View Full Version : Virus in EB (no virus - AVG mistake)
pseudocaesar
08-16-2007, 04:02
when i moved the folder containing just the downloaded installer, not the mod, i got a pop up.
https://img120.imageshack.us/img120/1927/ebviruspd6.jpg
thought you should know so you can look into this.
I just got the same thing. The weird thing is that i d/led it months ago and warning just popped now
Anastasios Helios
08-16-2007, 05:22
...uh oh
It's a false positive. The latest update reacts to something generated by the installer creator. It will probably be fixed in a later update of AVG.
The Virus warning (Trojan) also popped up with yesterday's defintion update of Kaspersky Antivirus 7.0.125. Today's update no longer has that issue. It seems that EXE-files created by installer programs are likely to give false positives. I had such false alarms with different fan-made mod installers using different anti-virus programs (Kaspersky, AVAST, McAfee). The key to not having to re-download the mod-file is setting the anti-virus program to ask what to do when a potentially infected file is found instead of letting the anti-virus program decide automatically to 'disinfect' or delete the file.
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