Gimpchat and Bitdefender total security

level_0 · **Posted:** Thu Apr 11, 2019 8:44 am **(#1)**

Bitdefender tells me that the site is not secure:

The webpage you are trying to access contains dangerous URLs and will be excluded from the scan during this session.

Why does not the site have an https address as currently recommended?

rich2005 · **Joined:** Mar 04, 2011 **Posts:** 2435

Best guess: You have book-marked gimp chat with
http://gimpchat.com

Quote:

Why does not the site have an https address as currently recommended?

It does try: https://gimpchat.com

Edit: While linux is not as susceptible to virus as Windows, always good to know what is happening.

http: versus https: So whatever you do do not look at this image

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level_0 · **Posted:** Thu Apr 11, 2019 10:23 am **(#3)**

With the URL https you told me, Bitdefender does not manifest anymore ...but the display is like that (and yet uBlock is disabled for GC)

I had to put the tags for the link of the image ...

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 14709 **Location:** USA

level_0 wrote:

With the URL https you told me, Bitdefender does not manifest anymore ...but the display is like that (and yet uBlock is disabled for GC)
[ Image ]

I had to put the tags for the link of the image ...

Got the same garbage from defender last week. Seems to have cleared itself up though. No more errors anyways. Although i still always get one from defender when i try and install new versions of GIMP. I just click more info and install anyways.

False Positive. :bigthup

level_0 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 12, 2019 7:19 am **(#5)**

Rod

if I open with the https address, with Firefox or Internet Explorer, the page is not displayed correctly and I can not access the icons. it looks like a java script problem?
With url https:
:

With url http:

I do not see how to change that if it's really Bitdefender that is the cause ... because I go to sites still in http and I do not have this problem......

Wallace · **Posted:** Fri Apr 12, 2019 4:27 pm **(#6)**

level_0 wrote:

Rod

if I open with the https address, with Firefox or Internet Explorer, the page is not displayed correctly and I can not access the icons. it looks like a java script problem?
With url https:
:[ Image ]
With url http:
[ Image ]
I do not see how to change that if it's really Bitdefender that is the cause ... because I go to sites still in http and I do not have this problem......

Do you know how to use Command Prompt,
to flush/clear your DNS (Domain Name System) of your computer,
to see if this corrects the issue?

If not.
Open Command Prompt As Administrator.
Copy and past this command:
ipconfig /flushdns

Once this has completed successfully.
Copy and past this command:
ipconfig /renew

Then visit Gimp Chat,
to see if doing this made any difference.

Also,
if your security software has a White List.
Be sure to add: http://gimpchat.com
To this list.

level_0 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 12, 2019 5:00 pm **(#7)**

Good evening Wallace
I asked 2 friends to test the url "https://gimpchat.com/" and it's the same for them, when they open https://gimpchat.com/, they do not have the icons:

I will test tomorrow your indications because now it's time for

Wallace · **Posted:** Fri Apr 12, 2019 5:14 pm **(#8)**

level_0 wrote:

Good evening Wallace
I asked 2 friends to test the url "https://gimpchat.com/" and it's the same for them, when they open https://gimpchat.com/, they do not have the icons:
[ Image ]
I will test tomorrow your indications because now it's time for [ Image ]

Ok.

paynekj · **Posted:** Mon Apr 15, 2019 3:44 am **(#9)**

I see the same and it's because my browser (Firefox) is blocking unsecured content while browsing an otherwise secure website.

The images are being served from http://gimpchat.com NOT https://gimpchat.com and that's undermining the https security, so Firefox blocks it by default.

I would have to tell Firefox to allow the insecure content.

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