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BDS/Backdoor.Gen2 running Avira Free with Avast Home 4.8
« on: November 20, 2009, 07:43:09 AM »
BDS/Backdoor.Gen2

I have a “spare”, dying, laptop running XP Home Ed Version 2002 20GB 224 MB RAM (!) bought from Time Computers in England (do they still exist?). It is dying probably because of beer spillage some years ago – only half the keyboard functions, so I use the on-screen one. It still works, slowly, so I use it was a guinea-pig test bed as I enjoy mucking about with it because it can do no harm as long as it has no contact directly or indirectly with my normal laptop. I have done some “questionable” things with it in order to speed it up, such as using products recommended by the press such as Computer Welt (World) Turbo Tuner-XP and the like, using Defraggler, and CCleaner on the registry etc. It still limps along.

To the point:
I have been testing out running different free AV packages side by side, which as other posters will have found, made it run even slower, but not crash. I tested my favourites Avast alongside Avira. Avira immediately warned that Avast was causing this BDS/Backdoor.Gen2, marked “serious” threat. I removed Avast (which I use with Threatfire on my main system), and the threat disappeared.

Basically, I wonder whether the competition is trying to “smear” AVAST. MSE did something similar (I uninstalled that too).

Have any of you any reports of BDS/Backdoor.Gen2 ?

Regards to all.
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Re: BDS/Backdoor.Gen2 running Avira Free with Avast Home 4.8
« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2009, 08:04:42 AM »
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Basically, I wonder whether the competition is trying to “smear” AVAST. MSE did something similar (I uninstalled that too).

This is what happens when running multi antivirus programs or firewalls

Multiple Antivirus Apps on One PC? http://tech.yahoo.com/blog/null/39904

Clash Of The Antivirus Apps http://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/2003/s1407/38s07/38s07.asp

quietman7 reply http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/index.php?s=11349ece5351ddb33ec62dc1f39aa3fa&showtopic=260844&view=findpost&p=1441638 

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Re: BDS/Backdoor.Gen2 running Avira Free with Avast Home 4.8
« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2009, 09:42:50 AM »
Pondus

Thanks. I have not checked those links yet. Will do. But Backdoor.Gen is a pretty severe threat, isn't it?

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Re: BDS/Backdoor.Gen2 running Avira Free with Avast Home 4.8
« Reply #3 on: November 20, 2009, 10:11:15 AM »
In this case i am pretty sure it is a false positive, one antivirus program is detecting the definition's in the other
This is like to guard dogs protecting its territory and trying to kill each other

If you want a second opinion, use an online scanner

http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/
http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

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Re: BDS/Backdoor.Gen2 running Avira Free with Avast Home 4.8
« Reply #4 on: November 20, 2009, 11:06:42 AM »
Thanks. Speak to you later.

You Norwegians were very wise to keep out of this EU dictatorship. You guys blocked that Virus OK!  ;)

Any small inconvenience is a price worth paying for democracy! I only wish UK politicians were not so corrupted by the EU.
windows 10 version 1809 (Build 17763.195) 64 bit home - ACER Aspire 17 SSD  Processor Pentium CPU N4200 @ 1.10 GHz. - HD graphics - 4GB RAM -
Avast free. Windows Defender. Malwarebytes free scan.