NorthernStar Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 Since earlier this evening my Avast anitivirus has been reporting suspected Malware on SF namely 'gzip', I know this is merely just a compressed filetype like winzip but thought if the SF team were experiencing a significant loss of hits they should know why. Has anyone else experienced this or is it just me? Old PC used for this post just in case:suspect: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimay Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 Someone on FB has commented on a similar problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discodown Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 Thread and possible solution identified here http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?p=7428611#post7428611 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernStar Posted March 21, 2011 Author Share Posted March 21, 2011 Those guys are talking about disabling detection, not sure thats a wise solution, for all I know the web developer who put the file there might be a fully signed member of Hackers are us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 Those guys are talking about disabling detection, not sure thats a wise solution, for all I know the web developer who put the file there might be a fully signed member of Hackers are us. you add the url of this forum into the web shield exclusions section, i couldnt get onto the forum at all without doing it. according to waddler its a false positive nothing to worry about just a pain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernStar Posted March 21, 2011 Author Share Posted March 21, 2011 you add the url of this forum into the web shield exclusions section, i couldnt get onto the forum at all without doing it. according to waddler its a false positive nothing to worry about just a pain Yeah your right, it is Avast thats to blame I just had a similar thing happend to me on the radio times web site too. Back to my proper PC, all is well:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medusa Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 I've already reported this issue to the site owner in case it's an ad that's causing a false positive. Please make any further comment on the main thread, as linked to above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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