What is URL:Scam (Avast)? Detection Description & Ways to Stop

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[Music] hello ladies and gentlemen today I would like to talk about URL scan a detection you could have received from your antivirus software the detection obviously refers to a scam site but does not explain anything about it also it can be a false positive detection in this video I will show what does the URL scam detection mean whether it can be false positive and how to stop it from appearing so starting with the basics URL scam detection originates from antivirus engines used in aast and AVG programs its meaning is rather self-explanatory as I said it points at a scam website getting on such a page happens to anyone and this is not necessarily a sign of malware activity however this detection is generic with no explanation behind it and it's a shame because there are quite a few times of scam websites and their description may help you to find the culprit I will do exactly that right now one of the most widespread scan websites is a frent shopping site it appears as a genuine online shopping website and lures unsuspecting people with mindboggling discounts 70 80 90 or even 99% as I my guess none of the orders from such websites are about to be delivered FRS that stand behind all this usually promotes their sites on Facebook Tik Tok or in Messengers and clicking on a link in such a promotion can easily call for the URL scam detection to appear another popular kind of scam websites play cryptocurrency enthusiasts mimic in crypto trading platforms official pages of some of the hyp in crypto projects and so on SE sites wait for the user to add their personal information link a hot wallet or top up the account and then steal their money and data this may happen in multiple ways I will not describe them in this video but near size of this theme keep appearing so these scams are likely successful same as shopping scam websites these ones are promoted on social media or in Messengers Third Kind of the website that can call for the URL scam to appear mimics a job offering site that offers earning money for answering the quizzes watching promotions solving captas and similar things the target of the scams is more about personal datas and money though certain fraudulent schemes convince the user to spend money on quote unquote premium subscription to the thing the majority of job scams are met on Facebook and in WhatsApp communities you can identify such websites by yourself simply by looking at their URL it usually mimics a well-known website but has typos or prefixes appended before or after the name or the name may be just a random selection of letters like if a cat had a v on the keyboard alternatively website naming may have no meaning at all I personally suspect the S names are generated by artificial intelligence additionally most of these websites are hosted on the cheapest top level domains top XYZ site weip store shop and so on this description covers the majority but not all the potential sources of URL scam if you have your own observation on the subject feel free to share them in the comment section now with genine scams out of the way let's cover the cases when URL scam is a false puzzle detection this happens to any antivirus or anti software but in this case it is hard to suppose why it is happening once again the detection is generic and there is no specification available from the antivirus companies what's interesting though is that this detection often goes false on the websites powered with fandom Wiki engine possibly it contains something the detection system is not happy about if you encounter a problem when the legitimate site is blocked with the URL scam detection then the best solution is to whitelist one in the antivirus settings this will make the program ignore this website in future alternatively you can disable the web production feature completely but that may be risky an action of a good citizen here is to report the issue on the Forum of your antivirus But be sure to check whether this problem was already reported or not to avoid duplicating the ticket it is also important to mention one specific case of URL scan appearance when the notification about a blocked website pops up continuously no matter what you're are doing contrary to the singular popup that appears after opening a fish's site this situation definitely means that Samsung repeatedly attempts to open a blacklisted website and this Samsung is most likely malicious Adent browser hijackers are two malware types that end specifically at throw users to Shady websites the scan your system for malicious programs and remove them I recommend using grid sof and amware this program has a multicomponent detection system that will stop and remove any questionable programs or malware run a full scan to check the entirety of the system this will take 10 to 15 minutes after the scan click clean now to remove the detected threats remal process supposes deleting all the malare related files so when there are a lot of detections this process may take some time as well now the system is clean good luck and stay safe and line
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Length: 5min 28sec (328 seconds)
Published: Fri Apr 19 2024
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