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Offline SoxBrainTrust

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Linkedin Being Flagged Malicious
« on: April 10, 2023, 07:15:01 PM »
Just started this today, false positives? Throws a warning on multiple pages including my feed. Anyone else seen this? Know anything?

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Re: Linkedin Being Flagged Malicious
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2023, 07:49:43 PM »
A screenshot of the Avast alert with the details option selected would help.

Attach it to your reply rather than post to a 3rd party site.
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Re: Linkedin Being Flagged Malicious
« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2023, 08:48:31 PM »
Me too.

Pressing "Continue anyway" gets past it, but very tedious for a man who uses LinkedIn a lot!

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Re: Linkedin Being Flagged Malicious
« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2023, 08:57:53 PM »
As mentioned a screenshot of the alert with the details option selected would help.
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Re: Linkedin Being Flagged Malicious
« Reply #4 on: April 10, 2023, 09:23:06 PM »
Same here from multiple users - it's the Avast Online privacy chrome extension that is flagging the site.  No details provided.  Gives the alert.  Number shows 1 next to Avast extension icon then clears back to 0 when it loads the alert page.

From browser field:  chrome-extension://gomekmidlodglbbmalcneegieacbdmki/common/messagebox.html?data=eyJ0eXBlIjoibWFsd2FyZSIsInNhZmV0eVVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmF2YXN0LmNvbT91dG1fc291cmNlPU9ubGluZVNlY3VyaXR5JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09cmVkaXJlY3QmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPWF2YXN0IiwiYnJhbmROYW1lIjoiQXZhc3QiLCJvcmlnaW5hbFVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmxpbmtlZGluLmNvbS9mZWVkLyJ9

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Re: Linkedin Being Flagged Malicious
« Reply #5 on: April 10, 2023, 11:29:21 PM »
That in effect isn't a full blown Avast Alert, but a warning from the Avast Online Security browser extension (which I don't use).

I think the warning by AOS is more that there are some scammers reported in some Google searches I have done.  That may be why you are getting this warning rather than an actual Avast Antivirus alert.

https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1336387/recognize-and-report-scams?lang=en

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Are scams common on LinkedIn?
Indeed, one of the most common fraud attempts on LinkedIn is when a user receives a connection request from a fake user. These types of requests may take on one of several different forms. In some, fraudsters may claim that they're romantically interested in the recipient.15 Feb 2023
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Re: Linkedin Being Flagged Malicious
« Reply #6 on: April 10, 2023, 11:33:52 PM »
I can confirm the LinkedIn block and have reported it to Avast.
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Re: Linkedin Being Flagged Malicious
« Reply #7 on: April 11, 2023, 10:19:20 AM »
It's no longer being detected.
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Re: Linkedin Being Flagged Malicious
« Reply #8 on: April 16, 2023, 06:09:46 AM »
That in effect isn't a full blown Avast Alert, but a warning from the Avast Online Security browser extension (which I don't use).

I think the warning by AOS is more that there are some scammers reported in some Google searches I have done. This is the case where it was mentioned here and had to go through the process. That may be why you are getting this warning rather than an actual Avast Antivirus alert. If you have more questions, you can contact them.

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Are scams common on LinkedIn?
Indeed, one of the most common fraud attempts on LinkedIn is when a user receives a connection request from a fake user. These types of requests may take on one of several different forms. In some, fraudsters may claim that they're romantically interested in the recipient.15 Feb 2023

hello,
so the problem is with chrome or avast?
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Re: Linkedin Being Flagged Malicious
« Reply #9 on: April 16, 2023, 02:53:02 PM »
It was a false positive. Which as stated has been resolved.
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