Back in June I posted something about the Avast Web shield in Mac setting off multiple false positives.
It claims to have blocked threats (always seems to be 3 in a row, and always random URL's). See image below.
If I put the laptop to sleep with Chrome open, then I get six alerts.
I tried creating a new blank account on Mac, logged in and started Chrome, and I still get 3 alerts, so I know it's nothing I've picked up in my account, it's not a Chrome extension, cookies, or anything like that.
It's not me or my data, so I thought it might be the Google Chrome web browser itself. One “expert” said he or she thought it might have something to do with “Chrome startup random DNS queries”. I didn’t get very far with that.
I was never able to figure out this problem. However, I now have some new information:
This issue ONLY happens on my laptop, and it ONLY happens when I am connected to the internet at my cottage. The cottage has a combo modem/router provided by my ISP, and it picks up the Internet feed from a cell phone tower.
Just today I heard from a friend, and they are having exactly the same problem. And how about this, their home is in a remote area, and like my cottage they also have a modem/router that picks up the Internet feed from a cell phone tower.
I am not sure whether we have the same ISP and/or model of modem/router, but I think I have narrowed it down to how we pick up the Internet.
Why exactly this would trigger the Avast Web shield to give false positives I still don’t know.
Anyone have any ideas?
