Threat detected?

[Kitty Kat]

Never had this issue before. Starting this afternoon Avast started blocking WS. Doesn't block any other site I've tried, just this one. Had to turn off my anti-virus just to get in the forums. Has anyone had this problem recently? Took a screen shot for reference, hopefully I attached it right.

 

[gelfie68]

I had the same thing happened. I am also running Avast. Son said to report it to WS, but I see i was beat to it.

 

[keikah32]

Same problem here, had to shut off Avast. Never had problems before, hope it gets fixed.

 

[Kimster]

Thank you for letting us know! We'll look into it.

 

[tricia]

Thanks Everyone. This is really strange. We will definitely look into it and get back to you.

Are there any other virus programs that are doing this? If so please post about them here.

 

[Salem]

I use Norton and I have had no problems, if that helps at all.

Salem

 

[daisy7]

No problems with AVG.

 

[Blaise]

Same thing here. Blocked and had to turn avast off. Plus avast start this loud SHRIEKING which scares my cat.

Blaise

 

[DVDR]

Same problem with Avast. It just started today.

 

[DVDR]

My definitions just updated and it seems to now be loading ok again. Very odd...talk about timing...ha. No sooner did I use my phone to post that I was having the same problem, Avast suddenly updated itself. I have tried loading a few times and all is well - must have been an issue with virus definitions detecting a page script incorrectly. Just like everyone else here, it only happened on this site. The update removed the issue (for me anyway.)

 

[Krisy]

It's the anti virus program....I read their forums and they were having issues. I was having the same problems.

 

[RLynne]

I've having the same problem with Avast. Had to turn it off to get here. I can't figure out how to manually update the virus definitions, so I'm going to try re-starting and see if that solves the problem...brb.

 

[Kitty Kat]

My definitions just updated and it seems to now be loading ok again. Very odd...talk about timing...ha. No sooner did I use my phone to post that I was having the same problem, Avast suddenly updated itself. I have tried loading a few times and all is well - must have been an issue with virus definitions detecting a page script incorrectly. Just like everyone else here, it only happened on this site. The update removed the issue (for me anyway.)

Yep, update fixed it. Told DF about it earlier, when I got home home I logged on WS and said "it's fixed!!" he said "yea you're welcome.. update Avast, dummy.." Like I was supposed to know that. :loser: :crazy:

 

[Kitty Kat]

I've having the same problem with Avast. Had to turn it off to get here. I can't figure out how to manually update the virus definitions, so I'm going to try re-starting and see if that solves the problem...brb.

On the left click "Maintenance" then you should see a "update program" button. If the restart doesn't do it for you automatically of course.

 

[RLynne]

Ok, I restarted my computer, Avast updated it's virus definitions, and I can now get here with no problem (the annoying "threat has been detected" announcement kept making my cat jump). Whew. That was weird.

Although...I came here specifically to check back into the political pavilion, after giving myself a self-imposed time-out for a bit, since I was getting all worked up--since I'm still feeling worked up, I'm going to take this as a sign from the computer gods to keep just poking around other forums for now, lol!

 

[TGIRecovered]

Whew! Glad it wasn't a real virus! I was e-mailing everyone I knew asking what's up with WS!

 

[Satch]

I had the same issue with Avast. I ran virustotal.com and out of the 40 something virus engine scans, 3 came up with this Trojan. Some HTML script thing, so it would appear that it was a threat. Did WS get hacked? I just ran virus total again and it came out clean, so the threat has been removed. I wonder if it came from a banner ad?

Satch

 

[itsreenw]

I thought it was just me! I had to download Microsoft Essentials and turn Avast off

 

[debloree]

I have avast and had the same problem. I accused hubby of messing with my computer, lol! It's fine now, with the avast update.

 

[txsvicki]

I had the same problem with Avast. It updates on it's own when I start the computer and at other various times, so guess it updated and fixed the problem.