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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: zenzor on March 01, 2012, 08:50:52 AM

Title: False positive?
Post by: zenzor on March 01, 2012, 08:50:52 AM

Avast! claims there is a virus on this site, can this be confirmed? (just want to be sure before I report it)...

hxxp://xxx.evolutionnews.org/2012/02/richard_dawkins_1056751.html

Title: Re: False positive?
Post by: true indian on March 01, 2012, 08:53:00 AM

Please add xxx instead of www and hxxp instead of http u dont want any non avast user to stumble upon it...

http://sitecheck.sucuri.net/results/http://www.evolutionnews.org/2012/02/richard_dawkins_1056751.html

Title: Re: False positive?
Post by: Sirmer on March 01, 2012, 09:01:11 AM

Hello,
can you send  to our email virus at avast.com
picture of this detection?
Jan

Title: Re: False positive?
Post by: zenzor on March 01, 2012, 09:06:47 AM

Quote from: papu on March 01, 2012, 08:53:00 AM

Please add xxx instead of www and hxxp instead of http u dont want any non avast user to stumble upon it...

http://sitecheck.sucuri.net/results/http://www.evolutionnews.org/2012/02/richard_dawkins_1056751.html

Sorry, will do that next time...

Title: Re: False positive?
Post by: zenzor on March 01, 2012, 09:12:03 AM

Quote from: Sirmer on March 01, 2012, 09:01:11 AM

Hello,
can you send  to our email virus at avast.com
picture of this detection?
Jan

Sure - is "virus at avast.com" the email address?

BTW, you have to start the video on the page before the virus shows up...