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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: JEfromCanada on March 11, 2004, 03:18:38 AM
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After my update today (database version 0403-6), Avast reported a trojan W32:Trojan.gen{Other} on file C:\mirc\mirc.exe.
This file has been on my computer for over two years, and no virus scanner (avast, online scanners, symantec, AVG) has ever had a problem with it.
When the warning was first posted, I tried the repair option, but then thought better of it - adding the offending file to the Exceptions list, and restoring the original file from my backups (yes, I actually do use backups!)
Could someone confirm whether the latest release could have caused this. I have the zipped or original versions of the mirc.exe file if anyone needs to examine them.
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VPS 403-6 seems to have more false positives (http://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=4;action=display;threadid=3212;start=msg23017#msg23017) >:(
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VPS 403-6 seems to have more false positives (http://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=4;action=display;threadid=3212;start=msg23017#msg23017) >:(
Thanks for the very quick reply. I did see that thread before posting, but since the reported file and symptom were slightly different, I thought I'd start a new thread. Do you need my file to help determine why the false positive occurred?
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Me not but you can send it to virus@avast.com for analysis...
Hope we have more luck tomorrow... Wellcome to forums. 8)
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Me not but you can send it to virus@avast.com for analysis...
Hope we have more luck tomorrow... Wellcome to forums. 8)
I've mailed it in, but I'm sure it's just caused by a glitch in their latest update file.