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erwinbantilan

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Avast detect Facebook App from Windows Store as Virus/Malware
« on: October 18, 2013, 04:41:53 AM »
After installing Facebook app from Windows Store, Avast detected it as malware/virus..

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I already reported it as false positive.. hoping it will be fixed very soon..


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Re: Avast detect Facebook App from Windows Store as Virus/Malware
« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2013, 05:23:02 AM »
Thank you for reporting it. The people from avast will look at it and when/if needed take action.

kavindagehan

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Re: Avast detect Facebook App from Windows Store as Virus/Malware
« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2013, 07:10:45 AM »
im too have this problem  :( .pls solve it soon

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Re: Avast detect Facebook App from Windows Store as Virus/Malware
« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2013, 07:51:46 AM »
See if this solves the problem: http://public.avast.com/~rypacek/patches/

fracama87

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Re: Avast detect Facebook App from Windows Store as Virus/Malware
« Reply #4 on: October 18, 2013, 12:45:14 PM »
Same problem here possibly it's related to some advertising of facebook? I haven't install and I won't install untill I'll understand if it's completely sure :)

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Re: Avast detect Facebook App from Windows Store as Virus/Malware
« Reply #5 on: October 29, 2013, 09:50:01 PM »
Same issue here on Windows 8.1 almost. The App loads just fine but the live tile fails to update. Is there an official fix for this yet?