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Offline borderline

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Avast blocking legit website
« on: May 30, 2023, 08:44:06 PM »
I always visit this website and today Avast it's blocking it

hxtps://whatson.bfi.org.uk



why? how do I stop it?
« Last Edit: June 23, 2023, 11:25:39 AM by Milos »

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Re: Avast blocking legit website
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2023, 09:31:56 PM »
First - Please 'modify' your post change the URL from http to hXXp or www to wXw, to break the link and avoid accidental exposure to suspect sites, thanks.

It is preferred to attach images to posts.

However having looked at your image, the initiating process is somewhat strange and it isn't possible to see the complete path to the process executable.

Nothing found here - however take a look at the Details section - https://www.virustotal.com/gui/url/50886df3f62f5e19e67a99d1fd66bea6f85779d899ff6155fa143534a71b9b70/detection
Some security points raised here - https://en.internet.nl/site/whatson.bfi.org.uk/2119040/
Scan failed, considered a Medium Security Risk here - https://sitecheck.sucuri.net/results/whatson.bfi.org.uk

You can use the - 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.
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Re: Avast blocking legit website
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2023, 10:18:54 PM »
Thank you, I have sent a report for false positive .

The website it's The British Film Institue, the main page does not throws any warnings, only when I click on the what's On link ,  Avast blocks the page .
First time it happened, I regularly read the BFI website

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Re: Avast blocking legit website
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2023, 11:14:11 PM »
You're welcome.

Whilst I'm not using Avast One, but Avast Antivirus Free, so my image will differ to yours.
It also alerts on the hXXps://whatson.bfi.org.uk but not on bfi.org.uk so something on the watson sub domain, or a 3rd party link from the watson sub.domain.

However, still find the originating process path very strange - compared to mine which is the direct link from my browser Firefox's executable.
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