Is there a way to know if an anti-virus is really detecting a virus in a torrent or just a false positive?
Thanks,
orimac11
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If a file is detected as a virus I normally use another program to scan it (there are may mentioned in this subforum) especially if the file is mission critical. Some AV programs are more prone to false positives also. What AV are you using ?
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Hmmmm ... virus detected in a torrent ... what should I do ... probably just delete it and be on the safe side.
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Yeah, don't take a chance with a virus. But as the above which AV are you using? I've had mixed experiences and have generally found AVG and MSE (of the free varieties) pretty accurate.
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In my personal experience, the torrents I was downloading virtually never contained any viruses or pests (generally, people who share torrents do not have malicious intent or desire for other people's computers to be infected - actually, most try to make sure their torrents are clean).
To that end, I use MSE, and its the only free AV that didn't label virtually every torrent as having a virus. MSE has the lowest false positives detection rate from what I am able to ascertain, and its been reliable when it came to torrents.
I also have MBAM, and if I detect a problem with MSE (which is virtually never), I scan with MBAM on-demand occasionally, and it comes up clean (only when MSE reacted did MBAM maybe pick up a problem as well - but these were rare and controlled conditions), but otherwise, no.
Caution is recommended when downloading torrents, but same can be said for any file you download off the internet. -
killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.
It does (tested with MSE). But usually such DL content is on the shady side, if you know what I mean.
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Orimac11,
Which Antivirus are you using?
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perrin_aybara Notebook Consultant
I tend to upload said file to Virus Total. Thats always a handy website for a second opinion.
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I don't see any better way of verifying if the file is safe, not that it's relevant after few months but still... -
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Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by orimac11, Jul 7, 2013.