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R.V.Gronoff

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Since: May 20, 2008
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 10:55 pm Post subject: Avast false positive with DVD Region + CSS free Archived from groups: alt>comp>anti-virus (more info?)

Hi, Avast has updated to the latest version and definitions, and now I can't load Fengtao DVD Region + CSS free: Avast says that DVDRegionFree.exe is a Win32:Trojan-gen {Other} Virus/worm. VPS version: 080520-1, 05/20/2008 RVG >> Stay informed about: Avast false positive with DVD Region + CSS free

VanguardLH

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 10:55 pm Post subject: Re: Avast false positive with DVD Region + CSS free [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

"R.V.Gronoff" wrote in <news:48333aca$0$3591$426a34cc@news.free.fr>: > Avast has updated to the latest version and definitions, and now I can't > load Fengtao DVD Region + CSS free: Avast says that DVDRegionFree.exe is a > Win32:Trojan-gen {Other} Virus/worm. > VPS version: 080520-1, 05/20/2008 If adding the file or folder to the exclusions list in Avast doesn't work (apparently it isn't applied for the resident scanner), and until Avast gets the false positive corrected in their database (assuming it is a false positive), you'll have to disable Avast while you use the program. Have you submitted the file(s) to virustotal.com to have multiple anti-virus scanners check the file(s)? >> Stay informed about: Avast false positive with DVD Region + CSS free

David H. Lipman

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 10:55 pm Post subject: Re: Avast false positive with DVD Region + CSS free [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

From: "VanguardLH" <V.TakeThisOut@nguard.LH> \| \| If adding the file or folder to the exclusions list in Avast doesn't \| work (apparently it isn't applied for the resident scanner), and until \| Avast gets the false positive corrected in their database (assuming it \| is a false positive), you'll have to disable Avast while you use the \| program. \| \| Have you submitted the file(s) to virustotal.com to have multiple \| anti-virus scanners check the file(s)? To add to this advice... Have you (R.V.Gronoff) sent a sample to Avast ? virus.TakeThisOut@avast.com -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp >> Stay informed about: Avast false positive with DVD Region + CSS free

R.V.Gronoff

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 2:51 am Post subject: Re: Avast false positive with DVD Region + CSS free [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

"VanguardLH" <V.DeleteThis@nguard.LH> a écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion : g0vhu9$4c9$1@registered.motzarella.org... > "R.V.Gronoff" wrote in <news:48333aca$0$3591$426a34cc@news.free.fr>: > >> Avast has updated to the latest version and definitions, and now I can't >> load Fengtao DVD Region + CSS free: Avast says that DVDRegionFree.exe is >> a >> Win32:Trojan-gen {Other} Virus/worm. >> VPS version: 080520-1, 05/20/2008 > > If adding the file or folder to the exclusions list in Avast doesn't > work (apparently it isn't applied for the resident scanner), and until > Avast gets the false positive corrected in their database (assuming it > is a false positive), you'll have to disable Avast while you use the > program. > > Have you submitted the file(s) to virustotal.com to have multiple > anti-virus scanners check the file(s)? It's the legit file I've been using for about two years now. The thing is, it works at a very low level to intercept the DVD drives region code and emulate a region 0 code instead., allowing to play any region-coded DVD in the PC drive(s). >> Stay informed about: Avast false positive with DVD Region + CSS free

VanguardLH

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 2:52 am Post subject: Re: Avast false positive with DVD Region + CSS free [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

"R.V.Gronoff" wrote in <news:4833722f$0$15517$426a34cc@news.free.fr>: > "VanguardLH" <V.TakeThisOut@nguard.LH> a écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion : > g0vhu9$4c9$1@registered.motzarella.org... >> "R.V.Gronoff" wrote in <news:48333aca$0$3591$426a34cc@news.free.fr>: >> >>> Avast has updated to the latest version and definitions, and now I can't >>> load Fengtao DVD Region + CSS free: Avast says that DVDRegionFree.exe is >>> a >>> Win32:Trojan-gen {Other} Virus/worm. >>> VPS version: 080520-1, 05/20/2008 >> >> If adding the file or folder to the exclusions list in Avast doesn't >> work (apparently it isn't applied for the resident scanner), and until >> Avast gets the false positive corrected in their database (assuming it >> is a false positive), you'll have to disable Avast while you use the >> program. >> >> Have you submitted the file(s) to virustotal.com to have multiple >> anti-virus scanners check the file(s)? > > It's the legit file I've been using for about two years now. The thing is, > it works at a very low level to intercept the DVD drives region code and > emulate a region 0 code instead., allowing to play any region-coded DVD in > the PC drive(s). Age of use does nothing to prevent the file from getting infected or replaced. >> Stay informed about: Avast false positive with DVD Region + CSS free

David H. Lipman

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 2:52 am Post subject: Re: Avast false positive with DVD Region + CSS free [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

From: "R.V.Gronoff" <regis.gronoff.RemoveThis@gremlinifrance.com> \| \| It's the legit file I've been using for about two years now. The thing is, \| it works at a very low level to intercept the DVD drives region code and \| emulate a region 0 code instead., allowing to play any region-coded DVD in \| the PC drive(s). Assuming it is legitimate, then you should send a sample to Avast indicating your suspicions that it is a False Positive declaration. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp >> Stay informed about: Avast false positive with DVD Region + CSS free

pcbutts1 [MS MVP]

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(Msg. 7) Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 2:52 am Post subject: Re: Avast false positive with DVD Region + CSS free [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

So it's a crack file. -- Ignore posts made by the person called Leythos, he is a stalker who's been obsessed with me for years ever since I spurned his advances towards me. "R.V.Gronoff" <regis.gronoff.DeleteThis@gremlinifrance.com> wrote in message news:4833722f$0$15517$426a34cc@news.free.fr... > > > "VanguardLH" <V.DeleteThis@nguard.LH> a écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion > : g0vhu9$4c9$1@registered.motzarella.org... >> "R.V.Gronoff" wrote in <news:48333aca$0$3591$426a34cc@news.free.fr>: >> >>> Avast has updated to the latest version and definitions, and now I can't >>> load Fengtao DVD Region + CSS free: Avast says that DVDRegionFree.exe is >>> a >>> Win32:Trojan-gen {Other} Virus/worm. >>> VPS version: 080520-1, 05/20/2008 >> >> If adding the file or folder to the exclusions list in Avast doesn't >> work (apparently it isn't applied for the resident scanner), and until >> Avast gets the false positive corrected in their database (assuming it >> is a false positive), you'll have to disable Avast while you use the >> program. >> >> Have you submitted the file(s) to virustotal.com to have multiple >> anti-virus scanners check the file(s)? > > It's the legit file I've been using for about two years now. The thing is, > it works at a very low level to intercept the DVD drives region code and > emulate a region 0 code instead., allowing to play any region-coded DVD in > the PC drive(s). >> Stay informed about: Avast false positive with DVD Region + CSS free

David H. Lipman

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(Msg. 8) Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 2:52 am Post subject: Re: Avast false positive with DVD Region + CSS free [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

From: "VanguardLH" <V.TakeThisOut@nguard.LH> \| \| Age of use does nothing to prevent the file from getting infected or \| replaced. If it got replaced the software would no longer work. However it can get trojanized. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp >> Stay informed about: Avast false positive with DVD Region + CSS free

VanguardLH

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(Msg. 9) Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 2:52 am Post subject: Re: Avast false positive with DVD Region + CSS free [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

"David H. Lipman" wrote in <news:0IKYj.6535$HJ5.553@trnddc01>: > From: "VanguardLH" <V.RemoveThis@nguard.LH> > >\| >\| Age of use does nothing to prevent the file from getting infected or >\| replaced. > > If it got replaced the software would no longer work. However it can > get trojanized. As yet, no one but the OP knows if the files are still working. We only know that the OP says Avast claims the files are infected. >> Stay informed about: Avast false positive with DVD Region + CSS free

David H. Lipman

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(Msg. 10) Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 2:52 am Post subject: Re: Avast false positive with DVD Region + CSS free [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

From: "VanguardLH" <V.RemoveThis@nguard.LH> \| "David H. Lipman" wrote in <news:0IKYj.6535$HJ5.553@trnddc01>: \| >> From: "VanguardLH" <V.RemoveThis@nguard.LH> >> >\|> Age of use does nothing to prevent the file from getting infected or >\|> replaced. >> >> If it got replaced the software would no longer work. However it can >> get trojanized. \| \| As yet, no one but the OP knows if the files are still working. We \| only know that the OP says Avast claims the files are infected. Yes... Win32:Trojan-gen -- a generic detection. If it was trojanized or infected with a virus the propensity for a generic detection would be much lower and would presumably have a more specific detection. I believe this may be a FP declaration. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp >> Stay informed about: Avast false positive with DVD Region + CSS free

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(Msg. 11) Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 3:07 am Post subject: Re: Avast false positive with DVD Region + CSS free [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> a écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion : xuIYj.11126$IK5.7614@trnddc04... > From: "VanguardLH" <V.RemoveThis@nguard.LH> > > > \| > \| If adding the file or folder to the exclusions list in Avast doesn't > \| work (apparently it isn't applied for the resident scanner), and until > \| Avast gets the false positive corrected in their database (assuming it > \| is a false positive), you'll have to disable Avast while you use the > \| program. > \| > \| Have you submitted the file(s) to virustotal.com to have multiple > \| anti-virus scanners check the file(s)? > > To add to this advice... > > Have you (R.V.Gronoff) sent a sample to Avast ? > > virus.RemoveThis@avast.com I doubt it would be legal to email a copy of this commercial software to Avast or whoever else... >> Stay informed about: Avast false positive with DVD Region + CSS free

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(Msg. 12) Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 3:07 am Post subject: Re: Avast false positive with DVD Region + CSS free [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

From: "R.V.Gronoff" <regis.gronoff DeleteThis @gremlinifrance.com> \| \| I doubt it would be legal to email a copy of this commercial software to \| Avast or whoever else... It is totally legal! If it was not legal, I would never have mentione4d it. Avast is not flagging every file, just one or two. Jest send the file(s) being flagged to Avast. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp >> Stay informed about: Avast false positive with DVD Region + CSS free

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(Msg. 13) Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 6:04 am Post subject: Re: Avast false positive with DVD Region + CSS free [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

"pcbutts1 [MS MVP]" <pcbutts1.DeleteThis@leythosthestalker.com> a écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion : 31LYj.9359$nl7.6800@flpi146.ffdc.sbc.com... > "R.V.Gronoff" <regis.gronoff.DeleteThis@gremlinifrance.com> wrote in message > news:4833722f$0$15517$426a34cc@news.free.fr... >> >> >> "VanguardLH" <V.DeleteThis@nguard.LH> a écrit dans le message de groupe de >> discussion : g0vhu9$4c9$1@registered.motzarella.org... >>> "R.V.Gronoff" wrote in <news:48333aca$0$3591$426a34cc@news.free.fr>: >>> >>>> Avast has updated to the latest version and definitions, and now I >>>> can't >>>> load Fengtao DVD Region + CSS free: Avast says that DVDRegionFree.exe >>>> is a >>>> Win32:Trojan-gen {Other} Virus/worm. >>>> VPS version: 080520-1, 05/20/2008 >>> >>> If adding the file or folder to the exclusions list in Avast doesn't >>> work (apparently it isn't applied for the resident scanner), and until >>> Avast gets the false positive corrected in their database (assuming it >>> is a false positive), you'll have to disable Avast while you use the >>> program. >>> >>> Have you submitted the file(s) to virustotal.com to have multiple >>> anti-virus scanners check the file(s)? >> >> It's the legit file I've been using for about two years now. The thing >> is, it works at a very low level to intercept the DVD drives region code >> and emulate a region 0 code instead., allowing to play any region-coded >> DVD in the PC drive(s). > > So it's a crack file. > How that ? It only bypasses the firmware region code in order for DVD software to play any DVD from any region. http://www.dvdidle.com/en/dvd-region-free.htm >> Stay informed about: Avast false positive with DVD Region + CSS free

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(Msg. 14) Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 6:17 am Post subject: Re: Avast TRUE positive with DVD Region + CSS free [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

OK, my bad: Avast is God and I am Dr Evil's mini-me: the exe in question WAS infected! I un/re-installed the progamme from a fresh download and now it's clean. >> Stay informed about: Avast false positive with DVD Region + CSS free

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(Msg. 15) Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 12:14 pm Post subject: Re: Avast TRUE positive with DVD Region + CSS free [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

"R.V.Gronoff" <regis.gronoff.TakeThisOut@gremlinifrance.com> wrote in message news:4833a27b$0$6582$426a34cc@news.free.fr... > > OK, my bad: Avast is God and I am Dr Evil's mini-me: the exe in question > WAS infected! I un/re-installed the progamme from a fresh download and > now it's clean. Thanks for the update. I had a similar experience a cuppla years ago. Commercial software I'd been using for years was suddenly flagged by Avast! I sent them a sample asking that they fix their false positive. Turns out it wasn't a false positive, my commercial software had been compromised. -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service ------->>>>>>http://www.NewsDemon.com<<<<<<------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access >> Stay informed about: Avast false positive with DVD Region + CSS free

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