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avast is blocking anandtech forums

Humm, odd.

Avast is known to throw false positives, and I suspect that's the case here as well. Nothing appears to be amiss with the site, and while I can't speak for the ads (since they come from third party sources), I haven't received any other complaints.

Are you still seeing this issue after grabbing the latest definition update?
 
Seems to be blocking ad related objects on every page load now too.

URL: h ttp://ads.servebom.com/tmnhead.js
Infection: URL:Mal

URL: h ttp://ads.servebom.com/event.js?t=AB&id=0&bid=&cp=0&bdrid=&crid=&ad=&r=4595l=http%3A%2F%2Fforums.anandtech.com%2Fforumdisplay.php%3Ff%3D32
Infection: URL:Mal

URL: http://ads.servebom.com/tmntag.js?v=1.2&r=10158&o={%22p%22:%222009%22,%22l%22:%22http%3A%2F%2Fforums.anandtech.com%2Fshowthread.php%3Ft%3D2463484%22,%22a%22:[],%22t%22:%222016-02-09%2016:17:46%22,%22tz%22:480,%22r%22:%221552x826%22}&j=[{%22br%22:7,%22bs%22:%22a728x90p150:728x90%22},{%22br%22:%2218%22,%22bs%22:%22a160x600p2.47:aolad4,a300x250p2.754367:aolad7,a320x50p2.01:aolad13%22}]
Infection: URL:Mal
 
We've opened a bug with Avast. We believe one of the ad providers had a bad ad.

I should also note that we are in the process of rolling out a system to scan all ads before they are rendered to prevent these issues.
 
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