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Other => Viruses and worms => Topic started by: philly12 on November 24, 2006, 06:48:05 AM

Title: Another false positive
Post by: philly12 on November 24, 2006, 06:48:05 AM
I would like to report some false positives.  Both are for the products made by iobit.com, and these products are Advanced WindowsCare v.2 personal and Advanced Spyware Remover.  For Advanced Spyware Remover's update program (asrupdate.exe) , Avast! detects "Virus Description: Win32:VB-BIS [Trj]".  For Advanced WindowsCare v.2.2.0 personal, Avast! detected a virus in the update file, but that went away after I updated to version 2.2.1.  I would like an update to come out and remove the false positive for the asrupdate.exe file. 

P.s.- I do not want to hear a response saying to just set up avast! to put the file in exemptions.  I know how to do that, but I would like to see the false positive fixed.  I cannot send the file to Avast! easily either, because i do not use outlook.  I just use yahoo's email.

I like iobit's free software and want to continue using it without problems created by Avast!.  Thank You.
Title: Re: Another false positive
Post by: oldman on November 24, 2006, 07:07:10 AM
but I would like to see the false positive fixed. I cannot send the file to Avast! easily either, because i do not use outlook. I just use yahoo's email.

Only by submitting the file will get it straightened out. Send the file directly from the chest. Open the chest, right click on the file you want to send, a pop up menu will appear, select email to alwil software.
Title: Re: Another false positive
Post by: philly12 on November 24, 2006, 08:51:13 AM
I cant send the file cause it says it needs sent through SMTP, and I dont know how to set it up.  I only use yahoo mail, not outlook or any other types of offline email.  So I cant send it to Avast! without setting it up.
Title: Re: Another false positive
Post by: Lisandro on November 24, 2006, 11:35:09 AM
I cant send the file cause it says it needs sent through SMTP, and I dont know how to set it up.
Won't it be?

Server address: smtp.mail.yahoo.com
Port: 25
From address: youremail@yahoo.com

You can set this into the SMTP tab of settings. Right click the 'a' blue icon and choose Program settings.
Title: Re: Another false positive
Post by: philly12 on November 24, 2006, 08:20:41 PM
ok, thanks for telling me how to set that up
Title: Re: Another false positive
Post by: Lisandro on November 24, 2006, 09:10:04 PM
ok, thanks for telling me how to set that up
But, does it work? I'm not sure about that, it was just a tentative, a guess...
Title: Re: Another false positive
Post by: philly12 on November 24, 2006, 09:12:02 PM
um, i hate to say it, but it didnt work, any other ideas?,,,,,like could i just upload the file and send it in an attachment using yahoo mail to some address that avast! has for false positives?
Title: Re: Another false positive
Post by: Lisandro on November 24, 2006, 09:14:18 PM
um, i hate to say it, but it didnt work, any other ideas?,,,,,like could i just upload the file and send it in an attachment using yahoo mail to some address that avast! has for false positives?

1. Just send to virus (at) avast.com and tell the story... you can use webmail.
or
2. You can use Alwil FTP server as a second way to transfer only big files. Upload them to ftp://ftp.avast.com/incoming (please, note that you won't have READ access to the ftp server, just write - so you won't even be able to see what you've just uploaded).

But I'd like to know that if you configure Outlook Express with that options that I've told you, would you be able to send a mail or not?
Title: Re: Another false positive
Post by: calcu007 on November 24, 2006, 10:05:32 PM
I cant send the file cause it says it needs sent through SMTP, and I dont know how to set it up.
Won't it be?

Server address: smtp.mail.yahoo.com
Port: 25
From address: youremail@yahoo.com

You can set this into the SMTP tab of settings. Right click the 'a' blue icon and choose Program settings.


It will not work
Title: Re: Another false positive
Post by: Lisandro on November 24, 2006, 10:59:14 PM
It will not work
Why? Which configuration is wrong? The port number?
Title: Re: Another false positive
Post by: philly12 on November 25, 2006, 04:32:34 AM
ok i sent the file using yahoo to virus@avast.com  .  Thanks for giving me the address.  I will do this for future false positives and not bother posting on the forum about them.  Thanks
Title: Re: Another false positive
Post by: oldman on November 25, 2006, 06:16:37 AM
I cant send the file cause it says it needs sent through SMTP, and I dont know how to set it up.
Won't it be?

Server address: smtp.mail.yahoo.com
Port: 25
From address: youremail@yahoo.com


You can set this into the SMTP tab of settings. Right click the 'a' blue icon and choose Program settings.


I think it shouuld be

smpt.your isp
Title: Re: Another false positive
Post by: Lisandro on November 25, 2006, 12:23:42 PM
I think it shouuld be
smpt.your isp
You're right... my fault.
The user must allow smtp authentication to send the yahoo mail, using then the configuration I've posted.
Title: Re: Another false positive
Post by: philly12 on November 26, 2006, 03:24:55 AM
What do you mean by "your isp".  Why would the isp matter unless you think that the mail i'm using is my isp's which it is not?  Could you write out in laymen terms, line by line, how to set it up cause i still cant get it to work. 
And it would help if you used a fake email name in an example.  Pretend my email is Bob@yahoo.com and my password is lock101 and I only use yahoo email, how would this person set up the SMTP?
Title: Re: Another false positive
Post by: OrangeCrate on November 26, 2006, 03:48:04 AM
I only use yahoo mail, not outlook or any other types of offline email.

With all due respect to Tech and the others giving you outgoing server SMTP settings, unless you have Yahoo Mail Plus ($19.95 per year) you have no POP access, and the information is of no use to you.

With Mail Plus you can set up a POP account in Thunderbird, Outlook, or Outlook Express, etc. It's quite easy to do, and all of the settings, including the SMTP info, are contained in the instructions from Yahoo.

If you're interested, see the link on your Yahoo Mail page for "Mail Upgrades" for more information...
Title: Re: Another false positive
Post by: oldman on November 26, 2006, 07:46:24 AM
Sorry, I didn't realize yahoo went to a premium service.  ???  :-[ It used to be configureable in outlook express. I set it up for my son in law a few of years ago.

 philly12

Looks like your option is to zip the files and send them to avast.
Title: Re: Another false positive
Post by: oldman on November 26, 2006, 09:32:48 AM

I think it shouuld be

smpt.your isp


meant to say

smpt.your mail server

But as orangecrate pointed out that won't work.
Title: Re: Another false positive
Post by: alanrf on November 26, 2006, 10:15:14 AM
Hey no groveling to philly12.

Every ISP I have heard of provides email services via POP/SMTP.  So choosing to only use Webmail services is a choice ... it does not mean that the individual does not have access to POP/SMTP services it means that they deliberately choose not to use those services.  So why would there need to be apologies for someone choosing to use a free service? 

The only exceptions that immediately come to mind are folks who get Internet service by using/sharing ... oh let's not go down that road.
Title: Re: Another false positive
Post by: oldman on November 26, 2006, 11:01:34 AM
lol

Didn't think I was groveling, just trying to correct an error I made. and yes he should have access through his isp, if he so choses.
Title: Re: Another false positive
Post by: alanrf on November 26, 2006, 11:14:11 AM
I was jesting in using the term "groveling" sorry if anyone misunderstood that ... but I'm glad my basic point came across.
Title: Re: Another false positive
Post by: oldman on November 26, 2006, 11:17:15 AM
Yep, I took it in the manner you meant  ;D . Made me smile!!!   8)
Title: Re: Another false positive
Post by: mouniernetwork on November 26, 2006, 03:27:45 PM
how about using YPOPs ???

Al968
Title: Re: Another false positive
Post by: wolf.gehrisch on May 07, 2023, 11:32:53 PM
I have a similar problem.  Since about a month Avast tells me every, and sometimes several times per day, that it has blocked connection to asrupdates.com because it is infected without telling me which programme or applet is requesting the connection so I can delete it.

Anyone an idea how to solve the problem?
Title: Re: Another false positive
Post by: Pondus on May 07, 2023, 11:47:26 PM
I have a similar problem.  Since about a month Avast tells me every, and sometimes several times per day, that it has blocked connection to asrupdates.com because it is infected without telling me which programme or applet is requesting the connection so I can delete it.

Anyone an idea how to solve the problem?
this thread is 17 years old  ???   Start a new for Your problem

Title: Re: Another false positive
Post by: DavidR on May 08, 2023, 01:40:05 AM
I have a similar problem.  Since about a month Avast tells me every, and sometimes several times per day, that it has blocked connection to asrupdates.com because it is infected without telling me which programme or applet is requesting the connection so I can delete it.

Anyone an idea how to solve the problem?

When you create your own new topic, post a screenshot of the avast alert window with the Details option selected, that should also show the process responsible for the connection.  This wpuld also give an indication on the action/s required.
Title: Re: Another false positive
Post by: niftycotton on May 12, 2023, 12:37:45 PM
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Title: Re: Another false positive
Post by: DavidR on May 12, 2023, 01:02:27 PM
Thanks for giving me the address.  I will do this for future false positives and not bother posting on the forum about them.  Thanks

The address given in this topic, given was started 17 years ago is no longer valid.
-  Reporting a Possible False Positive File or Website - https://www.avast.com/false-positive-file-form.php (https://www.avast.com/false-positive-file-form.php).
You should get a response in a day or two.