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[SatanR1]

OK, an update on this situation.

Invision Power Services have been in and have completed a complete upload of the forum script from scratch. They believe the virus warnings have now gone.

Can members confirm / deny this? Please note though that some anti-virus programs may still be throwing up OLD warnings if they are stored in a 'safe site' type list and not an actual life scanning of the site.

So, where possible, please also provide a screen shot or a log file detailing what your software is detecting.

Thanks.

[Spideyngo]

SatanR1, on 18 March 2012 - 08:16 PM, said:

OK, an update on this situation.

Invision Power Services have been in and have completed a complete upload of the forum script from scratch. They believe the virus warnings have now gone.

Can members confirm / deny this? Please note though that some anti-virus programs may still be throwing up OLD warnings if they are stored in a 'safe site' type list and not an actual life scanning of the site.

So, where possible, please also provide a screen shot or a log file detailing what your software is detecting.

Thanks.

AVG 2012 free edition and I can verify virus warnings are gone.

[gr4ce]

Avast free version 7 seems to have stopped complaining too.

[Rolland303]

there has been a false positive in several anti-virus, because of a js-bilio.

[gearsh1fter]

This site seems clean after 2 hours of dedicated time to CM!

Software used:

• Malwarebytes Pro
  
• Avast Free
  
• AVG Free
  
• ccleaner
  
• Google Chrome beta (latest version) with adblocker beta
  
• Windows 7 Pro 64 bit

PC preparation:

Before each initial test I conducted, I cleared all cache (temp, %temp%, and prefetch), used ccleaner to clean all browser data/cache/history/cookies as well as the registry, just so I know it wasn't my PC that was getting in the way of infections or false's. After the installation's and uninstall's of each Antivirus software I properly restarted my PC and made sure there were no processes running in the background before my next AV install(did not want any interference with AV software). Just to add in, I do not have any start-up processes running besides a few gadget's that i use for monitoring and the weather.

Results:

• Malwarebytes Pro: Tested for 15 minutes and downloaded latest updates/definitions. Randomly clicked around the forums, clicked threads, and clicked links in random threads carelessly. No warnings.

• Avast Free: tested for 13 minutes with latest definitions/updates. clicked randomly around the site, forums, and links hoping to run into a problem. No warnings.

• AVG Free: Tested for 18 minutes. Clicked carelessly around threads and links. No warnings.

Note's:

• After spending some time on this task, I conclude this site to be pure.
  
• I would love to see some posted problem's that anyone is currently encountering, so please post screenshot's/logs/etc.
  
• Cheers to CM!
  
• You guys that are getting false positive's really need to clean out your PC (download CCleaner; It's your best friend!)

**Maybe i should write a well descriptive guide on how to clean out you're PC (It's super effective and will make your PC run faster than when you first received it.). Being that I'm the only IT guy at my job you'd be surprised at how many people have problems just because there PC is cluttered with useless cache, registry problems etc.

I worked on this one guys PC at work which had a 3.06 GHz processor and 4 gigs of ram and it was performing equivalent to a 1.6 GHz processor, after i got through with his PC it was wicked fast. But coming from an IT i am a computer enthusiast/overclocker/troubleshooter and would be more than glad to write a guide on cleaning out your PC just let me know and i could make an awesome thread on it. it will only be for Windows users though.

Edited by gearsh1fter, 26 March 2012 - 03:42 AM.

[SatanR1]

@gearsh1fter, thanks for your post and evaluations.

Your post alone should install confidence in those members who may have previously experienced the warnings that were being highlighted in the forum

Thanks.