Avast alarms against folder.htt

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I've asked Avast why I'm seeing false alarms against many
folder.htt files. I stopped the scan after several were
detected as containing malware script. Has anyone else seen
this with the latest definitions, 308-2?

BoB
 
Yes, I'm getting the same as well. I have also just downloaded the latest
version of WinRAR from www.rarlabs.com and its detecting a W32:Trojan-gen in
the archive which seems unlikely so I suspect this is also a false positive.

Richard

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Yes, I'm getting the same as well. I have also just downloaded the latest
version of WinRAR from www.rarlabs.com and its detecting a W32:Trojan-gen in
the archive which seems unlikely so I suspect this is also a false positive.

Richard
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Thanks for the confirmation Richard, and I get the same msg on
ZIP.SFX within the Winrar.exe. :-)
I'm surprised they haven't issued a new def file. I advised them
ASAP so maybe soon.

BoB
 
Thanks for the confirmation Richard, and I get the same msg on
ZIP.SFX within the Winrar.exe. :-)
I'm surprised they haven't issued a new def file. I advised them
ASAP so maybe soon.

BoB
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Received a response from Avast:
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Subject: Re: False alarms with latest definitions - folder.htt
From: "Vladimir Cernik" <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 12:54:06 +0200

Hello,
It's really our false alarm. I try to repair it in next version.
Best regards Cernik
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