I read quite well, thank you. Your cautionary statement is well taken but even the biggest newbie knows better than to circumvent Avast web shield and expose their system to a potential malware infection (unless they are using a test system or running VM). It is highly unlikely that anyone who is relying on Avast web shield protection who then encounters an alert blocking a potentially infected site is going to (1) disregard it, (2) turn off web shield, or (3) add an exclusion, without first checking that the potential threat is confirmed benign. Even the most popular websites are susceptible to infection because they rely on third party providers for advertising which makes them susceptible to unsafe script. In any event, Avast technical support has confirmed nothing detected. Symantec and McAfee also report nothing detected.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011 7:20 AM

Hello,

avast! does not detect this site now. Please update your program + database and check it again to confirm.

If the problem persists, please send us the screen shot with avast! message.

Miroslav Jenšík
AVAST Software a.s.

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Ticket Details

Ticket ID: PVG-519167
Department: Virus
Priority: High
Status: On Hold