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Wateva

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False Alarm? Fake "Trojan"?
« on: March 29, 2008, 04:45:42 AM »
I've a question..

How it's possible for a program to look like this:

more on that here: http://www.virustotal.com/en/analisis/c2f72f0b2607298e631b36c7e0be28e7

and, even tho I search my whole computer up and down, I can't find a single sign of a threat?!?
False positive??
If yes, than it's killing the application because, now, everyone is saying that it has a trojan but no one can find proof of being hacked/infected.

I trust avast since 2k6, as a home user, and I've never seen a false positive. And I've been using TibiaAuto since 2005, without problems.. What now?!?

For more info, register here:
http://tibiaauto.net/forum

and read it here:
http://tibiaauto.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1004582


PS: The file DOES access the Internet.. but ONLY when requested through the ads or when the user send us their usage statistics.

rassel

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Re: False Alarm? Fake "Trojan"?
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2008, 06:03:38 AM »

Wateva

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Re: False Alarm? Fake "Trojan"?
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2008, 11:08:56 AM »
thanks.. e-mail sent..

rassel

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Re: False Alarm? Fake "Trojan"?
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2008, 12:10:16 PM »
welcome

Wateva

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Re: False Alarm? Fake "Trojan"?
« Reply #4 on: September 06, 2008, 09:06:04 PM »
I'm bumping this old thread because I wish to know how I can prove that the program isn't a trojan?

I've send you guys the program through e-mail and I'm still getting 'trojan warnings'..

TA is usually marked as a trojan(gen).. and this is driving users away from the program. I wish to know if a moderator/programmer/auditor wishes to look into the source so I can get this things cleared out once for all.. We are @ version 1.8.2 and yes, we do have ads on the program and we do hook keys (page up/down).. And yes, this program can shutdown your computer when something that is monitored triggers the program to do so. Is there a way we can finally clear this message from future versions of the program?

I bet that the program has some kind of 'signature' that Avast can recognize. Also, it would help us a lot if any of the moderators/programmers/auditors could point us exactly what's being recognized as this false positive.

Please, contact me through e-mail @ my email. (removed the email address)..


Latest scan: http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/6123da7a7af6e9312b0baecb6deae2bb

Thanks..
« Last Edit: September 07, 2008, 08:44:00 AM by Wateva »

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