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"General Security" forum has a virus?

Discussion in 'Security and Privacy' started by savagcl, 2010/04/03.

  1. 2010/04/03
    savagcl Lifetime Subscription

    savagcl Geek Member Thread Starter

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    On the "General Security" forum,
    the message titled "Which of the following things have you
    done" (or close to that, anyway) is making my AVG pop-up a
    threat detected message.

    Is that thread infected? I notice there are 2 pages of replies.

    thanks,
     
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    broni

    broni Moderator Malware Analyst

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    Personally, I'd complain to AVG and ask them to get their act together.
    False positives are one of number of issues plaguing AVG.
     

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    Jilly

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    Ditto. Also, why nobody should ever assume a well written and viable app will remain so forever.

    Or, relatedly, a once shunned app will ot earn greatness over time.

    "The Old Order Changeth....leading place to new.... "
     
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    savagcl Geek Member Thread Starter

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    broni,

    I'm sure you are right! You know more about it than I ever will....
    Never seen a problem with windowsbbs.
    You guys keep it straight and its very much appreciated.
    So, I was very much surprised when I saw the avg pop-up window.

    I will pass this on to avg (has to be them).

    Pop-up shows:
    File name: www.windowsbbs.com/external.php?
    type=RSS2&forumids=18

    Threat name: Exploit Link to known exploit site (type 750)

    thanks,
     

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