Website security

30 May 2023

False phishing warning messages from AVG and Avast One

We have noted that some third party tools are falsely reporting that our democracy and lbhf web pages are unsafe – we've seen generic warning message from AVG and Avast One.

We contacted AVG and Avast One and both replied to say that it was a false positive URL detection. The reported URL was checked by the companies virus specialists and based on the findings and the detection has been removed. The website is now marked as clean in the companies virus databases.

Please be reassured that there is no issue with either www.lbhf.gov.uk or democracy.lbhf.gov.uk.

These are examples of what you might see.

AVG: Threat secured. We've safely aborted connection on www.lbhf.gov.uk because it was infected with URL: Phishing. We can also protect you against other types of threats. Upgrade your protection.

Avast One: Threat secured. We've safely aborted connection on www.lbhf.gov.uk because it was infected with URL: Phishing. We can also protect you against other types of threats. Upgrade your protection.

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