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DANGER! Pop-Up Asks for Password After Logged In!!! #273932
07/15/14 07:37 PM
07/15/14 07:37 PM
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Jeff Peterson Offline OP
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See Weird Pop-Up Thread. Pop-up asks for your password, BUT this pop-up asked AGAIN for my password after I had already sucessfully logged in the regular way, and after I had posted and read other messages! DANGER, DANGER, Will Robinson!


Jeff Peterson
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Re: DANGER! Pop-Up Asks for Password After Logged In!!! [Re: Jeff Peterson] #273935
07/15/14 09:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Jeff Peterson
See Weird Pop-Up Thread. Pop-up asks for your password, BUT this pop-up asked AGAIN for my password after I had already sucessfully logged in the regular way, and after I had posted and read other messages! DANGER, DANGER, Will Robinson!


I think we figured it out that a user had used an image that was previously uploaded to catsailor image database (user/login based). We were all being asked for our password so the system would show us the image. That user seems to have fixed his avatar link - I haven't seen it in a while. Either way, the request seems benign.


Jake Kohl
Re: DANGER! Pop-Up Asks for Password After Logged In!!! [Re: Jeff Peterson] #274028
07/19/14 07:17 AM
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I'm still getting it

Re: DANGER! Pop-Up Asks for Password After Logged In!!! [Re: Jeff Peterson] #274029
07/19/14 07:22 AM
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Me too, Blade1 needs to reset his profile picture/avatar.

Re: DANGER! Pop-Up Asks for Password After Logged In!!! [Re: Jeff Peterson] #274030
07/19/14 08:54 AM
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If you just click "cancel" it will let you continue in the forum and just won't download the avatar. It's just an additional 1/2 second of wait time until Blade1 changes his profile pic. I think we have all deduced that it is not a phishing scheme or some other harmful intent.


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