Author Topic: Avast detected Threat:Win32:Adware-gen [adw] ... false positive?  (Read 5591 times)

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shellac

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Hello,

I ran a full scan with avast 5 on my Acer Aspire 3680 laptop and it detected only one file:

C:\Program Files\Acer\Acer Arcade\Kernel\CLML_NTService\se\xmlparse.dll

Avast called it "Threat:Win32:Adware-gen [adw]"

The action "Move to Chest" received the error "Access is denied"

Avast said this virus was in memory or something.
It suggested a boot scan which I haven't done yet because I got to thinking...

If this is a false positive and it gets removed, could it damage my computer?
Is this a common false positive on Acer computers?
Should I just trust avast and remove it?
If this was a threat, why wouldn't malwarebytes and all the other adware programs have found this?

Anyway, thanks for your help.  I'm just skeptical of the detection and not sure what to do.

CharleyO

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Re: Avast detected Threat:Win32:Adware-gen [adw] ... false positive?
« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2010, 05:46:01 PM »
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Welcome to the forums, shellac   :)

If you think it is a False Positive, please report the FP as explained here:

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=7779


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