Is this dangerous?

When I visit a site I get this warning and this happens whenever I use FF3 but when I use IE8 I don't get the warning, could someone please tell me what this means and whether it is safe to visit the site, my Anti Virus program is Avast.

Looks to me like your pop up blocker is working in IE8 but not the other browser. Do not click this though. Could be trouble or just a crappy pop up sales pitch. Check you pop up blocker in FF3. I had one of these once, it said I had a bunch of trojans and viruses, click here to resolve. Bunch of crap. Do not click it. Check that pop up blocker in FF3

I found this on that JS:Packed AK [Trj]"Trojan"? Smartyhost inserting unauthorised code - Web Hosting I guess what the poster means is if the site visited is hosted by 'Smartyhost" it's possible.
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Agreed, leave it alone. That is one of the ways a web site gets you to install the trojan yourself.

Thank you guys, I have replaced my Anti Virus program with AVG and there are no more pop ups. Thanks again to all of you.

brummyfan said:

Thank you guys, I have replaced my Anti Virus program with AVG and there are no more pop ups. Thanks again for all of you.

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Ok, I'm a little confused. I also use avast and that pop up looks to be a standard warning that Avast would issue if a trojan were trying to install itself on your PC from a website.

brummyfan replaced Avast with AVG and now doesn't get the popup..is that a good thing? I would want my AV to warn me.

I would tend to agree with Ratso,

That appears to be Avast's Web Shield's standard response to an attempted drive-by download.

It may of course be a false positive but my advice to anyone who gets this from a site is to avoid that site in future, until they have independent proof that Avast is getting it wrong.

I cannot comment on the effectiveness of AVG's anti Drive-by protection, as I do not use the software so this post is in no way anti AVG

Hi Ratso,

Yes that looks very like the Avast warning - pretty sure it is as he had Avast installed.

It may have been a false positive - or it may be something Avast picked up correctly, but Avg missed..

Many of the experienced regulars /team members here use Avast.

what website are you visiting Brummy, there could be trojan viruses there. I advise to stay away. Maybe It was avast finding the virus through FF but not IE

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Thank you guys, I have replaced my Anti Virus program with AVG and there are no more pop ups. Thanks again to all of you.

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I found the best way to stop ALL popup warnings is to remove my Anti-virus all together ....

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brummyfan said:

Thank you guys, I have replaced my Anti Virus program with AVG and there are no more pop ups. Thanks again to all of you.

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I found the best way to stop ALL popup warnings is to remove my Anti-virus all together ....

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I have found this link and I think this scanner was missing in my previous AVG Anti Virus.
LinkScanner stands alone once more | The Download Blog - Download.com

Now you have the Link Scanner- does AVG warn you about that site?

No,it doesn't warn, I have never received such warnings even when I was using F-Secure. I haven't a clue why Avast detects and AVG doesn't but I am quite happy without the pop ups because I have been visiting the site for the last 2 yrs and I never had any problems.

What's the link to the site - I'll check it out.

Hi SIW2,
The site is "tamilnaatham.com". Thanks.

I get that same warning from Avast - but McAfee site advisor gives the site the all clear - might be a false positive as you say Avg and F-Secure pass it.

The problem seems to be the favicons.ico

You might give malwarebytes a run to see if you have picked anything nasty.

D/L what they call the trial version ( they used to call it the free version) - it is free as long as you like if you update and scan manually

www.malwarebytes.org

Scanned and no malware detected, Thank you for helping me out.