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   Nell Roseposted 23 months ago

   I was just browsing through a few hubs by other writers and noticed that everytime I went to read one on Discover Hubpages I had a Spam Alert 'we have stopped this site' pop up! Not sure if it's on the other sites, I will check.

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      bravewarriorposted 23 months agoin reply to this

      Nell, I just went into one of my articles on Discover and didn't get that message.

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         Nell Roseposted 23 months agoin reply to this

         Evidently it's the fault of AVG

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            Miebakagh57posted 23 months agoin reply to this

            I don't ever used AVG again for nearly 5 years.

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      TheShadowSpecterposted 23 months agoin reply to this

      I haven't come across that issue yet, Nell.  However, I have noticed that HubPages has been featuring new articles on hubpages.com without also featuring them on Discover Hubpages.  I'm not sure why they are doing so, because they usually don't feature an article on one site without doing so on the other.

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         Miebakagh57posted 23 months agoin reply to this

         Why should hubpages feature an article on hubpages.com and then on discover.hubpages.com if I understand it that way?                                        Featured articles it seems are home to Discover? And are then moved to a network site.

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            TheShadowSpecterposted 23 months agoin reply to this

            I contacted the HubPages Team on this matter, and they explained to me that a new article featured on hubpages.com doesn't get featured on discover.hubpages.com until it receives so many views.  I had thought that any article that HubPages approved for publication was featured automatically on both sites, but it turns out that it's not that way.

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               Miebakagh57posted 23 months agoin reply to this

               The Shawdow, I like and understand the steps you took. You're welcome.

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      CYong74posted 23 months agoin reply to this

      I'm getting the warning. But only on a pc where I have installed a certain antivirus.

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      WriterJanisposted 23 months agoin reply to this

      No problems here Nell.

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      Matt Wellsposted 23 months agoin reply to this

      We have reported the false flag to AVG Antivirus. Hopefully, it will be corrected soon.

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         Nell Roseposted 23 months agoin reply to this

         Thanks Matt, an over enthusiastic AVG LOL!

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   Brenda Arledgeposted 23 months ago

   I'm not having any issues with discover Hubpages

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   eugbugposted 23 months ago

   My antivirus software is also flagging the site with a phishing alert.

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      theraggededgeposted 23 months agoin reply to this

      Mine too.

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         CYong74posted 23 months agoin reply to this

         Are you guys using AVG?

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            theraggededgeposted 23 months agoin reply to this

            Avast.

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               Nell Roseposted 23 months agoin reply to this

               Yes it seems it was that. Strange though?

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   Miebakagh57posted 23 months ago

   Certain antivirus are vulnerable or a false-positive, just to get you change gear.

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      Nell Roseposted 23 months agoin reply to this

      Thanks Miebakagh, yes that's probably it.

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         Miebakagh57posted 23 months agoin reply to this

         Nell Rose, you're welcome.

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