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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: ChrysZ on August 22, 2019, 08:28:10 PM

Title: Wells Fargo (False Positive Threat Detected)
Post by: ChrysZ on August 22, 2019, 08:28:10 PM

Could someone check Wells Fargo website:  159.45.170.145.

I'm getting a message saying it is a Phishing site...hard to believe unless they were hacked.

Title: Re: Wells Fargo (False Positive Threat Detected)
Post by: Pondus on August 22, 2019, 09:19:58 PM

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier)
Avast Free/Pro/IS/Premier topics and issues, not viruses or false alarms here!

Use Viruses and worms section



https://www.virustotal.com/gui/url/7c27d5edef163c0a46a1bde5e3c43dc13d23c047696311805bd487dd0a615136/detection

Title: SOLVED Re: Wells Fargo (False Positive Threat Detected)
Post by: ChrysZ on August 23, 2019, 02:07:43 AM

I just needed to refresh Firefox Quantum. Instructions are here:

https://www.thewindowsclub.com/refresh-firefox-browser-windows

Title: Re: Wells Fargo (False Positive Threat Detected)
Post by: jefferson sant on August 23, 2019, 03:19:05 PM

Hello  ChrysZ.

Quote from: Avast

Our virus specialists have been working on this problem and they informed me that this detection is correct.