[dba-Tech] Threat has been detected

[Gustav Brock]

Hi Rocky

That site is bad. 
Secure DNS didn't block it, but I asked CSIS to double-check:

<quote>
Hi Gustav

The site appears to be related to a Browser Hijacker and rogue search engine. In my testing, I got redirected to another domain (live-winners.com) which we are already blocking. I have now also added searchnet.com to our blocked domain and it should soon take effect. Thanks for the heads up.

Mvh. / Kind Regards

Emil Jeppesen
CSIS Security Group
</quote>

For corporate usage indeed, I can recommend Secure DNS:

https://www.csis.dk/prevent-secure-dns/

/gustav

-----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
Fra: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Rocky Smolin
Sendt: 22. november 2017 20:24
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Emne: [dba-Tech] Threat has been detected

I am getting a message intermittently from Avast: a verbal - ding-ding-don 'A threat has been detected', and the message: Threat secured. We've safely aborted connection on www.searchnet.com because it was infected with HTML:RedirME-Inf[TR]].

Is this a real threat, a false positive? I can't find any reference to searchnet on my comp.  So I don't know where this is coming from.
 
Any ideas?

TIA

Rocky