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summerain77

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Got malware.....
« on: November 23, 2013, 06:03:22 PM »
..the other day while on a site.[only window opened at the time] :-X
While on the site,an Avast window came up bottom right,said it was scanning a 'suspicious' file-then said everything was "OK".I closed the site i was on and scanned -first with Malwarebytes-which indeed found a trojan !so i was able to rid of it.then...ran a full  AVAST scan.


My questions..
First-is it best to  stay clear of the site I was on when I go it?

or  safe to go back to it since i got rid of the trojan.?

AND why didn't AVAST block it like it  has blocked 'bugs' in the past ?
btw-At the time i didn't realize I needed to updated AVAST  to the latest version .I only realized that when i posted another question here earlier this wk.

Offline Secondmineboy

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Re: Got malware.....
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2013, 06:09:11 PM »
If you want a malware check follow this guide: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=53253.0
And attach logs. Please open a new topic in viruses and worms.

You can send the to Avast:

Address: virus@avast.com
Subject: missed sample
In a password protected archive, dont forget to tell them the password.
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Offline Pondus

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Re: Got malware.....
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2013, 06:19:03 PM »
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First-is it best to  stay clear of the site I was on when I go it?  
Impossible to say since we dont know what site it is..... if you told us we can check it 

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AND why didn't AVAST block it like it  has blocked 'bugs' in the past ?   
Meaning?