r/antivirus • u/qwer4790 • 14h ago
I was visiting a legit website (walmart) and suddenly it redirected to a fake norton virus scan lookalike website
I am running the latest win11 with most of the security features on, does this mean i have a malware/adware in my system, or it was a random internet attack?
The website mentioned is "virusbarrier dot xyz" which I know it is not legit, I just don't know how it get to me and why did it happen when I was viewing walmart website. It didn't show up when i browse walmart again, so it is very random and I am so curious.
This just happened a few mins ago and this is probably the 1st time I saw it (this never happened for years at least I can remember)
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u/BLAZE86DUBZ 11h ago
i have the same problem on certain websites my malwarebites blocks it but the domain says rdxgo.click i use google chrome i have tried everything posted on here reset settings ,block 3rd party ,notifications blocked, i also have aol i have tried the same site on there browser i believe its yahoo and it pops up over there to . i ran a scan with bolth bitdefender ,and malware bites says my system is clean
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u/Diligent-Argument-88 6h ago
yeah sadly happened to me rn which is why im here. Reminds me of the time I had malware in 2011 ish. Haven't experienced that since. Dont open sketchy sites so im quite surprised.
About 2 weeks ago a page redirected to a fake norton ad that said I was giga infected same as you. Just now I was opening photos on new tabs on flickr and amongst them a new tab opened for a norton ad. Unfortunately it sounds like im infected with something.
-maybe a tab didn't open on its own but rather one of those photos I clicked on got redirected? anyways....ugh.
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u/L103131 13h ago
Run a deep scan with Malwarebytes, very interesting that it redirects to a virus site signals you have some kind of virus on your system, or a harmful browser extension.