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October 17, 2008 - 1:07pm
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ClamWin: CleanWin contains a virus

CleanWin contains a virus " 'HTML/Crypted.Gen [virus]'
detected in file 'C:\Users\sam\AppData\Local\Temp\clamav-4e0348c77675b55ea6e4bf194e84346e.00000a68.clamtmp\main.ndb.

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October 17, 2008 - 4:20pm
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At first sight I'd say it's a

At first sight I'd say it's a false-positive.

Which anti-virus detected this file?

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October 18, 2008 - 6:17pm
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this is supposed to be so

since virus data base contains the siganture of the viruses, other antivirus software will recognize them as viruses. This is the simple old function of probably all antivirus software.

Otto Sykora
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October 27, 2008 - 9:01am
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that's...

that's correct

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