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FALSE ALARM - Latest SuperAntiSpyware definitiions
« on: March 23, 2013, 03:18:11 PM »
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Re: FALSE ALARM - Latest SuperAntiSpyware definitiions
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2013, 04:29:19 PM »
Not really a surprise or really a false positive, you are downloading virus signatures, which would appear to be unencrypted and you have installed a resident anti-virus just looking for said virus signatures.

A bit like an attack dog biting a burglar.
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