LeeGroups wrote:
>>> So I really must check out this Poundland offer. I tried looking for the
>>> Poundland website, but Google told me that poundland.com contained
>>> malicious code and would not let me directly visit it. Wikipedia listed
>>> the site as being at poundland.co.uk, which when I tried to access it, I
>>> got a warning saying it was a Reported Attack Site. But I visited the
>>> site anyway, with the NoScript actively blocking the scripts. I am
>>> guessing that someone has probably hacked the site and put code on there
>>> recently.
>>>       
>> http://safebrowsing.clients.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?client=Firefox&hl=en-GB&site=http://poundland.co.uk/
>>
>> "Part of this site was listed for suspicious activity 1 time(s) over
>> the past 90 days."
>>
>> Looks okay now if you ignore the warning and visit the site anyway.
>>     
> I've just tried this on a Windows box, and the Avast scanner went nuts 
> (sirens and everything) complaining an infected script file had been 
> detected... Maybe it's not so safe after all...  Certainly not on this 
> box anyway... :|
>
>
>   
Well sounds that if your a windows user you should leave well alone... 
on Linux though you should be ok but still best to avoid going on the 
site unless absolutely necessary.

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