i should have thought about trying that earlier - yes my business computer
has mcafee installed and it reports blocking a script then reporting it as a
trojan: generic downloader.o in the log.

i'm no expert on web design but the web designer said that it can't a virus
because firefox would pick it up as well, which if true makes me think that
it could false reading in ie.

another point is that both avg and mcafee have a link to find out more about
the object but neither come up with anything.

hope this helps

"G. R. Woodring" wrote:

> If you are sure that the site is not serving a virus you will need to find out
> what element in the page is being flagged and submit it as a false positive to
> AVG. You could also update the anti-virus definitions to see if AVG has
> discovered the problem elsewhere and corrected it (it may take up to a few weeks
> if the problem is not seen by many users).
>
> If you are _NOT_ sure, submit the URL to AVG through their forum or support
> system and let _them_ take the risk.
>
> It is possible that you have different scanning settings in Firefox than in IE
> or that the site is serving different content based on browser sniffing.
>
> Do you know if users of other anti-virus software are receiving a warning?
>
> --
> G. R. Woodring
>
> Date: 7/3/2009 12:17 PM, Author: alex01 Wrote:
> > a friend has a website for his business. on visiting the home page of the
> > site a virus warning comes up in AVG: (HTML/Framer.BS). he has contacted the
> > website builder and hosting company but both say that its nothing to do with
> > them. this only happens in IE and not firefox which is why i'm asking
> > question here.
> >
> > any suggestions would be greatly appreciated as his business is being badly
> > affected.
> >
> > thanks in advance
>