At random times when I am browsing the internet, I get a popup message from Avast that says:
Threat Blocked
Object: hxxps://rah7uph.bid
and Avast suggest that I run a Smart Scan which I do every time I get the popup and every time the scan finds nothing wrong and says my system is clean. I have also ran a Full Scan of my system several times and nothing has ever been found. I have also ran MalwareBytes Anti malware and again everything comes up clean so my question is if this is a false positive or do I have a issue that needs to be fixed? BTW I am running the latest version of FireFox and Avast if that matters at all. I have also included some basic info about my system.
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System Information
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Time of this report: 4/14/2017, 19:06:46
Machine name: MICHAEL-PC
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_ldr.170307-1800)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model: Z97MX-Gaming 5
BIOS: BIOS Date: 09/18/15 16:57:17 Ver: 04.06.05
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4690K CPU @ 3.50GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.5GHz
Memory: 16384MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 16246MB RAM
Page File: 3009MB used, 29479MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode
Please break the active link, change the https to hXXps.
What would be helpful would be a screenshot of the avast alert window as that gives other information on what process is responsible for connecting to that url and what further action needs to be taken.
Are you talking about the popup or a window from within the AVAST program itself ? If it’s the popup that was all the information that I was given was what I posted already. I am not sure how to get more information from it so if you know what I need to do when it pops up to get the information you need then please explain. If you are talking about a window in the AVAST program itself then again I am not sure where to locate the information you need so some help would be great.
Why would I do that if it has not been confirmed to be a Virus or Worm yet? At this point I am really thinking it’s simply a false positive since I don’t go to sites that are “risky” and every scan I run always says my system is clean. I don’t mind posting in another forum, but should we not determine if it’s really a virus or a false positive first before I post there?
Obviously, but that still does not help determine if it’s a false positive or not. I am going to go on the side of it’s a False Positive since I do not use illegal (cracked) software and I do not visit “risky” sites an every scan I have done has come up clean. Thanks… i guess