Avast For Mac Infection Blocked Spigot
Avast, a security solution designed to protect your business data and computers from most types of cyberattacks, uses a set of modules to scan various parts of your system. One module, Web Shield, is designed to scan websites that you visit and block any malicious code detected. Occasionally, Avast blocks legitimate websites.
To bypass Avast and visit a blocked website, you'll need to disable the Web Shield module or add the website to your Exclusions list. Some websites can be dangerous, so your computer and data are at risk while the module is disabled.
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Disseminated Mac Infection
Mar 10, 2017 Re: Spigot 'Avast Web shield has blocked a threat' mac OSX « Reply #9 on: March 10, 2017, 04:43:25 PM » I've reported this to Avast and request a Mac expert to reply.
Your 'Anti-Virus' is the cause of this false report, there are no Mac Virus 'in the wild' at this time reported by any credible securities lab in the world. Remove it using the directions above and do not use 3rd party Anti-Virus on Mac OS. The findings on these forums clearly indicate they are the cause of a multitude of problems and do no assist an any real securities when confronted with the simplest of aware or malware which does exist, albeit in a far lesser degree than it does for Windows. If you wish to scan your system for Adware or Malware use or and remove any if found. Keep your Mac up-to-date with securities patches and OS upgrades form Apple. This is the single best defense for a secure system. I do not use 'Avast' and attempting to load the website it identified as malicious results in the following: Safari's default preferences will identify the website as deceptive.
What Is Mac Infection
You don't need 'Avast' to do that for you. All that is required is to be sure the following is selected in Safari's Preferences. Menu > Security: The other files it identified as malicious are images that can do literally nothing. ' is one of many services that creates short URLs for whatever reason someone might want to do that.