Yes, it was the FORUM, not the Avast site itself, so don't get people all frightened over something that may not even be relevant to them.

That would have been very scary if you used your real name and put it on a profile. When I first joined the Kitchen Table I used my real initials on my ID, my real name, birthday etc. in the profile if they had one and my main email account. I googled my ID once and my past KT posts came up on the internet.

I have learned a lot since then, reading here, the newspapers and watching the news. Now I use an alias everywhere except if I am ordering something and they need my address for shipping. I am not of afraid of this kind of thing, but why make it easy for anyone who wants to rob or hurt you. Someone here in our city was robbed because she posted on a social network that she had to go to work and would be back at a certain time to visit again.

The link speaks for itself...."avast-forum-offline-due-to-attack". There was not intent to scare anyone, grandms. Just supplying current information for what it's worth. If it scared you...that wasn't my intent.

Anne, I had already read of this, so it didn't scare me. It was not the link but your first sentence in the post: ".......Avast was attacked over the weekend." No problem here, and I'm not chastising you at all. :-)

Real "news" is usually best obtained (and disseminated) in the mainstream media.

There's enough rumor, innuendo, misunderstandings and scuttle-butt floating around on most days, that the best thing to do when encountering something is to leave the dissemination to others. Well intentioned efforts to be helpful can contribute to confusion.