browser extensions, surveys, adult sites, online web games, fake software updates, and unwanted programs. There are also, multiple inquiries and reports from our fellow community members about the website.

On the other hand, a possible reason why no security vendor currently tags Stonkstime.com as malicious is that the site is already down or become inactive. Trend Micro Global Site Safety detected it as Dangerous.


Have a good one!

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"Trend Micro Global Site Safety detected it as Dangerous."

"Trend Micro Global Site Safety"   does not detect anything!!! It is a static list based on a "black lists", not a real time scanner.....

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Hi @claudiubotezatu! Good catch, you're right, the correct term is rating or score and this is based on our website analysis.

 

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Are you still being redirected to stonkstime.com? On which website were you when you encountered it?

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