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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: erwinbantilan on October 18, 2013, 04:41:53 AM

Title: Avast detect Facebook App from Windows Store as Virus/Malware
Post by: erwinbantilan on October 18, 2013, 04:41:53 AM

After installing Facebook app from Windows Store, Avast detected it as malware/virus..

see attach image below:
(https://feedback.avast.com/attachments/367)
(https://feedback.avast.com/attachments/366)

I already reported it as false positive.. hoping it will be fixed very soon..

Title: Re: Avast detect Facebook App from Windows Store as Virus/Malware
Post by: Eddy on October 18, 2013, 05:23:02 AM

Thank you for reporting it. The people from avast will look at it and when/if needed take action.

Title: Re: Avast detect Facebook App from Windows Store as Virus/Malware
Post by: kavindagehan on October 18, 2013, 07:10:45 AM

im too have this problem  :( .pls solve it soon

Title: Re: Avast detect Facebook App from Windows Store as Virus/Malware
Post by: Eddy on October 18, 2013, 07:51:46 AM

See if this solves the problem: http://public.avast.com/~rypacek/patches/ (http://public.avast.com/~rypacek/patches/)

Title: Re: Avast detect Facebook App from Windows Store as Virus/Malware
Post by: fracama87 on October 18, 2013, 12:45:14 PM

Same problem here possibly it's related to some advertising of facebook? I haven't install and I won't install untill I'll understand if it's completely sure :)

Title: Re: Avast detect Facebook App from Windows Store as Virus/Malware
Post by: tekguru on October 29, 2013, 09:50:01 PM

Same issue here on Windows 8.1 almost. The App loads just fine but the live tile fails to update. Is there an official fix for this yet?