Avast web shield blocking me from Bleepingcomputer.

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I was searching around and one of the top results in Google was Bleepingcomputer, I have visited the site before. When I clicked it Avast blocked me out of it. This has not happened in a while but I'm still curious if I'm infected or if Avast successfully blocked the threats of that website, if there even was any. I'm using Avast Free. Thanks.

[mchain]

If you are not using an ad-blocker add-on in the browser you use, could be the block by avast was the result of clicking an ad-based link to bleeping computer dot com, rather than the actual link here:  http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/

Malicious actors can and do manipulate search results so their infected sites show first so novices will click them first, just so you know.  If all you got was a block to a website you can thank avast for that and you were protected from harm. 

No block detected when I visited the above link.  Hover your mouse over the link to see where any link will go before you click it.

Adblocker to use (for n00b's or new users) AdBlock Plus:  https://adblockplus.org/

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If you are not using an ad-blocker add-on in the browser you use, could be the block by avast was the result of clicking an ad-based link to bleeping computer dot com, rather than the actual link here:  http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/

Malicious actors can and do manipulate search results so their infected sites show first so novices will click them first, just so you know.  If all you got was a block to a website you can thank avast for that and you were protected from harm. 

No block detected when I visited the above link.  Hover your mouse over the link to see where any link will go before you click it.

Adblocker to use (for n00b's or new users) AdBlock Plus:  https://adblockplus.org/

Well, I could access that link no problem. I do have AdBlocker as well, I was clicking the links that appear under the top result that appear in small text. But is there chance of virus infection?

[Pondus]

hover your mousepointer on the link, then right click and select copy link and paste it here

what did the avast message say? ... right click avast tray icon and select show last popup, you may take a screenshot

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hover your mousepointer on the link, then right click and select copy link and paste it here

what did the avast message say? ... right click avast tray icon and select show last popup, you may take a screenshot

Ah, I don't really know what I searched for to be honest. I just partly came here to check if the web shield actually worked or not, if there are any malicious things on my computer.

[Pondus]

I just partly came here to check if the web shield actually worked or not

If avast gave a warning popup it worked      was it correct or not we cant tell without the url or screenshot from the popup

are any malicious things on my computer.

If you want a expert to check, he will need some logs to look at  >>  https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=53253.0

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I just partly came here to check if the web shield actually worked or not

If avast gave a warning popup it worked      was it correct or not we cant tell without the url or screenshot from the popup

are any malicious things on my computer.

If you want a expert to check, he will need some logs to look at  >>  https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=53253.0

Well, a popup came up.

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Update: Did a scan with Hitman Pro to get another opinion. It did find a bunch of shit, but not in the places I expected it to find it. Like for example the IObit Live Update was flagged as malware and it found a Jotzey in WOW64 directory. And some suspicious files that are basically just anti cheating software from EA Did a another scan after that and didn't find anything. Might uninstall Smart Defrag from IObit though. Any good recommendations on defrag software?

[Pondus]

Some info about IObit you may want to read   

https://forums.malwarebytes.org/topic/29681-iobit-steals-malwarebytes-intellectual-property/
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2468070/endpoint-security/iobit-accused-of-stealing-from-malwarebytes.html

just google IObit steal  and you find a ton of info

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Some info about IObit you may want to read   

https://forums.malwarebytes.org/topic/29681-iobit-steals-malwarebytes-intellectual-property/
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2468070/endpoint-security/iobit-accused-of-stealing-from-malwarebytes.html

just google IObit steal  and you find a ton of info

Well, good thing I got rid of it then Well, it seems to be good now, right? I have been sort of been on the edge today concerning malware and all that. Should I conduct further or is it good enough?

[essexboy]

Sometimes on bleeping and other malware removal sites malware code is displayed as a part of the removal process.  This cannot harm your computer however, antivirus programmes will detect it and alert or block that web page

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Sometimes on bleeping and other malware removal sites malware code is displayed as a part of the removal process.  This cannot harm your computer however, antivirus programmes will detect it and alert or block that web page

Oh right, that probably explains it.

[essexboy]

I have had that happen to me a few times on G2G where I have had to disable webshield to create a fix for a user