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Other => Viruses and worms => Topic started by: hiddenleaf on July 23, 2017, 06:31:59 PM

Title: False positive? Nova Launcher reported as malware
Post by: hiddenleaf on July 23, 2017, 06:31:59 PM

I received this notification from Avast for android today: Nova Launcher contains malware! It may harm you device.

Surely this has to be a mistake.

Title: Re: False positive? Nova Launcher reported as malware
Post by: polonus on July 23, 2017, 10:10:33 PM

If NOVA has its data collector enabled (usally in settings) then avast may flag it.

polonus

Title: Re: False positive? Nova Launcher reported as malware
Post by: Asyn on July 24, 2017, 05:22:25 AM

You can report a suspected FP here: https://www.avast.com/false-positive-file-form.php

Title: Re: False positive? Nova Launcher reported as malware
Post by: Ondřej David on July 24, 2017, 02:57:47 PM

FP will be fixed in the next VPS update.