Apologies if this is not the place to post this, but this morning AVG anti-virus killed my portable apps due to them having the following:
Trojan Horse Downloader.Zlob
Can anyone enlighten me about this? I am hoping it is just a false positive, because I downloaded the programs again and the scan shows them to be infected also.
Thanks,
Preston
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I didn't believe your post so I remoted to my home machine sure as ticks on a hound dog it is there. odd... Lemme send one of the files to jotti for cross check. May be a bad definition file from AVG of which is not uncommon. First time I have seen it though...
You have the right to remain silent. Anything you do or say will be exaggerated or mis-quoted and used against you.
It's a false positive. It's always a false positive. Wait for a definitions update to fix it.
And NEVER have your antivirus set to auto-delete files without asking. I still can't believe some people do this.
Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!
still have my data so no harm there. this is just my temp when I am away from my Debian machine.
and I don't see where AVG (freeware) allows me to change this behavior...
hmm, will keep digging.
... please drop a note back. I may post a how-to on AV config for folks that can't afford a commercial AV and are stuck with a free one (like AVG, AntiVir and Avast). I'm just so tired of having to deal with these issues.
Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!
I just installed AVG Antivirus free version and was looking for that particular option. Here are the instructions:
1. Go to the AVG Test Center
2. On the top menus click on Tests --> Complete Test Settings
Then unclick "Automatically heal infected files" under "Scanning Parametes"
3. On the top menus click on Tests --> Selected Areas Test Settings
Then unclick "Automatically heal infected files" under "Scanning Parametes"
I have just confirmed that it is a false positive. Results here Jotti results prove thatit is false. I will try to contact AVG and let them know that they are pulling up false positive with there current defs.
You have the right to remain silent. Anything you do or say will be exaggerated or mis-quoted and used against you.
Downloaded Clamwin and am taking a look at it. I REALLY like that it is opensource and has more options available. The biggest "downside" I see is that it currently doesn't offer an on-access real-time scanner.
Thanks for confirming the false positive.
I have already submitted a copy of the thunderbird portable.exe to them to test. I also sent them the link to this site so they can test if they wish. Usually, they send out a new difinition very shortly depending on how complex it is to accomadate into the def to fix this fals positive.
Will post again if and when I reciev a update from AVG!
You have the right to remain silent. Anything you do or say will be exaggerated or mis-quoted and used against you.
This is the response. In a nut shell, it has been fixed. Update AVG and all is well with the force.
You have the right to remain silent. Anything you do or say will be exaggerated or mis-quoted and used against you.
This is a much better (and faster) response than AnitVir and Avast usually have (they take days to fix stuff like this).
Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!