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Title: False positives on Winrar sfx packed files
Post by: satdoxter on November 30, 2003, 05:10:38 PM
Hello i'm one of the full registered members of Winrar and get since last program update to much false positives on winrar sfx files wich i have made myself.
I have some pass protected files wich all gives the Win32 trojan gen UPX!

The problem is on both my computers.

Greetings,
Title: Re:False positives on Winrar sfx packed files
Post by: igor on November 30, 2003, 05:22:54 PM
It's probably a false positive from the recent update: check this thread (http://www.avast.com/forum/index.php?board=4;action=display;threadid=1827), please.
If possible, send one of the files to virus(at)avast.com so that it can be fixed soon. Thanks!

Title: Re:False positives on Winrar sfx packed files
Post by: satdoxter on November 30, 2003, 06:31:35 PM
I just did and sended a file hope this will be fixed soon btw isn't there a possibility to set ignore on files you trust?

Thanks for the quick reply
Title: Re:False positives on Winrar sfx packed files
Post by: igor on November 30, 2003, 09:34:38 PM
Yes, in the program settings, you can set "exclusions" - files/folders that will not be scanned. In the Pro version, you can set the exclusions for each task separatelly.

As for the winrar FP - I hope it will be fixed very soon, so there shouldn't be any need to put it into exlusions.