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Clamwin detects Trojan in itself?Submitted by ohaya on September 1, 2009 - 9:44pm
Hi, I just ran ClamWinPortable, and I get: Scan Started Tue Sep 01 22:35:07 2009 *** Scanning Programs in Computer Memory *** Unloading program S:\PortableApps\PortableApps\ClamWinPortable\ClamWinPortable.exe from memory *** Scanned 40 processes - 361 modules *** S:\PortableApps\PortableApps\ClamWinPortable\ClamWinPortable.exe: Trojan.Fraudload-2264 FOUND Data scanned: 175.37 MB I've scanned that ClamWinPortable.exe with Symantec and a couple of other scanners, and they don't detect it, so is this a false positive? Anyone else seeing this? Thanks, ( categories: )
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It is a false positive
And a very useful (albeit quite comical
) example of how all AV's produce false positives. Thanks for this. Made me laugh out loud 
Live to learn. Learn to live. - JWSII
Hi, So is this a false
Hi,
So is this a false positive? I submitted it to Virus Total, and it showed the same thing. Only ClamWin flagged itself as an infection:
https://www.virustotal.com/analisis/4f7ba4be25788d776f3cc7882e594a5237cf...
Jim
Yes
As stated in the subject of previous post, Yes it is a false positive.
Live to learn. Learn to live. - JWSII
horusofoz, My apologies. I
horusofoz,
My apologies. I hadn't read the subject on the reply
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Thanks,
Jim
The reason is Antivirus
The reason is Antivirus scanners' database sometimes carries examples of code to look for that get picked up as a virus or trojan. Also if a program works similarly to that of a known trojan even if its not it will be flagged.
For example McAfee one time flagged Stinger.exe as a virus even though Singer.exe is a sub 1MB scanner made by McAfee.
For info on Stinger here is a link. Note its FREEWARE and it is portable by default due to it in the past being able to fit on a boot floppy.
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/
Similarly, PeerGuardian
Similarly, PeerGuardian blocks itself from updating.
More LOL
Issue Resolved
http://portableapps.com/node/20613#comment-126942
update to def version 9770
Tim
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