giveawayoftheday.com is now blocked by avast???

[bob3160]

works now
on firefox

If it works with firefox, then it will work on the rest of the browsers too.
It wasn't a browser specific but a website block.
This topic should be marked as *** Solved ***

[doggie015]

Confirm ***Solved***

[DavidR]

Yes, this was corrected in Virus Definitions update 011026-0

[cosmeglenn]

GAOTD was blocked earlier but now I can access it. latest virus definition 101026-0

[mkis]

***solved***
avast have removed this URL from their URL blocker
likewise, HostsMan also appears to have lifted their block

[YoKenny]

***solved***
avast have removed this URL from their URL blocker
likewise, HostsMan also appears to have lifted their block

HostsMan is a HOSTS file manager.

The hpHosts HOSTS file still blocks it:
http://hosts-file.net/?s=giveawayoftheday.com&x=21&y=8 <== • MMT - Sites engaged in the use of misleading marketing tactics This classification is assigned to sites that use misleading tactics to push applications (e.g. affiliate sites peddling a program as a free removal tool when infact it's a free scan only) or websites.

[mkis]

yes right, is still blocked by hosts file
I'll have to open HostsMan and put the url on the Exclusion list

When I checked, I thought I had restarted my browser but maybe I hadn't

[YoKenny]

When I checked, I thought I had restarted my browser but maybe I hadn't

You have to stop the browser then re-start it to have the new HOSTS file recognised.

[mkis]

I think maybe I was in a rush at the time.

And the block?
- a lot of the products advertised on GAOTD have keylogger or keylogger type functionality
- some of the routine used to promote 'software informer' could be considered intrusive