Lots of viruses about today
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Lots of viruses about today
I've never known Avast to be so active before!
It's reported viruses on several of the sites I normally visit (not this one, so far) including Yahoo Mail.
Unless they're trawling for donations of course.
It's reported viruses on several of the sites I normally visit (not this one, so far) including Yahoo Mail.
Unless they're trawling for donations of course.
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I reported a 'false positive' to Avast on Thursday - this time on downloading Norman 2009 malware cleaner. No reply yet (well, it is Christmas....). Is it possible they have done an 'AVG' with their database?
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One of my regulars has just come up with "This Site is Closed", saying that a virus has corrupted the database.
Thanks Avast - that was the first one it spotted.
Thanks Avast - that was the first one it spotted.
Originally Posted by BOAC
I reported a 'false positive' to Avast on Thursday - this time on downloading Norman 2009 malware cleaner. No reply yet (well, it is Christmas....). Is it possible they have done an 'AVG' with their database
Re-scan the file from the chest from time to time, following VPS updating, and see if it still scans as infected.
If it was reported on the forum somebody would normally reply.
Avast are usually pretty fast at correcting reported FP's.
