Like the title says, AVG (free and paid versions 7.5 and 8) produces a false positive on Adobe Flash.
According to the Czech AV outfit it's a trojan. But it's not.
If you have been cleaning your notebook vehemently in order to get rid of this "trojan", don't worry, visit Adobe's website, download the latest Flash version and forget about AVG's alarm bells on this one.
And yes, it's another major screw-up after this weeks user32.dll faux-pas.
Cheers.
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Do a Trend Micro Housecall just to make sure..
I use AVG aswell but never got a false positive like that before -
It was just a warning for AVG users here on NBR.
I use Avira myself.
And for suspicious files/potential FP's, I either use VirusTotal or Jotti's Malware scan.
The virus signature that has caused the user32.dll error has actually 'only' affected AVG users in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Italy, Portugal and Spain.
The bad signature update was released on sunday november 9th and fixed on monday so only users in those 6 countries performing a scan on sunday have been affected it seems.
Cheers. -
Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING
Hi.
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Regards
John.
AVG warns Adobe Flash is a trojan..2nd major FP this week.
Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by Baserk, Nov 15, 2008.