rahnastl
December 12th, 2005, 01:22 AM
My son is being accused of viewing a porn site. He says he was on a game site and another browser window came up but they did not see it pop up. Do game sites tend to open up browser windows with porn sites? Also, do they leave cookies as a result? I truly believe that my son was not going to the site. Need help proving it.
thanks
degsy
December 12th, 2005, 01:41 AM
Welcome :)
The test would be to revisit the site and see if the popup and cookies are similar.
uripyores
December 12th, 2005, 03:30 AM
Well I have had porn sites pop up without invitation in the past. Maybe your/his computer needs to have their internet option settings adjusted.
danielguin
December 12th, 2005, 03:31 AM
You can look at the cookies but if you get some viruses it will cause stuff like that to pop up.
AnnMarie
December 12th, 2005, 08:26 AM
Hi rahnastl, it is entirely possibly that your son is completely innocent. There are lots of nasties that can be downloaded by merely installing what he may have thought was a neat free program or a fun link or even clicking on a popup that offered a free prize. We see it everyday in the Cyber Safety Forum. Once the page opens, a cookie will be dumped on his PC unless he has a cookie blocker.
It's possible that he has malware running on his PC. Post a new topic in our Cyber Safety Forum if you would like the PC checked.
oracle128
December 12th, 2005, 01:52 PM
I'm guessing by your situation that this is perhaps a school or other organisation accusing him? Unless the school/org gives you access to the PC to examine the cookies, or are willing to fully investigate the appeal (which they won't neccessarily have to, nor bother to, do), your only remaining option is to, as degsy said, revisit the site and see if it happens again. Unfortunately this method is unreliable, as popups ads are sometimes random (ie. a different ad pops up each time). Generally, games sites don't popup porn ads, but that depends on the type of site it was, and how your son's accusors define "porn".
The other possibilty, as mentioned by AnnMarie, is that the PC your son was using was infected with some form of malware, which can sometimes popup all kinds of shady ads, even when not browsing anything. The Cyber Safety folk will help you explain how it can be removed, but more importantly, if you explain your situation or point them to this thread, they'll help you detect and identify any spyware on the machine, which could be used to help prove your son's innocence.