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Avast repeatedly blocking any/all attempts to contact Equifax
« on: September 10, 2017, 02:37:55 PM »
Hi Folks,

Anybody else having problems contacting the ubiquitously supplied link to Equifax to see if your data has been compromised?  Every attempt, from multiple different sites, INCLUDING the link provided by Avast themselves, results in a "We've safely aborted connection on www.equifaxsecurity2017.com because it was infected with URL:Mal."  I would really like to find out if I'm among the affected people and maybe avoid having to go through all the crap necessary to at least attempt to secure my credit.  What gives here?
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Re: Avast repeatedly blocking any/all attempts to contact Equifax
« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2017, 02:39:49 PM »
You can report a URL here: https://www.avast.com/report-a-url.php
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Re: Avast repeatedly blocking any/all attempts to contact Equifax
« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2017, 02:53:27 PM »
That's an interesting one, first this must be a relatively new domain registration or it doesn't like a link on that domain leading to a 3rd party site considered suspect/malicious.
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Re: Avast repeatedly blocking any/all attempts to contact Equifax
« Reply #3 on: September 10, 2017, 08:45:09 PM »
« Last Edit: September 10, 2017, 08:55:24 PM by polonus »
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Re: Avast repeatedly blocking any/all attempts to contact Equifax
« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2017, 07:16:25 PM »
Keeps happening to me too. Not sure what to do.
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Re: Avast repeatedly blocking any/all attempts to contact Equifax
« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2017, 07:24:26 PM »
What shield is detecting it ?
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Re: Avast repeatedly blocking any/all attempts to contact Equifax
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