I had the same problem yesterday. For hours, Avast, every 10 or 15 minutes, popped up saying that it had blocked Win32:Malware-gen from a windows app which appears to be something Windows based like an app or a widget. But, I can't figure out how to get rid of it... Today, it's not popping up yet so maybe it resolved itself. I wish you could turn off the warning in Avast at least...
I had the same problem yesterday. For hours, Avast, every 10 or 15 minutes, popped up saying that it had blocked Win32:Malware-gen from a windows app which appears to be something Windows based like an app or a widget. But, I can't figure out how to get rid of it... Today, it's not popping up yet so maybe it resolved itself. I wish you could turn off the warning in Avast at least...
Read the post above yours, it was confirmed as a False Positive.
This would likely have been fixed fairly promptly and delivered automatically in a Virus Definitions > Streaming Update.
You can stop this, by adding an Exception for the URL location - However this comes with a strong warning, you have to realise there is a risk in this and you have to be 100% sure it is a false positive. Or it could cause serious problems.
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i ran a deep scan and normal scans and no malware is detected using Avast's Antivirus However this pop up keep coming out. Threat Secured we've safely aborted connection on wpad.domain.name because it was infected with URL:Blacklist Threat name : URL:Blacklist URL : //wpad.domain.name/wpad.dat Process : C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe detected by : Web Shield Status :connection aborted
may i know what is wrong?
« Last Edit: April 22, 2023, 06:15:04 PM by polonus »
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is there a way for me to fix the problem?
I found it was an extension I have installed on Google Chrome. This would explain why you're seeing it only on chrome and not safari [I'm using chrome on a Macbook Pro 2015 if that helps]. The extension that was causing it for me is called ColorZilla; it's an extension to pick colors from a webpage. But I've had this installed for years, and it's only since last week that this has been a problem so I can only think that it has been updated recently.
Anyway, when I disabled ColorZilla I no longer have the issue of that JS file being requested form "filtplate.net" and Avast flagging it up.
For you it may be a different extension causing the problem. Best thing to do it go through your extensions one by one and disable them, then refresh a google search result page to see if Avast pops up.
I wanted to go to the //www.pearlevision.ca website at 1am Pacific on Saturday but an Avast pop-up stated 'Threat Blocked: We've safely aborted connection at www.discountprescriptioneyewear.com because it was infected with URL:Mal.'
I ran a full virus scan but nothing was detected and I checked the Virus Vault but nothing was there either.
1. Why would another website attempt to load instead of the one that I wanted?
2. What is the URL:Mal Threat?
3. Is it safe to 'Dismiss' it from the Notifications list?
4. Since the connection was aborted, does that mean that no virus is on my system?
« Last Edit: September 15, 2018, 10:42:54 AM by Spiritual2016 »
1. Sites can [and do] get hacked, they can also have ads delivered by 3rd party ad servers, either of these could result in redirection to a 3rd party site considered malicious.
2. It is a site [URL] or IP address considered malicious/suspect.
3. Yes, as the Web Shield has blocked access to the site.
4. Yes, the Web Shield aborted the connection so nothing was saved to your system. Hence the fact there was nothing in the virus chest and a scan found nothing.
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DavidR:
1. Is it always wise to run a manual full virus scan, like I did, after an Avast pop-up of this nature is displayed or is it unnecessary?
2. Should I avoid visiting the original website or was it a one-off unlikely to produce another URL:Mal pop-up?
« Last Edit: September 15, 2018, 05:00:05 PM by Spiritual2016 »
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« Last Edit: September 15, 2018, 05:57:24 PM by mchain »
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Asyn:
Are you saying that running a manual full virus scan, like I did, after an Avast pop-up of this nature is displayed is overkill since Web-Shield blocked it or can a full virus scan still be run afterwards for peace of mind?