todays update of avg (free) antivirus flags dnetc.exe (distributed.netclient) as virus/trojan/proxy.

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wtf is going on with grisoft lately?

todays update of avg (free) antivirus flags dnetc.exe on win32
(distributed.net client) as virus/trojan/proxy


anyone have the same issue? where can i report this misbehaviour? do
they actually communicate with their customers using the free edition?
can i send bugreports or feedback?

thanks for any hints.
 
John Stern said:
wtf is going on with grisoft lately?

todays update of avg (free) antivirus flags dnetc.exe on win32
(distributed.net client) as virus/trojan/proxy


anyone have the same issue? where can i report this misbehaviour? do
they actually communicate with their customers using the free edition?
can i send bugreports or feedback?

thanks for any hints.
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Mine updated this am. at 08:00 and ran with no problems.
 
John Stern said:
wtf is going on with grisoft lately?

todays update of avg (free) antivirus flags dnetc.exe on win32
(distributed.net client) as virus/trojan/proxy


anyone have the same issue? where can i report this misbehaviour? do
they actually communicate with their customers using the free edition?
can i send bugreports or feedback?

thanks for any hints.
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I don't have a dnetc.exe on my Windows system.
 
John Stern said:
wtf is going on with grisoft lately?

todays update of avg (free) antivirus flags dnetc.exe on win32
(distributed.net client) as virus/trojan/proxy


anyone have the same issue? where can i report this misbehaviour? do
they actually communicate with their customers using the free edition?
can i send bugreports or feedback?

thanks for any hints.
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Here's a hint ... Google for dnetc.exe.
 
John said:
anyone have the same issue? where can i report this misbehaviour? do
they actually communicate with their customers using the free edition?
can i send bugreports or feedback?
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todays morning definition updates from grisoft did the mess, the newer
update just recently fixed the problem again.


to everbody posting bullshit about dnetc: get a life

dnetc is nothing harmful and legit software. and now its being regarded
as legit by grisoft/avg again too.

grisoft replied to various tech-support-requests and addimitted that the
did identify dnetc as a false positiv and were fixing it with the next
update (which they delivered by now).

doh.
 
[email protected] said:
dnetc
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Distributed Computing Technologies Inc., (DCTI), also know as
Distributed.net is a nonprofit organization that is made up of people
from all over the world, participating in distributed processing. For
additional information on Distributed.net go to http://distributed.net.
Distributed.net has identified security risks in the unauthorized
distribution of their Distributed.net program.

Several worms and Trojans have been used to distribute the
Distributed.net client. However, Distributed.net itself is a legitimate
program and is not a worm or Trojan. For additional information on this,
go to http://distributed.net/trojans.html.

NOTE Note The presence of the Dnetc.exe and Dnetc.ini files is not an
absolute indication of infection. These files can legitimately reside on
a computer



For additional information on some of the Trojans or worms that can
distribute this program, see the following documents: VBS.Network
W32.HLLW.Qaz.A W32.FunLove.4099
 
I did a search for dnetc on my pcs, found dnetc.mcg in mcafee quarantine
folder.
I haven't used McAfee for a couple of years

I don't even know what it is.


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