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Offline Jeferson51

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Website Blocked in Avast
« on: December 20, 2022, 02:39:05 PM »
Hi,

Avast is blocking the website https://brasnorte.com.br for phishing.

Print - https://imgur.com/a/oLEHKaX

We did automatic and manual scans on all files and nothing was found.

I would like to be removed from the blacklist as soon as possible.

Regards.
« Last Edit: December 20, 2022, 02:45:39 PM by Jeferson51 »

Offline DavidR

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Re: Website Blocked in Avast
« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2022, 06:53:51 PM »
Hi,
Avast is blocking the website brasnorte.com.br for phishing.

Print - https://imgur.com/a/oLEHKaX

We did automatic and manual scans on all files and nothing was found.

I would like to be removed from the blacklist as soon as possible.

Regards.

Please break active links to suspect sites to avoid accidental exposure, as I have in the quoted text.

Avast is not alone in this - https://www.virustotal.com/gui/url/0dfc6c778393a0bdb07d2efc7cf1ff59191dcdf9e8b7b08c3d0a79103399907c

Some security issues reported here - https://en.internet.nl/site/brasnorte.com.br/1833493/

Webpage Security Score F - https://snyk.io/test/website-scanner/?test=221220_AiDc03_CTZ&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=webpagetest&utm_campaign=website-scanner

The above issues may not be why Avast is alerting, but the outdated software/security related issues could leave your site vulnerable.  So regardless of the Avast alert these should be addressed.
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Re: Website Blocked in Avast
« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2022, 05:28:27 PM »
Hi Jefferson51,

Heads up! ZenMate Web Firewall blocked this site from loading as it's classified under Security Threats.
hxtps://brasnorte.com.br/equipe/ana-damasceno

A WordPress security scan comes out fine.
But some scan results may be hard to establish from the website being hosted at CloudFlare's.

See: https://urlscan.io/result/3c49aaa8-bcad-4193-949d-3ab5044e1398/
and particularly:
https://urlscan.io/result/3c49aaa8-bcad-4193-949d-3ab5044e1398/#indicators
No specific indicators in the direction of abuse....

And see also here: https://sitecheck.sucuri.net/results/https/brasnorte.com.br/wp-json/

Threat level for CloudFlare IP is low.
See also: https://zulu.zscaler.com/submission/c9e31302-f668-4a5c-96f4-a56159eaae67

So, let's wait for a final verdict from an avast team member,
as we here are just volunteers with expertise and an interest  in website security.


polonus (volunteer 3rd party cod reconnaissance website security-analyst and website error-hunter)
« Last Edit: December 21, 2022, 05:32:56 PM by polonus »
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Use NoScript, a limited user account and a virtual machine and be safe(r)!

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Re: Website Blocked in Avast
« Reply #3 on: December 21, 2022, 07:12:53 PM »
@  Jeferson51
You can use this option - Reporting a Possible False Positive File or Website - https://www.avast.com/false-positive-file-form.php.
You should get a response in a day or two.

However, the points raised, should be addressed as they could have contributed to the detection.
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