Yesterday I opened a PDF file with Microsoft edge (the file is confirmed safe it’s a scan that I made myself) and since then avast went bonkers, it keeps reporting phishing threats blocked, from all the browsers, (never used edge for browsing but it nags me that when I open it goes mad), Svchost2, and sometimes firefox, but a lot less, and all the times the weird blocked site is different.
I ran a complete scan, with malwarebytes too, cleaned the cache of all the browsers, run a cleaning with ccleaner, I don’t know what else I need to do.
Ok it gone weirder, now avast thinks himself (AVASTUI) as a phishing scam
What error messages are you seeing from Avast?
A screenshot would help illustrate your problem.
First thing to do if Avast has gone bonkers as you say, is to try and repair Avast.
Open the User Interface
Menu>Settings>Troubleshooting>[REPAIR APP]
Also you may be suffereing if you have Malwarebytes running its real-time protection alongside Avast. I would suggest you uninstall Malwarebytes or make exceptions for it in Avast.
See here: https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=211973.0
Back to Threat secured. Just started today and get the same message about every 30 seconds. Bloody annoying. Have a screenshot but don’t know how to send it to anyone. Its always the same site which I’ve been using for a number of years https://www.giveasyoulive.com. How can I stop it keep appearing.
If you think it is wrong, report it to avast lab >> https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=14433.msg1289438#msg1289438
Am having the same problem since yesterday. Message pops up every 10 seconds. I have the free version. How do I eliminate please?
Start a new thread and provide details/screenshot.