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Other => Viruses and worms => Topic started by: wishlish on August 25, 2009, 08:10:32 PM
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Just got a message from network shield that the Pirate Bay is now classified as a malicious site. Is this new?
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It's banned by hphosts also. They share malware among their files.
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Is this new? I've never seen this message before.
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Generally, avast detection is accurate in these cases.
Isn't it an encrypted/obfuscated script or iframe?
Wasn't the site hacked or linked to malware?
Anyway, I wouldn't expect that a site for pirated and cracked things remain in the status "everything is ok" for ever...
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This is ridiculous!
Why is this site blocked?
I'm now surfing with avast disabled just because of this blocking. I'm using a registered version of avast home edition, what is the problem? ???
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Yes, avast obviously want to cencure Internet. Like in China.
This is a good reason to use another antivirus program.
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Piratebay share also Public domain and usefull audiobook (in public domain) for the blinds.
You must let's the users choose between evil (the copyrighted materials) and the good (public domain, like audio books for me and other goodies)
you are not god for choosing this for us !
I'm angry tonight.
sorry.
Thank you for your product, but you must take out of the black list "the pirate bay . org"
>:(
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Hi wishlish,
This site has been blocked by Dutch providers by court order against copyrighted material downloading practices and they were convicted because they did not show up in court, action of Dutch RIAA Brein (=Brain) because the party that does not react to a summoning twitter or e-mail looses in court. PHP and illegal downloading propriety content is frowned upon by B.M. and they do all they can to frustrate it and eventually ban it completely. New laws have arrived to France and now UK will have draconian measures in the pipeline. Malcode there is the main reason apparently but the other issues could also be a pretext to make it more difficult to go there, and the same issues will come to usenet downloading.
Remember there was nothing wrong in the past with a simple port scan, once you could plea the workings of malcode to escape a ban or risk a three strikes out policy on behalf of your provider if you were caught. Times are changing, folks, so stick to the rules always. "When the going gets narrow, keep your eye on the sparrow",
polonus
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You can make an exception into WebShield settings I think...
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You can make an exception into WebShield settings I think...
Hello !
How can i make this ?
thank you very much !
:D
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Yes, avast obviously want to cencure Internet. Like in China.
This is a good reason to use another antivirus program.
That is obviously not true.Just because it blocks a site,that doesn't mean it will censor the internet.Also,why are you telling other user to switch to other antivirus program.This is the avast forum.
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I rarely used piratebay. I use isohunt and mininova. I find it better and more secure. Also for torrent i use uTorrent and for music Blubster. You should note it because i never had problem with the thing i said. So you could take a look.
PS : If you download something that you didnt trust or seem malicious then dont download it or otherwise u can report it to the site manager for he take a look at it and delete the torrent if he is a virus or malware.
Mr.Agent
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What a joke. It isn't blocked or flagged by any other site scanners. The Piratebay is not illegal in the UK so why should I not have access to it.
Thanks for the protection thus far but there are other free alternatives out there.
http://ctunnel.com/index.php/1010110A/0ae9309a80d91b0bdbc1a85e0108eb5b62b3fecece8718540
Shove that down your censoring throats.
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Generally, avast detection is accurate in these cases.
Isn't it an encrypted/obfuscated script or iframe?
Doesn't seem to be the case.
Wasn't the site hacked or linked to malware?
Nope. It was down due to capacity problems, but that's hardly a reason to block it.
Anyway, I wouldn't expect that a site for pirated and cracked things remain in the status "everything is ok" for ever...
Well, most torrents that TPB links to can be found on Google as well with the difference that TPB has a system to distinguish between risky ones and more trustable sources. I hope Avast won't start blocking Google for that reason anytime soon. :P
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I also did see many bad thing about piratebay about sharing really bad thing and im really glad that Avast! block it. Not for fun but for stop the Avast! user to download their malware !!!! So if you use another anti virus software who dont flag this website well you can have chance to have malware on this website and make ur pc into a zombie. Even if im not wrong the law his self did say that piratebay share malware even also the "News". Isnt amazing that you dont trust Avast! ? Well if you wanna trust their web and u get trapped dont say its Avast! fault. Because he did warn you before you enter so you make a exception but share this web at your own risk !!!!
Mr.Agent
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You can make an exception into WebShield settings I think...
If it was my Webshield picking it up, you'd be right. But it's my network shield, since I'm using an RSS feeder to access TPB. And you can't add
an exception to the Network Shield.
What I haven't seen from Avast is a good reason that TPB was blocked today. Yes, their ISP's ISP lost a case, but the site has since moved, so that shouldn't be the cause. Why was the site blocked today? Was there a specific instance of malware that caused this new blocking?
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What has rouling by local courts in The Netherlands to do with a program distributed worldwide?
If I want politics I will join a politic party. I dont want that from a program.
There are other good AV:
Rising Antivirus
Comodo
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See there
http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-user-pages-blocked-by-google-090315/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pirate_Bay#United_Kingdom
Comodo is also spreading malware.
Rising Anti Virus is a china anti virus only and again Avast! its not that great.
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Yarrr matey! Be careful or you could end up offline (not a threat, just an assumption). The internets are self-aware you know...
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I have downloaded another AV. Bye bye avast!!
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This is ridiculous!
Why is this site blocked?
I'm now surfing with avast disabled just because of this blocking. I'm using a registered version of avast home edition, what is the problem? ???
Disabling avast to visit this site is absolutely crazy as you could be attacked from other sources whilst at that site. If you accept the risk, simply Pause the Network Shield whilst visiting, don't forget to enable it when you are done.
@ Tech, it is a Network Shield detection and there is no exclusion for that so the Web Shield is of no use in this case.
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http://ctunnel.com/index.php/1010110A/0ae9309a80d91b0bdbc1a85e0108eb5b62b3fecece8718540
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Nono, Rising has an new international version.
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I also did see many bad thing about piratebay about sharing really bad thing and im really glad that Avast! block it. Not for fun but for stop the Avast! user to download their malware !!!! So if you use another anti virus software who dont flag this website well you can have chance to have malware on this website and make ur pc into a zombie. Even if im not wrong the law his self did say that piratebay share malware even also the "News". Isnt amazing that you dont trust Avast! ? Well if you wanna trust their web and u get trapped dont say its Avast! fault. Because he did warn you before you enter so you make a exception but share this web at your own risk !!!!
Mr.Agent
BigBrother is watching me too ?
I feel so secure with him !
What a good joke Mr Agent....
Even google haven't classified yet piratebay as a mailicious site.
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They should see my 2 links who show really great what piratebay are share malware.
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This link?
http://ctunnel.com/index.php/1010110A/0ae9309a80d91b0bdbc1a85e0108eb5b62b3fecece8718540
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I wasn't looking to turn this thread into "Pirate Bay Rules!"/"Don't download illegally". That's a waste of everyone's time.
I disabled my network shield, went to TPB, and got the following message:
A Virus Was Found!
File name: http://thepiratebay.org/\{gzip}
Malware name: HTML:Script-inf
Malware type: Virus/Worm
VPS version: 090825, 08/25/09
Is this an actual virus? Or a false positive? If it's an actual virus, I'd understand why TPB was blocked. But if it was blocked because Avast is going to make decisions for me about the internet, that's a different matter.
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http://blog.avast.com/2009/08/12/exploit-pack-as-the-way-to-infect/
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Nono, Rising has an new international version.
If you decide to use rising,then I should just warn you.It has a bad reputation in china and its not even that good.If you really want to visit that site,then just pause the network shield.If you don't want to do that,then just don't use cracks or keygen from piratebay.
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Well this is dumb
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When i downloaded the new version of avast a special module was installed named something with piratebay.
Oh yes, avast is certainly very active in this.
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http://blog.avast.com/2009/08/12/exploit-pack-as-the-way-to-infect/
And...this is supposed to tell me what, exactly?
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They should see my 2 links who show really great what piratebay are share malware.
yeah, it's true.
http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:K5PdIy_s5p0J:thepiratebay.org/tag/Public%2BDomain+piratebay+domain+public&cd=1&hl=fr&ct=clnk&gl=fr
ridiculous.
(it's public domain in this link)
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If I wanted somebody to tell me what sites I can visit I would move to China.
What's going to happen is people are going to disable Avast so that they can visit TPB. Then they'll get malware because avast will be disabled and say "Avast doesn't work!"
The only thing that can come from this is Avast looks bad for censoring or for not doing it's job (since it can't work while it's disabled).
Picture needing to walk down a street with broken glass but being told you have to take off your shoes (avast) to do it. You WILL walk down the street, but wouldn't you prefer to have your shoes on when you do?
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http://blog.avast.com/2009/08/12/exploit-pack-as-the-way-to-infect/
And...this is supposed to tell me what, exactly?
To show how mush Avast! has really a great skill in exploit than any other anti virus.
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This is ridiculous. If there's no malware or virus planted on the site itself, Avast has no right to be blocking this. Has the RIAA/MPAA been pressuring antivirus companies to block sites that they don't want people going to?
Is Avast going to start blocking sites from political parties they don't like, sites in countries they don't like? This is a very bad precedent.
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http://blog.avast.com/2009/08/12/exploit-pack-as-the-way-to-infect/
And...this is supposed to tell me what, exactly?
To show how mush Avast! has really a great skill in exploit than any other anti virus.
Ok, it's a good AV.
But Avast don't do the right job: to let the users read without risk what they want on the internet; not to block internet !
So, How could i add an exception for piratebay in avast now ?
thank you !
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*Removed for a mistake of the domain name*
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Has the RIAA/MPAA been pressuring antivirus companies to block sites that they don't want people going to?
No. Alwil team does not move by this kind of pressure.
Is Avast going to start blocking sites from political parties they don't like, sites in countries they don't like? This is a very bad precedent.
avast scans, not censor.
Or the site is infected. Or it is a false positive.
Other thoughts are not only speculative, but false.
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http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/www.piratebay.com
http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/piratebay.com - See comments and the sites.
thepiratebay.org is what we are talking about here.... piratebay.com is something completely different.
With morons as friends, one doesn't need foes ;)
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Avast! do not block the internet but prevent you from entering in the bad MALWARE site !!!! If you say he block you its because the website is spreading by MALWARE. Also the FBI arrested PirateBay for spreading malware. And its on hold of the FBI right now.
Dont trust me ? Then i did say what i have to do. So u cant say we didnt warned you.
You can disable Avast! for access to the site.
But be warned see mywot and mcafee site advisor on the 4nd page.
Mr.Agent
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This is ridiculous. If there's no malware or virus planted on the site itself, Avast has no right to be blocking this. Has the RIAA/MPAA been pressuring antivirus companies to block sites that they don't want people going to?
Is Avast going to start blocking sites from political parties they don't like, sites in countries they don't like? This is a very bad precedent.
Even if the site it self doesn't contain malware,the site might have some malicious script and avast is very good at detecting it.
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This is a global effort to pull down the popularity of thepiratebay
I know, it's all a conspiracy.
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http://www.av-comparatives.org/comparativesreviews/main-tests
Pick better antivirus!
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Even if the site it self doesn't contain malware,the site might have some malicious script and avast is very good at detecting it.
Highly unlikely. It's more likely that if Avast is the only one picking it up, then it's either a false positive or an intentional block. Tons of other site scanners out there do not flag piratebay.
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http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/thepiratebay.org - See Comments
http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/thepiratebay.org - Child Safety is really really low
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I feel like I'm repeating itself.
I'm assuming that, since the blocking of thepiratebay.org (NOT piratebay.com, Mr. Agent) should only happen if there's a specific instance of malware on the site from today, what's the malware? Or is it a false positive?
I'm suspecting a false positive, but I'm hoping someone can confirm one way or the other.
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Mr. Agent- your second link says that there's no problem with the site as long as you use Adblock. Since I do that, I don't think it's material to what I'm asking.
If THAT was the reason that TPB was being blocked, it would have happened long before today. What I want to know is why it was blocked today.
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lol Wish i know its not piratebay.com by now i was just so crazy to see so many reply and also see my first 2 links where google block it. Its really thepiratebay.org that they did block and its explain everything for why they did. Also FBI arrested them and its did pass in every country news.
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http://www.av-comparatives.org/comparativesreviews/main-tests
Pick better antivirus!
Avast it self is already very good.You can't just pick an antivirus just based on a test.
Even if the site it self doesn't contain malware,the site might have some malicious script and avast is very good at detecting it.
Highly unlikely. It's more likely that if Avast is the only one picking it up, then it's either a false positive or an intentional block. Tons of other site scanners out there do not flag piratebay.
I suggest you read this article http://blog.avast.com/2009/08/12/exploit-pack-as-the-way-to-infect/
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Also see where the guy was looking in the end http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by6PaaJWP8k That why i said its did pass in every news !!!
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http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/thepiratebay.org - See Comments
http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/thepiratebay.org - Child Safety is really really low
hahahhaahhah
sideadvisor. Full of trolls
mywot. Does that to every single website.
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Hello to all,
I'm sorry about this blocking - it is really a false positive. New vps update (it will solve this problem) will be released soon.
Best Regards
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I know, it's all a conspiracy.
Nonsense... You don't know avast policy.
avast scans, can be correct or can fail (false positive / lack of detection).
Again, don't lose time with conspiracy theories or censorship.
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Hello to all,
I'm sorry about this blocking - it is really a false positive. New vps update (it will solve this problem) will be released soon.
Best Regards
Thanks for calming down the thread ;)
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It's a funny thing that you keep bringing up the court trials and all that bullshit about "how torrents are bad" "if you download torrents you die", you sound like my grandmother.
It's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.
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Hello to all,
I'm sorry about this blocking - it is really a false positive. New vps update (it will solve this problem) will be released soon.
Best Regards
Yep
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Made an account just for this
Sorry to hear I have to disable on access protection just to view the SAFE site. I've diligently used Avast for many years, but this is unacceptable. If this continues any further I'll probably un-install avast and move on to better alternatives. Sorry avast, it was fun while it lasted.
Edit- just saw the post hurrah! Thanks dev member!
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Hello to all,
I'm sorry about this blocking - it is really a false positive. New vps update (it will solve this problem) will be released soon.
Best Regards
If it is a False Positive can you please tell me why did u flag it ?
PS : Im not here to offense any people.
Thank.
With all my respect.
Mr.Agent
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goodbye AVAST! FOREVER!
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goodbye AVAST! FOREVER!
Didn't you just read what the dev member posted, it will fixed in an avs update very soon
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Hello to all,
I'm sorry about this blocking - it is really a false positive. New vps update (it will solve this problem) will be released soon.
Best Regards
Thanks!!!!!!
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FBI didn't arrest anyone as they have no jurisdiction here in EU. The site is Swedish. Been around for many years and is considered to be one of the largest torrent sites on the net. A swedish court gave their ISP called Black Internet a fine of 50k euros if they don't stop hosting the site. So they stopped hosting it. The site owners already said they'll just make a switch to another ISP and that's that. The site isn't malicious but some of the torrent's it hosts certainly are. Same goes for every other torrent site.
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goodbye AVAST! FOREVER!
I just hate people who keep saying get a better antivirus or even uninstall avast just because it has a false positive.
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http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/thepiratebay.org - See Comments
http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/thepiratebay.org - Child Safety is really really low
Ok, it's the third time you write this.
Do you have the Alzheimer Disease ?
please, do not answer.
Thanks.
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Feel like i am on IRC with the amount of posts flying in ...
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Mr Agent, you sir need to get up from that chair of yours and get some fresh air. Your last post about read at the end of the youtube vid.... well, i personally didnt see anything shocking that i or anyone with any sense cant find for themselves spread about the EU newspapers and elsewhere. The guy was scrolling thru google all the while showing TPB as a "green" site... by a AV thats not Avast albeit. Such a quick judge you are. I think this is the moral of the whole story here, not with just this lil mishap of a situation admitted by a "higher up". I'm sure they looked at it and the flood of reports coming in and didnt want to shoot off their mouth so fast as you did quite well yourself, proving your existance in ignorance.
That is all, have a good... better day :)
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He said its was a false positive and like darth said every torrent site can have a virus. Its depend on who did publish the torrent for the torrent site.
And i can say you should watch what you download also in any time and in any where you surf.
Mr.Agent
PS : All anti virus can have a false positive see AV-Comparative test also its say on how many AV got false positive so if you exit Avast! for only 1 false positive you did got. Well i can say your not going to be ready to see another false positive to the another AV that u did install.
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Feel like i am on IRC with the amount of posts flying in ...
Indeed, at least the dev team is admitting the mistake and currently fixing the problem. Completely re-affirms my fate in the Avast team, GO AVAST WOOOOO!
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I noticed this too and my first thought was "now Avast think they are the internet police?" and turned it off,which is a shame because I really like your program otherwise. However, if it is just a false positive then that's good news. I'll switch Avast back on when the update is out. I don't even use pirate bay very often but I wanted to check it out today because of the recent commotion.
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Mr Agent, you sir need to get up from that chair of yours and get some fresh air.
Should i take this for a offense or no ?
I take enought fresh air in a day so if your here to search the trouble your really not welcome.
We are here to discuss no to insult and search trouble.
Also we can all make mistake and its a error human that can happen. We are not perfect in life !!! If we was perfect we would be a robot !
Mr.Agent
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To the dev team: Thank you for the fix !
Bye !
:-*
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Such a quick judge you are
You should said that to all the people who think avast sucks or its bad just because it made one little mistake.
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Like i said the error is human !!!! ;)
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Mr. Agent,
just because you visit a site, you dont automatically download a .torrent with mailicous anything... because a .torrent isnt downloaded. Now thats not to say that a 3rd party ad wont have something. But your way of thinking of things is way off base sir. Take a while and read on what exactly is a (bit).torrent
by the way, its not a human error per se, its an error in human thinking/philosophy/perception of reality that you displayed.... dont confuse or contort actual base facts before you go off on another topic of what YOU think or deem IS the problem when in essence you or anyone else had any idea why this was happening
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I never said if we visit a website that we download a malicious thing. I never say this. I can say that in 2009 like some 1 said every 3,6 secs a website is infected if you dont believe me browse the forum.
Thank and dont take my post for a offense.
Im here to discuss mate ;) And im not here to get trouble and problem because some 1 is scaring because Avast! did do "1" false positive....
Mr.Agent
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guys, take it easy... jsejtko already explained what happened and there's no reason to bash someone, we're trying to fix this FP asap.. if you can't forgive these rarely occuring misdetections (considering the effort to fix them very soon), then i must say you're quite hot-headed...
for those, who say "bye bye avast" etc. - there will be soon no AV left for you, if you're gonna change the antivirus by each opportunity (FP in file, FP on website) :P
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Mr Agent,
I'm sorry, sir, but you just now spread so much senseless propaganda in this ONE thread, i'm not sure where to begin, nor go over it with you like i would do with a 5 yr old. Just have a go at your posts and claims and points to either links or your thoughts or suggestions or fears on said sites in this thread.
Full stop, nuff said.
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guys, take it easy... jsejtko already explained what happened and there's no reason to bash someone, we're trying to fix this FP asap.. if you can't forgive these rarely occuring misdetections (considering the effort to fix them very soon), then i must say you're quite hot-headed...
for those, who say "bye bye avast" etc. - there will be soon no AV left for you, if you're gonna change the antivirus by each opportunity (FP in file, FP on website) :P
+1 for Maxx.
I also feel targetting but i can keep my greatness even if the guy is trying to offense me.
Mr.Agent
PS : copycat this thread is no longer active because jsejtko did explain so enought to reply.
This thread is became really amazing to my eyes. If some 1 can edit the post into up of copycat.
I take his post really for a offense !!! "5 years old" If i was having 5 years old i wouldnt be there to talk english to you.
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guys, take it easy... jsejtko already explained what happened and there's no reason to bash someone, we're trying to fix this FP asap.. if you can't forgive these rarely occuring misdetections (considering the effort to fix them very soon), then i must say you're quite hot-headed...
for those, who say "bye bye avast" etc. - there will be soon no AV left for you, if you're gonna change the antivirus by each opportunity (FP in file, FP on website) :P
I 110% agree with you.
Some people think avast is bad because it is blocking a torrent site but they have never thought that it might be a false positive and they think avast is censoring the internet.
I think people these days should really think before they type.
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guys, take it easy... jsejtko already explained what happened and there's no reason to bash someone, we're trying to fix this FP asap.. if you can't forgive these rarely occuring misdetections (considering the effort to fix them very soon), then i must say you're quite hot-headed...
for those, who say "bye bye avast" etc. - there will be soon no AV left for you, if you're gonna change the antivirus by each opportunity (FP in file, FP on website) :P
+1 for Maxx.
I also feel targetting but i can keep my greatness even if the guy is trying to offense me.
Mr.Agent
PS : copycat this thread is no longer active because jsejtko did explain so enought to reply.
This thread is became really amazing to my eyes. If some 1 can edit the post into up of copycat.
I take his post really for a offense !!! "5 years old" If i was having 5 years old i wouldnt be there to talk english to you.
Please, don't feed this hairy troll.
And thank you for the answer !
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I vote for the closing of this thread, the detection is a FP as was confirmed by the alwil staff and 3/4 of the posts here are either insulting or a complete and utter nonsense. We won't get anywhere like this. Someone should change the topic title to reflect that this is solved and a false positive.
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I wont do a bad hair kraft dont worry. I dont got any problem to you so you can be calm ;)
I also vote for this be close now.
Mr.Agent
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I third the vote for close
and maybe a sticky saying pirate bay FP will be fixed soon as to avoid multiple threads ont he subject
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+1 for Maxx.
I also feel targetting but i can keep my greatness even if the guy is trying to offense me.
Mr.Agent
PS : copycat this thread is no longer active because jsejtko did explain so enought to reply.
This thread is became really amazing to my eyes. If some 1 can edit the post into up of copycat.
I take his post really for a offense !!! "5 years old" If i was having 5 years old i wouldnt be there to talk english to you.
see, this is your problem now i see, your ego... "my greatness"...
who cares about that?
lastly, i know plenty of 5 yr olds that can talk, english, thus, they get themselves in trouble often by talking too much about what they dont know, thus it has to be explained to them. "no, dont call that lady fat, she's pregnant" and so on. I cant help by being a parent that i must point that out to you. OUt of your own ignorance, like a 5yr old's.
Avast made a simple? mistake, and corrected it, while you potentially scared the bejeezus out of ppl for no reason at all. Not very graceful.. or "great" if you ask me.
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Well did i do know if its was a false positive ? Well no. But now they said it and i did admit it i was wrong me to.
So stop saying something who can offense some 1 this is a discussion forum no a battle.
If you think im ignorant ok its your opinion. But the only person who know about his self is the person his self. And you talk about me so i know more about my self more than you do. So stop judging others and look at you first.
Bye.
Mr.Agent
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Please, moderators, close the thread.
The problem was already acknowledged, the false positive will be corrected asap, so, no need to keep this opened.
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Update is out, please update your avast.
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As the problem is now fixed (after only 4 hours), it's time to close this thread...
The bottom line is: no need to come up with conspiracy theories to explain something that can be easily attributed to a human error. My apologies to anyone who got hit by this incident. ;)