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@nightowl @Enrico I was able to disable the predictive services feature in chrome and the eset alert failed when googling hxxp://19216811. It must be related to pre-loading. @itman - I had the same error with Edge. Oddly I cannot find the button to disable pre-loading but I suspect that is the issue. Cheers, Alex

@itman, I tried searching that on Edge and had the same result. I do not have firefox but I could try it. Has anyone else been able to reproduce this error?

@Marcos - I did not go to any website from the google search. in chrome I went to google, and typed "hxxp://19216811" and eset said "threat removed". Can you reproduce this or explain what is going on? I did not go to the site directly nor did I click on anything. I will attach screen shots too. Thanks, Alex

Okay thank you! In this case there was no redirect. I was just searching for the right address for my network. I suppose my core question is whether it is possible to get a virus by simply googling. I was taken back when eset got upset with a google search.

@Itman thanks for the advice. I think this is just benign adware and eset blocked it. I am more concerned about what internet browsers load. Does Eset block ads from google for example? What is being loaded onto a computer from a google search?

I saw the same thing with going directly to the url. Anyway i am not sure what is going on with chrome. It startled me and i wonder if hackers are trying to use common mistakes in searches to try to install spyware.

Note: The previous xx should be tt.

Hi. The search to generate the block is "hxxp://19216811". I am wondering if this could be malware meant to be for people who type the router address wrong? I am not sure what eset is blocking.... Thanks, Alex

Hi, I have a question. I recently googled http19216811 into chrome and eset did a "connection terminated" due to JS/Adware.subprop.o. My question is more academic, than practical. When I google something, does Eset scan each search result and so internet warnings/blockings? Or does it only do these when something is clicked on or being loaded? I ask because I did nothing except google that term. It would be interesting if the page it blocked was trying to somehow load simply from a google search. Thanks, Alex