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A Number of False Positives
« on: May 15, 2017, 04:47:48 PM »
I have had Avast block downloads of NirLauncher, which contains all of the NirSoft files, and they are ALL clean. It has been blocking this for QUITE a while now, but luckily the site has a download link that works without Avast just blindly blocking it.
And the other major one is EVERY time I update Opera web browser using its built in updater it grabs and throws it into the vault and if i set set it to ASK me what to do it simply says may be "dangerous" and STILL prevents the update.

So, can Avast somehow fix these? It is becoming more than annoying.

When I need to update something I know is clean and Avast blocks it or tosses it into the vault, I simply right click on tray icon and choose DISABLE ALL SHIELDS for 10 MIN.
It is the easiest and quickest way to do my updates and not have sill Avast interfere. I KNOW they are clean and apparently Avast has NEVER been updated to recognize these PROPERLY especially when coming from the official sites.

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Re: A Number of False Positives
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2017, 04:58:28 PM »
This forum section is not for posting FP

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Avast Free/Pro/IS/Premier topics and issues, not viruses or false alarms here!



use  >  Viruses and worms (!)
How to report is found in sticky post at top there


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Re: A Number of False Positives
« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2017, 07:59:53 AM »
If I encountered a string of FP's I'd get annoyed too.

But before I turned off my shields, I'd first take a known good sample and upload it here:
and scan to see if other a/v's see as malicious

Could save your bacon more than one time.
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Re: A Number of False Positives
« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2017, 11:10:11 AM »
I had several updates for Opera recently and non of them was blocked.