Site being listed as risky

[webdandy]

Hi,

Site with SSL using the seal.starfieldtech.com seal (IP 68. 178.177. 7) on the site is being flagged by MB as "Riskware". The SSL was purchased from GoDaddy and seal supplied so not sure why this is being flagged?

Can you advise?

Thanks,

Elaine

starfield.txt

[webdandy]

Any site using a starfieldtech.com SSL is being flagged by MB as Riskware.

[pixelpebs]

I also get the same website blocking popup warning domain starfieldtech.com coming from SSL certificate bought from GoDaddy USA / UK or 123-Reg in the UK.

I did a threat scan it came up clean. The error popup is on any site I visit that bought an SSL from those companies. It's not coming up on any other website or SSL.

I'd guess this might be a possible false flag. But just wanted to add an extra report to the post already here. Please fix as soon as possible.

[webdandy]

Thanks pixelpebs. Are you using BT? I just asked someone else on another ISP and they don't see this, neither does my hosting company!

And when I try to go to the starfieldtech.com website I can't connect to it - I get various error messages e.g. can't connect - then goes to MB blocked screen, or the site is flagged with an SSL error.

[pixelpebs]

Hi Webdandy,

Yes I do happen to be using a BT broadband connection. If I go to the starfieldtech.com website I get the same error as you too, it redirects to:

https : / / block . malwarebytes . com / ? lic=Licensed & cat =Riskware&lang=en

With a big error message: "Website blocked due to malware Your Malwarebytes blocked this website because it may contain malware. We strongly recommend you do not continue."

Basically anything trying to connect to starfieldtech.com and malwarebytes is blocking it out.

Edited July 4, 2018 by pixelpebs

[webdandy]

Yes exactly the same here.

Wondering if this is related to a combination of MB and BT?

[pixelpebs]

I wouldn't expect an ISP to get in the way, unless BT are blocking all the domains IP ranges and Malwarebytes is picking that up, but I don't think it works that way.

As GoDaddy are one of the biggest domain and SSL suppliers worldwide and Malwarebytes has a large user base I expect this may effect quite a few people.

Hopefully someone will be along soon with further information on what the problem is.

[webdandy]

Yes I imagine there will be quite a few people affected. Lets hope the issue is sorted asap.

[pixelpebs]

Just on the off chance I called GoDaddy's SSL supplier support team in the UK and the technician had never heard of "malwarebytes" shocking lol. I told him it was a largely used software.. anyway moving on. They said they aren't aware of any issues but may not be able to help with third party software, they are raising it to second level support in case they know anything about why their domain is blocked, but advised to contact malwarebytes, I advised them someone already had.

[webdandy]

Thanks pixelpebs.

[CICO]

I also just spoke to godaddy and they mentioned this:

Starfield Technologies is a business entity related to GoDaddy, the American internet domain registrar and web hosting company that also sells e-business related software and services. You don't need to contact them eventually malwarebytes will recognize this as a form security and will not tag as a threat anymore soon

[CICO]

My concern is why all of a sudden today it's happening when I have been visiting the same sites and this never popped up.

What changed somewhere?

[Phxflyer]

This has been noted on another forum section under Website blocking, but I'm also opening it here as it may be more widely noted.

All of a sudden, crl.starfieldtech.com is getting numerous popups, when visiting different web pages, that it is risky. The popups say it with an outbound connection. When I try to go to the starfieldtech.com website, it is being blocked. I ran a full system scan with 0 problems found. This only started this morning and I was wondering if a MB definition update is responsible or should I be concerned?

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[WTK]

I'm in the USA. I do not know what BT is but I have McAffee running with MB. This warning started at 8:53am PDT (40 minutes ago) and is popping up every few seconds. Even when I am not active on the system. I think it started immediately when I engaged Thurnderbird. Nothing on my end has changed recently...have had this configuration for at least three years. No recent 

[exile360]

It sounds like it's most likely the result of some browser plugin based on your description of the issue.  The first thing I'd suggest to test would be trying a different web browser to see if it still occurs.

[pixelpebs]

Hi WTK. BT is British Telecoms in the United Kingdom, they supply landline telephone and internet service provider services such as broadband. If you have something popping up when you are not active on the system and don't have an email or a browser window open connecting to the outside world and the mentioned SSL I'd suggest updating your Malwarebytes then doing a scan as it could be something on your system not just on a website page, I'm technical but not an expert, posting in the general MB forum might help more with that.

Thanks CICO. I wondered if they were aware their domain is blocked by a major software and if they knew of any IP address issues, I tested different websites and each loaded okay but had a popup about riskware from the same domain and with different IP ranges. Help guide says..

"I received a notification on a safe site, why? If a notification is presented on a safe site, and the site loads, it is likely the site was loading content that is hosted on an IP known for malicious activity. In this case, the site itself will be displayed perfectly fine, with the malicious content being blocked. If however, the site does not load, it is likely the site is also hosted on the same malicious IP address. It is also entirely possible that the site in question, shares it's IP address with other malicious domains." (link).

If several users only just started seeing the problem possibly a software definitions update went out today. I wouldn't think a large company that provide SSL and privacy would have unsafe IP ranges for SSL. I assume it's likely to be a false positive that gets removed in an upcoming software definitions update. Will wait for an update.

[Phxflyer]

It's doing it in both Edge and Chrome with multiple websites. No new plugins or extensions added by me. See posts in forum heading Website blocking under false positives. Others there having problem with starfieldtech which should be related to GoDaddy and website security.

Edited July 4, 2018 by Phxflyer

[garioch7]

Similar problem here, just started a few minutes.  I added an exception because MB was repeatedly issuing block notices.  Here is my log:

Malwarebytes
www.malwarebytes.com

-Log Details-
Protection Event Date: 7/4/18
Protection Event Time: 2:06 PM
Log File: 97329896-7fac-11e8-872a-1c6f65ccc00f.json
Administrator: Yes

-Software Information-
Version: 3.5.1.2522
Components Version: 1.0.374
Update Package Version: 1.0.5765
License: Premium

-System Information-
OS: Windows 10 (Build 17134.112)
CPU: x64
File System: NTFS
User: System

-Blocked Website Details-
Malicious Website: 1
, , Blocked, [-1], [-1],0.0.0

-Website Data-
Category: RiskWare
Domain: crl.starfieldtech.com
IP Address: 72.167.239.238
Port: [14831]
Type: Outbound
File: C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender Security\vsserv.exe

(end)

 

The file vbsserv.exe is a major Bitdefender component file.  I can't imagine that it is sending traffic to a malicious site?

Submitted for your information.

Have a great day.

Regards,
-Phil

[GPS]

Here's my $0.02 on this matter.

Starfield Technologies is a legitimate certificate authority, and is a division of GoDaddy, the web site hosting company. Web sites using a Starfield certificate may be trying to authenticate the certificate using one of several protocols -- including SEAL & OCSP. But, since MB has put them on the Web exclusion blacklist, those certificates cannot be authenticated.

To me, these actions are a legitimate activity and should be whitelisted unless MB or someone else can prove any malicious activity other than certificate authentication.

 

[capers123]

Hi, I've made sure both Malwarebytes & Bitdefender are up to date and rebooted Win 10 machine, full scans run in both. Malwarebytes keeps popping up with blocked websites from odd programmes - namely 

Category: RiskWare  Domain: ocsp.starfieldtech.com  IP Address: 188.121.36.239   Port: [51816] Type: Outbound, File: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\OUTLOOK.EXE
And also similar in an Adobe prog.

Please feel free to point me at an obvious answer as this is likely to have been answered before.

Thanks

Malwarebytes
www.malwarebytes.com

-Log Details-
Protection Event Date: 7/4/18
Protection Event Time: 6:05 PM
Log File: 736504da-7fac-11e8-b79e-6c626dee2776.json
Administrator: Yes

-Software Information-
Version: 3.5.1.2522
Components Version: 1.0.374
Update Package Version: 1.0.5765
License: Premium

-System Information-
OS: Windows 10 (Build 17134.112)
CPU: x64
File System: NTFS
User: System

-Blocked Website Details-
Malicious Website: 1
, , Blocked, [-1], [-1],0.0.0

-Website Data-
Category: RiskWare
Domain: ocsp.starfieldtech.com
IP Address: 188.121.36.239
Port: [51816]
Type: Outbound
File: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\OUTLOOK.EXE

 

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[Phxflyer]

I was just rereading the posts about this under Website blocking and another user reported same problem. The difference with me is I'm in the US using cox.net, not BT, and I'm not using Bitdefender nor ever had it installed. I've never visited starfieldtech's website before but just tried to see what it was about when I found it was blocked. My problem was with continuous popups from MB alerting me to a "risky" website while I was browsing. I've listed this under exclusions for the time being. The important thing to note is this JUST started with me and it seems with those posting in the other forum.

[Tomasz]

Happening to my site as well, but I am unable to recreate it.
I installed MalwareBytes and chrome extension and I'm not getting any warnings, but I have multiple users reporting the problem.

Just doing a little bump so I can be notified on responses, but if someone can tell me how I can recreate the issue that too would be helpful.

Thanks,
Tomasz

[Phxflyer]

I'm having the same problem but I'm in the US and not using BT nor am I using Bitdefender and have never ever installed it. I've started a post in the MB3 support forum hoping it might get a wider viewer audience. I've noted the important factor to me is these popups JUST started this morning. For the time being, I've listed starfieldtech under exclusions to get rid of those numerous popups.

[GPS]

Repeating a comment from the other forum:

Here's my $0.02 on this matter.

Starfield Technologies is a legitimate certificate authority, and is a division of GoDaddy, the web site hosting company. Web sites using a Starfield certificate may be trying to authenticate the certificate using one of several protocols -- including SEAL & OCSP. But, since MB has put them on the Web exclusion blacklist, those certificates cannot be authenticated.

To me, these actions are a legitimate activity and should be whitelisted unless MB or someone else can prove any malicious activity other than certificate authentication.