[Fixed] FP? Malware https://play.google.com/

system · 2017-03-21T04:42:26.000Z

I do anything on Chrome and I get this pop-up…even coming to this site. -sigh- This is the second time this hand happened to me after an update.

system · 2017-03-21T04:42:56.000Z

I have it in spades. Is this just a false positive or is there something that got into google. It first showed up for me after I received a message of from Avast that it had updated my settings for today. It is going crazy while I try to use Chrome Dev Tools. I am on a Mac Book Pro

moroni · 2017-03-21T04:45:14.000Z

Hi there,

we are investigating this right now, will give you an update asap

system · 2017-03-21T04:46:25.000Z

I also just started getting the same issue around 30 minutes ago, it was working fine before that. Do we know what the issue is?

system · 2017-03-21T04:46:37.000Z

same situation, another Definition false positive , this is the second type of global false positive in a few months , alot of people use GMAIL web client and if it sees play as a issue than there is a big problem

noelrojasc · 2017-03-21T04:47:37.000Z

The same here!!!

xraiderv18 · 2017-03-21T04:48:07.000Z

ok, I’m getting this on both chrome and firefox. what gives avast…

system · 2017-03-21T04:48:38.000Z

Any news from avast on a temporary fix for this or when an update may initiate? I get this with every new term searched within google as well as anytime I visit my email…For whatever reason this is also happening in firefox so no luck between chrome or firefox on a temporary resolution.

system · 2017-03-21T04:51:14.000Z

Signed up just so I can post that I’m witnessing more or less the same thing. Very annoying! Any chance on a fast fix?

moroni · 2017-03-21T04:51:52.000Z

Hi everyone,
This was a false positive that was live for around 30 min. We just disabled it and pushed the fix through streaming updates.
You should stop getting the false alerts within few minutes.

system · 2017-03-21T04:52:29.000Z

This seems like a very obvious FP. Google & Google Play are safe sites, and there’s no reported hacks or attacks going on against them. The affected url seems to be google play, which somehow seems to be twined to all other google services and ergo inescapable. I would prefer not to see this on nearly every google login page I’m on, the ringing sound is incredibly annoying.

Moreover, the Avast online security plugin is also claiming that the Google Play store is unsafe. I’ve used this AV for years and this kind of issue, especially with a major site like google, has never happened to me before.

I don’t know what’s going on, but it’s bothering me, and I’m pretty sure it’s a FP.

EDIT: thank you all for being so quick to try and correct the error, hopefully after the 30 min threshold it stays fixed

system · 2017-03-21T04:54:42.000Z

thank you very much for fixing the problem so swiftly!

it was really quite annoying being spammed every time I opened a new tab, clicked my URL bar, etc.

system · 2017-03-21T04:56:38.000Z

Yup it’s either a false positive, or there is a mayor hack going against the playstore.

xraiderv18 · 2017-03-21T05:00:37.000Z

havent seen a resolution on that yet. will give it til the morning. I’m going to bed. had enough internet shenanigans for one day.

system · 2017-03-21T05:01:20.000Z

I’m still getting threat’s blocked, hopefully this is fixed soon.

system · 2017-03-21T05:04:07.000Z

So I think I have the streamed update but the issue is still there

Thomas526 post:1:

Avast note
[b]Hi everyone,
This was a false positive that was live for around 30 min, between 5:15am and 5:45am CET (GMT +1). We just disabled it and pushed the fix through streaming updates.

Moroni[/b]

So our computers are getting spammed to annihilation we use gmail for work email and everytime someone uses it, it spams us with Malware notifications detected at https://play.google.com/ :o

EDIT: Also worth noting it’s not just Avast Business, my home computers which run Avast Pro and Internet Security are also going crazy, a new notification every 60 seconds.

system · 2017-03-21T05:05:15.000Z

The funny part is that at the bottom of the page there’s an ad “Avast recommends using
the FREE Chrome™ internet browser.” haha.

system · 2017-03-21T05:06:37.000Z

I’m still getting this false positive whenever I google something. I’m relieved that I’m not the only one experiencing this, and that it doesn’t seem like something I should be too concerned about. The popup is annoying however.

A fix would be much appreciated.

system · 2017-03-21T05:09:55.000Z

Did an update, then a restart and it seems all is well now.

PamJ-2 · 2017-03-21T05:13:05.000Z

Same here. I was even getting it in Outlook when it pulled in my email from Gmail. Seems to be fixed now.

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