L.S.
As your avast antimalware program has suddenly warned you about IDP.generic virus?
For the people who use security solutions like avast or AVG, “IDP.Generic” might be a familiar term.
This term is not limited to a single malware program.
It is, in fact, a generic term used by antimalware solutions for naming identity theft programs. I
DP stands for Identity Detection Protection.
Whenever a security solution pop-ups the “IDP.Generic” pop-up, it indicates,
that the antimalware program has detected an unusual behavioral pattern.
That is, the cybercriminals made an attempt to steal your personal information.
However, many times an antimalware show a false-positive result because it is outdated or broken.
A false-positive result means that antimalware would catch the program or files that are not actually malware.
As a result, it reports many legitimate programs such as gaming platform steam, discord, and others as malicious.
Because of the repetitive false-positive detection, people tend to ignore the “IDP.Generic” threat.
This is where cybercriminals take advantage. They release and bypass the malicious files by naming them similar to legit files.
Most users ignore the warnings from the security solution, thinking them as a false-positive.
It is a best practice to check the files thoroughly before you mark them safe. (info credits Peter Balthazar)
Time now to send the file to avast's and wait for their final verdict, whether this is a FP or the real McCoy in malicious terms,
you could do that accordingly here:
https://www.avast.com/false-positive-file-form.phppolonus