www.google.com being blocked as a phishing site....

Secondmineboy · 2015-11-07T16:33:37.000Z

@SenorOcho: Can confirm, im now blocked too for whatever reason.

system · 2015-11-07T16:35:30.000Z

I am getting the same warning message as everyone else has posted. I am using Firefox 42.0 on Win7.
Doesn’t appear to be a problem on Chrome.

Anybody have a suggestion? Has anyone just clicked “Trust this domain”?

Eddy · 2015-11-07T16:38:40.000Z

Eddy, are you saying we should have searched before posting?

No, I just said that multiple people see it. But (re)search(ing) before posting is strongly advised. Many thing have been explained. Many questions haven been answered. For many problems a solution is already provided.

system · 2015-11-07T16:50:10.000Z

I too got this today, attaching screen shot. Here’s the difference - I’m running LINUX Mint 16, and do not have Avast installed on this side. I’m dual booting Windows XP and it is installed on that side. I’m thinking maybe I installed the Chrome plugin at some point? Who knows. But I got it as well. Now what do we do?

system · 2015-11-07T16:50:31.000Z

Same problem here using Chrome on Android. Samsung Galaxy S5 to be exact.

Eddy · 2015-11-07T16:52:25.000Z

Ok, it looks like simple a FP to me.
My questions is…

Did any of you people reported it to avast ?

lakrsrool · 2015-11-07T17:00:30.000Z

DavidR post:15:

essexboy post:10:

This is FF I do not use it a lot

Unfortunately I can only get Google.co.uk as the com domain is barred to me

If you use this URL https://www.google.com/ncr the /ncr = No Country Redirect so it should always go to google.com

EDIT: I have now visited google.com and no warnings.

It’s Firefox version dependent apparently as it’s still a problem with my version 40.0.3, see TOPIC HERE

system · 2015-11-07T17:02:46.000Z

It’s reported in the support forum also. How to report to Avast? I am using free version, so I don’t have the required order confirmation number and billing address required for their contact support form…

system · 2015-11-07T17:08:02.000Z

Still happening on Chrome for me.

system · 2015-11-07T17:10:06.000Z

Happening on my HP Chromebook 14 and Windows 10 64-Bit in Chrome. Only with the default Google homepage for Chrome, if I manually type google.com it redirects to https://www.google.com/ without a problem.

system · 2015-11-07T17:18:47.000Z

Interesting. Now, if I type “www.google.com”, it re-directs to “https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl”, and that generates the Avast blocker. IF, on the other hand, if I type “https://www.google.com”, Avast approves and displays the page. So, it looks to me like the google re-direct, “https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl” is where Avast thinks the Evil lives… Same thing in Chrome as in Firefox.

polonus · 2015-11-07T17:50:10.000Z

Hi ranald2,

What happens when you have disabled https scanning in Avast. Is all coming back to norms then?

polonus

essexboy · 2015-11-07T18:17:38.000Z

DavidR post:15:

essexboy post:10:

This is FF I do not use it a lot

Unfortunately I can only get Google.co.uk as the com domain is barred to me

If you use this URL https://www.google.com/ncr the /ncr = No Country Redirect so it should always go to google.com

EDIT: I have now visited google.com and no warnings.

Thanks David tried that and still no warnings…

system · 2015-11-07T18:45:05.000Z

Howdy,

Disabling Avast Online Security Browser in Firefox solves the problem. I don’t see a way to specifically disable HTTPS: scanning within that.

system · 2015-11-07T18:51:47.000Z

Having same issue in Chrome on Mac OS. https://www.google.com works, https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl redirect flags

system · 2015-11-07T19:02:32.000Z

I am located in the USA, Eastcoast and getting the same warning.

Sirmer · 2015-11-07T19:24:26.000Z

We are really sorry for your inconvenience, we are working on fix but we have some technical problems.

One more time sorry for your inconvenience,

Jan sirmer

Sirmer · 2015-11-07T20:31:39.000Z

Fix is release

sorry for your inconvenience,

Jan

system · 2015-11-07T20:43:42.000Z

It appears to have cleared up for me at least. Thanks.

HonzaZ · 2015-11-07T20:55:40.000Z

Yup, it is not flagged on my computer either.
The only affected URL was “https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl”, and while the fix is now live, we continue to investigate why this actually happened and what steps we will implement to prevent similar false positives in the future.
Thank you for your reports, which made us realize the false positive as soon as possible, and also thank you for your understanding ;)!
Honza

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