1. AVG Complaints
- Posted by BroGeorge Nov 18, 2008
- 1809 views
Some AVG Anti-Virus Free - Complains about:
enclude.zip Trojan Horse PSW.Generic6.AKYQ
euphcube.zip Trojan Horse PSW.Generic6.AKYQ
ewin.zip Trojan Horse PSW.Generic6.AKYQ
ezip.zip Trojan Horse PSW.Generic6.AKYQ
fluffybunny.zip Trojan Horse PSW.Generic6.AKYQ
font_sdl.zip Trojan Horse PSW.Generic6.AKYQ
pe.zip Trojan Horse PSW.Generic6.AKYQ
PI.zip Virus found Win32/Heur
rgbcolor.zip Trojan Horse PSW.Generic6.AKYQ
sdl_image.zip Trojan Horse PSW.Generic6.AKYQ
seqview.zip Trojan Horse PSW.Generic6.AKYQ
gdLibrary
gd-latest-win32.zip Trojan Horse Downloader.Agent.AOVS
Mostly just to be aware that it happens.
2. Re: AVG Complaints
- Posted by DonCCole Nov 18, 2008
- 1792 views
- Last edited Nov 19, 2008
Some AVG Anti-Virus Free - Complains about:
enclude.zip Trojan Horse PSW.Generic6.AKYQ
euphcube.zip Trojan Horse PSW.Generic6.AKYQ
ewin.zip Trojan Horse PSW.Generic6.AKYQ
ezip.zip Trojan Horse PSW.Generic6.AKYQ
fluffybunny.zip Trojan Horse PSW.Generic6.AKYQ
font_sdl.zip Trojan Horse PSW.Generic6.AKYQ
pe.zip Trojan Horse PSW.Generic6.AKYQ
PI.zip Virus found Win32/Heur
rgbcolor.zip Trojan Horse PSW.Generic6.AKYQ
sdl_image.zip Trojan Horse PSW.Generic6.AKYQ
seqview.zip Trojan Horse PSW.Generic6.AKYQ
gdLibrary
gd-latest-win32.zip Trojan Horse Downloader.Agent.AOVS
Mostly just to be aware that it happens.
AVG is a great utillity that I use all the time. But I don't know what it has to do with Euphoria.
Don Cole
3. Re: AVG Complaints
- Posted by DanM Nov 19, 2008
- 1759 views
Uh, isn't he trying to alert us that various EUPHORIA DOWNLOADS show up to AVG as containing viruses? That's what his post has to do with Euphoria?
Almost certainly false positives, but can be worrisome at first?
Dan
4. Re: AVG Complaints
- Posted by GeorgeWalters Nov 19, 2008
- 1775 views
AVG once deleted all my software at a customer site (250 programs). I had to re-install and remove AVG.
5. Re: AVG Complaints
- Posted by BroGeorge Nov 19, 2008
- 1769 views
Yes, AVG will remove anything it sees as a problem...whether it is or not. If you download the Archive zips to study them or use them you soon find that they are gone, almost before you can blink, due to AVG.
Found two more zips in Archive it complains about:
forthec14.zip
semus3.zip
My question is: Is there anything in Euphoria, as a Language, or a programming technique encouraged by using Euphoria, that results in an AVG false positive?
(Especially something that Euphoria 4.0 could fix? Or a technique that could be avoided?)
6. Re: AVG Complaints
- Posted by DerekParnell (admin) Nov 19, 2008
- 1780 views
Yes, AVG will remove anything it sees as a problem.
I have nothing good to say about AVG. My experience has not been favourable and if you read the literature, AVG is one which has a history of being troublesome.
My advice is to change over to something more reliable, e.g. Avast, BitDefender, Kaspersky, or Nod32. Do your research first, of course, remembering that success in detecting viruses is not the only criteria for evaluation.
My question is: Is there anything in Euphoria, as a Language, or a programming technique encouraged by using Euphoria, that results in an AVG false positive?
Aren't most, if not all of these contain just text (source code)files? If its the ZIP itself that AVG can't handle then get rid of AVG.
7. Re: AVG Complaints
- Posted by robcraig Nov 19, 2008
- 1788 views
Yes, AVG will remove anything it sees as a problem...whether it is or not. If you download the Archive zips to study them or use them you soon find that they are gone, almost before you can blink, due to AVG.
Found two more zips in Archive it complains about:
forthec14.zip
semus3.zip
My question is: Is there anything in Euphoria, as a Language, or a programming technique encouraged by using Euphoria, that results in an AVG false positive?
(Especially something that Euphoria 4.0 could fix? Or a technique that could be avoided?)
I think it might be related to compressed .exe files, e.g. programs that were bound to an old compressed .exe Euphoria interpreter.
8. Re: AVG Complaints
- Posted by bernie Nov 19, 2008
- 1861 views
Yes, AVG will remove anything it sees as a problem...whether it is or not. If you download the Archive zips to study them or use them you soon find that they are gone, almost before you can blink, due to AVG.
Found two more zips in Archive it complains about:
forthec14.zip
semus3.zip
My question is: Is there anything in Euphoria, as a Language, or a programming technique encouraged by using Euphoria, that results in an AVG false positive?
(Especially something that Euphoria 4.0 could fix? Or a technique that could be avoided?)
I think it might be related to compressed .exe files, e.g. programs that were bound to an old compressed .exe Euphoria interpreter.
I just downloaded forthec14.zip and semus3.zip.
I scanned both of them and found NO problems with either.
My virus program is automatically updated daily.
This is the virus program that I use which has a free home edition.
http://www.avast.com/index.html
9. Re: AVG Complaints
- Posted by BroGeorge Nov 19, 2008
- 1808 views
- Last edited Nov 20, 2008
Yes, AVG will remove anything it sees as a problem...whether it is or not. If you download the Archive zips to study them or use them you soon find that they are gone, almost before you can blink, due to AVG.
Found two more zips in Archive it complains about:
forthec14.zip
semus3.zip
My question is: Is there anything in Euphoria, as a Language, or a programming technique encouraged by using Euphoria, that results in an AVG false positive?
(Especially something that Euphoria 4.0 could fix? Or a technique that could be avoided?)
I think it might be related to compressed .exe files, e.g. programs that were bound to an old compressed .exe Euphoria interpreter.
I just downloaded forthec14.zip and semus3.zip.
I scanned both of them and found NO problems with either.
My virus program is automatically updated daily.
This is the virus program that I use which has a free home edition.
http://www.avast.com/index.html
Thanks All. BroGeorge.
10. Re: AVG Complaints
- Posted by CChris Nov 20, 2008
- 1790 views
Yes, AVG will remove anything it sees as a problem.
I have nothing good to say about AVG. My experience has not been favourable and if you read the literature, AVG is one which has a history of being troublesome.
My advice is to change over to something more reliable, e.g. Avast, BitDefender, Kaspersky, or Nod32. Do your research first, of course, remembering that success in detecting viruses is not the only criteria for evaluation.
My question is: Is there anything in Euphoria, as a Language, or a programming technique encouraged by using Euphoria, that results in an AVG false positive?
Aren't most, if not all of these contain just text (source code)files? If its the ZIP itself that AVG can't handle then get rid of AVG.
I have used AVG on my machine for 5 years perhaps. It has reliably detected everything I knew it had to detect, and indeed gives off a couple false positives once in a while. It never removes anything on its own, giving you the option to ignore, quarantine, clean (if possible) or remove the supposedly offending file. You should probably run it in expert mode, this may be the issue.
Using the free edition, v8.2.0.336. Perhaps the alternatives you mentioned are better, but I haven't had any identifiable virus on my system for several years while being downloading quite actively on the Internet.
CChris
11. Re: AVG Complaints
- Posted by just_me Nov 20, 2008
- 1926 views
Idem CChris. I've downloaded forthec14.zip and make AVG checked it. It says forthec14.exe is infected but it hasn't deleted the file because AVG is configured to not delete infected files unless I want it to do so.
JG
12. Re: AVG Complaints
- Posted by SteveW Nov 23, 2008
- 1813 views
I recently changed to Eset NOD32 after an infection that overwhelmed AVG. A full scan with NOD32 found all sorts on my computer that had obviously slipped past AVG (which was being updated daily).
Did you see this: http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/11/12/233350/avg-security-update-cripples-windows-xp-machines.htm . Nice to see AVG do such rigorous testing before releasing to the general public.
13. Re: AVG Complaints
- Posted by BroGeorge Nov 23, 2008
- 1736 views
I found a fun site that lets you upload a suspected file and it scans the file with 37 anti-virus programs.
I haven't tried it with all the ones AVG complained about but some of those I did the site's AVG version had no trouble with. The site uses AVG Version 8.0.199 My AVG say 8.0.175. I'll Have to update. Again.
Thanks All. BroGeorge.
