Yesterday I opened my computer and found that there was a website I often visit that was blocked by Heimdal Security. I remember I visited this website once on accident and a virustotal scan says that only Heimdal security says it’s malicious. I searched for similar cases and found that there was a comment on the forum that said that this kind of situation is called a false positive. This means that your antivirus product detected something that it can’t identify 100%.
So I started to try to find a way to solve it. I logged in to the HEIMDAL Dashboard, and clicked the Endpoint Settings button in the top-right corner. I found the Security Settings section, but I couldn’t find the options I wanted. I remembered what I saw in the forum before, it seems that my Home version doesn’t have the feature I need. I found that Threat Prevention Home costs $69.95/year, while Premium Security Home costs $99.95/year. But I didn’t want to spend money on this.
Then, I thought that maybe someone had written a tool or script to bypass it. But after a long time of searching, I found nothing. I started to get frustrated, but then I remembered that the website owner can contact Heimdal Security to remove their website from the blacklist. So, I decided to give it a try.
I sent an email to the website owner and explained the situation. The owner replied very quickly and told me that he would contact Heimdal Security. After a few hours, I received an email from Heimdal Security saying that they had removed the website from the blacklist. I was so happy that I finally solved this problem.
I also found some useful info online about Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability. It seems that some legit websites are vulnerable to this kind of attack, which can be used for phishing. I learned that I should be more careful when visiting websites in the future.
In conclusion, if you encounter a similar situation, you can try to contact the website owner and ask them to contact Heimdal Security. Or, you can upgrade to the paid version to get more features. But remember, always be careful when browsing the internet!
- Don’t panic if a website is suddenly blocked.
- Try to understand what happened.
- Look for solutions online or contact support.
- Be patient and persistent.
- Learn from the experience and be more cautious in the future.
Lessons Learned
This experience taught me to be more proactive in solving problems. I also learned a bit about website security and how to avoid potential threats. Most importantly, I realized that sometimes the simplest solution is the best one. All it took was a simple email to the website owner to solve my issue.