I recently tried to visit this online shop but my browser shows that this site is unsafe (www.missionmodels.com). Also, I recently discovered that there has been unauthorized charges made both on my credit cards (2300€ worth total on both cards...), and since I have used both of my cards when ordering from that site I was wondering if these two things somehow connect.
I haven't use that shop for a while, but when I did everything went smoothly with no problems. Now my browser won't allow access to that site so I can't contact them.
Does anyone know what is going on with that shop, is it safe or not?
Just to be clear, I'm not saying that this particular site is responsible with my credit card problems. But it's clear that those numbers have leaked from somewhere, and since I've used them mainly for online shopping it's probably place where I have used both of my cards
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Mission Models, safe or not?
Eloranta
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Posted: Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 01:53 AM UTC
DeskJockey
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Posted: Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 12:03 PM UTC
I just tried to visit and got the following warning from my security software:
My guess is that Mission Models was hacked and is now a zombie site. I don't know if the owners are aware of this, but they need to rectify the problem fast or they risk losing a lot of business.
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What is the current listing status for www.missionmodels.com?
Site is listed as suspicious - visiting this web site may harm your computer.
Part of this site was listed for suspicious activity 1 time(s) over the past 90 days.
What happened when Google visited this site?
Of the 4 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 2 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2010-05-07, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2010-05-07.
Malicious software is hosted on 1 domain(s), including googlewebmasers.com/.
1 domain(s) appear to be functioning as intermediaries for distributing malware to visitors of this site, including googleforwebmastrs.com/.
This site was hosted on 1 network(s) including AS31815 (MEDIATEMPLE).
Has this site acted as an intermediary resulting in further distribution of malware?
Over the past 90 days, www.missionmodels.com did not appear to function as an intermediary for the infection of any sites.
Has this site hosted malware?
No, this site has not hosted malicious software over the past 90 days.
How did this happen?
In some cases, third parties can add malicious code to legitimate sites, which would cause us to show the warning message.
My guess is that Mission Models was hacked and is now a zombie site. I don't know if the owners are aware of this, but they need to rectify the problem fast or they risk losing a lot of business.
Grumpyoldman
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Posted: Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 01:50 PM UTC
Interestingly, mine gives just the opposite:
http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=http:%2F%2Fwww.missionmodels.com%2Fhome.php
I know they recently updated their site, and changed servers. I used Jon quite a few times over the years, but not ordering from the site as a phone call has always been easier for me with the time differences. Sometimes I had to wait for out of stock/back ordered items, but always got them. One time I bought his .50 cal bullet sets from a vendor at a show, and the photo-etched sets were missing--- a phone call, and the next week two NEW complete bullet sets arrived in the mail.
http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=http:%2F%2Fwww.missionmodels.com%2Fhome.php
I know they recently updated their site, and changed servers. I used Jon quite a few times over the years, but not ordering from the site as a phone call has always been easier for me with the time differences. Sometimes I had to wait for out of stock/back ordered items, but always got them. One time I bought his .50 cal bullet sets from a vendor at a show, and the photo-etched sets were missing--- a phone call, and the next week two NEW complete bullet sets arrived in the mail.
staff_Jim
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Posted: Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 02:29 PM UTC
Well both Firefox and Chrome are blocking the site. IE let's me in but I am missing images and it want's to do a flash update (which I don't want to do).
I would say yeah that at some point recently there must have been something malicious going on. It may be fixed.. or not.
Jim
I would say yeah that at some point recently there must have been something malicious going on. It may be fixed.. or not.
Jim
Bratushka
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Posted: Friday, May 14, 2010 - 03:13 PM UTC
I bought stuff from them in the past but stopped going there because it seemed 75% of what I wanted was never in stock. Much was not price competitive as well. The things I did buy were all delivered without problems.
I do know one of the tech blogs I frequent reported a while back that over 75,000 websites had been hacked and the number was still going up. If you are using Internet Explorer make sure your updates are current and upgrade to the latest version! I'll spare you the tech lecture.
I do know one of the tech blogs I frequent reported a while back that over 75,000 websites had been hacked and the number was still going up. If you are using Internet Explorer make sure your updates are current and upgrade to the latest version! I'll spare you the tech lecture.
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