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Old Feb 19, 2021 | 03:27 PM
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My AVG Internet Security keeps warning me about Malware on some posts. It warns me about URL.Blacklist on the Off Topic Random Picture thread
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My AVG Internet Security keeps warning me about Malware on some posts. It warns me about URL.Blacklist on the Off Topic Random Picture thread
We'll need further information, such as posting the exactly details you're receiving.

That said, CorvetteForum is not infected nor does it technically have malware. What your program is trying to alert you to is that someone has embedded content (such as a picture or clip) that is hosted by a URL (site/server) that is, apparently, considered malware based on previous records. That does not mean CorvetteForum is infected nor does it even mean the other site is infected. It's simply a warning based on previous data.
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The next time it happens, I'll send you a screen shot.


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Screenshot the Show Details.

But, again, the site is not infected. Your program is simply flagging someone's post who has an image hosted on a server/URL that is listed on a blacklist. Without further details, especially considering the issue is not a threat as there is no malware on the site itself, we can't really manually go through thousands of posts and try to check each URL a member used to find the match that your program is claiming an issue.

Google and a 3rd party source do not show any current issues in that specific thread.

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