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Threat Secured?
« on: November 28, 2017, 10:06:34 AM »
Avast notified me that it aborted connection to a site because it was infected html:redirme-inf[trj]
It says "threat secured"
Does that mean that it blocked the virus from my pc? Should I take any other steps?
 
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Re: Threat Secured?
« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2017, 10:09:05 AM »
Quote from: tanya_13 on November 28, 2017, 10:06:34 AM
Does that mean that it blocked the virus from my pc?
Yep. :)
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Re: Threat Secured?
« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2017, 10:17:01 AM »
That sounds promising. :) The notification came up 3 times (twice, I think, after restarting my computer) but I've restarted it again a few times after and it hasn't showed up again.
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Re: Threat Secured?
« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2017, 10:21:42 AM »
not actually infection, html:redirme-inf[trj]  means the site containe a redirect to a blacklisted website



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Re: Threat Secured?
« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2017, 11:02:33 AM »
Quote from: Pondus on November 28, 2017, 10:21:42 AM
not actually infection, html:redirme-inf[trj]  means the site containe a redirect to a blacklisted website

Whilst that is correct, what it doesn't do is explain why the OPs system is connecting to a site (containing the redirect) on startup.  Something is trying to connect, whether that is legitimate or not is the question.

Quote from: tanya_13 on November 28, 2017, 10:17:01 AM
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The notification came up 3 times (twice, I think, after restarting my computer) but I've restarted it again a few times after and it hasn't showed up again.
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Re: Threat Secured?
« Reply #5 on: November 28, 2017, 08:08:44 PM »
I’m assuming if avast was able to detect HTML:redirme-inf[trj] when it tried to redirect me to a site it would recognize it if it got into my system?
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Re: Threat Secured?
« Reply #6 on: November 28, 2017, 08:17:51 PM »
Detection is one a website yes, but what is trying to access that website?

Was it you surfing the web?
Is it a program in your computer?

what would help is having all the info on that avast warning popup ... next time take a screenshot


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Re: Threat Secured?
« Reply #7 on: November 28, 2017, 08:25:58 PM »
The first time it popped up I was ironically on “have I been pwned?” a website that tells you if your email address was part of a data breach
The other 2 times was when I tried to restart my computer after using norton power eraser to see if I have anything on my computer
The times after that when I restarted I didn’t get any notifications
If it happens again I’ll definitely get a screenshot
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