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? virus in link

MM30_2 Posts: 142 Forumite

25 April 2009 at 7:00PM in Techie Stuff

How can I find out if there is a virus in the link on this post?

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1646183

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  Browntoa Posts: 49,612 Forumite

  

  25 April 2009 at 7:01PM

  not for me........

  Ex forum ambassador
  
  Long term forum member

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  aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite

  

  25 April 2009 at 7:07PM

  Sign up for it and when it comes place the attachment on your desktop and scan it with your anti virus

  :idea:

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  MM30_2 Posts: 142 Forumite

  

  25 April 2009 at 7:22PM

  Thanks for that aliEnRIK. I did just that and it was a PDF document, scanned with AVG, virus free.

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  tomsolomon Posts: 3,613 Forumite

  25 April 2009 at 9:15PM

  
  
  Thought I would post this as a follow up... Thanks.

  To travel at the speed of light, one must first become light.....

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  aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite

  

  25 April 2009 at 9:41PM

  Wouldnt be the first time AVG has let people down

  :idea:

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  gaming_guy Posts: 6,128 Forumite

  

  25 April 2009 at 9:47PM edited 25 April 2009 at 9:53PM

  tomsolomon wrote: »

  Thought I would post this as a follow up... Thanks.

  kaspersky doesnt find anything dodgy in the page.....
  
  edit - let's quote the right post :rolleyes:
  
  edit 2 - the pdf is clean according to kaspersky

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  Reluctant_spender Posts: 2,785 Forumite

  

  25 April 2009 at 10:54PM

  Anti Vir is known for false positive when using Heuristic detections, then again so are most other anti virus products.

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  MM30_2 Posts: 142 Forumite

  

  26 April 2009 at 7:56AM

  

  tomsolomon, have you had a report from AntiVir?

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  MM30_2 Posts: 142 Forumite

  

  26 April 2009 at 9:20AM

  I have found this subject very interesting and as usual learn a lot from contributions.
  
  I have just been looking round and found Virus Total, has any one used it?
  
  RESULTS of scan of PDF

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  espresso Posts: 16,448 Forumite

  

  26 April 2009 at 9:55AM

  Wouldn't be the first time Avira has let people down

  :doh: Blue text on this forum usually signifies hyperlinks, so click on them!..:wall:

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