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Other => General Topics => Topic started by: rdmaloyjr on May 19, 2007, 11:00:27 PM

Title: SD5 false positive
Post by: rdmaloyjr on May 19, 2007, 11:00:27 PM

A couple of days ago I downloaded SD5. It have http://spyros.atspace.com/ bookmarked. SD5 detected it as a high threat. I didn't have the page opened at any time while SD5 was on my computer. spyros.atspace.com is Spyros's website. Spyros is a respected member of avast! forums and I don't believe he would have a site that has malware & phishing. No other infection was found.

Also, SD5 froze Opera & my computer in cycles. It would freeze Opera, then free it. Then it freeze my whole computer, then free it.

I uninstalled SD5 shortly afterwards

Title: Re: SD5 false positive
Post by: DavidR on May 20, 2007, 12:15:52 AM

SD5 may treat all of atspace.com as high threat/risk, (including sub domains) since atspace.com has come in for some stick previously.

I have to admit I have never heard of SD5 before this post, unless your are abbreviating version 5 of some application and google doesn't throw up anything useful.

Title: Re: SD5 false positive
Post by: rdmaloyjr on May 20, 2007, 12:25:36 AM

Spyware Doctor 5

Title: Re: SD5 false positive
Post by: Lisandro on May 20, 2007, 01:02:31 AM

Seems a Spyware Doctor false positive.
Spyros' website is clean for Dr. Web, for instance.

Title: Re: SD5 false positive
Post by: DavidR on May 20, 2007, 01:21:54 AM

Wasn't there another rash of spyware doctor FPs in the registry recently that caused you to have to restore a partition with acronis true image ?