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Antivirus Alert on Cantina

Discussion in 'Forum Feedback (The Cantina)' started by Lock_S_Foils, May 15, 2018.

  1. Lock_S_Foils

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    Just got the below alert from Avast Antivirus, I had just clicked on @Andrew Waples to go to his profile page....

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    @Andrew Waples In no way did I mean to infer you were the cause of the virus alert. So sorry..

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    Some time ago my antivirus was triggered on Cantina too and I figured there must have been an embedded image from a suspicious source somewhere. Or something like that. I got a notification every time a particular thread appeared in the "featured" section on the main page, so it definitely was a matter of a specific thread.

    But I don't know, it might be something different in this case. I don't get anything when I click Andrew's profile.

    Brilliant movie, by the way. ;)
     
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    To be honest, I just searched "I'm innocent" gifs.:p
     
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    It was a suspicious ad from another site because someone shared a picture from it - it triggered my Antivirus too. We had to find what it was and manually erase it.

    @Andrew Waples Have you or someone else shared a link - probably image link - in your profile?
     
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    Primal Fear (1996), check it out if you haven't. :) (Sorry for going off-topic! :p)
     
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    I have, but it's been a while. On other people's profile pages, but I had no idea they were malicious sites.
     
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    Hmmm, I am not getting anything. In the previous case, it was enough to see the thread featured, and it will give you an alert.

    @Lock_S_Foils If this happens again, we'll consult @Viral Hide, because I am not getting anything.
     
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    This morning, May 25, 2019, I got the below alert when going to the Cantina main page

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