Avast Warn igoogle homepage with firefox

Viruses and worms
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Hello;
Since yesterday When i go to my igoogle homepage with firefox Avast warn me.

I have this: Infection Details
URL: http://www.google.fr/ig|>{gzip}
Process: file://C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
Infection: js:ScriptPE-inf [Trj]

I have the last avast and firefox version.
So i have try to uninstall avast and firefox but it’s don’t fix the problem.
When i use Internet explorer all is fine i have no warning on igoogle.

(I read on an other topic that there is the same problem on 04/11(http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=75977.0) and an update fix it but for me its different because i have the last Avast version.

Please someone have an idea to fix this problem

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Well I have had to try and find my log on details to iGoogle and I have no problem loading the UK page. I had no problems in going to my iGoogle page http://www.google.com/ig, now that URL should automatically redirect to your igoogle home page.
Is that the URL that you use to get to your igoogle page ?

I then tried the above link you gave hXXp://www.google.fr/ig note the XX in place of the http. this is used to break links to suspect sites to prevent accidental exposure.

I was able to access the link without alert, see image.

Ensure that you have the latest virus definitions, mine was 111015-0 when I checked this out.

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Hi Davidr

i have the last version,it’s weired…My wife has the same config as me and there isn’t this Avast alert…
I get crazy :stuck_out_tongue:

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It’s strange as effectively the alert is saying that the page is loading a compressed {gzip} file and that doesn’t appear to happen to me.

Did you try connecting using the http://www.google.com/ig link as that should go to your igoogle page, hopefully without loading anything else ?

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I have the same alert if i connect to the http://www.google.com/ig :-[

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OK, what happens if you use IE to connect to your igoogle page ?

Do you have any issues doing google searches ?

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If i use IE all is fine no alert ???

With my toolbar google i have no problem for search.
When i use firefox to go to igoogle homepage when i am log out there is no avast alert.And when i log in(connect) i have the alert :-\

When I connect my account iGoogle on my wife computer with Firefox I have the Avast Alert. With her iGoogle no problem.
How weird ! Is there any problem with my iGoogle account ?

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Do you have any google related add-ons in firefox ?
However that wouldn’t seem related if using your wife’s computer and different user account and default firefox settings. You could try running the firefox safe mode (no add-ons) on your system and see that makes any difference.

Weird that this is linked to your igoogle page if you use your wife’s computer.

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If you haven’t already got this software (freeware), download, install, update and run it and report the findings (it should product a log file).

Don’t worry about reported tracking cookies they are a minor issue and not one of security, allow SAS to deal with them though. - See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie.

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I found the problem ;D it was Zataz igoogle gadget I deleted and now no more alert.Thanks god :stuck_out_tongue:
I am surprised because it s the first time i had problems with this gadjet…

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Some gadgets do have some issues, unfortunately you don’t find that out until you get some sort of conflict.

Does your wife also have this gadget (I take it she hasn’t) ?

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It is probably the way the gadget is packed that prompts the alert

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OK, I have had a little play and even looking for the Zataz gadget resulted in an alert on firefox/igoogle, image1.

So I captured a copy of the file that the alert is on (compressed {gzip} file) and uploaded it to virustotal for scanning, only avast and gdata (gdata uses avast as one of its two engines) alert on this, VirusTotal Results page link.

So I have submitted this to the virus labs for further analysis, image2.

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Ok David thanks for paying attention to my problem :slight_smile:

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You’re welcome.