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Offline billclarke57

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This site could have harmed your computer
« on: June 21, 2019, 07:49:29 PM »
Attempting to access my own website hosted off-shore on a shared server with a fixed IP I receive a warning from Avast! that "This site could have harmed your computer." with no option to dismiss the warning and proceed.

This is going to be a huge problem for me. I don't know if the IP Address is on some sort of Blacklist for past misdeeds or what, and I don't really care. I need to be able to access it.

Is there a workaround or do I need to switch from Avast! to some other AV?
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Re: This site could have harmed your computer
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2019, 08:32:02 PM »
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Offline polonus

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Re: This site could have harmed your computer
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2019, 01:14:59 PM »
Also consider cleansing your website from that what caused the alert.
Scan at https://aw-snap.info/ fileviewer and lint it here https://webhint.io/scanner/

Just also check the IP at VT for possible blacklisting and alerts https://www.virustotal.com/gui/

Just closing your eyes for that situation or going in denial mode won't help,

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Offline billclarke57

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Re: This site could have harmed your computer
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2019, 03:52:09 PM »
I am not exactly sure how I can cleanse my website when I can't access it. Seems pointless in any event as there is nothing there at the moment - I want to access it to upload content.

Accordingly, the scan at virustotal showed "clean" across the board (including Avast!) Not surprising as there is no content there to be dirty. I see no reference on that site to blacklists so that is a dead end.

Your "denial mode" comment is not at all helpful.
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Offline billclarke57

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Re: This site could have harmed your computer
« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2019, 04:42:09 PM »
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Re: This site could have harmed your computer
« Reply #5 on: June 22, 2019, 05:03:47 PM »
Quote from: billclarke57 on June 22, 2019, 04:42:09 PM
Quote from: Pondus on June 21, 2019, 08:32:02 PM
Report it to avast lab

https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=14433.msg1289438#msg1289438

Done. Thank you. Any idea about the turnaround time?
Sometimes an hour, sometimes next day




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Accordingly, the scan at virustotal showed "clean" across the board (including Avast!)
Avast URL scan is not part of Virustotal blacklist check so you cant have seen a avast result





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Offline billclarke57

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Re: This site could have harmed your computer
« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2019, 05:18:43 PM »

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Avast URL scan is not part of Virustotal blacklist check so you cant have seen a avast result

You are correct. I mis-read Avira as Avast!
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