Thursday 30 January 2020

Dear readers, visitors to my site are being warned by Norton (firewall) not to click on my site because of a web attack: The only dangerous thing on The Big Wobble is the news items I publish!


Dear readers, many visitors to my site are telling me their Norton (firewall) has warned them of a web attack if they click on my site. Ladies and Gentlemen, I have a freely available blog from Google, the same Google Blog shared by billions of people around the world, there is nothing dangerous on The Big Wobble except the news I report!

In just two days, the traffic to my site has dropped by more than 50%. What is happening is not a coincidence, I hope my loyal and regular readers keep coming back, Thank you for your wonderful support.

I am trying to contact Norton to get to the bottom of this (Just got off the line with someone in India, I don't think he had any idea what I was talking about!)


24 comments:

pendesk8 said...

I have followed Gary for years now and have never had a problem.This is the only site where you will find the truth of world happenings.

Anonymous said...

Stephanie Mcclean Keep keeping on - appreciate your updates and info

Gary Walton said...

Thanks, Pendesk8

Larry said...

It's probably the lack of "https". https used to be rather expensive and difficult to maintain. I use Wordpress, and the web hosting company I use gives a free https capability. Along with the plugin: "Really Simple SSL" it is amazingly easy, and I need not do anything more. I don't know what Blogger offers you. To be honest, I would normally stay away from an unsecured site like yours, it's just that the content is so darn compelling! :)

Gary Walton said...

Thanks, Larry, I'll check it out

Anonymous said...

Karen Mc Neil-Marko You are the most informative news service and very welcome in our home...we stay loyal

Anonymous said...

Jacqueline A Rohan, You must have told the truth

Gary Walton said...

Thanks, Kats xx

Anonymous said...

Brenda Be I’m sorry to hear this. Hopefully, it gets straightened out. Keep us posted, please.

Anonymous said...

Ellen Issenberg I really appreciate this site! Not getting intimidated!

Anonymous said...

Winona Nassey we use webroot and McAfee and never received such a warning. why, oh why are you being targeted? I love you FB page and really appreciate your hard work and dedication. keep up the great work and don't worry about the haters and naysayers. this attack is proof you are doing an excellent job at presenting the truth of what is happening. have a most wonderful day.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the warning, Gary!
You're obviously doing something right if you get such blow back.

To me it's almost an endorsement of a site if it is being blacklisted. As long as they don't remove the site.

However, a warning like this keeps me some times away from sites and sometimes doesn't allow me to access at all. So I appreciate the problem. I hope you can get this straightened out...

Anonymous said...

Darren Jessica Sherva Must've touched a nerve. Keep up the great work! 💪

Anonymous said...


April Martinez, I support you and your postings 100%

Anonymous said...

Bill Liffers, It is not just Norton. When I click on your posts on Facebook News Feed I get a pop-up from Kaspersky warning me of malicious content. I usually attribute it ads posted by Google, but it does not stop me from reading the information you provide.

Anonymous said...

Melissa Finney Sorry to hear this Gary I dont have any problem getting in

Gary Walton said...

I don't have any ads from Google, Bill

Anonymous said...

Bill Liffers You are correct ... Just double-checked. And, as soon as I loaded an article Kaspersky gave me a malicious content warning.

Anonymous said...

Dayle Welch Great work thank you

Anonymous said...

Janice Liddle I have Trend and it always warns me that your site is malicious, which I ignore btw....

Larry said...

Yes, it is more than just "https". I just upgraded to Malwarebytes Premium to examine your issue, and with every click or refresh it catches a trojan. Here are a few brief notes on three events:

-Website Data-
Category: Trojan
Domain: s05.hostcontent.live
IP Address: 212.32.255.12
Port: 443
Type: Outbound
---------------------
-Website Data-
Category: Trojan
Domain:
IP Address: 212.32.255.13
Port: 443
Type: Outbound
---------------------
-Website Data-
Category: Trojan
Domain:
IP Address: 212.32.255.5
Port: 443
Type: Outbound
----------------------
I had this problem on one of my sites, and the only answer was to seriously complain to my webhost to root out the problem. They fixed it.

Gary Walton said...

Wow Larry thanks

Gary Walton said...

So I am being attacked? obviously!

Anonymous said...


Shawn Johnson Keep the info coming, this world is dying