F-Secure "many message widget" warns me of "Harmful web site http://pubads.g.doublclick.net;activity

I am getting repeated warnings from F-Secure.
A pop box in lower right hand screen says "This is many message widget"
WHen I click on it a box opens with hundreds of "Harmful web site http://pubads.g.doublclick.net;activity;dc_ju=764 ... which is all I can read (can't scroll, or maximize the dialogue box".
Can you help me please?
This is rather annoying, and I dont know which of about fifty pages I am browsing is causing it either.
Thank you,
Matt
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Hi Simon,
I have run malwarebytes, and no virus was found. (At least it did not indicate any, but I am running the free version of Malwarebytes)
I can't copy the 2nd box that I see to show you (I might be low on memory?) - but it looks like the dialogue box at the top of this thread....
https://community.f-secure.com/t5/Security/pixel-quantserve-com/td-p/69607https://community.f-secure.com/t5/Security/pixel-quantserve-com/td-p/69607https://community.f-secure.com/t5/Security/pixel-quantserve-com/td-p/69607
I also saw this response from 'Ben' at the last message in this thread ...
27-04-2015 01:53 PM
I reported the URL to our labs and the false positive should be corrected shortly.
Let me know if the issue persists.
-Ben
I was hoping mine was simply a 'false positive' also that 'someone'(ben) could correct?
Matt
I have the same problem, it started yesterday.
I started noticing the warning messages about 5/3/2015.
I also just realized that there is a 2nd website being warned about
Harmful web site http://www.billboardspm.com/search/asset?op=load&assetId=Frames_NoFrame0001 blocked
Along with
Harmful web site http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/activity;dc_iu=/7646/Audience;dc_seg=9771370;ord=9910352940069.168? blocked
and, http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/activity;dc_iu=/7645/Audience;dc_seg=9771370;ord=9910352950069.168?
Hopefuly someon here can help.
I am using WOW as my provider. Who are you with?
I wonder if I called WOW what they would say? F-Secure is not their product though. I asume WOW leases F-Secure.
I cannot find anything else with a Google search on this error, except this site. Strange?
Matt
I doubt that F-Secure will respond here until Monday, but you could submit samples of the blocked URLs for analysis, here:
https://analysis.f-secure.com/portal/login.html
HI Simon,
That analysis link is not doing what I expect, It keeps replying with a red error box at the top syaing "PLease select the type of URL you are submitting". I already have selected "Dangerous URL", so I don't think it's working.
That WIDGET message - it actuall is a pop up box that appears in the loewer right hand corner of my screen. It's title says - "This is many message widget." - it does sound like something that someone with a poor level of English grammar would say.
Hi @mnalep
The "many message widget" comes from our product. That text should never be visible, but apparently some localizations were not properly loaded/applied.
Usually when a malware is found, there is a flyer. When there are multiple simultaneous detections, there would be too many flyers and they are replaced with a notification that you have many messages. The history shows all the missed notifications.
Ville
(F-Secure R&D)
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/
Sorry about the confusion with the "many message widget". I'm using an English language version of F-Secure and have never seen that before. Not easy to help here sometimes with this sort of thing.
Hi Ville,
Is there a way I can determine what is triggering the warning messages?
Is it a specific web page? Is it malware on my pc?
I'd like to find the cause and eliminate it (especially if its as simple as closing a 'bad' web page (I have about 100 pages open...)
In addition to F-Secure, I also ran free version of Malwarebytes Antimalware, which founf nothing.
Thank you,
Matt
Simon,
Thanks, I will look into ADWCleaner.
Matt