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This came as a total surprise to me.

I am using Avast Antivirus 11.1.2253 with virus definitions version 160330-3 on a Windows 8.1 and a Firefox browser.

The issue: While reviewing some SO questions, my antivirus went crazy (or not?) and displayed me this pop-up

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some sort of JS-Trojan but how? Has anyone idea why this could be happening? I kind of strongly believe that this might be false alert, but still not sure and amazed.

Has that happened to someone else?

To recap: I am asking a question about a SO-virus on a SO-site..

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  • What happened when you clicked Details?
    – Michael Frank
    Commented Mar 30, 2016 at 21:04
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    Its called a false positive, Avast is notorious, for having false positives.
    – Ramhound
    Commented Mar 30, 2016 at 21:04
  • Not much, the same info only with a green tick saying "Infection blocked"
    – user8
    Commented Mar 30, 2016 at 21:06
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    Why the downvote?
    – user8
    Commented Mar 30, 2016 at 21:08
  • Probably a better to ask on meta.stackoverflow.com than here.
    – Scott Chamberlain
    Commented Mar 30, 2016 at 21:29

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