nablusi Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Avast free anti-virus software (usually an excellent product)- has started giving false positives (trojans) after the automatic update about 1 hour ago. Flagged are well known, legally purchased programs that I have had installed for a long time. Suggest that Avast users consider carefully before erasing long-standing programs from their system. Hopefully they will fix this issue soon... Have a good day! Nablusi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Thomas Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Thanks for the info, Nablusi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Bruce Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 I've noticed this myself this morning. Hopefully the next database update will correct the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Thomas Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 According to downloadsquad.com (downloadsquad.com/2009/12/03/avast-has-a-freak-out-goes-on-a-false-positive-spree/): a new .vps has been pushed, so manually update Avast if you're still having problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Bruce Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Thanks, got it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeren Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Thanks! I was getting errors and alerts when trying to delete files on a flash drive. It got pretty annoying, to say the least! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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