[nosfat]

Hello again,
After some waiting I got a response from the Avast support. It turns out it was a false positive – and it has been removed now! Se their answer below:

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It was a false positive. It should be fixed in the new virus definitions update.
To update virus definition: open Avast and go to > Settings (gear icon) > Update > Virus Definitions – click “Update”

note: if it is still detected, please allow few hours (up to 24 hrs) and check again

[nosfat]

Ok, thanks. The response from the people at Avast is:

JQuery needs to be retired: http://retire.insecurity.today/#!/scan/391f7ff3977be59fc9e08f26d8a2cc47cbebc8135b4e9ad004deaa4ea6e57973

Any comment?

[nosfat]

One more thing: When I scan the just downloaded theme zip file (v 4.2.2) with Avast it still screams malware. File indicated: ..read/js/modernizr.js

So the problem really seems to be on your side.

[nosfat]

Ok, thanks, I’ll try that. So strange this.

[nosfat]

Still waiting.

[nosfat]

Ok, I’ve done that now. And it did’nt work – still the same alert from Avast. What else can be done?

[nosfat]

No, there is no warning from Avast when I enter the demo site. Should I try to install the theme update?

[nosfat]

Ok, great, I’ll just wait here then.

[nosfat]

BTW: I’ve scanned the WordPress site with the plugin Wordfence, and it doesn’t find any problems. Avast keeps flashing red though.

[nosfat]

Hi, I noticed on the Theme comments page that another user also has this problem. It’s propably due to new malware definitions from Avast, that now identifies “modernizr.js” as malware, don’t you think? Is the file eliminated or changed in the last version of the theme? Can I simply update?

[nosfat]

Update: As I scanned my computer Avast also alerted me to “modernizr.js” in the zipped (downloaded) version of the READ theme. Not good.

As I stated my version of the theme is 4.4.1 and I have WordPress v 4.4 installed. Can this be fixed simply by updating both the theme and the wordpress installation? And in which order, in that case?

[nosfat]

The correct name of the “File” is: {gzip}

With curly brackets, that is. Please look into this as soon as possible.