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HTTPS LinkedIn connections not protected by Avast Pro?
« on: November 18, 2014, 12:08:30 AM »
What does it mean when I want to contact internet/phone/TV/email provider KPN Legal Affairs connections, being logged in at LinkedIn, by LinkedIn InMail (kind of LinkedIn internal Email) over HTTPS and I get in Webmail.txt logfile this:


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* avast! Real-time Shield Scan Report
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* Started on: Monday, November 17, 2014 3:05:35 AM
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11/17/2014 10:57:37 PM   http://feedback.extensionstats.com/t [L] URL:Mal (0)
11/17/2014 10:59:52 PM   http://feedback.extensionstats.com/t [L] URL:Mal (0)

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Re: HTTPS LinkedIn connections not protected by Avast Pro?
« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2014, 07:56:38 AM »
This is the screenshot. I never heard of hxxp:// is that a spelling mistake in Avast Pro? Does anyone know what it means?

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Re: HTTPS LinkedIn connections not protected by Avast Pro?
« Reply #2 on: November 19, 2014, 12:03:22 AM »
yeah i've had this too browsing the vodaphone website on windows 8 with chrome browser? not sure if it should be reported as a false positive? anyone else have this issue?

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Re: HTTPS LinkedIn connections not protected by Avast Pro?
« Reply #3 on: November 19, 2014, 12:19:37 AM »
This is the screenshot. I never heard of hxxp:// is that a spelling mistake in Avast Pro? Does anyone know what it means?
hxxp is used to make a link unclickable .... to avoid accidental clicking of possible malicious link