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I just got a warning from my AVGvirusscanner that a file is infected with a virus.
I wonder if it is true or if this is a false positive, because I have had this program for ages and I never got a warning and I have no reason to believe it has changed in any way.
How can I check if it really is a problem?
A wondering Sarah ...
i had superantispyware keep finding 1070 infections over and over while nothing else did. i used house calls, kaspersky online scanner, nod32, a-squared free, etc. nothing else ever found it. i found out it was a wallpaper i downloaded. nothing was ever opened so i was never really infected and i don't really have a point i'm getting at other than my coffee is kind of strong and i keep typing long boring, go-nowhere posts...
:P
Upload those EXE files to VirusTotal and see what it reports.
SarahJames,
Most probably False-Positives because of scripts.
The old FIRST PAGE Free HTML Editor would give False-Positives because of scripting add-ons.
If you have run another scanner against your system and found nothing, I would not be too worried.
Also AVG had a bad update which is now supposed to be corrected.
If you take out AVG, there will be around +300 references to it left in your registery which should be removed.
I suggest waiting a few days and see if AVG fixes another possibly bad update.
EDIT: JonMCC33 posted before I was finished and his idea is Good also.
Kindest Regards,
Rick P.♦:)
@ OzSpitt - LOL, but it wasn't boring:)
@JonMCC33 - I tried to. One came back clean, the other I can't even upload because AVG steps in and won't let me upload. It is a completely unnecessary exe anyway, so I let is be send to the virusfault just to be free of the hassle.
I just wondered - heard so much negative info about AVG lately and this doesn't make me feel any better about it. I'll give Avast a try I think ...
Hi Rick, you're post showed up after I hit 'send post' ;-)
I've got a distinct feel I'm dealing with false positives here.
I just deleted the HTML stripper (haven't used it in like forever, so I don't miss it) and all of a sudden the gifanimator is not a problem anymore for AVG.
And ok, I'll wait a day or two (mostly because I was off to bed anyway and tomorrow is a busy day LOL).
Goodnight!
Sarah.
Sarah, it sounds like you have the CoffeeCup virus. Let me google that for you...hah hah! :O
I think these false positives go in cycles. Consider these oldies:
http://www.techspot.com/vb/all.....ditor.html
http://info.mapzone.net/2006/m.....tware.html
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