I got a spam email and I did the mistake to click in the signature of it for “Unsubscribe”. From that moment I got a warning message from Avast. Even if I re-installed windows or followed instructions to remove it with other antiviruses I still get the same error!
I get an error from a Gstatic.com site after I open Google images or even other sites. The error is this (the URL field always changes).
So why this gstatic.com tries to access my computer with javascript files and .png images? And after trying everyhting what should I do? Look at the netstats. Someone seems to be connected with me and I see so many links from this IP the previous guy mentioned (Gstatic) so I don’t feel safe to tell Avast to leave it
I’ve even tried Malwarebytes : Free anti-malware with safe mode but nothing!
the netstat command displays inbound and outbound network connections. If you close google software (chrome) and wait for approximately 10 seconds the netstat list will shorten and you won’t be connected to any of the gstatic ip’s. This has nothing to do with the problem at hand.
gstatic.com (probably stands for GoogleSTATIC.COM) is a site to created by google to make google services faster. Static google content like their logo (one of the png images you saw), basic scripts, etc are stored there to make user experience faster.
this whole deal was probably a human error inside the latest virus signature db that made avast concern content from gstatic.com as malware. Why it hasn’t affected all avast users, i don’t know. Probably, bug specific to some systems However, as of now, a db update has already taken place, so by the time you see this post, the problem is solved.
For future reference (simplified version): avast will protect you from all threats included in its virus signature db. This is updated daily. In order for you to get infected by malicious software, said software must not be included in the db. Even then, avast probably will warn you of suspicious files. However, the chances of that happening are slim to none.
I received this warning while on my Hotmail ( online ) account. An email from a friend had a link, and since I trusted this friend, I clicked the link. Avast immediately put up the warning popup, and I felt dumb. 7 years or so ago, I opened up a file with the STAR BITCH Trojan in it (also from a dubious source, and way back when, Norton was still a decent product, and stopped the infection. Because it was online, I was spared infection this time. But as a precaution, I will run the files referenced in the worm and virus forum. Just in case. I am a happy customer…
To mods: Please move this topic to viruses and worms forum.
(As Pondus said, because here I think we are off-topic).
So here are the results for me. I run all 4 antivirus of the example link in safe mode
Hmm…as I see now Avast doesn’t display this alert anymore so it seems fixed. I don’t know if it has to do with a database upgrade or with the fact that I run all 4 antiviruses in safe mode, while in other cases I was running them in Normal Windows mode. Anyone must save an HTML file with the instructions as it won’t work.
But again, I still remember that the alert started appearing after I clicked in an unknown spam email signature in the “Unsubscribe button”. I use Avast for less than a week and I hadn’t seen this Alert in the first days.
Will post again when it re-appears
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