[FIXED] 2.6.1 Causing AntiVirus alerts

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Hi,

I’m running Avast antivirus and in Whatpulse 2.6.1, it attempts to contact icanhazip which Avast is blocking as it apparently contains malware.

I’m not sure if this is a false positive for the website or not, but I do realise it’s not Whatpulse’s fault.

Perhaps a different service for finding the IP would be appropriate.

Just thought I’d let you know that Avast blocks this service in case you weren’t aware.

Thanks

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Thanks for the reporting, I’ve sent a request to Avast a few days ago to basically stop doing that. :slight_smile:

The URL is mentioned in a certain malware bit which uses the URL to get the computers IP address. The URL itself isn’t malicious, though.

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Just letting you know that I’ve not seen this warning for a while, so I’m assuming it’s fixed as I didn’t tell Avast to ignore it.

Thanks

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I haven’t gotten a confirmation from Avast of the false positive report, but good to know it’s not turning up anymore!