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Title: FP ? avast finds Win32:Nimosw-B in WindowsUpdate.log
Post by: TheAnalyzer on February 22, 2008, 09:32:10 PM

Is this a possibla FP ? Avast finds Win32:Nimosw-B in WindowsUpdate.log

I have scanned the file with Virus total and no other scanner finds this ??

what is going on ?

TA

Title: Re: FP ? avast finds Win32:Nimosw-B in WindowsUpdate.log
Post by: Lisandro on February 22, 2008, 11:45:38 PM

Most probably, a false positive.
Could you send the file to virus@avast.com and inform that avast is detecting it as infected (false positive). Thanks.

Title: Re: FP ? avast finds Win32:Nimosw-B in WindowsUpdate.log
Post by: philly12 on February 22, 2008, 11:46:06 PM

If it is a false positive, please send the file in a password protected zip as an attachment in an email to virus@avast.com with the password for the file in the text of the email.  Put false positive/undetected malware in the subject.

I'm not an advast admin, but this is pretty much their standard procedure for false positives.  I figured i would save them some time.

Title: Re: FP ? avast finds Win32:Nimosw-B in WindowsUpdate.log
Post by: TheAnalyzer on February 23, 2008, 02:35:47 PM

I did a system restore because of other unrelated problems, but avast now does not detect it anymore ...

regards

TA

Title: Re: FP ? avast finds Win32:Nimosw-B in WindowsUpdate.log
Post by: Lisandro on February 24, 2008, 03:50:39 PM

Quote from: TheAnalyzer on February 23, 2008, 02:35:47 PM

I did a system restore because of other unrelated problems, but avast now does not detect it anymore ...

regards

TA

Most probably, avast updated its virus database and correct the detection.