Background:-
1) Happy Avast 5.0.594 user; feel secure due to its very high detection rate & its being rated amongst the top 3 antivirus in the world
2) WinXp Professional 32bit; Avast 5.0.594 + MalwarebytesAntimalware 1.46 + AdAware Anniversary Edition + Spybot Search & Destroy 1.6.2.46 + Spyware Terminator 2.6.5.111 + SpywareBlaster 4.3
3) All my installed security tools say picpick_inst.exe appears to be uninfected. By the way this is the exe of PicPick v 2.3.3 a screencapture tool. Its prior versions' installer exes carried a clean bill of health from everyone in virus total; from Avast 5.0.594 & also from all my installed security apps mentioned in point no.2
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2 McAfee antivirus programs in virustotal say version 2.3.3 is infected with Artemis! 5BC59F86A1C3 whereas 2 Avast programs in VirusTotal & my installed Avast 5.0.594 shows no problem Action Taken So Far:-
1) I've stored the installer .exe but not installed it
2) I read the forum instructions in this section before posting my query here
3) Since the .exe is uninstalled I've neither quarantined nor sent you sample as yet
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Please advise me what should I do in this kind of situation?Query:-
1) I feel secure having Avast because it ranks amongst global top rankers
2) I do understand the concept of "False Positives"
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But why does this happen - generally & in this instance? Meaning why does one app say there is a virus & another says there isn't one?