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Title: Flashgot.exe detected as Win32:Trojan-gen {Other} after today's virus definition
Post by: goodrichm on July 18, 2009, 09:40:59 PM

Nothing has changed on my system except my Avast! virus definitions which have been updated to today's definitions. Flashgot.exe is now being detected by avast! 4.8 as having Win32:Trojan-gen {Other}.  I've been online all day and Flashgot has been working all day up until today's new updated virus definitions.  Please advise...MG

Title: Re: Flashgot.exe detected as Win32:Trojan-gen {Other} after today's virus definition
Post by: mathboyx215 on July 18, 2009, 09:45:45 PM

Upload flashgot.exe to virus total and post back your results
http://www.virustotal.com/

Title: Re: Flashgot.exe detected as Win32:Trojan-gen {Other} after today's virus definition
Post by: Sammo on July 18, 2009, 09:51:40 PM

I got the same thing. Totally ruined my download ability. Is this a FP?

Title: Re: Flashgot.exe detected as Win32:Trojan-gen {Other} after today's virus definition
Post by: RDC on July 18, 2009, 09:58:52 PM

Same here. Here's the permalink (http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/062a2f52df7d78899d1a3c6e5da9a1ad222638a8397468f64874163a713c6730-1247947038) to the virustotal analysis. Hope it's just a minor issue with the new database and not really a trojan otherwise i'll be really sad to give up Flashgot functionality.

Title: Re: Flashgot.exe detected as Win32:Trojan-gen {Other} after today's virus definition
Post by: jsejtko on July 18, 2009, 10:08:20 PM

Hello Guys,

sorry about this false positive, please update your avast! as fix is actually out in new vps update.

Title: Re: Flashgot.exe detected as Win32:Trojan-gen {Other} after today's virus definition
Post by: RDC on July 18, 2009, 10:20:41 PM

Thanks for the quick reply! Great job!

Title: Re: Flashgot.exe detected as Win32:Trojan-gen {Other} after today's virus defini
Post by: goodrichm on July 18, 2009, 10:30:50 PM

Working great once again!  Thanks so much for the quick response!!

Title: Re: Flashgot.exe detected as Win32:Trojan-gen {Other} after today's virus defini
Post by: polonus on July 18, 2009, 10:42:08 PM

Hi folks,

That is how fast it goes, good job, jsejtko,

polonus

Title: Re: Flashgot.exe detected as Win32:Trojan-gen {Other} after today's virus definition
Post by: abbiesomeone on July 19, 2009, 01:04:13 AM

Are we quite certain this is a false positive?

I found this article sort of alarming: http://www.viruslist.com/en/weblog?weblogid=208187496 (http://www.viruslist.com/en/weblog?weblogid=208187496)

Title: Re: Flashgot.exe detected as Win32:Trojan-gen {Other} after today's virus definition
Post by: DavidR on July 19, 2009, 01:16:04 AM

Did you not look at the results link for the virustotal results (Reply #3), that pretty much confirms it is a false positive. Not to mention one of the avast Virus Labs team confirming it is a false positive, which has been corrected. So I would tend to take their word for it.

The key wording in the link you gave is:

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A few days ago we started getting messages from users saying that their antivirus software had started detecting Trojans in the Flashget directory.

So 'in the Flashget directory' is what is relevant and somewhat different to the actual executable being infected and since VT has 41 scanners you get a pretty good idea when only two scanners detect it that it is highly likely to be an FP.

Title: Re: Flashgot.exe detected as Win32:Trojan-gen {Other} after today's virus definition
Post by: Lisandro on July 19, 2009, 02:39:22 AM

Problems with FlashGet come and go... I don't trust in FlashGet anymore. A lot of antivirus had detected it as adware, avast among them. Maybe they have changed the policy. Maybe FlashGet did.

Title: Re: Flashgot.exe detected as Win32:Trojan-gen {Other} after today's virus definition
Post by: Alan Baxter on July 21, 2009, 07:12:52 AM

Quote from: abbiesomeone on July 19, 2009, 01:04:13 AM

Are we quite certain this is a false positive?

I found this article sort of alarming: http://www.viruslist.com/en/weblog?weblogid=208187496 (http://www.viruslist.com/en/weblog?weblogid=208187496)

This article is about FlashGet, a completely different program from FlashGot.  FlashGot (http://flashgot.net) is a Mozilla extension, FlashGet (http://www.flashget.com/index_en.htm) is a download manager.

Title: Re: Flashgot.exe detected as Win32:Trojan-gen {Other} after today's virus definition
Post by: Lisandro on July 21, 2009, 02:10:37 PM

Quote from: Alan Baxter on July 21, 2009, 07:12:52 AM

This article is about FlashGet, a completely different program from FlashGot.  FlashGot (http://flashgot.net) is a Mozilla extension, FlashGet (http://www.flashget.com/index_en.htm) is a download manager.

My fault. Sorry. I've messed two products.

Title: Re: Flashgot.exe detected as Win32:Trojan-gen {Other} after today's virus definition
Post by: Alan Baxter on July 21, 2009, 03:41:01 PM

No problem.