Is this website ok or is it a bit shady?

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   chef-de-jourposted 9 years ago

   I came across this website http /www.tpu-shield. com/p/Sports_and_Recreation___HubPages_com and am not sure if it is ok or is it doing something it shouldn't?
   Someone with knowledge of these issues could quickly answer OK or NOT?

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   rebekahELLEposted 9 years ago

   I am not finding this address.

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   paradigmsearchposted 9 years ago

   I found it, but I did not go anywhere near it. Any website that steals the name of another might do other unethical things as well. Better safe than sorry.

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   paradigmsearchposted 9 years ago

   And I've now discovered it appears to be a China website.

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   FatFreddysCatposted 9 years ago

   If you Google "tpu-shield.com" (without all the HubPages stuff added), the first Google search result is in what looks like Arabic. (edit: Google sez it's Persian.)
   
   ...So it could be a site cloning HP in the local language of wherever they're based. Or perhaps they're a front for Al-Qaeda.
   
   Either way I'd stay well clear of it.

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      paradigmsearchposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      You are right. With my eyes, I mistook it for Chinese. Your post made me go back and break out the magnifying glass.

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      chef-de-jourposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      What purpose does a cloned site have? Is it a positive, negative or a don't know kind of site? Is it possible to flag them up in any way, shape or form with Google? I'm clueless but would like to know why a big effort has been made to clone, if that's what it is.

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   LindaSmith1posted 9 years ago

   Warning:  I was still signed into HP when I tried to see what this site is.  It seems to be a fake HP site.  The warning is, that if you are signed into HP, and then click on this site while there, you actually can pull up your own HP account.  I got out fast.

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      paradigmsearchposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      If you actually went there, I'd advise to do a complete security check/cleanup now. And Persian is a synonym/subset of Iran.

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      chef-de-jourposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      What shall we do? Just ignore it? Is that the best policy? What if the whole site is cloned? What does that mean? I have no idea about these things.

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   LindaSmith1posted 9 years ago

   I reported this to HP.  I also reported what happened when I went to the site.  Hopefully they will take a look into it!

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   LindaSmith1posted 9 years ago

   paradigmsearch: I am running virus scans, dumping cache etc.  I am going to change my password as well.

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   FatFreddysCatposted 9 years ago

   No purpose. Just some random a**hole looking for content to fill his site without having to do the actual work himself.

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