gstatic.com pop-ups

[NUFC20]

So as many users know, today for a few hours Malwarebytes was throwing up several pop-ups about 'gstatic.com'. They say it has been fixed as in no pop-ups anymore. But what was it blocking? Some people have said it is a Google domain for serving static content like images etc. Yet some pages state it is a piece of malware that can redirect browser entries and create malicious pop-up ads. So I just wanted to know were the pop-ups about blocking the Google domain or blocking a legitimate piece of malware? Thanks

[John L. Galt]

Hi, @NUFC20, and

According to

the IP address was a False Positive.  Since it has been flagged as a False Positive, it would seem that it was not blocking any malware of sorts.

[NUFC20]

Okay that's great. So if my machine was clean before the pop-ups occurred, it'll mean it is still the same state now? Thanks

Edited March 25, 2016 by NUFC20

[John L. Galt]

That is correct.  In fact, the pop-ups were warning you that the site mentioned was blocked from being accessed, preventing infection in the case that it had been a truly malicious site.  The pop-ups were not informing you of infection, but rather,, prevention of possible infection.

Short story - you're good.

[NUFC20]

Ah so - it was more of a warning that the site mentioned, if accessed, could lead to a malicious site NOT warning that any malware was infecting my PC? Cheers for the help John, have a good day!

[John L. Galt]

You're very welcome

Actually, to add to that, here is an example of what you should have been seeing, and what it means:  https://www.malwarebytes.org/support/guides/mbam/notifications.html#web_block

That is taken from the the MBAM Windows Users Guide (in HTML format for online viewing), which can be fully viewed from here:  https://www.malwarebytes.org/support/guides/mbam/

Finally, here is the page with all guides listed, including those in PDF format for offline viewing:  https://www.malwarebytes.org/support/guides/

Have a great day