avast! lists mail.yahoo.com as a phishing site

Discussion in 'other anti-virus software' started by tgell, Aug 17, 2013.

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  1. tgell

    tgell Registered Member

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    Has anybody with avast tried to login to Yahoo mail. It comes up as a phishing site. Is this a false positive. Securi Site Check says its clean.
     
    tgell, Aug 17, 2013
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  2. FreddyFreeloader

    FreddyFreeloader Registered Member

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    Yahoo mail worked OK. Using Avast IS.
     
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  3. tgell

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    I only get the warning with the Web Rep plugin enabled.
     
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    It gives me 3 green bars on Yahoo mail.
     
    FreddyFreeloader, Aug 17, 2013
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    Do you by any chance use avast! 2014 BETA ? I do get a phishing warning with it on this Yahoo webpage, but FreddyFreeloader with stable version 8.0 doesn't get this warning...
     
    RejZoR, Aug 18, 2013
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  6. tgell

    tgell Registered Member

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    Nope, I am using avast! 8 on both XP and Windows 7. Both show Yahoo mail as a phishing site. This is with firefox 23 and chrome.

    The address is

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    https://login.yahoo.com/config/login_verify2?&.src=ym&.intl=us
    Edit: I use avast free.
     
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    tgell, Aug 18, 2013
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  7. FreddyFreeloader

    FreddyFreeloader Registered Member

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    I checked it using IE11 and Opera 12.16, Avast 8 Internet Security (paid.)
     
    FreddyFreeloader, Aug 18, 2013
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