[FIXED] [VBS: Malware Gen] False positives Vir. def: 170221-1 22.2.2017 0:08:41

[TheOwner]

FIXED: VPS 170222-0 is already out and fixes this false positive. Moroni





UPDATE: This False Positive detection should be fixed very soon with a new vps update. Moroni



Today i had 2 virus alerts from safe sites. One was xchat.cz and second on google.cz What happens? Cant belive this is real virus. Thanks

UPDATE: Not only those sites! Also if i run FULL SCAN, thousands of files are detected as virus! Can u imagine what happen if some user delete those files and no more boot up PC? This is unacceptable! Thank you avast. This is not first time i see that huge mistake in your products.

UPDATE 2: Thanks for fix, everything is ok now.

[johnnybgoodkptv]

Same here.  Repost from my other reply:


I'm getting all sorts of hits on my computer and VM today with Avast warning me about a generic "VBS:Malware-gen" when I open Google Chrome.   I ran a "Full system scan" and I'm at 1,000+ hits and counting, and my drives are only about 24% scan completed).  The irony is Avast's "Smart scan" detects nothing, but the "Full system scan" does.  What good is it if it can't detect jack?

I ran online scans from ESET, Trend Micro, Kaspersky, and F-Secure and they all came back negative.

I use Macrium Reflect to back up my system so I restored a full image from about 2 weeks ago (errors only started today), and Avast is complaining about files being infected from this restore too.

I powered up my laptop (which I haven't used for months) and updated Avast's antivirus definitions and ran a Full system scan on there.  It's also detecting the SAME THING.

I'm going to restore my system to about 2 years ago to see if Avast still detects it too.

The last time Avast reported false positives was a few years ago.  n00bishly, I let Avast delete my Windows system files and had to do a complete reinstall of Windows.

Is anyone else running into this same problem?

[TheOwner]

OMG, if i run full scan, thousands of infected items. This is real?

[nunu52]

I got random virus alerts from twitch.tv or other random well know website like neogaf forum.

[TheOwner]

Try do full scan, you wil lbe surprised how avast detect all your files in computer as virus.

[loljoly]

I get an alert about google chrome about every 5 or so minutes, and i got one from twitch earlier. I'm running a full scan now and it says theres infected files but I don't think they are?

I'll upload a screenshot when i get another chrome one.

[Antony28]

Amazon Cart for me brings a stupid report...........


 

[loljoly]

This is what i get every five minutes. anyone else got this too? this was NOT happening earlier today.

[Mastrshok]

I'm getting the same VBS alert as well. It just started around 2 hours ago when I got on my computer.

[nunu52]

No biggy, everyone using avast right now may have random report, using their browser. May be fix later today, i guess.

[TheOwner]

Avast lose customers due this. Too much bsods, too much false positives. This is not first time....

[Azathoth]

I'm also getting this exact problem on random websites I go to, roughly every five minutes. I scanned my computer with avast, roguekiller, malwarebytes and several others and none found anything either.

[willbfree]

if i run FULL SCAN, thousands of files are detected as virus!

I'm on a Mac and today I am getting a similar result - 500+ "VBS:Malware-gen" identifications and the deep scan is only 50% done.

Sounds like this is some kind of erroneous detection going on today.

[xarn]

Amazon Cart for me brings a stupid report...........


 

Glad I'm not the only one.

Hopefully this will be fixed soon.

[1WeirdBug]

Ran into it via Opera. I hope this gets fixed soon.