Weird...

There are only two links on the page that aren't usual, the original Splitsider link and a nytimes link. I've remove the splitisder link, does it still do it?

I'm on my iPad at the moment. I'll fire up the PC again and let you know in a few minutes.

Back on the PC again. Getting the 'connection was reset' page but not moving on to the 'Threat secured' stage as previously.

I'm still getting it.

K then this is AVG's problem. It's a bug in their software and they will have to take a look at it. The only links that aren't placed by regular users are the Tapatalk links that are on every page. I think AVG is doing this in error.

Does Avaast use AVG's software? I use Avaast. it looks a near identical warning screen.

Try it now

Fine now.

What did you do?

I renamed the thread. Faceb00k.

Avast is AVG.

All is well this morning.

I've done an anti-virus scan and there's nothing nasty there.

I thought that was what you'd done, but I wasn't sure I hadn't just misremembered the original title.

Why did that work?

Yeah, make a thread called "Facebook killing everything", it breaks the Cellar. It turns out, AVG has an irony filter.

Who knew?

But yeah, I have no legit guess on this one.