Virsus alert: Please be advised that I am getting the following alert from my anti-virus application (AVG)

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This happens when I click on notifications that inform me of new comments on articles and authors that I am following.  It could be a false alarm but please investigate and advise.  My email address is sam.sawyer@gmail.com.


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SA WEBSITE INFECTED WITH JS:Downloader-FHY [Trj]
Avast, antivirus is telling me that you're site is infected with JS:Downloader-FHY[Trj]
Security issue

Just got a message from AVG saying they aborted a connection with Seeking Alpha because it was infected with JS:Downloader-FHY[Trj]

Virus detected by AVAST
pua.coinminer activity 5

As of this about 3 PM Central time on July 16th my Symantec Endpoint Protection throws an alert each time I load a SA page that calls out the following malware:  "pua.coinminer activity 5" - I've troubleshooted this on my end and it only occurs when visiting seekingalpha, I suggest you guys look into this. 


Thanks,

Chris

samiamaustin you have Troj: JS:Downloader-FHY [Trj]

samiamaustin you have Troj:  JS:Downloader-FHY [Trj]

Same as comment F below, as of this morning I'm getting the following message from Avast antivirus detailing the following problem: "JS:Downloader- FHY (Trj). Avast is closing all of your e-mail notifications.

Every time I try to open one of your e-mail notifications, as of this morning, I'm getting a virus alert from Avast, referencing the following virus "JS:Downloader-FHY (Trj). This has never happened before today.

I have been getting a virus warning the last two days using Avast Anti-Virus when using SA

I noticed the last two days my Avast Ant-Virus has been giving me this
message quite often when I'm using Seeking Alpha:
We've safely aborted connection on sekingalpha.com because it was
infected with JS:Downloader-FHY (Trj)

Has anyone else had this problem?

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anonymous
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Hi,


To provide some more transparency here. Avast & AVG (and possibly others) incorrectly identified a piece of our code as Malware. We have rectified this issue with them and you should no longer see this message. If you still see it, try closing your browser and re-opening Seeking Alpha. 


To be clear, no malware, virus or data breach occurred here.


Please don't hesitate with any follow up questions.


Thanks,

Daniel

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dizzydays

Sickum

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Helistin

AVG is keeps alerting about the same trojan at Seeking Alpha.


JS:Downloader-FHY [Trj].

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Sam Sawyer

Yes, I have the same issue when clicking on notifications for new comments.  I reported it to this forum.

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ChartMasterPro

I got the same warning from AVG antivirus. 

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Helistin

Also keep getting the same warning continuously from Seeking Alpha pages.

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madisonriver

concur - same detection JS:Downloader-FHY[Trj] by Avast

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Sam Sawyer

Does anyone from SA respond to these virus alerts?  This seems to be a pretty serious issue with the SA website.

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anonymous
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Hi,


We are actively looking into this. We will update once we find the cause.


Thanks,

Daniel

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Dennis Viliardos

I'm having the same problem. Initially, I though it was my browser, but now it seems it's something else.

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wag12
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Hi,


We are actively looking into this. We will update once we find the cause.


Thanks,

Daniel

Daniel,

   After I posted about this problem of getting a virus warning from Avast Antivirus when using the SA website, It now seems to have stopped as I have been using the SA website for about the last two hours and I haven't gotten any more virus warnings so hopefully the problem has been solved.