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    • Hally on Sat 08 Aug 2009
    • 03:18:57 PM UTC

    Little Confused!

    Hi

    I'm a bit confused over something.
    And I'm wondering if anyone could shed some light on what could be wrong.

    About an hour ago I Googled ... Hobby Craft ( UK - Search )

    www.hobbycraft.co.uk was WOT marked Green at that time.
    So I clicked it - Went to that website - Saved it as a Firefox bookmark for later.
    5 minutes later...
    I clicked the saved Hobby Craft bookmark to go to the website.
    WOT Blocked It!
    Saying it was my - rx shop .c om ( Spaces inserted to stop it being clicked )
    Confused!
    I typed the Hobby Craft website into my address bar.
    WOT Blocked It! ... Saying the same thing!

    Really Confused By Then... I Googled the website again!
    Again...
    www.hobbycraft.co.uk .. Was WOT marked Green
    But this time when I clicked the link to go there....
    WOT Blocked It
    Saying it was this.. my - rx shop .c om ( Spaces inserted to stop it being clicked )

    WOT's Going On?

    Was that website hijacked in the 5 minutes between me going there one minute to the next?
    OR
    Am I infected with something?

    Note : Winpatrol shows my HOST Files as all clear.

    Thanks In Advance!

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    • shazza on Sat 08 Aug 2009
    • 04:06:00 PM UTC

    Hi Hally

    It's not your pc,It's redirecting to a fake pharmacy site
    my-rxshop.com
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    • Hally on Sat 08 Aug 2009
    • 05:26:00 PM UTC

    Thanks Shazza

    Hi Shazza
    So I guess it must have been hijacked then.
    God!
    How quick those nasty evil people work.
    It was Hobby Craft one minute ... & ... Not Hobby Craft the next!

    I'm so grateful to WOT for protecting me.

    Thank You Shazza
    &
    Thank You WOT
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    • phantazm on Sat 08 Aug 2009
    • 07:14:11 PM UTC

    your own rating also matters

    Even if WOT blocks a site (or allows) your own rating still overrules it...
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    • demonluo on Sun 09 Aug 2009
    • 01:22:19 AM UTC

    may be Hobby Craft gone evil

    may be Hobby Craft gone evil or their 3rd party site ads have malicious script...
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    • g7w on Sun 09 Aug 2009
    • 03:40:04 AM UTC

    re bookmark

    In Google, I searched for Hobby Craft and hobbycraft.co.uk is top in the list of results.
    I do not get a redirect to any site when clicking from Google, or saving as a bookmark and then opening it "fresh"

    Are you certain it was hobbycraft.co.uk that you bookmarked?
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    - G7W
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    • shazza on Sun 09 Aug 2009
    • 03:58:59 AM UTC

    Looks ok now

    but earlier the google links were redirecting, and the same happened when I typed the url.
    I spoke to Hobbycraft, so hopefully they have dealt with it?
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      • g7w on Sun 09 Aug 2009
      • 05:01:20 AM UTC

      gGlitch

      gGlitch

      gGlitch = Google glitch.

      That's right folks a new nerd term and you heard it here first on WOT Forum.
      LOL
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      Against Intuition - gives us safety through Web of Trust.
      WOT Community - gives us security through unity.
      Thank you all
      - G7W
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    • Hally on Sun 09 Aug 2009
    • 12:54:06 PM UTC

    Hi

    Thanks Everyone!
    I knew something must have gone wrong.
    Coz....
    One minute Hobby Craft was it's usual normal self.
    Next minute... something completely different!
    Hobby Craft is a large store in the UK that sells Art supply's and Craft stuff.
    So I knew that it wasn't Hobby Craft itself that was deliberately trying to redirect me.
    And that something had obviously gone wrong somewhere along the line.

    Thanks!
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    • Hally on Sun 09 Aug 2009
    • 01:07:39 PM UTC

    Back To Normal!

    Yep!
    Hobby Craft is back to normal now.
    WOT is once again happy to let me visit : www.hobbycraft.co.uk
    &
    I'm very happy that I have WOT to look out for me .. & .. Look After Me!

    This experience has just proved ( Yet Again! ) .. The Amazing Power Of - WOT

    Thanks!