This malware alert pops up on my Avast anti-track on log in.
If not malware, what commercial value is this providing - is it just site maintenance costs?
Tracking malware question for admins.
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It's a freebie set of plugins for websites to enable various functionality. Probably badly in the case of PR's techies but should not be showing up like that in Avast: false positive I'd guess.
You can either whitelist it if you want to see whatever sh*te PR is trying to serve up (probably animated adverts) or block those items or scripting on the site.
You can either whitelist it if you want to see whatever sh*te PR is trying to serve up (probably animated adverts) or block those items or scripting on the site.
Tracking isn't malware and that doesn't look like anything that generates revenue. I don't suppose there's a way for you to get any more detail from the alert? It's the board theme that's triggered it, so it could be any number of things related to the advertising options built-in, or even just how it handles auth cookies.
My Firefox doesn't think there's any tracking on NPR, anyway.
My Firefox doesn't think there's any tracking on NPR, anyway.
JM2K6 wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 12:15 pm Tracking isn't malware and that doesn't look like anything that generates revenue. I don't suppose there's a way for you to get any more detail from the alert? It's the board theme that's triggered it, so it could be any number of things related to the advertising options built-in, or even just how it handles auth cookies.
My Firefox doesn't think there's any tracking on NPR, anyway.
That makes sense given the directory path. My Firefox is not flagging it. My Avast has quarantined it now, if it pops again I will have another look.
