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Offline Bluemeanie

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Avast and Tdsskiller 2.8.16.0
« on: February 19, 2013, 05:31:54 PM »
I have no reason to think my pc is infected, just making sure all is clean before doing a backup. Thing I run first are Tdsskiller, Malwarebytes, Superantispyware and a scan with Avast. Yesterday Tdsskiller informed me there was a new version, I was using 2.8.15.0, new one is 2.8.16.0. When I ran it, Avast gave me a popup that an untrusted program was trying to modify a protect resource. the program was Tsdsskiller. I've never seen that before. I denied access and Tdsskiller ran anyway, but it did complain about the driver not being able to load. Is this something new, do I have a problem that I'm not aware of? Yes I know this may not be the place to get an answer, but at least here people do answer things.

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Re: Avast and Tdsskiller 2.8.16.0
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2013, 05:44:28 PM »
it is not uncommon that AV react on these tools as they have virus like behavior


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Re: Avast and Tdsskiller 2.8.16.0
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2013, 07:03:46 PM »
As it was setting a deep driver, then Avast was concerned.  I should imagine it was a behaviour shield popup and if it is a known programme that you trust then you could allow it