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Offline firzen771

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[RESOLVED] Avast Detects Blizzard Updater as Trojan.Gen
« on: September 23, 2010, 07:31:31 PM »
so i just updated my starcraft 2, and ass it finished updating, i get a nice little virus alert from avast saying that the Blizzard Updater is detected as Trojan.Gen... ETA on this being fixed?
« Last Edit: September 24, 2010, 02:33:06 PM by firzen771 »
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Re: Avast Detects Blizzard Updater as Trojan.Gen
« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2010, 08:02:59 PM »
I'm having this problem as well. Except I can't even run the Blizzard update for StarCraft 2 because avast! quarantines it before it even runs. I'm pretty sure nothing is latching on to the download, as it's directly from Battle.net...

Agreed with above poster. An ETA on this being resolved would be greatly appreciated. I can't play my game until it is.

Also, system info if it helps:

Windows 7 Home Edition, 32-bit
avast! Free Antivirus -> Status: Secured and up-to-date, silent gaming mode
Windows Firewall: ON
« Last Edit: September 23, 2010, 08:08:49 PM by thirty9th »

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Re: Avast Detects Blizzard Updater as Trojan.Gen
« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2010, 08:25:28 PM »
Hello,
thank you for notice, false positive will be fixed in next VPS update. Sorry for inconvenience.

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Re: Avast Detects Blizzard Updater as Trojan.Gen
« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2010, 08:35:01 PM »
Hello,
thank you for notice, false positive will be fixed in next VPS update. Sorry for inconvenience.

Milos

thanks for the quick response :D and ye, luckily i always change my avast settings that it asks me what to do, i dont get the auto quarantine problem that way, but i do need to go and exclude the file for the time being, or disable avast but its good to know it will be fixed soon
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Re: Avast Detects Blizzard Updater as Trojan.Gen
« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2010, 08:45:16 PM »
The quick response is really appreciated.  :)

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Re: Avast Detects Blizzard Updater as Trojan.Gen
« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2010, 10:55:22 PM »
VPS 100923-1 that fixes this false positive was just released.

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Re: Avast Detects Blizzard Updater as Trojan.Gen
« Reply #6 on: September 23, 2010, 10:59:58 PM »
VPS 100923-1 that fixes this false positive was just released.

Milos

great news :D
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Re: Avast Detects Blizzard Updater as Trojan.Gen
« Reply #7 on: September 24, 2010, 12:06:43 AM »
Thx Milos as i got that game too and its good to know.

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[RESOLVED] Re: Avast Detects Blizzard Updater as Trojan.Gen
« Reply #8 on: September 24, 2010, 08:39:13 AM »
@ firzen771,

Now that your issue is now resolved/fixed, please go back to the first open post in this topic, click the modify button in that Post and change the title/subject, add [Resolved] to the beginning of the title so this thread can be closed. 

I must admit that this was a mighty quick fix!  ;)

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Re: [RESOLVED] Re: Avast Detects Blizzard Updater as Trojan.Gen
« Reply #9 on: September 24, 2010, 02:33:25 PM »
@ firzen771,

Now that your issue is now resolved/fixed, please go back to the first open post in this topic, click the modify button in that Post and change the title/subject, add [Resolved] to the beginning of the title so this thread can be closed. 

I must admit that this was a mighty quick fix!  ;)

alright, just did it
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