Google + HiveWorkshop = Trojan Horse?!

[Mr_Bean]

Hi guys,

Recently I am having strange issues. I Google questions I have relating to the World Editor and it gives me results leading to the HiveWorkshop. However, when I click the link, Avast blocks the page, saying it is a Trojan Horse! I can, however, open the HiveWorkshop site from a bookmark and then search from there.

Does anyone else have this issue?

Thanks,

Mr_Bean

 

[GhostWolf]

For an unknown reason, Hiveworkshop links coming from Google redirect to a site called Tinyurl4.

There is a thread about this below.

 

[Mr_Bean]

I don't think my links get redirected. Check these pics:

In the above screenshots, I went to Google, searched for "HiveWorkshop" and clicked on "Models". Then the avast alert popped up.

 

[GhostWolf]

Since it alerted you, it most likely blocked the request, and Firefox couldn't connect to the server.

The redirection url is "http://tinyurl4.info/f12f6227".

The redirecting stopped happening to me, so it might have been fixed.

 

[Mr_Bean]

Where did you see that URL? It also happens in Internet Explorer, except I don't think it brings up the virus alert; just can't connect and load the page.

 

[Ralle]

This is already being discussed here: http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/site-discussion-97/tinyurl-redirect-217683/