Solved Malware / Virus link because of avatar on MWT

[Jengo]

Everytime i visit MWT i get this warning message from Avast.

 

[Pat MacKnife]

I have the same warning (AVG) , i reported this as a false positive to avast and AVG , but how is this possible on MW ....

 

[ScandinavianFish]

It's possible the site was infected by some point (Or still is.), it's simply yet to be whitelisted.

 

[R3j3ct]

i run adblock origin in brave and it stopped/blocked
here is a virustotal scan of that url: here

 

[harlan4096]

@Jengo: why do you think that detection comes from an Avatar?

 

[Jonny Quest]

This seems familiar, regarding an FP on, posted on the forum? Maybe from Jengo, or someone else before?

 

[Jack]

Hey everyone;
I have deleted the profile post that contained the link to that site. I'm sure is just FP but better safe than sorry.
Let me know if you see that detection again.

 

[Pat MacKnife]

@Jack for me the warning is gone
@harlan4096 take a look at the url in his screenshot , it says something about cropped.favicon 300x300.png

 

[harlan4096]

It was not an avatar icon, but a link inside a Youtube link post in a profile post

 

[Jengo]

@Jengo: why do you think that detection comes from an Avatar?

Yes its an avatar used by someone, see the path in the screenshot.

 

[Jengo]

This seems familiar, regarding an FP on, posted on the forum? Maybe from Jengo, or someone else before?

Not me i reported once before too, also a YT Link

 

[harlan4096]

I have watched the post removed, and not, as I already said, that small picture was inside an URL posted in a forum post, and not belonging currently to any forum user.

Anyway, it's clearly a false positive from Avast/AVG.