[Path-Shaper]

Avast suddenly won't let me access this forum, saying it was blocking malware from this site. I disabled the shield and am here anyways, but does anyone know what might have caused this? Or has someone fucked with the forum and I'm becoming diseased as we speak?

*This is Shinrei btw, in Path-Shaper form.

[Lisheo]

Path-Shaper, on 30 July 2013 - 12:24 PM, said:

Avast suddenly won't let me access this forum, saying it was blocking malware from this site. I disabled the shield and am here anyways, but does anyone know what might have caused this? Or has someone fucked with the forum and I'm becoming diseased as we speak?

*This is Shinrei btw, in Path-Shaper form.

Google hasn't noticed anything unusual. It might be a false positive. Did it list a page that might have had malware on it or trigger when you went to a certain page or was it just a general domain block?
I also checked the main page and the forums with Comodo's scanner, and it seems fine.

[Path-Shaper]

It blocked the forum in its entirety.

[Lisheo]

Path-Shaper, on 30 July 2013 - 01:46 PM, said:

It blocked the forum in its entirety.

Hmmm, looking at it with tools called wepawet and anubis makes me slightly suspicious.
You might want to run an antivirus scan with malwarebytes antimalware.
I'm going to go and PM silencer.

[Imperial Historian]

I'm also getting this alert from avast on my phone, but not with sophos on my work PC (which is normally much more picky)

[Lisheo]

Imperial Historian, on 30 July 2013 - 03:43 PM, said:

I'm also getting this alert from avast on my phone, but not with sophos on my work PC (which is normally much more picky)

Alright, so basically I can see what looks to be a Java applet on the page; currently, checking out the URLs it leads to with curl suggest that whatever it was serving up is no longer in existence, although it might be a user-agent based serving thing, who knows.

[Lisheo]

Imperial Historian, on 30 July 2013 - 03:43 PM, said:

I'm also getting this alert from avast on my phone, but not with sophos on my work PC (which is normally much more picky)

I don't suppose you have access to the forum via SSH do you?

[Xae]

Lisheo, on 30 July 2013 - 04:04 PM, said:

I don't suppose you have access to the forum via SSH do you?

I do. What seems to be the problem?

[Aptorian]

Avast is also blocking me from using the site. Says there is a trojan horse hiding somewhere in here. Plotting. Waiting for the time to strike.

I figured that Silencer had finally decided to strike and in one fell swoop steal all the members bank informtion.

[Garak]

Some here problem here. Oddly enough though, the Avast from the PC at work (where I'm currently at) doesn't seem to mind.

[Obdigore]

Sounds like just an Avast Issue.

My super-angry AV at work isn't having issues, neither is my phone.

[Gutkrusha]

The same thing is happening to me. It says 'URL:MAL' I've run my own scans and haven't found anything wrong.. Could it be seeing 'malazan' and only recognizing the 'mal' part before blocking it?

[Mrs Savagely Wishy Washy]

I get the same message from avast on my tablet. I haven't checked my PC at home, and I don't really use my phone to browse. Access from work MAC is fine.

This post has been edited by Miss Savagely Wishy Washy : 31 July 2013 - 07:30 AM

[Kaamos]

Gutkrusha, on 31 July 2013 - 07:27 AM, said:

The same thing is happening to me. It says 'URL:MAL' I've run my own scans and haven't found anything wrong.. Could it be seeing 'malazan' and only recognizing the 'mal' part before blocking it?

I was thinking the same when my two workstations began acting up. A malware called Azan. A crawler that collects the names of all the fallen, sinned internet users culpable of trolling and posting rule 34 pics, etc. into one book and sends it to some "higher authorities"? Or should such a thing be called puritanware?

[Imperial Historian]

No problem with avast on my PC at home, just on my phone.

[Obdigore]

Imperial Historian, on 31 July 2013 - 08:09 AM, said:

No problem with avast on my PC at home, just on my phone.

I wonder if a specific update of avast flagged it then the flag was removed with the next update.

Can people check what kind of update/definition file they are running, on avast installs where it flags and where it doesn't?

[Tremolo]

Aptorius, on 30 July 2013 - 04:47 PM, said:

Avast is also blocking me from using the site. Says there is a Trojan Horse Sarah Jessica Parker hiding somewhere in here. Plotting. Waiting for the time to strike.

I figured that Silencer had finally decided to strike and in one fell swoop steal all the members bank informtion.

Corrected that for ya.

[Aptorian]

Tremolo, on 31 July 2013 - 08:31 AM, said:

Aptorius, on 30 July 2013 - 04:47 PM, said:

Says there is a Trojan Horse Sarah Jessica Parker hiding somewhere in here. Plotting. Waiting for the time to strike.

Corrected that for ya.

[Abyss]

if this is another Cthuloid incursion i'm going to be pissed.

- Abyss, still hasn't gotten over the whole Mal-in-a-chainmail-bikini thing from the last one....

[Kruppe's snacky cakes]

Has anyone figured out a permanent fix for this? Reporting it as a false positive seems to accomplish absolutely nothing, and obviously disabling avast is not an acceptable permanent solution.