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Dave Whitfield
"ceylon220"

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Quoting: Murray Whyte

What is your main browser (firefox, internet explorer etc)?

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Google chrome/Internet Explorer.

Does these make a difference to getting URLs Murray? I hate it when we get these warnings,everything has been great until this appeared and it makes me wonder if any of my files etc have been effected with it.

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09/02/2012 13:56:51

Bob Draper
"Bob (tuffy ) Draper"
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Quoting: Dave Whitfield

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Google chrome/Internet Explorer.

Does these make a difference to getting URLs Murray? I hate it when we get these warnings,everything has been great until this appeared and it makes me wonder if any of my files etc have been effected with it.

Hi Dave,
It is the avast software you are using, since they updated, their software has started reporting certain good url’s as being malicious, go to their forums and tell them which you are having trouble with’

Regards Bob..... my pc desktop O/S vista laptop o/s win7

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09/02/2012 14:14:58

Dave Whitfield
"ceylon220"

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Quoting: Bob Draper
Hi Dave,
It is the avast software you are using, since they updated, their software has started reporting certain good url�s as being malicious, go to their forums and tell them which you are having trouble with�

Thanks Bob will give it a try and see how we go from there.

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09/02/2012 14:29:06

Carl Graffham
"Veni, vermini, vomui"

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Bob

Hi friend, long time no chat.

Thanks for that comment. I use Avast and, as far as I can tell, I have no problems.

To date Avast has not advised me of any malicious URLs which doesn’t mean a lot, but makes me wonder whether the reporting is genuine in Dave’s case.

Maybe folk who comment on these types of warnings could actually help by quoting the URL itself.

Carl

I fear the geek, even though he comes bearing gifs.

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09/02/2012 19:08:10

Dave Whitfield
"ceylon220"

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Carl could be right, when I click in to Google Chrome/Int Explorer I get the sign saying that my wireless network connection is BT Hub etc yet I only have the one connection which when I go onto it it automatically goes to this BT Hub and further to this when I go and look at my Router the Internet light is showing RED(not green when connected) yet it lets me into the web site. Ihave played around with it and now the BT Hub wireless connection has gone and I am back to my own named connection and the Router Internet light is back to green----this is beginning to get me worried, do you think that someone in my area has managed to get into my connections.

My Router is a WIRELESS ADSL �D Link

� � � � � � � � NOT A

�BT HUB �?????????????????????

Any advise would be most welcome.

Ps. �Hope this makes sense because I`m bewildered by it.

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