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MikkoM
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SOLVED: George Concepts thread`s former malware warning

#1 Post by MikkoM »

When I try to open the George Concepts thread in the Graphics part of the forums, I get a malware blocked notification from Avast 5.0 antivirus. The web address that produces this notification is:

Edit: Removed the address, as the link in question was also removed. The problem was a link to a screenshot in Zanzibar`s post.

Is this some sort of a false positive or a real problem?
Last edited by MikkoM on Thu May 27, 2010 8:07 pm, edited 5 times in total.

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Re: George Concepts thread produces a malware warning on my syst

#2 Post by Geoff the Medio »

Siteadvisor's report doesn't have any issues with onelastcontinue.com. onlinelinkscan also reports no problems with the specific URL you mention.

Does Avast give any indication of what the problem is?

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#3 Post by MikkoM »

"Infection: HTML:Script-inf

The threat was detected and blocked while downloading an item from the web."

I also forget /06/ from the web address. Now the address should be complete.

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#4 Post by Geoff the Medio »

Weird. I edited the post with that link to remove it, since it seems to be broken anyway. Hopefully that fixed the problem...?

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#5 Post by dwlg122 »

Its a false positive.
Maybe the adobe photoshop signature in the picture triggers the warning (look at offset 26E9 and 3808)

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#6 Post by MikkoM »

Geoff the Medio wrote:Weird. I edited the post with that link to remove it, since it seems to be broken anyway. Hopefully that fixed the problem...?
The problem is fixed.
dwlg122 wrote:Its a false positive.
Maybe the adobe photoshop signature in the picture triggers the warning (look at offset 26E9 and 3808)
This might be possible, since I did a web search and found out that others had also experienced similar problems with some uninfected sites. However I am not sure what version of Avast those users were using.

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