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False Positives in antivirus-programs


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#91 MDD1963

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Posted 04 October 2015 - 04:35 AM

Anyone else have Cisco's Spark (or updater for it, Launcher.exe) being flagged/quarantined? (360TS repeatedly quarantines launcher.exe, applicable to updating spark, even though I whitelist it and restore it)


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Posted 04 October 2015 - 11:36 AM

Personally I would stop using Qihoo products.

https://www.av-test.org/fileadmin/pdf/VB-AVC-AVT-press-release.pdf

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Posted 16 November 2015 - 07:06 PM

Hello all of you guys,
 

Thanks for this information . its great information



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Posted 16 November 2015 - 07:24 PM

From page one.

This topic will be used to post false positives in Anti-virus/Anti-malware programs so that end-users know not to fix the particular entries that may be shown.

Note: A separate reporting area specifically dedicated for AdwCleaner can be found in this topic...AdwCleaner False Positive Reporting Topic


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Posted 23 February 2017 - 02:29 PM


For people who run avast and had VBS:Malware Gen detections

https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=197572.0

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Posted 23 February 2017 - 04:38 PM

JohnC_21...I merged your topic into this one since that is what Grinler created it for.

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Posted 23 February 2017 - 04:58 PM

Thanks. I didn't realize the topic existed.  :blush:


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Posted 23 February 2017 - 05:04 PM

Not a problem.

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Posted 23 February 2017 - 06:15 PM

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/640521/66-files-infected-by-vbs-malwale-gen-2-detected-my-avast/#entry4185490

Seems to relate to the avast bunch of F/P's recently. Just needs an update or reinstall the program, then update.

 

I left a link to the avast forum where they discussed it.


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