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Just had AVG flag a virus warning when connecting to Macrumors

laptech

laptech

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I've just this min clicked on my web browsers bookmark to Macrumors and immediately my AVG virus scanner flagged up a warning saying a java script file is infected with something called TechScam (screenshot attached). I closed Macrumors, opened up google search, typed in Macrumors, clicked on the link and again AVG flagged up a virus warning in the following https://cdn.geni.us/snippet.min.js. The warning only occurs when I connect to the Macrumors website.

Is this a false positive
 

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I looked over the code and it didn't seem suspicious. The vendor said this is a false positive, and has reported it to AVG.

arn
 
As the title suggests: Is there malware on this website? With every page i visit this afternoon i get a malware warning (including forum)

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Sorry if i post this in the wrong forum
 

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Thank you for merging my topic into this one. I hope they (avg/avast and/or macrumors) will fix it. Because malware is rare on Macs, the fact that this suddenly popped up on this website did raise some concerns.
 
The same just this min happened when I connected to the website.. It would therefore appear the issue has not been resolved yet.
 
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I contacted them to inquire about it. It appears to be a false positive.

Scanner results:

VirusTotal

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www.virustotal.com www.virustotal.com

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