Avast free edition problem - false positives?

Sunnyday

This morning avast updated itself and since then i've been having problems.

It will not let me view the John Jewis website at all - it was fine last night and also it blocks the Debenhams site but only when i need to checkout.

It is most likely that the update is the problem as when i've looked around on google i have found some reference to bad updates but i am not sure about this.

Is it possible to remove the update? Is this wise if it is possible?

Opinions please?

SD

waddler_8

There's content from this domain on John Lewis at least, which might explain the Avast block.

http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=cloudfront.net

It looks as though it has been reported to Avast, so I would wait for it to be resolved.

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=99994.0

Sunnyday

Thanks very much for this, i will wait and see what happens when avast updates over the next few days.

I scanned the pc with both avast and malware bytes just in to put my mind at rest and neither found anything wrong.

SD

poppie123

I can't get onto Thomas Cook's website either, Avast is blocking that too

waddler_8

There does seem to be a problem with Thomas Cook.

Securi detects known Javascript malware.

http://sitecheck.sucuri.net/results/www.thomascook.com

MSE keeps detecting Trojan:JS/Redirector

poppie123

Still can't get onto Thomas Cook. Avast is still blocking the site.:(

Is anyone else's anti-virus blocking the site also?

mzjed

Im also not able to get into Thomas Cook either since yesterday:mad:

dogmaryxx

Just browsed Thomas Cook website with Avast turned off and encountered no problems. Scanned with MBAM- no detections.

Probably a false positive but would not suggest you do above unless access is urgent.

aaroncaz

dogmaryxx wrote: »

Just browsed Thomas Cook website with Avast turned off and encountered no problems. Scanned with MBAM- no detections.

Probably a false positive but would not suggest you do above unless access is urgent.

When do we know if it's ok to browse? I've just had Avast run a scan and found 4 trojans. the same ones as detected by Avast on TC. Then Avast ran a scan in safe mode and found 59 threats!

Sunnyday

I went on TC to see if Avast blocked it and it did, i scanned with Avast and Mbam afterwards just to double check and both found nothing.

SD

waddler_8

aaroncaz wrote: »

Then Avast ran a scan in safe mode and found 59 threats!

Can you post the scan logs?