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Offline mikfreekio

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Avast flagging IOBit Driver booster as malware
« on: September 24, 2019, 09:07:33 AM »
Starting today, Avast is flagging all iterations of IOBit Driver Booster 6 and 7 as malware.  This seems like a  pretty unlikely positive.   Anybody else run into this?  I'm running Windows 10 v 1903 latest build on a Dell Optiplex 9010 tower.
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Re: Avast flagging IOBit Driver booster as malware
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2019, 09:10:44 AM »
You can report a suspected FP (File/Website) here: https://www.avast.com/false-positive-file-form.php
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Re: Avast flagging IOBit Driver booster as malware
« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2019, 09:11:58 AM »
thanks!
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Re: Avast flagging IOBit Driver booster as malware
« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2019, 09:13:24 AM »
You're welcome.
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Re: Avast flagging IOBit Driver booster as malware
« Reply #4 on: September 24, 2019, 05:23:39 PM »
Any chance PUP or [PUP] is anywhere in the signature? IOBit is (or was) very distrusted and has been shunned by the vast majority of experts after being busted stealing Intelluctual Property from Malwarebytes.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/268761/iobit-steals-malwarebytes-intellectual-property/
https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/29681-iobit-steals-malwarebytes-intellectual-property/
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