MS Edge Browser Warning

[GAD]

If you see this warning using Microsoft Edge, it's a false positive:

For whatever wacky reason, this only appears if you type in the root URL like this: https://letstalkguild.com. If you've bookmarked the forum itself, then this doesn't appear: https://letstalkguild.com/ltg/. Why? Because Microsoft.

Why is it a false positive? I encourage you to see for yourself: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/domain/letstalkguild.com/detection

I've reported it, so we'll see if they do anything about it.

 

[Qvart]

If you're using Edge and get this warning, click "More information" and you'll have the option to continue to LTG

 

[chazmo]

If you're using Edge, switch to Chrome.

 

[Qvart]

They're kinda the same, but Edge is faster. And I try to avoid Google as much as possible. But that's probably kinda futile in the long run bwah

 

[Canard]

I was an early adopter of the Chromium-based Edge when it was BETA. I was not impressed. How hard is it to develop a Chromium-based browser? I mean like it's all open source.

If you don't like Google Chrome, which is probably the best for anything DRM related, there are alternatives in the Chromium fork family:

• Opera - used to be Norwegian - sold out to Chinese interests. Used to be my fav but I don't use it anymore. Have uninstalled it everywhere because of security paranoia.
• Brave - do some reading before trying it out.
• Vivaldi - an Icelandic browser, I think - Icelanders had a fight at Opera in Oslo and took their marbles and went home if I remember correctly - it's my current fav.
• And Chromium - Linux only.

Pretty much all the extensions for Google Chrome (the ones that I have tried anyway) work perfectly in any of the above alternatives.

Then of course, there is the venerable old Firefox.

 

[Qvart]

I was an early adopter of the Chromium-based Edge when it was BETA. I was not impressed. How hard is it to develop a Chromium-based browser? I mean like it's all open source.

If you don't like Google Chrome, which is probably the best for anything DRM related, there are alternatives in the Chromium fork family:

• Opera - used to be Norwegian - sold out to Chinese interests. Used to be my fav but I don't use it anymore. Have uninstalled it everywhere because of security paranoia.
• Brave - do some reading before trying it out.
• Vivaldi - an Icelandic browser, I think - Icelanders had a fight at Opera in Oslo and took their marbles and went home if I remember correctly - it's my current fav.
• And Chromium - Linux only.

Pretty much all the extensions for Google Chrome (the ones that I have tried anyway) work perfectly in any of the above alternatives.

Then of course, there is the venerable old Firefox.

I was a fan of Opera but Brave really impressed me. Firefox was my go-to for years and years until it became too glitchy and I dumped it. The newest iteration of Firefox is much better, but I switched to Edge just because it is hands down *the fastest* browser. Brave is my choice for VPN/torrenting etc. Very good for security and whatnot.

 

[Jeff_L]

Thanks GAD for the explanation. I haven't been around for a long time, but tried to log in twice recently and got the "Not Safe" warning. Got in through a back door and went looking for information on it. And I found it. God, I love this place!

Jeff

 

[GAD]

Thanks GAD for the explanation. I haven't been around for a long time, but tried to log in twice recently and got the "Not Safe" warning. Got in through a back door and went looking for information on it. And I found it. God, I love this place!

Jeff

What does “got in through a back door” mean?

 

[Brad Little]

I get a similar warning on Chrome when I click the link to our public library in their weekly email update, Type the same URL directly, no warning. So Edge and Chrome may be using similar software monitoring,.

 

[Jeff_L]

What does “got in through a back door” mean?

That's a very highly technical computer term meaning "I don't really know what happened, but I did it".

Actually, I think I clicked on the "Let's Talk Guild" link in my favorites and go the warning. The first time I got it I backed out and went away. Then today I tried it and got the same thing, so I went to Google and entered "Let's Talk Guild" and used the link that it gave me. Then when I read the thread on the warning I changed my link and now I'm as happy as if I had put new strings on.

While we're on the subject - I said earlier I haven't been around in a long time, but when I was coming around I had achieved the rank of "Senior Member". Now I see I'm bumped back to plain "Member". What did I do wrong to get demoted.

Jeff

 

[GAD]

That's a very highly technical computer term meaning "I don't really know what happened, but I did it".

Actually, I think I clicked on the "Let's Talk Guild" link in my favorites and go the warning. The first time I got it I backed out and went away. Then today I tried it and got the same thing, so I went to Google and entered "Let's Talk Guild" and used the link that it gave me. Then when I read the thread on the warning I changed my link and now I'm as happy as if I had put new strings on.

While we're on the subject - I said earlier I haven't been around in a long time, but when I was coming around I had achieved the rank of "Senior Member". Now I see I'm bumped back to plain "Member". What did I do wrong to get demoted.

Jeff

You didn’t do anything wrong. A Senior member used to be anyone with more than 10 posts and I thought that was dumb so I changed it.

 

[JohnW63]

10 posts to make Senior? I could make 10 posts without making a valid point.

 

[Qvart]

I haven't check in in awhile, but the warning still appears with MS Edge. Oh well.