Author Topic: Avast url blocked suddenly appear ?  (Read 2563 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline fuggatroller

  • Jr. Member
  • **
  • Posts: 49
Avast url blocked suddenly appear ?
« on: December 29, 2019, 09:27:54 AM »
I open google my activity site today and this pop up suddenly appear on my screen. I have not and have never visited this website but avast pop up appear on my screen said this site is url phising. Is it bug ? How did this happens ?


Offline Asyn

  • Avast Überevangelist
  • Certainly Bot
  • *****
  • Posts: 76037
    • >>>  Avast Forum - Deutschsprachiger Bereich  <<<
Re: Avast url blocked suddenly appear ?
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2019, 11:19:04 AM »
Sounds like malvertizing. Do you use an ad blocker..?
W8.1 [x64] - Avast Free AV 23.3.8047.BC [UI.757] - Firefox ESR 102.9 [NS/uBO/PB] - Thunderbird 102.9.1
Avast-Tools: Secure Browser 109.0 - Cleanup 23.1 - SecureLine 5.18 - DriverUpdater 23.1 - CCleaner 6.01
Avast Wissenswertes (Downloads, Anleitungen & Infos): https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=60523.0

Offline fuggatroller

  • Jr. Member
  • **
  • Posts: 49
Re: Avast url blocked suddenly appear ?
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2019, 11:42:36 AM »
Sounds like malvertizing. Do you use an ad blocker..?

Yes i use adblock plus and i use google chrome as my browser. This is so weird.

Just for your information : This pop up appear when i open activity control page in google my activity site. I think the url is : myaccount google com / activitycontrols
« Last Edit: December 29, 2019, 11:47:45 AM by fuggatroller »

Offline Asyn

  • Avast Überevangelist
  • Certainly Bot
  • *****
  • Posts: 76037
    • >>>  Avast Forum - Deutschsprachiger Bereich  <<<
Re: Avast url blocked suddenly appear ?
« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2019, 11:50:49 AM »
Yes i use adblock plus and i use google chrome as my browser. This is so weird.
I'd suggest to switch to uBO and see if it helps: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm
W8.1 [x64] - Avast Free AV 23.3.8047.BC [UI.757] - Firefox ESR 102.9 [NS/uBO/PB] - Thunderbird 102.9.1
Avast-Tools: Secure Browser 109.0 - Cleanup 23.1 - SecureLine 5.18 - DriverUpdater 23.1 - CCleaner 6.01
Avast Wissenswertes (Downloads, Anleitungen & Infos): https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=60523.0

Offline jefferson sant

  • Starting Graphoman
  • *
  • Posts: 6677
  • volunteer
Re: Avast url blocked suddenly appear ?
« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2020, 11:15:35 PM »
Hello.

This is a false positive detection will be corrected.

Quote from: Avast
Our virus specialists have now cleared its reputation in our database.

With URLs this change should be instant, but it might take up to 24 hours with files.