Boards.ie: Threat Level Elmo

I noticed an interesting screenshot in Bernie Goldbach’s Flickr stream from November 29th – Trend Micro’s new browser plugin, TrendSecure, flagging Boards.ie as Undesirable.
Intrigued, I went through the whole rigmarole of digging IE out, dusting it off, installing TrendSecure, and then turning off what little security IE offers in order to enable Trend’s security browser plugin.
Apparently, sometime in the last two weeks Boards.ie has been upgraded to Threat Level Elmo: Dangerous. According to Trend, we should all
avoid this page or use considerable caution when viewing it.
Priceless. If they consider Boards to be dangerous, fuck knows how they classify PROC…
14 Dec 2007
| In: Ireland + Technology |

Sabrina Dent: Freelance web designer, developer and internet marketer living in Cork, Ireland with one dog and a husband in no particular order.
How dare you diss IE ;-)
It’s so non-compliant it needs it’s own category.
By the way, your theme is gorgeous. Needed to say that.
15.12.2007, 12:13 amOh, but I have a category for IE! It’s called “You have unused desktop items.”
I am glad you like the decorating. The painters are almost done. Can’t wait to have my kitchen back!
15.12.2007, 2:33 am